[HN Gopher] He steals them, of course ___________________________________________________________________ He steals them, of course Author : Caiero Score : 101 points Date : 2023-12-10 16:02 UTC (1 days ago) (HTM) web link (literaryreview.co.uk) (TXT) w3m dump (literaryreview.co.uk) | cbfrench wrote: | When I took a bibliography seminar in grad school, the Wise | Forgeries were one of my favorite topics. The discovery of the | forgeries by Carter and Pollard and the discovery of the thefts | by Foxon are true landmarks in bibliography. It's worth hunting | up a copy of Carter and Pollard's "An Enquiry into the Nature of | Certain Nineteenth Century Pamphlets" and Carter's _Thomas J. | Wise and His Forgeries_ , both of which are surprisingly | thrilling reading. | jrmg wrote: | If you like this story, there's a more modern cousin of it: in | the 90s, a map 'dealer' named Gilbert Bland stole hundreds of | centuries-old maps from museums before he was caught. | | The full story is in the book "The Island of Lost Maps": | | https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/the-island-of-lo... | | https://m.alibris.com/The-Island-of-Lost-Maps-A-True-Story-o... | jrmg wrote: | Oh and also, this "This American Life" episode, "The Feather | Heist," where "A flute player breaks into a British museum and | makes off with a million dollars worth of dead birds." | | https://www.thisamericanlife.org/654/the-feather-heist | mauvehaus wrote: | I hate to say it, but having read the book that episode is | based on, you can pretty safely pass on the book. It didn't | really add anything that wasn't covered in This American | Life. Which is a bummer: I was super excited to read the book | and get all the little bits that were edited out for | broadcast. | jtbayly wrote: | Warning: page prevents back button from working. | michaelcampbell wrote: | The link at the top of the HN page opened a new tab for me, so | there was no "back" to go to. | B1FF_PSUVM wrote: | It occasionally gives me pause for thought that books - means of | preserving words, thoughts, stories - gained, like paintings and | other artworks, such relevance beyond their appointed task. ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2023-12-11 23:00 UTC)