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• map crime (Score:2)

  by hfb (74)

  The Island of Lost Maps [amazon.com] is an excellent read and, if you collect maps at all, will break your heart along the way.
  • Re:map crime (Score:2)

    by gnat (29)

    Why did I know you'd have a good pointer for me? :-) Thanks, ordered!

    --Nat
    (I heart half.com)
    • Re:map crime (Score:2)

      by hfb (74)

      :) Darned if I can't find another one that I wanted to recommend but The day they stole the mona lisa is fascinating but, alas, out of print. You might get lucky on abebooks though.
      • Re:map crime (Score:2)

        by ask (83)

        Available used both at
        Half.com and Alibris [allbookstores.com]. (There's also another one called "the man who stole mona lisa" if that's the one you really meant).

        --
        

        -- ask bjoern hansen [askbjoernhansen.com], !try; do();
        • Re:map crime (Score:2)

          by hfb (74)

          The man who stole the Mona Lisa [imdb.com] is the movie based on the book "The Day They Stole the Mona Lisa" which was about the 1911 theft of said artwork [monalisamania.com] :) ...The book titled 'man who stole...' is a work of fiction.
• not exactly art (Score:1)

  by geoff (2013)

  well, it's not exactly about art, but Booked to Die [amazon.com] is a mystery about an ex-cop turned rare book collector. you can tell the author is really into book collecting because he gets into the details of it, explaining how to spot first editions, and so on. really cool if you're into that type of thing.