The map thief

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.

Year

2014

Language

English

Series

Thorndike Press large print crime scene

Publisher

Thorndike Press

Editions

3

Pages

603

ISBN

9781410471147

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