Fine cloth copy in a near fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered.Includes previous owner's inscription. Physical description; 274 pages ; 22 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references. Subjects; Gilkey, John (1968-). Sanders, Ken (1951-). Book collectors United States ; Biography. Thieves United States ; Biography. Book collecting. Bibliomania. Book thefts. Book collectors United States ; Biography. Thieves United States ; Biography. Book collectors United States ; Biography. Thieves United States ; Biography. Book collecting. Bibliomania. Book thefts. Genres; Bibliography. Biography. 1 Kg.

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Titel

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

Verlag

New York : Riverhead Books, published by the Penguin Group

Erscheinungsjahr

2009

Sprache

Englisch

ISBN-10

1594488916

ISBN-13

9781594488917

Einband

Hardcover

Auflage

Fifth Edition.

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A full-length narrative account of the author's original article as included in Best American Crime Reporting 2007 describes the lucrative heists of book thief John Charles Gilkey and the cat-and-mouse efforts of book dealer Ken Sanders to bring him to justice.

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Allison Hoover Bartlett's writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post and in the San Francisco Chronicle Magazine, among other publications. Her original article on John Gilkey was included in the Best American Crime Reporting 2007.

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