[Genealib] Book Bandit Robbing Libraries

[Bob Velke]

Sadly, this is a pretty common practice.  I've bought several books 
in the last year from Internet sources where it turned out that the 
book had been stolen from a library.  I even bought a book from 
England which arrived with the New England library card still intact 
(no ex-lib markings etc.).  It had been checked out in 2005.  In that 
case, it was a "reputable" book dealer who claimed to have bought it 
in an estate sale.  I returned the book to the library and reported 
the case to AbeBooks but the library decided not to pursue the issue.

With most user-to-user internet transactions (like craigslist in this 
case), the paper trail is even thinner.

("Robbery," by the way, is theft with the threat of violence.  I was 
relieved to find that the headline was wrong!).

Bob Velke
Archive CD Books USA


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