This book was still reported missing as of June 4, 2019. The following book was reported stolen: Surname: {DETMOLD Initial: E J} Title: THE ARABIAN NIGHTS Subtitle: Tales From The Thousand and One Nights Place Pub.: London Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton Date Pub.: No date but 1924 Pages: 230 Size: 28 x 23 cms Binding: Original full vellum with a gold illustration and title to the spine and front cover Condition: The endpapers are foxed but otherwise this is a very good copy Illust: Contains 12 tipped in colour plates by Detmold Footnotes: This is number 22 in an edition of 100 copies signed by Detmold. If you have any information regarding this item, please contact Paul Feain of The Cornstalk Bookshop at books@cornstalk.com.au or 61 29 660 4889 [more Stolen: Detmold's Arabian Nights]
These items were still reported missing as of June 3, 2019. The following items have been reported stolen: 1. Title: Kim. Authors: Kipling. Rudyard. Publication date: 1901 Description: FIRST EDITION. 8vo.(7.8 x 5.2 inches). Ten full page mono plates by J. Lockwood Kipling. A Very good copy bound in early craft binding of full brown Niger morocco, raised bands, gilt. Initials AH on front board in gilt. Inner boards with gilt rule and Thistle corner pieces. All edges stained dark green. A very good copy in an early craft leather binding. Identifying characteristics: Initials AH on front board in gilt. Date of theft: late August/early September 2011. Location of theft: Liberty's department store. London. Circumstances of theft: Stolen from Liberty's summer exhibition. 2. Title: The novels. Authors: Austen Jane. Publication date: 1901-1909. Description: FIVE VOLUMES. ILLUSTRATED EDITIONS. 8vo. All reprints of editions originally published between 1895 and 1897. Pride and prejudice Illustrated with 40 full page mono plates by Charles E. Brock. The other 4 volumes each illustrated with 40 full page mono plates by Hugh Thomson. 200 fine line engravings by two of the best book illustrators of the day. Publishers salmon coloured cloth with elaborate decoration to front boards and spines in dark red. All spines and front boards with gilt lettering. All edges gilt. Some minor fading of the spines but overall a very good, bright set.: Date of theft: End of August, beginning of September ... [more Two Books Stolen in London]
Bon Appetit recently named the "7 Best Culinary Bookstores in America" and ABAA firms Rabelais (Portland, ME) and Amber Unicorn (Las Vegas, NV) made the list! (If you've browsed either shop's inventory, this is no surprise!) Congratulations! The 7 Best Culinary Bookstores in America [more Members in the News: Rabelais and Amber Unicorn]
UPDATE: These items were recovered. The following items were stolen during the BuchWien last weekend: Schindelmayer, C.R.: Taschen-Atlas in XXXXV Karten. Wien, Schraembl, 1807. With engraved title and 45 engraved and partly coloured maps. Oblong 8°. Half-calf (around 1900). Hofmannsthal, Hugo v.: Die Frau ohne Schatten. Berlin, Fischer 1920. With engraved title by Hans Meid. Original red calf with gilt edges. Number 160 (of 160) numbered copies, signed by the author. Franck, Sebastian: Sprichworter, Schöne, Weise Klugreden, Darinnen Teutscher und anderer Spraachen Höflichkeit Frankfurt, Egenolff, 1575. Small 8°. Contemporary full calf over wooden boards. If you are offered one of these items or have any information on their whereabouts, please contact Andreas MOSER at office@antiquariat-moser.at [more UPDATE: Three Items Stolen During the BuchWien Last Weekend]
The following items have been reported stolen: Title : THE F.B. NIGHTINGALE ARCHIVE PRIVATE STEREO PHOTOGRAPHS OF CHINA : 1920-1921 Authors : Frederick B. Nightingale (1885-195?) Date of publication : 1920-21 Publisher : Frederick B. Nightingale, China Description : OVERVIEW OF THE ARCHIVE These one hundred thirty one stereo photographs, all black and white and all 3 1/2” x 7”, were taken by F.B. Nightingale in 1920 and 1921 in China. He took photographs in Changan (2), Hangchow (45), Harmen (3), Ningpo (1), Palawoo (1), Pu-Tu (14), Shanghai (12), and Soochow (53). Thus he was probably based in Soochow. As far as we are aware these photographs were made for Mr. Nightingale`s private use-they were not published.He identified the subject, noted the location, and made lengthy comments in manuscript on the verso of every stereo photograph. He signed his manuscript comments with his initials (FBN) and dated them as to year. There is some internal evidence which suggests that Mr. Nightingale was an American. There is, however, a reference in the King's College Archives, Cambridge University, to an F.B. Nightingale who did a specifications document. Consequently Mr. Nightingale may be a British subject. Research on the names of the people named on the verso of some photographs may help to clarify his nationality. Further research is needed also to determine Mr. Nightingale`s background.The condition is fine unless otherwise noted, with images crisp and clear. Mr. Nightingale was... [more Stolen: Photo Archive and Two Original Images Transmitted by 'Radiovision']
