A significant number of items from the Samuel May Collection (The Samuel May Jr. Library contains materials relating to abolition, women's rights, temperance movements and religion, dating largely from the mid- to late nineteenth century) at Becker College appear to have been stolen. If you are offered any of the items below, or if you may have information on the whereabouts of any of these items please contact: Garrett Eastman, Director of Libraries, Becker College at 508-373-9709 or garrett.eastman@becker.edu. Author: Chace, Elizabeth Buffum, 1806-1899 Title: Anti-Slavery Reminiscences Publish info: Central Falls, R.I., E.L. Freeman & Son, State Printers, 1891 Descript'n: 47 p. 22 cm; olive green hardcover, gilt lettering Inscription: Signed by author: “Samuel & Sarah Russell May from their affectionate friend, E.B. Chace.” Author: Frothingham, Octavius Brooks, 1822-1895 Title: Gerrit Smith: A Biography Publish info: New York, G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1878 Descript'n: 381 p. front. (port.) 2 pl. 21 cm; green hardcover, gilt lettering Enclosures (3): 1. Letter from Frank J. Garrison to Samuel May Jr.: “Rockledge, Jany 2, 1878 My dear Rev. May, I sent you by express yesterday at Father's request a copy of Frothingham's Life of Gerrit Smith, which he desires you to accept as a New Year's token of remembrance from him. I hoped to send the book on Monday, so that you might receive it yesterday, but it did not reach me in time. Father went to New York, ten days ago, to spend the... [more Stolen Items from the Samuel May Collection at Becker College]
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The following items have been reported stolen: - 1 hardcover book “Just Kids” signed by author Patti Smith (2010) ISBN-10: 006621131X, ISBN-13: 978-0066211312 - 2 paperback books “Just Kids” signed by author Patti Smith (2010) ISBN-10: 0060936223, ISBN-13: 978-0060936228 - 1 hardcover copy of “Rascals” signed by models appearing in works by Todd Yeager (2008) ISBN 10: 3861878887, ISBN-13: 978-3861878889 -1 copy of “Wool Gathering” signed by author Patti Smith (2011) ISBN-10: 0811219445, ISBN-13: 978-0811219440. Inscribed: “To Todd Patti Smith” If you have any information on these items, please contact Kathy Kershner at klkershner@aol.com [more Signed Books Stolen in Brooklyn]
This item was still reported missing as of June 11, 2019. The following item has been reported stolen: Title : Armonia astro-medico-anotomica Authors : MINNITI Date of publication : 1690 Description : Contemporary board. Frontispice engraved with 5 movable parts. If you have any information on this item, please contact Hugues de Latude at hugues.de.latude@numericable.fr or 01 77 11 03 48. [more Stolen: Armonia astro-medico-anotomica (1690)]
The following item has been reported stolen: Title : Origin of Species Authors : Darwin (Charles) Publisher : John Murray, London Description : Sixth edition, original cloth, good condition If you have any information on this item, please contact Blackwell's Rare Books at rarebooks@blackwell.co.uk or 01865 333 555 [more Sixth Edition 'Origin of Species' Stolen]
UPDATE: This item was recovered. The following item has been reported stolen: Title : The Lyminge Map Authors : Thomas Hill Date of publication : 1685 Description : "A mapp and description of a farme with 12 parcells of land thereunto belonging in the parish of Liminge in the county of Kent belonging to Capt. Timothy BEDINGFEILD gent and by his order measured and herein described being now in the tenure or occupation of Tho: HOGBEN. Each peece is distinguished by colours with all the wast thereunto belonging is found to conteine the same therein mentioned in acres, roods and perches and all being added together (including 70 perches for wast of high wayes) the summ is 33 acres 1 rood 1 perches. Also shewing the persons names whose lands bound therunto measured and mapt by Tho: HILL sworne survey 1685." If you have any information on this item, please contact Duncan Harrington at history.research@btinternet.com or +44 (0)1303 862368 [more UPDATE: Stolen 1865 Lyminge Map]
