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Thieves of Book Row New York's most notorious rare book ring and the man who stopped it

Main Author: McDade, Travis.
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: Oxford [England] ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2013.
Subjects:
Poe, Edgar Allan, > 1809-1849 > Manuscripts.
Poe, Edgar Allan, > 1809-1849 > Library resources.
New York Public Library > History > 20th century.
Rare books > History > 20th century.
Thieves > Literary collections.
Art thefts > New York (State) > New York.
Rare books > New York (State) > New York.
Table of 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.

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