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The man who loved books too much : the true story of a thief, a detective, and a world of literary obsession / Allison Hoover Bartlett

By:

Bartlett, Allison Hoover

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : Riverhead Books , 2009.Description: 274 p. ; 22 cmISBN:

9781594488917

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DDC classification:

002.075 BAR

LOC classification:

Z992.8 .B37 2009

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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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Libro - Monografía	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C.	002.075 BAR (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		006537

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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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