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Summary: Unrepentant book thief John Charles Gilkey has stolen a fortune in rare books from around the country. Yet unlike most thieves who steal for profit, Gilkey steals for love - the love of books. Perhaps equally obsessive is Ken Sanders, the self-appointed "bibliodick" driven to catch him. A lifelong rare book collector turned amateur detective Sanders will stop at nothing to catch the thief...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2010
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 921 GILKEY, JOHN CHARLES BARBartlett, Allison Hoover.
Summary: Book thief John Charles Gilkey stole hundreds of thousands of dollars' worth of rare books from book fairs, stores, and libraries around the country. Determined to catch Gilkey, Ken Sanders, a book dealer with a penchant for detective work, tirelessly pursued him. Journalist Allison Hoover Bartlett befriended both eccentric characters, obtaining crucial details on both men's stories. Here, she...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Tantor Audio 2009
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2 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 002.075 BARCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Stacks, Call number: CDBARBartlett, Allison Hoover.
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...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books 2009