Rare Book Review

June/July 2006

Features:

• GOD SAVE THE QUEENIs Her Majesty at 80 collectable?
• TOP 50 BESTSELLERSRare’s annual list of the highest prices achieved at auction
• DEAD AUTHORS SOCIETYThe London haunts of Aleister Crowley, Arthur Machen, Bram Stoker and many more
• LONDON CALLINGIt’s June. It’s London. It’s Olympia. It must be the ABA Book Fair
• THE AGE OF SHAKESPEARE The definitive account of the Bard’s First Folio as it appears for auction at Sotheby’s
• SELL YOUR BOOKS AND MAKE MONEY Rare’s ‘Beginner’s Guide’ series continues with the options open to a novitiate seller
• YOUNG, GIFTED AND BLACKThe rising popularity – and prices – of African- American literature
• JOHN OSBORNEOn the 50th anniversary of Look Back in Angerwe analyse his market value and the play’s legacy
• EVER THE TWAINSamuel Clemens dissected and reviewed
• Editor’s Letter Facing facs
• News & views Infrared investigations
• Letters Skin, Freud and Heritage
• From the Tea Room Words. Of. One. Er. Syll. A. Ble.
• Letter from AmericaFacs of Life
• Unscripted600 years of book fairs
• Honest JoeMaxwell’s house
• Auction Reports and Listings
• Catalogue Reviews and Listings
• Fair Diary
• Website of the Month and Directory The industrial revolution online
• Book Reviews Art, fiction and antiques
• On the Shelf Written in the stars