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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: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Riverhead Books, 2009.Description: 274 p. ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 9781594488917
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 002.075 B 22
LOC classification:
  • Z992.8 .B37 2009
Online resources: 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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უცხოური წიგნი/ Foreign book უცხოური წიგნი/ Foreign book NVU ABC Library L-Bar-17 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 2805201402350

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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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