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The map thief : the gripping story of an esteemed rare-map dealer who made millions stealing priceless maps

The map thief : the gripping story of an esteemed rare-map dealer who made millions stealing priceless maps

Blanding, Michael, author.
Large Print 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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Book thefts United States
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Smiley, E. Forbes
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ISBN:
9781410471147
1410471144
Edition:
Large print edition
Description:
603 pages (large print) : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
large print
Notes:
Originally published: New York, NY : Gotham Books, [2014]
Includes bibliographical references (pages 493-504)
Contents:
Selected mapmakers, 1470-1860
The explorer and the thief
Small hope
A new world
Who knows the most wins
Catalog number one
Playing hardball
Upward departure
The battle of Sebec
Missing maps, missing cards
Caught!
The plea
Map quest
Terra incognita
Maps Smiley admitted stealing
Additional maps libraries reported missing
LCCN:
2014015524
Control Number:
2904483
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