Book Recounts Pillaging of Rare Illustrations from University Libraries
A library thief decimated the rare-book collections of academic libraries across the US during a 1980 crime spree. Travis McDade, the curator of law rare books at the University of Illinois College of Law and an expert on rare-book crimes, tells the story of the thefts and how the thief was caught in his new book, Torn from Their Bindings: A Story of Art, Science, and the Pillaging of American University Libraries.
McDade will open the Oxford Conference for the Book at 11:30 a.m. on Wednesday, March 27, with a talk on Torn from Their Bindings in the Faulkner Room of the J.D. Williams Library.
A library thief decimated the rare-book collections of academic libraries across the US during a 1980 crime spree. Travis McDade, the curator of law rare books at the University of Illinois College of Law and an expert on rare-book crimes, tells the story of the thefts and how the thief was caught in his new book, Torn from Their Bindings: A Story of Art, Science, and the Pillaging of American University Libraries.
McDade will open the Oxford Conference for the Book at 11:30 a.m. on Wednesday, March 27, with a talk on Torn from Their Bindings in the Faulkner Room of the J.D. Williams Library.
