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Thieves of Book Row : New York's most notorious rare book ring and the man who stopped it / Travis McDade.
Athenaeum of Philadelphia - Circulating Collection Z1029 .M33 2013
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- McDade, Travis.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849.
- New York Public Library.
- Rare books--History--20th century.
- Rare books.
- Thieves--Literary collections.
- Thieves.
- Art thefts--New York (State)--New York.
- Art thefts.
- Rare books--New York (State)--New York.
- New York Public Library--History--20th century.
- Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849--Manuscripts.
- Poe, Edgar Allan.
- Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849--Library resources.
- Library resources.
- Manuscripts.
- History.
- New York (State)--New York.
- Genre:
- Literary collections.
- Literature.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 216 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford [England] ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2013]
- Contents:
- The antics of the leading industrials
- The accumulated wisdom
- A purloined Poe
- Scholarship and investigation
- The Boston scene
- Someone qualified as a bookman
- The people of the state of New York and their dignity
- That's the end of the rare book.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Athenaeum copy: Jones Fund bookplate.
- ISBN:
- 9780199922666
- 0199922667
- OCLC:
- 813938844
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