Torn from Their Bindings: A Story of Art, Science, and the Pillaging of American University LibrariesIn 1980, an antique print dealer was going broke from competition and lack of supply. Then he discovered all the high quality antique prints he could ever want for free on the shelves of American university libraries. Torn from Their Bindings tells the story of Robert Kindred's brazen theft of irreplaceable antique illustrations and maps from academic libraries across the country a crime spree that left the irredeemable wreck of countless rare books