Warning poster produced by Ken Sanders and sent to rare-book dealers when convicted book thief John Gilkey was released from prison in 2005.(click to enlarge)UPDATE - Richard Gilkey was arrested earlier this afternoon (12/15) in San Francisco. Details to followThe infamous Richard Gilkey, the subject of Allison Hoover Bartlett's 2009 book, The Man Who Loved Books Too Much, seems to be back in action.An antiquarian bookseller in San Francisco was paid a visit by a police officer, who also happens to be a book collector, and notified that Gilkey has apparently struck again, this time robbing two maps of the San Francisco...
Cops Nab "Tome Raider" Two Years On the Lam
William Jacques, the notorious "Tome Raider," was arrested in Selby, North Yorkshire on Christmas Day 2009 after eluding the police for more than two years. He will appear at City of Westminster Magistrates’ Court accused of stealing antique horticultural books from the Royal Horticultural Society's London library.The thirteen volumes are said to be worth about £50,000. It is alleged Jacques stole them by signing in to the library under the false name of Mr Santoro and then hiding them under his jacket. "Mr. Santoro" was a new alias; Jacques is also known by the nom de theft, David Fletcher.Jacques, 40,...