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Rare books and manuscript thefts : a security system for librarians, booksellers, and collectors / by John H. Jenkins ; foreword by Terry Belanger.
LIBRA Rare Z702.A3 J46 1982
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Jenkins, John Holmes.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Book thefts.
- Rare books.
- Libraries--Security measures.
- Libraries.
- Manuscripts as Topic.
- Rare Books.
- Security Measures.
- Medical Subjects:
- Manuscripts as Topic.
- Rare Books.
- Libraries.
- Security Measures.
- Penn Provenance:
- Traister, Daniel (donor) (RBC copy)
- Jenkins, John Holmes (autograph) (RBC copy)
- Physical Description:
- 27 unnumbered pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America, 1982.
- Contents:
- I. How and why the security system has been created
- II. The nature of the book thief
- III. What to do if you suffer a book theft
- IV. What to do when the thief is caught
- V. What to do when your books are recovered
- VI. What to do when you are offered suspicious books
- VII. How to avoid book thefts
- VIII. Marking books and manuscripts.
- Local Notes:
- RBC copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2016 by Daniel Traister.
- RBC copy has copy of letter from Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America, signed by president John H. Jenkins, laid in.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Jenkins, John Holmes. Rare books and manuscript thefts.
- OCLC:
- 8313763
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