Friday 28 May 2010

Top Tips for Thieves

No, not plagiarists, but advice on how to steal rare maps from books.

There was a man who always came in chewing. He spent an age with books containing maps or prints. Always left buying nothing. We thought he was doing research, completing his MA here in store. He turned out to be chewing string. When this was suitably wet he’d lay it along the inside spine next to a desirable map. The dampness would seep into the paper and after ten minutes or so he was able to slide out the print without making any sort of tearing sound. Up his sleeve it went. Sold on to the antique market the same day.

It's from Peter Finch's blog: he's a fine poet, critic and journalist from Wales who is consistently interesting.

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