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


Item type | Current library | Collection | Shelving location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Prêt normal | Enssib | Papier | Pôle Histoire du livre et des bibliothèques | 090 BIB m (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 8396185 |
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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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