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The map thief
the gripping story of an esteemed rare-map dealer who made millions stealing priceless maps
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by Michael Blanding
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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, Map thefts, Map dealers, Map industry and trade, Criminals, united states, Criminals, biography, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Criminals & Outlaws, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General, Large type books, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY, Criminals & Outlaws, General, Bokstölder, Stöld, Kartor, Säljare, nyt:travel=2015-07-12, New York Times bestsellerPeople
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Map Thief: The Gripping Story of an Esteemed, Rare Map Dealer Who Made Millions Stealing Priceless Maps
2015, Penguin Publishing Group
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1592409407 9781592409402
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The map thief: the gripping story of an esteemed rare-map dealer who made millions stealing priceless maps
2014, Thorndike Press
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1410471144 9781410471147
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The map thief: the gripping story of an esteemed rare-map dealer who made millions stealing priceless maps
2014, Gotham Books
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1592408176 9781592408177
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Table of 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.
Edition Notes
Originally published: New York, NY : Gotham Books, [2014].
Includes bibliographical references (pages 493-504).
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