Thieves Of Book Row New Yorks Most Notorious Rare Book Ring And The Man Who Stopped It
Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc
Published: 2013
Number of pages: 216
ISBN-13: 9780199922666
Description: The goods were kept in a secure room under constant scrutiny, deep inside a crowded building with guards at the exits. In the Depression, some fellows were willing to try anything-- even a heist in the rare book room of the New York Public Library. McDade tells the gripping tale of the worst book-theft ring in American history, and the intrepid detective who brought it down. The goods: a first edition of Edgar Allan Poe's Al Aaraaf, Tamerlane and Minor Poems. A fascinating look at the history of crime and literary culture.