The 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)]

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)]