This item is still missing as of 5/28/2019. Rollins, William (Jr.). The Shadow Before. Robert M. McBride & Company, New York, 1934. 389 pp. Original black cloth, orange backing to black text, orange top page ridge. Inscribed & signed first edition. Association copy -- signed by author, inscribed 'For Dorothy Waterman (?) who helped give this book a shove, Bill Rollins, March 21, 1934'. Lacks jacket. Boards a bit rubbed, front hinge weak, light cup ring mark on front cover. If you have any information on this item, please contact Jonathan Smalter at (585) 265-9295 or yesterdays.muse@gmail.com [more Stolen: "The Shadow Before", Signed & Inscribed]
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Update 5/24/19: This item has been recovered! The following item has been reported stolen: Habits of Monks Anonymous. No title: . . 16mo (8.7 cm x 222.5 cm; 3.4 x 87.6"). 36 hand-colored plates on pp. This compact but actually quite extensive souvenir offering illustrates the dress of ordained and lay members of various orders, including Capuchin, Dominican, Augustinian, Cistercian, Olivetan, Jesuit, Barnabite, Maronite, Carmelite; and congregations, including San Francesco di Paola, San Calisto, and the Fate Bene Fratelli (Ordine Ospedaliero di San Giovanni di Dio), in 36 hand-colored plates, all with captions in Italian. Interestingly, in some cases, costumes are shown for priests and laici (laymen) of the same order on opposing pages. The contents unfold accordion-style in one very long strip comprised of six pieces neatly joined together in a leporello binding; fully extended, the images measure more than seven feet. There are interesting faces here; the wearers of the featured garbs are not mere generic mannequins. Binding as above in original cream paper boards embossed in an all-over leafy pattern; apparently issued without a title leaf. Light soiling on boards, paper cracking over rear joint but "volume" holding fine. It may be seen in this online catalogue: http://www.prbm.com/_Leporellos.php If you have any information on this item, please contact the Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts Company at rarebks@prbm.com or 215-744-6734. [more Stolen: 'Habits of Monks', 36 Hand Colored Plates]
The following item was reported stolen: Mark Twain (Clemens, Samuel L.). HUCKLEBERRY FINN. 1885. First edition, first issue. Green pictorial cloth. Nice, very good copy. If you have any information on this item, please contact the Lost Horizon Bookstore at (805) 962-4606 or losthorizon.books@gte.net. [more Stolen: First Edition of 'Huckleberry Finn']
The following items, consisting of pamphlets, pocket maps, leaflets, brochures and photographs, were in a leather covered file box/pamphlet bin that went missing in San Francisco: 1. Circular. Burlington, Cedar Rapids, and Minnesota Railway Co. w/map 2. Description of the Lolo Trail Painted by Edgar S. Paxson leaflet 3. In the Adirondack Mountains brochure 4. Morrison's Guide to Washington 5. First Annual Report of Central Park 6. Taintor's Guide to Erie Railway and Branches 7. Cutter's Guide to the Hot Springs of Arkansas booklet 8. Colorado Springs booklet 9. Gregory. Savannah and Its Surroundings. Pamphlet 10. Ozalo-tzaete, bromide print photograph by Ben Wittick, Gallup, New Mexico 11. Gathering or procession of Hopi People, silver print, circa 1910 12. Plain Facts About Dakota, 1888. 13. Architecture of Allen & Young, Stockton, California 14. Memoranda of the Late Affair of Honor Between Clingman and Yancey, 1845 15. Full Statement …Abolitionists and Anti-Slavery Societies. Boston, 1836 16. Proceedings of the N.H. Anti Slavery Convention. Concord, 1834 17. The Flags of the Confederate Armies, 1905 18. Kansas Promotional Brochure Showalter Mortgage Co. 19. Great Burlington Route brochure with chromos of railroad car interiors 20. Colt Farm, Rhode Island booklet 21. Semi Monthly Excursion to California. Southern Pacific Company 22. Book sale broadside, mention of books for ladies, 1850’s 23. The Northern Pacific Railroad, The Yellowstone Route, brochure/map 24. I... [more Items Missing from the San Francisco Fair]
