The following notebooks were stolen from a car in Lithia, Florida. They belonged to a collector/scholar and contained 40 years of research. If you have any information on either the notebooks or the ephemera they contained, please contact Loy Glenn Westfall at 813-990-9847 or Keywestrfall@aol.com. Inside the first black three-ring notebook is a one-of-a kind collection of Key West cigar labels. There is a white tagon the binding with "KEY WEST, A-K" on it. Along with the labels are photographs and documentation on a number of the labels. They were filed alphabetically from a (A) AFRICORA to "J" and include rare labels such as CORTEZ, some factory litho labels (photo of a lector at a podium from a 1917 TOBACCO LEAF article), as well as an 1853-1903 green backdrop EL PRINCIPE DE GALES label. There are also some GATO labels, including LA VISTA DE GATOVILLE. The second white three ring notebook has over 50-60 rare Key West duplicate labels. There are a number of SAN CARLOS labels as well as others with the Key West name on them. All the labels are in plastic sleeves, and a number of them have documentation on a white sheet attached, some with the name Loy Glenn Westfall on the information sheets. [more Stolen Notebooks]
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Below is the list of the books that De Caro has allegedly stolen from the Library of the Abbey of Montecassino. If you have any information about this material, please contact: Colonello Raffaele Mancino Carabinieri Comando Tutela Patrimonio Culturale Reparto operativo via Anicia 22 00155 Roma Italia tel. +39 06 585631 fax +39 0658563200 e-mail raffaele.mancino@carabinieri.it INCUNABLES Aliaco, Petrus de Concordantia astronomiae cum theologia... Augustae vindelicorum, Herardus Ratdolt, 1490 Aristoteles Opera Venetiis, per Aldi Manucii, 1495 Gaza, Theodorus Introductionae grammatices libri quator Eiusdem de mensibus opusculum sanequam pulcrtum Apollonii grammatici de constructione libri quator Herodianus de numeris Venetiis, Aldus Manutius, 1495 Lucretius Titus Carus De Rerum Natura. Studio Hieronymi Avancii Venetiis, apud Aldum, 1500 Regimontanus, Johannes Astronomicon epitoma Venetiis, M. Romanurum, 1496 Regimontanus, Johannes Kalendarium magistri Joannis de Monteregio Augustae Vindelicorum, E. Ratdolt, 1489 16th CENTURY Platone Apanta ta tou Platonos. Omnia Platonis opera (Venetiis, in aedib. Aldi, et Andreae soceri , mense Septembri 1513) Alberti, Leon Battista Leonis Baptistae Alberti, viri doctissimi, de equo animante: ad Leonellum Ferrariensem principem libellus: Michaelis Martini Stellae cura ac studio inuentus, & nunc demum per eundem in lucem editus Basilea , 1556 Copernico, Niccol? Nicolai Copernici Torinensis De reuolutionibus orbium coelestium, libri 6 Basileae,... [more Books Stolen from the Library of the Abbey of Montecassino]
The following was reported missing: FitzGerald, Edward. Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. London: George G. Harrap & Co., . 8vo, (110) pp. With 15 tipped-in illustrations by Willy Pogany. Full green morocco inlay binding by Riviere and Son. The top cover with central inlay (measuring 2.75 x 5.5-inches) depicting Eve in the garden beneath an apple tree, the serpent lurking behind. Gilt grape vines and grapes surround the image. The bottom cover bears a large gilt stamped serpent coiled around a chalice, again surrounded by gilt-stamped grapes and grape vines. Gilt extra backstrip. Gilt edges. Slipcase. Price, code, and the date 10/12 in the back. If you have any information regarding this item, please contact John Windle at 415-986-5826 or johnwindle@aol.com [more Missing Rubaiyat]
Stolen: THE MORMON WIFE: A Life Story of the Sacrifices and Suffering of a Woman (1843)
By Susan BenneThe following item was reported stolen on the weekend of December 1 in Seattle: Near fine copy of Maria Ward's THE MORMON WIFE: A LIFE STORY OF THE SACRIFICES AND SUFFERING OF A WOMAN. 1873. Hartford Publishing Company. Green cloth. 449 pp. Gilt on spine somewhat faded. Gilt on front board especially bright. Penciled price top corner of front free endpaper. If you have any information about this item, please contact Ezra Tishman at Aardvark Books at 1-800-434-6033 or thebookfinder@gmail.com. [more Stolen: THE MORMON WIFE: A Life Story of the Sacrifices and Suffering of a Woman (1843)]
The following item has been reported stolen: Title : 'Ignavia' (a print of a cartoon of Lord North) Authors : J Boyne Date of publication : 1 February 1784 Publisher : E Hedges, 92 Cornhill, London Description : A print of a cartoon of Lord North, size approximately A5, missing from Trinity College Oxford. The title is 'Ignavia', and it has the artist's initials J B - apparently this was J. Boyne. If you have any information regarding this item, please contact Christopher Tarrant at christopher.tarrant@trinity.ox.ac.uk or +44 (0)1865 279900 [more Stolen: 'Ignavia' (a print of a cartoon of Lord North), 1784]
The following item has been reported stolen: Title : King James Bible Date of publication : 1634 Publisher : Robert Barker, London Description : A heavy leather-bound Bible which has sustained damage over the years and appears to have had extensive and well-executed repair work, with excellent facsimile writing to replace lost text. If you have any information on this item, please contact Police Constable 7460 Chris Linzey at +44 7976 988437. [more Stolen: 1634 King James Bible]
Update: This item was recovered. The following item has been reported stolen: Title : De Sectione Rationis Authors : Apollonius Pergaeus, Edmund Halley Date of publication : 1706 Publisher : Oxford Description : title + viii + LIII + 168 pp. 8vo, library stamps of the Inner Temple Library, bookplate on recto of title of Herbert Jacob of St. Stevens in Kent, contemporary style panelled calf. If you have any information on this item, please contact Clive Farahar at clive@clivefarahar.com or 01249 811516. [more UPDATE: Stolen De Sectione Rationis (1706)]
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]
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)]