This item was still reported missing as of June 11, 2019. The following item has been reported stolen: Title : Der Americanischen Neuen Welt Beschreibung (engraved title) Authors : Winckelmann, Johann Just Date of publication : 1664 Publisher : Heinrich Conrad Zimmer, Oldenbourg Description : With copper engraved title, 1 (of 2) full-page portraits (of Hans Staden) in woodcut and 32 woodcuts in the text after Hans Staden. 8 unn. leaves, 228 pp., 6 unn. leaves of index. Modern gilt violet/red leather binding. If you have any information on this item, please contact yueksel@erasmushaus.ch [more Stolen: Der Americanischen Neuen Welt Beschreibung (engraved title; 1664)]
These books were still reported missing as of June 11, 2019. The following items were stolen this past weekend in Brooklyn: 1. ; . Painting Illustrated in Three Dialogues, Containing Some Choice Observations Upon the Art. Together with the Lives of The Most Eminent Painters, From Cimabue, to the Time of Raphael, and Michael Angelo, with an Explanation of the Difficult Terms. London: Printed by John Gain for the Author, 1685. Quarto, three-quarter period-style calf gilt, raised bands, crimson spine label, marbled boards. Early owner signature of John Reynolds; first-issue title page printed in red and black, with 1685 date. Occasional foxing and soiling, a few early paper repairs, a few signatures embrowned. 2. Congreve, William . The Old Batchelor; The Double Dealer; Love for Love; The Mourning Bride; The Way of the World. London: J. Tonson, 1733. Five small octavo volumes, uniformly bound in polished speckled calf gilt by Zaehnsdorf, raised bands, maroon spine labels, gilt dentelles. Light offsetting from frontispiece plates, occasional light rubbing to spine ends. If you have any information on either of these items, please contact Heather O'Donnell at 917-974-2420 or heather@honeyandwaxbooks.com [more Two Books Stolen in Brooklyn]
The following items have been reported stolen: Title : Paradise Lost Authors : John Milton Date of publication : 1691 Publisher : Richard Bentley Description : Leather bound, illustrated, in good condition. On inside of front cover there is a sticker with a family coat of arms and the name "Geilston". There maybe also a name "Geils" (being the owner's maternal grandmother´s family name) in pencil. Title : Herball Authors : John Gerarde Date of publication : 1633 Publisher : Norton & Whittacker Description : Leather bound (restored?), illustrated, in good condition. On inside of front cover there may be a sticker with a family coat of arms and the name "Geilston". There maybe also a name "Geils" (being the owner's maternal grandmother´s family name) in pencil. The frontispiece had been lost and replaced by a facsimile. If you have any information on either of these items, please contact John Bryant at johnshielbryant@gmail.com or (506) 8393 3227. [more Stolen: Leather-bound editions of "Paradise Lost" and "Herball”]
These items were still reported missing as of June 12, 2019. The following books, among others, have been recorded as stolen in August 2012 from the Science Fiction and Fantasy Collection of the Temple University Libraries (Philadelphia, Pa.): Asimov, Isaac. Currents of Space. 1952. First edition. Asimov, Isaac. Foundation. 1951. First, with d.j. Asimov, Isaac. Foundation and Empire. 1952. First, with d.j. Burroughs, Edgar Rice. Tarzan of the Apes. Chicago, McClurg, 1914. 1st. Dick, Philip. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968. First, d.j. Lovecraft, H. P. Beyond the Wall of Sleep. Arkham House, 1943. d.j. Lovecraft, H. P. Notes and Commonplace Book... 1938. Lovecraft, H. P. The Outsider and Others. Arkham House, 1939. Lovecraft, H. P. The Shunned House. Recluse Press, 1928. Verne, Jules. 7 Hetzel editions: Claudius Bombarnac ... L'ile Mysterieuse .. Mathias Sandorf. 1885. Mirifiques Aventures de Maitre Antifer. Robur-le-Conquerant.. Le Tour du Monde en Quatre-vingts Jours. Une Ville Flottante .... 1872. If you have any information on these volumes and selected other science fiction or fantasy titles which may have indications of Temple ownership please contact Margery Sly, Director of Special Collections, at msly@temple.edu. [more Rare Science Fiction Lit Missing From Philadelphia Area]
Update: We are pleased to report that these items have been recovered. Three volumes of a 5-volume set of the Works of Rabelais, printed by John Hart for Brindley, 1750: Volumes II, III, and V, 12mo volumes, approximately 6²x4², dark brown leather, with plates. Lost in Berkeley, CA. Please contact: Stephen Whitehead classicalsteve@comcast.net 510-457-8066 cell 510-842-3063 home [more UPDATE: Rabelais Works Missing from Berkeley, CA area]