[PDF.01aj] The Map Thief: The Gripping Story of an Esteemed Rare-Map Dealer Who Made Millions Stealing Priceless Maps

The Map Thief: The Gripping Story of an Esteemed Rare-Map Dealer Who Made Millions Stealing Priceless Maps

[PDF.lp99] The Map Thief: The Gripping Story of an Esteemed Rare-Map Dealer Who Made Millions Stealing Priceless Maps

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 | #112676 in Books |  2015-06-02 |  2015-06-02 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  8.00 x.68 x5.25l,1.00 | File type: PDF | 320 pages

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||3 of 3 people found the following review helpful.| Map Quest by a thief|By William Garrison Jr.|"The Map Thief” by Michael Blanding (2014). The earlier reviews have pretty well covered the plot of this book: a seller of old maps, who has fallen heavily into debt to pay for his lavish lifestyle, stole old maps from old books in old universities for re-sale to those who collect very, very expensive historical maps.
From Booklist|With antiquarian objects such as centuries-old letters and maps fetching higher and higher prices at auctions these days, an entire criminal subculture has developed that matches the ingenuity of mor

The story of an infamous crime, a revered map dealer with an unsavory secret, and the ruthless subculture that consumed him
 
Maps have long exerted a special fascination on viewers—both as beautiful works of art and as practical tools to navigate the world. But to those who collect them, the map trade can be a cutthroat business, inhabited by quirky and sometimes disreputable characters in search of a finite number of extremely rare objects.
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You can specify the type of files you want, for your device.The Map Thief: The Gripping Story of an Esteemed Rare-Map Dealer Who Made Millions Stealing Priceless Maps   |  Michael Blanding. A good, fresh read, highly recommended.

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