This item has been recovered as of 5/24/2019.
The following item has been reported stolen: Title : The Federalist: A Collection of Essays, Written in Favour of the New Constitution, as Agreed Upon by the Federal Convention, September 17, 1787. In Two Volumes. Authors : HAMILTON, Alexander, James Madison & John Jay. Date of publication : 1788 Publisher : J. and A. McLean,, New York Description : 2 volumes octavo. Volume I measuring 168 × 115 mm, volume II 185 × 110 mm. Uncut in the original publisher's boards, volume numbers stamped to spines. Housed in a custom blue morocco-backed solander case. Somewhat rubbed, chipping at the spines, some stripping from the lower board of volume I, and light pen trials to the upper board of volume II; joints cracking, repaired; volume I slightly browned and spotted, small pieces torn from the fore-margins of pp157-8, pp221-2, gathering R a little crumpled in the head margin, a binding fault, text creased but no loss; some pencilled marginalia and notes to the rear free endpaper; ink-stamp removed from the title page of volume II, otherwise lightly toned, but clean and largely unopened. If you have any information on this item, please contact Pom Harrington at [email protected] or +44 (0)20 7591 0220.