The Man Who Loved Books Too Much: The True Story of a Thief, a Detective, and a World of Literary Obsession
New York: Riverhead, 2009. First edition. Hardcover. First edition. Fine in fine, bright dust jacket. Hardcover. 274 pp. Unrepentant book thief Gilkey has stolen a fortune in rare books from around the country. Yet unlike most thieves, who steal for proft, Gilkey steals for love--the love of books. Equally obsessive, Ken Sanders, the self-appointed "bibliodick" is driven to catch Gilkey. In following both of these eccentric characters, Allison Hoover Bartlett plunges deep into a world of fanatical book lust, and ultimately finds herself caught between many people interested in finding Gilkey's stolen treasure, and the man who wanted to keep it hidden: the thief himself. Fine / fine. Item #E34726
ISBN: 9781594488917
Price: $11.95