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Stolen: Limited Edition of 'Nothing Beside Remains'

By Susan Benne

This item is still missing as of 5/28/2019. The following item was reported stolen: Mellis, Daniel. Nothing Beside Remains. Chicago, IL: Daniel Mellis. Limited Edition. Tight, bright, and unmarred. Black cloth boards. 4to. np. Numbered limited edition, one of 25 copies. Fine. If you have any information regarding this item, please contact Brian Cassidy at (301) 589-0789. [more Stolen: Limited Edition of 'Nothing Beside Remains']



Missing: Georgetown College Board Records

By Susan Benne

Update: these have been recovered as of 5/28/2019. Georgetown College (Georgetown, KY) are missing two volumes from their archive. The volumes are records of the Board of Trustees of Georgetown College. The first volume dates from 1837-1866, the second goes from 1866-1912. They are handwritten and noticeably deteriorated. The volumes would have gone missing sometime between 2007 and 2011. If you have any information on them you can contact the staff archivist, Sandra Baird, at Sandra_Baird@GeorgetownCollege.edu. [more Missing: Georgetown College Board Records]



Missing Hugo Wolf Autograph

By Susan Benne

This item is still missing as of 5/25/2019. The following autograph is missing: Hugo Wolf, Austrian composer (1860-1903) Autograph Note Signed on visiting card (business card size), both sides, signed on verso. If you have any information on this item, please contact: J.B. Muns, Fine Arts Books & Musical Autographs Phone: 510-525-2420 email: jbmuns@aol.com [more Missing Hugo Wolf Autograph]



Books Stolen in North Carolina

By Susan Benne

The following items were recently stolen from Wentworth & Leggett Rare Books. If you have any information on these items, please contact Barbara Wentworth at 919-688-5311 or 919-479-1938. 1. Arthur Rackham's Book of Pictures London 1913 limited edition signed by Arthur Rackham http://www.wentworthleggettbooks.com/Pages/Item/Illustrated.aspx index 73 of 90 to 76 of 90 2. 6 vol set of Fox Hunting stories by R.S. Surtees Handsome half leather embosed Original cover and spine tipped in the back of each volume Illustrations by John Leech and Phiz http://www.wentworthleggettbooks.com/Pages/Item/Illustrated.aspx index 38 of 90 to 41 of 90 3. The Viscera of the Human Body Edited by Jones Quain M.D. and W. J. Erasmus Wilson Full leather cover medical atlas Folio Hand colored plates London 1840 http://www.wentworthleggettbooks.com/Pages/Item/PrintsMedical.aspx index 54 of 85 to 85 of 85 4. D. H. Lawrence Lady Chatterley's Lover Florence, Italy (1928). Pirated edition. Mulberry-colored boards and paper spine label same as original edition 5. Observations Relative Chiefly to Picturesque Beauty...Mountains and Lakes of Cumberland and Westmorland (we're pretty sure this is the title) by William Gilpin late 1700's 2 vol full deep olive green leather many aquatints fore-edge painting on each vol special lined slipcase fore each vol [more Books Stolen in North Carolina]



Stolen: 'A View of the Harbour' (1947)

By Susan Benne

The following item has been reported stolen: Title : A View of the Harbour Authors : Taylor (Elizabeth) Date of publication : 1947 Publisher : Davies, London Description : Original dark blue cloth, lightly faded backstrip lettered in white, free endpapers browned, crease to rear pastedown. The front free endpaper is inscribed by the author ‘To my old enemy, Norman, with love from Elizabeth Taylor 1947. “I strove with none, for none was worthy of my strife; Reason I loved, and, next to Reason, Doubt; I warmed both hands before the fire of life; and put it out.” E.M.Forster after Landor’ If you have any information on this item, please contact Blackwell's Rare Books at rarebooks@blackwell.co.uk or 01865333555. [more Stolen: 'A View of the Harbour' (1947)]



Stolen: The Federalist: A Collection of Essays, Written in Favour of the New Constitution, as Agreed

By Susan Benne

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 pom@peterharrington.co.uk or +44 (0)20 7591 0220. [more Stolen: The Federalist: A Collection of Essays, Written in Favour of the New Constitution, as Agreed]



Stolen: "The Shadow Before", Signed & Inscribed

By Susan Benne

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]



Stolen: 'Habits of Monks', 36 Hand Colored Plates

By Susan Benne

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]