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The map thief : the gripping story of an esteemed rare-map dealer who made millions stealing priceless maps / Michael Blanding.

by Blanding, Michael.

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Gotham Books, [2014]

364.16289 B642m

Smiley, E. Forbes.

Map dealers -- United States -- Biography.

Map industry and trade -- United States.

Map thefts -- United States.

Book thefts -- United States.

9781592408177 (hc.)

1592408176 (hc.)

xvi, 300 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"This is 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. Once considered a respectable antiquarian map dealer, E. Forbes Smiley spent years doubling as a map thief, until he was finally arrested slipping maps out of books in the Yale University library. This book delves into the untold history of this fascinating high-stakes criminal and the inside story of the industry that consumed him."--From publisher.

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