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Torn from their bindings : a story of art, science, and the pillaging of American university libraries /

In 1980, an antique print dealer was going broke from competition and lack of supply. Then he discovered all the high-quality antique prints he could ever want, for free, on the shelves of American university libraries. Torn from Their Bindings tells the story of Robert Kindred's brazen theft o...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: McDade, Travis (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Lawrence : University Press of Kansas, [2018]
Subjects:
Kindred, Robert.
Book thefts > United States > History > 20th century.
Art thefts > United States > History > 20th century.
Print dealers > United States > Biography.
Academic libraries > Security measures > United States > History > 20th century.
Books > Mutilation, defacement, etc. > United States > History > 20th century.
Scientific illustration > History.
Illustrated periodicals > History.
HISTORY / United States / 21st Century.
Table of Contents:
  • 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.