UPDATE: We are pleased to report that the Robert Louis Stevenson items which we recently reported as lost or stolen in transit have finally reached their destination. Thank you all for your vigilance and concern. **** The following items have gone missing from the postal service on an international shipment to Scotland: 1. STEVENSON. ROBERT LOUIS. Moral Emblems. A Collection of Cuts and Verses. Moral Emblems. A Second Collection of Cuts and Verses. Illustrated, 3 1/4" X 5" (83 X 127mm) and 3 1/2" X 4 3/4" (89 X 121mm) respectively, original printed self-wrappers, sewn as issued. Davos-Platz : S.L. Osbourne & Company, n.d. . First editions. These small excessively rare and fragile "original juvenile toy-books by Stevenson" were printed by his young stepson, Lloyd Osbourne. Each booklet features 5 woodcuts with verses printed on the opposing pages. According to the George Barr McCutcheon sale catalogue (New York, American Art Association, Inc.,1926, lot 555) "he cuts were executed by Stevenson with a pen-knife." Both booklets have some wear, but are generally in very good state. The Second Collection is a presentation copy from Stevenson, inscribed in ink on the front cover: "S.E.P. from / R.L.S." Accompanying this inscribed copy is an autograph letter signed (one page, on embossed stationery of the Board of Trade, S.W.,17 November 1896; a little torn) from Edmund Gosse to "My dear Foote." In his letter Gosse tells of having secured the booklet from the original owner and repor... [more Missing: Robert Louis Stevenson Material]

Update: this item has been recovered. The following item was reported missing: Kipling, Rudyard. The Jungle Book and The Second Jungle Book. London: Macmillan and Co., 1894-1895. Two volumes. First editions, first printings. The Jungle Book (1894) is illustrated by John Lockwood Kipling, William Henry Drake, and Paul Frenzeny. The Second Jungle Book (1895) is illustrated by John Lockwood Kipling. Both volumes bound in the publisher's navy cloth, spines lettered in gilt, pictorial jungle images based on artwork by the author's father John Lockwood Kipling stamped to the front boards in gilt, all edges gilt. Both near fine copies, with some minor rubbing to the extremities, former owner's bookplates to the front pastedowns, spine very lightly starting after the preface in The Jungle Book, otherwise both have sturdy spines, a hint of scattered light foxing to The Second Jungle Book, otherwise both have clean and crisp pages. Overall, a bright and very attractive set of the Jungle Books. If you are offered the item, please contact B & B Rare Books at (646) 652-6766 or jmann@bbrarebooks.com. [more Missing: First Edition Set of 'The Jungle Book']

This item is still missing and considered lost as of 5/28/2019. The following item has been reported stolen: FLEMING, IAN. Diamonds Are Forever. New York: Macmillan, 1956. First American Edition. A fine copy in a lightly soiled, price-clipped dust jacket. If you have any information on this item, please contact Peter Stern at (617) 542-2376 or info@sternrarebooks.com. [more Stolen: First American Edition of 'Diamonds Are Forever']

This item is still missing as of 5/25/2019. The following item has been reported stolen: Pierre Bonfons. Les Antiqvutez et Chose plus Remarquabes de Paris . . . Paris: Nicolas Bonfons, 1608. 8vo, contemporary calf, spine elaborately gilt decorated, maroon morocco label, gilt lettering, marbled endpapers, a.e. stained red. Engraved title and 55 wood engravings in the text by Jean Rabel. The second edition, rewritten and augmented by Pierre Bonfons. Brunet II, 307. Gilles Corrozet's famous 16th century guide to the antiquities of Paris (first published in 1532), substantially augmented by Pierre Bonfons and first published in this revised edition in 1607. Corrozet's work, one of the earliest historical guidebooks of its kind and an early example of interest in antiquarianism and archeology, went through nine editions in his lifetime (1510-1568). There are substantial additions to this edition. See above. If you have any information regarding this item, please contact John Crichton at (415) 247-2818 or books@brickrow.com. [more Stolen: 'Les Antiqvutez et Chose plus Remarquabes de Paris . . .' (1608)]

UPDATE: We are pleased to report that these items have been recovered and returned to their owner. The following three items were stolen last week and offered yesterday in Phoenix: Noritané, Ninagawa. KWAN KO DZU SETSU. NOTICE HISTORIQUE ET DESCRIPTIVE UR LES ARTS ET INDUSTRIES JAPONAIS:  ART CERAMIQUE (10 PARTS IN 5 VOLUMES). Tokyo and Yokohama: Ahrens and Co; C. Levy, 1876 - 1878. First Edition. 5 volumes, oblong 4to, each with between 5 and 11 leaves of Japanese lithographic text. French text. Original multi-colored wrappers titled on front covers. Housed in blue cloth folding case with bone clasps, paper title label to front cover. All volumes in near fine to fine condition; case is unevenly faded. Toke, Monroe Tsa. THE PEYOTE RITUAL: VISIONS AND DESCRIPTIONS OF MONROE TSA TOKE. San Francisco: Grabhorn Press, 1957. First Edition. Folio, 67 pages. Hardcover. As New w/original prospectus and return envelope laid in. Adams, Ansel (Introduction by Paul Brooks). ANSEL ADAMS:YOSEMITE AND THE RANGE OF LIGHT (SIGNED). London: Thames & Hudson & New York Graphic Society, 1979.First British Edition. SIGNED by Adams. As New in like dust jacket. If you have any information on these items, please contact James Bryant at 831-643-2754 or carpediem@pacbell.net. [more UPDATED: Three Books Stolen in the Southwest]

Happily, this item was recovered in 2014. The following item has been reported missing: 1791 version of Boydell's “Illustrations to Shakespeare-Proofs and Etchings”, Volume II. The book is large, maybe 20” by 20” and weighs around 20 pounds. The loss occurred approximately July 9, likely in the Memphis Area while it was being transported for rebinding. If you have any information on this item, please contact ABAA Headquarters at hq@abaa.org or 212-944-8291. [more Missing: 1791 version of Boydell’s “Illustrations to Shakespeare-Proofs and Etchings”, Volume II]

The following item has gone missing during transit from the UK to the US: Ernest Rutherford (1871-1937), 1st Baron Rutherford of Nelson, New Zealand-born British physicist, winner of Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1908   Autograph Letter Signed ('Rutherford') from 'the father of nuclear physics' Ernest Rutherford, 1st Baron Rutherford of Nelson, inviting the anthropologist J. H. Driberg to dinner in Cambridge. On letterhead of Newnham Cottage, Queen's Road, Cambridge. 17 January 1937. 1p., 12mo. Good, on lightly-aged paper. He invites Driberg to dine with him 'in Trinity on Tuesday Feb 2 on the occasion of the Candlemas Feast. He gives further details before ending 'I hope you can come.' If you have any information regarding this item, please contact Gerard Stodolski at gs@gajs.com [more Missing: Ernest Rutherford Letter]

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']

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]

This item is still missing as of 6/2/2019. The following item was reported missing: Title: Devil May Care - Bentley Edition Author: Sebastian Faulks Description: Signed, number, limited edition bound in "burnt oak" leather. This book is numbered edition 233 out of 300 produced. If you have any information on this item, please contact Alan Tong at alan@picotech.com [more Missing: 'Devil May Care' Bentley Edition]