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Author:

Bartlett, Allison Hoover.

Title:

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

Publisher:

Riverhead Books,

Copyright Date:

2009

Description:

274 p. ; 22 cm.

Subject:

Gilkey, John,--1968-
Sanders, Ken,--1951-
Book collectors--United States--Biography.
Thieves--United States--Biography.
Book collecting.
Bibliomania.
Book thefts.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

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.

ISBN:

1594488916
9781594488917

OCLC:

(OCoLC)311778251

LCCN:

2009021324

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