The man who loved books too much : the true story of a thief, a detective, and a world of literary obsession /
Bartlett, Allison Hoover
The man who loved books too much : the true story of a thief, a detective, and a world of literary obsession / Allison Hoover Bartlett. - Trade paperback edition - New York : Riverhead Books, 2010. - 274 pages ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
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.
9781594484810 1594484813
2009021324
Gilkey, John Charles, 1968-
Sanders, Ken 1951-
Book collectors--United States--Biography.
Thieves--United States--Biography.
Book collecting.
Bibliomania.
Book thefts.
Coleccionistas de libros --Estados Unidos--Biografías
Delincuentes --Estados Unidos--Biografías
B Z 992.8 / G474B 2010
002.075
The man who loved books too much : the true story of a thief, a detective, and a world of literary obsession / Allison Hoover Bartlett. - Trade paperback edition - New York : Riverhead Books, 2010. - 274 pages ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
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.
9781594484810 1594484813
2009021324
Gilkey, John Charles, 1968-
Sanders, Ken 1951-
Book collectors--United States--Biography.
Thieves--United States--Biography.
Book collecting.
Bibliomania.
Book thefts.
Coleccionistas de libros --Estados Unidos--Biografías
Delincuentes --Estados Unidos--Biografías
B Z 992.8 / G474B 2010
002.075