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Bookbreaking




The term ''bookbreaking'' is not usually used to refer to outright theft, where the bookbreaker does not own the book in question. There have been many cases of theft of illustrations -- again, especially maps -- from rare books in Libraries .


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  • Nicholas A. Basbanes, ''Patience & Fortitude: A Roving Chronicle of Book People, Book Places, and Book Culture''. New York: HarperCollins , 2001. (ISBN 0060196955, ISBN 0060514469)

  • Miles Harvey, ''The Island of Lost Maps: A True Story of Cartographic Crime''. New York : Random House , 2000. (ISBN 0375501517, ISBN 0767908260)