The following books were stolen in Santa Barbara last Friday: 1. Steinbeck, John. IN DUBIOUS BATTLE. # 24 of 99 copies, Signed. In slipcase. 2. Agee, James. LET US NOW PRAISE FAMOUS MEN. 1941. First edition in dustjacket. Walker Evans photos. 3. James Joyce. GIACOMO JOYCE with five original etchings by Jose Hernandez, each signed, Number 3 of 6 copies housed in a cork case with a copy of the text in French in a paper folding case. Ettan Press, Rancho Santa Fe 1981. 4. Carroll, Lewis. ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND. First American Edition.1866. Sangorski and Sutcliffe Binding. 5. ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT. Ca. 1645. PRIERES DE LA MESSE, Prayers of the Mass 15 Chapter headings illuminated in watercolor and gold. 6. ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT. 17th. Century. PROPER FOR THE PARISH OF MAISONS...For the days of the two Patron Saints, St. Remy and St. Hilaire. 7. Wilkin, John. Mercury or The Secret of the Swift Messenger. First Edition 1641. 8. The Mother on Sri Aurobindo. 1961 Signed. With a letter explaining how the frontise-piece painting was made, is laid-in. 9. M. Scott Momaday. The Journey of Tai-me. 1967. Santa Barbara. Limited to 100 copies. 2 copies. Leather binding, in slipcase. 10. Five Fore-Edge Painting Books. Small, full leather bindings, rather non-descript. Including Thomas Moore, Lalla Rookh. 11. Five City Lights Pocket Poets Books. First Editions. If you have information on any of these items, please contact the Lost Horizons Bookstore at 805-962-4606. [more Books Stolen in Santa Barbara]
The following item has been reported stolen: Title : Holy Bible (The Judas Bible) Date of publication : 1611 Description : Darlow & Moule, revised by Herbert, and is probably no. 319: the general title dated 1613 (not present presumably) but New Testament dated 1611, the date given by the former vicar. Known as the 'Great She Bible'. Folio, approx 362 x 227mm. If you have any information on this item, please contact Barry Valentine-Ketchum, Staniland (Booksellers), at stanilandbooksellers@btinternet.com or +44 (0) 1572 821493 [more Stolen: 1611 Bible]
The following item has been reported missing: . Alice's Adventures Under Ground. Being a Facsimile of the Original Ms. Book Afterwards Developed into "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland." With Thirty-Seven Illustrations by the Author. London and New York: Macmillan, 1886. 8vo, original decorated red cloth, gilt lettering, a.e.g. First edition. Lewis Carroll Handbook 194; Williams 52; NCBEL III, 978. ¶ The facsimile of the manuscript that was the genesis of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, attractively produced in a format somewhat similar to the original Alice. ¶ Inscribed in purple ink on the half-title to a young girl "Dorothy Katherine Comyns Carr / From the Author / Feb. 2. 1888." Dorothy Carr's father, Joseph Williams Comyns Carr (1849-1916), was the well known theatre and art critic, gallery owner, editor, playwright and producer (see the DNB), while his wife Alice was a close friend and occasional costume designer for the actress Ellen Terry, the latter also a lifelong friend of Dodgson. Cloth slightly worn and soiled; rear hinge just starting, but sound; fine copy, enclosed in a quarter morocco clamshell box. If you have any information on this item, please contact John Crichton at 415-398-0414 or books@brickrow.com. Still missing as of 5/24/2019. [more Missing: Alice's Adventures Under Ground]
Update 5/24/19: This item has been recovered and is no longer missing! The following item has been reported stolen: Original Century Magazine cover artwork by Frederic Dorr Steele. Blue the predominate color, matted, ~ 20" x 16". If you have any information on this item, please contact Vic Zoschak at 510-814-0480 or vjz@tavbooks.com [more Stolen: Original Century Magazine Cover Artwork by Frederic Dorr Steele]
This item is still missing as of 5/28/2019. The following item has been reported stolen: Title : EVRIPIDIS tragoediae septendecim Authors : EURIPIDE Date of publication : February, 1503 Publisher : Aldus Manutius, Venice Description : XVIIIth century half calf over coloured paper boards, calf label and gilt-lettered title on spine, raised bands. Entirely printed in Greek type. This is the first volume of Euripides: a second volume was published by Aldus the same year If you have any information on this item, please contact Vincenzo Ferro at enzoferro@bibliopathos.it or +39 335 6327764 [more Stolen: EVRIPIDIS tragoediae septendecim]
The following item has been reported stolen: Title : Manuscript, one leaf, written in French. Date of publication : ca 1839 Description : A peace treaty that should put an end to the first Carlist War in the early 19th century. Contact : Librería Miguel Miranda at libreria@libreriamiranda.com or (+34) 914-294-576 [more Stolen: 1839 Peace Treaty]