The man who loved books too much : the true story of a thief, a detective, and a world of literary obsession / Allison Hoover Bartlett.
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TextPublication details: New York : Riverhead Books, c2009Description: 274 pages ; 22 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 1594488916; 9781594488917; 1594484813; 9781594484810Subject(s): Gilkey, John, 1968- | Sanders, Ken, 1951- | Gilkey, John | Sanders, Ken, 1951- | Gilkey, John, 1968- | Bibliofili | Bibliofili | Book collectors | Thieves | Buch | Diebstahl | Antiquar | Bibliomanie | Kriminalfall | Bibliofiler | Bokstölder | Book collecting | Bibliomania | Book thefts | Bibliomania | Book collecting | Book thefts | Book collectors -- United States -- Biography | Thieves -- United States -- Biography | Biography Collection | Förenta staterna | United States | USA | USAGenre/Form: Biography. DDC classification: 002.075 | B LOC classification: Z992.8 | .B37 2009Online resources: Sample text | Contributor biographical information | Publisher description Summary: Unrepentant book thief John Charles Gilkey has stolen a fortune in rare books from around the county. Yet unlike most thieves, who steal for profit, Gilkey steals for the love of the books. Perhaps equally obsessive, though, is Ken Sanders, the self-appointed "bibliodick" driven to catch him. Sanders, a lifelong rare book collector and dealer turned amateur detective, will stop at nothing to catch the thief plaguing his trade.
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Unrepentant book thief John Charles Gilkey has stolen a fortune in rare books from around the county. Yet unlike most thieves, who steal for profit, Gilkey steals for the love of the books. Perhaps equally obsessive, though, is Ken Sanders, the self-appointed "bibliodick" driven to catch him. Sanders, a lifelong rare book collector and dealer turned amateur detective, will stop at nothing to catch the thief plaguing his trade.
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