latimes.com - 14 days ago
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There are people who love books, people who love to collect books and people who love books, particularly rare ones, so much that they're willing to steal them. Books coveted by collectors can be quite valuable -- say, a first Italian edition of "Pinocchio" ($80,000) or the first-edition ...
boston.com - 15 days ago
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boston.com —
Rare books provoke passion in collectors, who expend
untold time and treasure in their pursuit. Some surrender
their scruples, too. Discuss COMMENTS (0) Take the case of John Charles Gilkey, who stole rare volumes, many worth thousands of dollars, from frustrated dealers around the ...
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... One man's obsession focused not on others or politics, but on books. Author Allison Hoover Bartlett's "The Man Who Loved Books Too Much" follows the story of John Gilkey, who stole $100,000 of rare books from 1999 to 2003, and the man who chased him down. In our review, Carmela Ciuraru writes: ...
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