The Man Who Loved Books Too Much: The True Story of a Thief, a Detective, and a World of Literary Obsession
Toronto: Viking Canada, 2009. 1st Canadian Edition. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Fine / Fine. Item #008843
Quarter burgundy paper, russet paper boards. 274 pp. Patch of sunning to top edge of text block, else fine. What would you do for the love of a good book? For John Charles Gilkey, the answer is: go to prison. Unrepentant book thief 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, though, is Ken Sanders, the self-appointed "bibliodick" driven to catch him. In following both of these eccentric characters, journalist Allison Hoover Bartlett plunged deep into a world of fanatical book lust, and ultimately found herself caught between the many people interested in finding Gilkey's stolen treasure, and the man who wanted to keep it hidden: the man himself.
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