Torn from their Bindings : A Story of Art, Science, and the Pillaging of American University Libraries /

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"In Torn from Their Bindings, Travis McDade tells the story of Robert Kindred, an art dealer who brazenly stole thousands of valuable antique prints from academic libraries during a cross-country crime spree in 1980. Torn from Their Bindings combines elements of true crime and legal history wit...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: McDade, Travis (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, 2018.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Kindred, Robert.
Scientific illustration.
Print dealers.
Illustrated periodicals.
Books > Mutilation, defacement, etc.
Book thefts.
Art thefts.
Academic libraries > Security measures.
HISTORY > United States > 21st Century.
Magazines (Publications) > Histoire.
Illustration scientifique > Histoire.
Livres > Mutilation > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Bibliotheques universitaires > États-Unis > Securite > Mesures > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Marchands d'estampes > États-Unis > Biographies.
Vol d'objets d'art > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Vol de livres > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Illustrated periodicals > History.
Scientific illustration > History.
Books > Mutilation, defacement, etc. > United States > History > 20th century.
Academic libraries > Security measures > United States > History > 20th century.
Print dealers > United States > Biography.
Art thefts > United States > History > 20th century.
Book thefts > United States > History > 20th century.
United States.
Biographies.
History.
Biography
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • That meanest of all thieves
  • The Texas scene
  • Setting out
  • Among a kindred nation
  • A homecoming of sorts
  • You have to make a buck wherever you can
  • Contains numerous color prints
  • Any and all interest
  • The last full measure
  • Rare, lovely, and of obvious interest to collectors.

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