The map Thief : : the Gripping Story of an Esteemed Rare-Map Dealer who Made Millions Stealing Priceless Maps
Large Type - 2014 Adult Book / Large Print / Nonfiction / True Crime / Blanding, Michael 1 On Shelf No requests on this item
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Originally published: New York, NY : Gotham Books, [2014]
Maps have long elicited a special fascination -- both as practical tools and as beautiful works of art. But to collectors the map trade can be cutthroat, with quirky and sometimes disreputable characters in search of a finite number of extremely rare objects. This is the story of antiquarian map dealer E. Forbes Smiley, who for years doubled as a map thief until he was finally arrested for slipping maps out of books in the Yale University library.
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PUBLISHED
Waterville : Thorndike Press, 2014.
Year Published: 2014
Description: 603 p.
Language: English
Format: Large Type
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9781410471147
1410471144
SUBJECTS
Smiley, E. Forbes.
Map dealers.
Map industry and trade.
Map thefts.
Book thefts.