UPDATE (12/8/14): BOOK RECOVERED Bromer Booksellers has reported a missing children's book (description below). If you are offered this item, please contact Bromer Booksellers at (617) 247-2818 or email shop manager Philip Salmon (phil@bromer.com). (Juvenile). W. BELCH'S HISTORY OF BEASTS. Newington Butts, London, W. Belch, c. 1820. 12mo. 8 ff. Illustrated with sixteen hand-colored engravings of various animals, arranged two per page. These are accompanied by a quatrain printed in the middle of the page, as well as the printed names of each animal. The printer Belch issued a number of children's books in this format, though this title is apparently unrecorded. Apart from some minor creasing to corners of covers and a few pages, this is a nearly fine copy of an ephemeral children's book. See an uploaded photo of the item here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/bibliophagist/15128255901/in/photostream/ [more Missing: Belch’s History of Beasts]

At the request of the ILAB Committee, Munich-based auction house Zisska & Lacher (formerly Zisska & Schauer) has provided a list of the books confiscated or withdrawn from their auction No. 59 (May 2012) as material suspected of having been taken illegally from the Girolamini library. Because the computer belonging to the firm's former manager Herbert Schauer has been confiscated by the Bavarian police, no electronic copy of this list was available and Zisska & Lacher could only provide a hard-paper copy. ILAB has scanned and created a SEARCHABLE PDF document from the approx. 80-page list received from the auction house. A copy of the list may be found here (the file is 6MB – be patient in downloading): Zisska List This list is divided into three parts: 1. A short list of books confiscated by the authorities prior to the auction. 2. Approx. 50 to 60 items not included in auction 59 for unknown reasons. 3. Some 430+ lots with detailed descriptions of the books withdrawn from auction 59. ILLUSTRATIONS OF LOTS Zisska & Lacher has also provided ILAB with a file of illustrations of the catalogued lots of auction 59. The effort and cost to match these illustrations to this list would be prohibitive; however, the ILAB Committee will gladly forward the file to those who need to see it. Contact secretariat@ilab.org if you need a copy of the illustration file. ACTION TO TAKE The ILAB Committee believes it important that booksellers examine this PDF document in hopes of avoiding the d... [more Zisska & Lacher list of books from auction No. 59 (May 2012) possibly stolen from Girolamini Library]

This item is still missing as of 5/28/2019. The following item has been reported missing: Nelson Mandela's LONG WALK TO FREEDOM, signed by Mandela with the signature dated "25 5 95" (May 5, 1995). The book was displayed in a sealed bag with a strip that reads "Personally signed by Nelson Mandela." If you are offered or have any information about this item, please contact Atlanta Vintage Books at 770-457-2919 or avbooks@att.net. [more Missing: Signed Copy of Nelson Mandela’s ‘Long Walk to Freedom’]

This item is still missing as of 6/2/2019. An Alphabeticon : encyclopedia for the use of the lettered and unlettered. Edition C- 16 volume set of the Analphabeticon; Assembled by George Brecht and Rudolf Rieser in a random order using images sent in by artists like John Cage, Diter Rot, Jasper Johns, Wolf Vostell, Emmet Williams, and various fluxus artists.; Title from paper band on book cover. With color silkscreens on Japanese paper with Vellum covers. Editon of 28 copies only. Please contact Elayna Zucker, if offered at ez@zuckerartbooks.com. [more Missing: An Alphabeticon]

This item is still missing as of 5/28/2019. The following item was stolen in Cambridge, MA on 7/28/14: Bocher, Emmanuel. Le Macramé. Technique, Modèles divers, Procédés d'exécution. Paris, Librairie Damascène Morgand, 1919. 441 pp. B./w. ills. Soft cover. Folio. (Manuel des Travaux à L'Aiguille V). *Very rare. If you are offered this item or have any information regarding the book, please contact Nancy Stieber at nancy.stieber@umb.edu or (617) 547-0977. [more Stolen: ‘Le Macramé. Technique, Modèles divers, Procédés d’exécution.’]

Member Chic Goldsmid reports having shipped (USPS, insured) a box of books to the District of Columbia. The box arrived today, having been opened and without the two books below: RICHARD WILBUR. Anterooms: New Poems and Translations. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2010 - Cloth. In jacket. Warm, personal Wilbur inscription to his friend and colleague, Robert Mezey. ALLEN GINSBERG. Fall of America: Poems of These States 1965-1971.SF: City Lights, (1972). In original printed paper wrapper. Customer uncertain that it is a first. Apparently also personally inscribed to Mezey and family. Please contact us or Chic if you know the whereabouts of these items. Charles Goldsmid: goldsmid@mindspring.com or (909) 625-2543. [more Missing: Poetry Inscribed Richard Wilbur & Allen Ginsberg]

This item is still missing as of 5/28/2019. The following item has been reported missing: RODIN, AUGUSTE. Signed postcard photograph with inscription, n.p., n.d. He writes, "To Madame ...." and signs, "Aug. Rodin." He poses seated, in profile, next to one of his sculptures. Images of Rodin with his sculptures are particularly appealing. Very Good. If you have any information on this item, please contact Claudia Strauss-Schulson at 973-379-3800. [more Missing: Postcard with Inscription from Rodin]

Update: these items were recovered in 2016. (5/31/2019) Bay Leaf Books in downtown Newaygo, Michigan, was robbed last Thursday evening. Below is a list of books that were taken, a couple of which were one-of-a-kind that will be difficult to sell. If you have any information on any of these items, please contact Bay Leaf Books at (231) 652-BOOK (2665) or the Newaygo Police department. The police complaint number is 14-505. Stanhope, Leicester. Greece, In 1823 and 1824; Being a Series of Letters, and Other Documents, on the Greek Revolution, Written During a Visit to that Country. A New Edition, Containing Numerous Supplementary Papers, Illustrative of the State of Greece in 1825. By the Honourable Colonel Leicester Stanhope. Illustrated with Several Curious Fac-similies. To which are Added, Reminiscences of Lord Byron (London, 1825). … together with …Cruikshank, George. The Spirit of the Public Journals, for the Year M.DCCC.XXIII: Being an Impartial Selection of the Most Exquisite Essays, Jeux D'Esprit, and Tales of Humour, Prose and Verse, that have Appeared in the Morning, Evening, and Sunday Newspapers. With Explanatory Notes. Illustrated with a Portrait of His Majesty, and Six Humorous Designs by Cruikshank (London, 1824) (illustrations appear on pp. 223, 257, 337, 363, 413, 469, and facing the title page). Marbled boards over velum spine. Davis, William. A Journey Round the Library of a Bibliomaniac: or, Cento of Notes and Reminiscences Concerning Rare, Curious, and V... [more Robbery from Bay Leaf Books (Newaygo, MI)]

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']