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Subject:        Re: The Peculiar Underworld of Rare-Book Thieves
Date:   Fri, 24 Jan 2014 10:12:25 -0500
From:   Joel Kovarsky <[log in to unmask]>
To:     Maps, Air Photo, GIS Forum - Map Librarianship
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The book by Michael Blanding, mentioned in that online article, is:

Blanding, Michael (2014). _The Map Thief: The Gripping Story of an
Esteemed Rare-Map Dealer Who Made Millions Stealing Priceless Maps_. Los
Angeles: Gotham Press, 288 pp., ISBN: 9781592408177. $27.50.

                Joel Kovarsky

On 1/24/2014 10:08 AM, Angie Cope, American Geographical Society
Library, UW Milwaukee wrote:
> I'm forwarding this ...
>
> Angie
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> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject:      ["EXLIBRIS-L"] The Peculiar Underworld of Rare-Book Thieves
> Date:         Fri, 24 Jan 2014 09:18:54 -0500
> From:         Joel Kovarsky <[log in to unmask]>
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> To:   EXLIBRIS-L <[log in to unmask]>
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> This message was initially posted to the ISHM (International Society for
> the History of the Map:http://ishm.elte.hu/) discussion list.
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>             Joel Kovarsky
>
> On 1/24/14, 6:47 AM, Tony Campbell wrote:
> >
> >
> > 'The Peculiar Underworld of Rare-Book Thieves
> ><http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2014/01/the-peculiar-underworld-of-rare-book-thieves.html>'
> > (by John Ruch for/Paste/, 22 January 2014)
> >
> >http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2014/01/the-peculiar-underworld-of-rare-book-thieves.html
> >
> >
> > A summary of old news but including a reference to a forthcoming book
> > on*Forbes Smiley*by Michael Blanding, who commented: “We may never
> > know the full extent of Smiley’s crimes or recover all the maps he
> > stole".
> >
> > Tony Campbell
> > ¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬
> > Extract from:http://www.maphistory.info/theftnews.html
> >
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