The awards ceremony for the National Collegiate Book Collecting Contest was held last month in the Library of Congress and included a special presentation by Mark Dimunation, in which he showed off some of the Library's treasures. As one would imagine, the excitement was palpable during Mark's presentation. Winners and attendees were also treated to a lecture by noted bibliophile and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Michael Dirda. The talk was entitled The Thrill of the Hunt: The Serendipitous Pleasures of Book Collecting. You can view the awards ceremony and Michael's lecture, which begins at the 29 minute mark, in the video below. [more NCBCC Awards Ceremony]
Last weekend's 35th Annual Boston International Antiquarian Book Fair was a great successlots of incredible material was being offered by dealers and each day the fair was filled with enthusiastic attendees both young and old. If you could draw your attention away from the books, prints, maps, ephemera, etc., you could even see a few celebrities! According to the Boston Globe: Rocker Peter Wolf, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian David McCullough, and Italian novelist-essayist Umberto Eco were among the 4,500 visitors spotted at the 35th Annual Boston International Antiquarian Book Fair over the weekend. The event, held at the Hynes Veterans Memorial Convention Center, drew 120 rare book dealers from around the world, offering not only first editions of Melville, Wilde, Frost, and Hemingway but also antique maps, letters, political documents, and an array of pop culture totems. Among the latter: a 1967 Bob Dylan album signed by Jimi Hendrix; film directorFrank Capra's manuscript copy of James Hilton's novel “Lost Horizon''; a notepad autographed by members of the Beatles, Rolling Stones, and other iconic '60s bands; and an Indiana State University yearbook with a youngLarry Bird on the cover, firing up his patented jump shot. Fetching one of the highest sums - $112,000 - was a hand-written letter from Alexander Graham Bell to his parents, detailing his invention of the iPhone (just kidding). No word on what if anything the Woofa Goofa took home with him, but we hear he's a b... [more Boston Fair a Great Success (And Included Some Celebrity Sightings)]
The following item has been reported stolen from the collections of the Melville J. Herskovits Library of African, Studies, Northwestern University: Balthazar Telles The Travels of the Jesuits in Ethiopia; containing I the geographical description of all the kingdoms and provinces of that empire...II travels in Arabia Faelix...III An account of the kingdoms of Cambate, Gingiro, Alaba and Dancali beyond Ethiopia in Afrik never travelled into by any but the Jesuits London: Printed for J. Knapton, A. Bell and J. Baker 1710 Binders title: Jesuits in Ethiopia Possible Northwestern University Library stamp or seal on p.99 [more Missing: The Travels of the Jesuits in Ethiopia]
An unpublished manuscript written by a fourteen-year-old Charlotte Brontë will go up for auction at Sotheby's London next month. The manuscript is of a mini-magazine entitled The Young Man's Magazine, Number 2, and tells a story of murder and madness. Gabriel Heaton, Sotheby's specialist on Books and Manuscripts, said that the piece "provides a rare and intimate insight into one of history's great literary minds", and adds that a scene from the manuscript foreshadows a famous scene from Jane Eyre. The manuscript will go to auction on December 15. Sotheby's estimates that it could sell for 300,000 ($482,000). Manuscript By Teenage Charlotte Brontë To Be Sold [more Unpublished Charlotte Brontë Manuscript Up for Auction]
In commemoration of what would be William Golding's centennial birthday, the Bodleian Library at Oxford will be displaying the original manuscript of The Lord of the Flies. The exhibit was curated by the author's daughter, Judy Carver, and will also include several first editions of the author's works, family photographs, and the Nobel Prize he received in 1983 for The Lord of the Flies. According to the Fine Books & Collections' blog: First impressions of the first edition (with the dust jacket) from Faber start at about $3,000 online. The first American edition, published in 1955 by Coward-McCann, commands about half that price. Ironically, the first American edition is scarcer than the British edition. 2,383 copies of the first American edition were sold before the book initially went out of print. The first British edition, meanwhile, went through a print run of 3,040 copies. The exhibit will be on display at the Bodleian Library through December 23, 2011. Lord of the Flies Manuscript on Display Bodleian Library Exhibits [more 'Lord of the Flies' Manuscript on Display for the First Time]