'The Man Who Loved Books Too Much'

[Randall Flagg]

I haven't read the book yet, but the real life facts are fascinating, and initial reviews are encouraging.

journalist Allison Hoover Bartlett tells the story of John Charles Gilkey, who has a simple motive: to gather the most prestigious rare-book collection around. His method? Stealing.

Read more: http://sfgate.info/cgi-bin/article.c...#ixzz0Tg5ydKSU

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http://www.scads.org/scams/tribune_article_04jun04.htm

[Sir_Boomme]

interesting article... what was most interesting was the photo of "John Gilkey"



I always wondered about this guy.... he just has to many rare books.



(just kidding bob... we all know you're way to smart to get caught)

[gsvec]

[Patrick]

Thanks for the link, Jerome. Sounds interesting.