Lost or stolen manuscript in Spanish ca. 1760, detailing autopsies on English cadavers (performed by a Spanish colonial doctor) from the wars in the Caribbean. This manuscript is uncollated, approximately 50-100 pps. The title page is calligraphic, and includes a coat-of-arms (of the doctor) decorated with gold leaf. Two of the decorated title page corners are lacking. One is present but separated, the other is lacking. The manuscript is bound in vellum. Place: Veracruz, Mexico. Author unknown. Last seen: Central New Hampshire If offered, please contact book dealer David Reis: dhreis@hotmail.com [more Missing: Manuscript in Spanish ca. 1760 - Central NH]
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Update: this parcel has been located. (8/5/2020) Please contact James Goldwasser at 917.541.1848 if you know the whereabouts of any of these items. They were sent on July 9th and marked as delivered by USPS, but were not. 1. Sanchez, Sonia. Wounded in the House of a Friend. Boston: Beacon Press, (1995). First edition. 8vo, 94pp; cloth-backed boards. Fine in dust jacket in - dust jacket. Boards. Inscribed on the front flyleaf: "To Brother Max Roach - A genius man. A friend! An innovator. So good that you're on this earth! I love you! Love, Sonia, Phila. 6/3/95" (203748) 2. Sanchez, Sonia. It's a New Day: (poems for young brothas and sistuhs). Detroit: Broadside Press, (1971). First edition. 8vo, 29pp; pamphlet in printed wrappers, stapled, with order form in rear. Trifle rubbed, very good. (203865) 3. Sanchez, Sonia. A Sound Investment: short stories for young readers. . . Illustrations by Larry Crowe. (Chicago: Third World Press, 1980). First edition. 8vo, pp; pamphlet in stapled wrappers. Very Good. Inscribed and signed by Sanchez on the dedication page. (203871) 4. Jackson, Angela. Voo Doo / Love Magic. Chicago: Third World Press, (1974). First edition. 8vo, 23pp; pamphlet in printed wrappers, stapled. Fine. (203875) 5. Sanchez, Sonia. We a Baddddd People: Introduction by Dudley Randall. Detroit: Broadside Press, (1970). First edition. 8vo, 72pp, wrappers, stapled. Just about fine. Inscribed by the publisher to Gwendolyn Brooks: "To Gwendolyn, from Dudley, Jue 26, 1970." (2... [more Missing in Transit from LA to London]
The ABAA recently learned of new developments in the criminal case regarding the Carnegie Library thefts. According to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Greg Priore and John Schulman pleaded guilty to theft yesterday. The full article is here: https://www.post-gazette.com/news/crime-courts/2020/01/13/carnegie-library-rare-books-theft-greg-priore-john-schulman-guilty-plea/stories/202001130088... [more Updates in Carnegie Library Theft Case]
UPDATE: These items have been recovered. The following two artist books by photographer Peter Bogardus were lost in transit to a New York address: Bogardus, Peter. Going to Gansu. Woodblock title-page, blocks carved and printed by the artist, fourteen photogravures printed from copper plates, each numbered and signed. Oblong folio (images 28 x 23 cm; paper size 33 x 38 cm). New York: Khelcom New York, 2018. No. 4 of 19 copies (of a total edition of 22) numbered and signed by the artist. Quarter black morocco over brown paper board and cloth clamshell box with cloth chemise, spine titled in gilt, by Gray Parrot. Bogardus, Peter. Places of Reverence. 40 photographs printed from copper plates as photogravures by Peter Bogardus. Text written by the artist and letterpress printed by Arthur Larson at Horton Tank Graphics. leaves. New York: Khelcom New York, 2016. Limited edition of 39 signed and numbered copies printed on Twinrocker handmade paper. Quarter red leather, spine stamped in gold, over cream-colored cloth boards, housed in matching clamshell box by Gray Parrot. If you have any information on these items, please contact James Cummins Bookseller at (212) 688-6441 or info@jamescumminsbookseller.com. [more Lost in Transit: Two Artist Books by Peter Bogardus]
Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts has lost something in transit to a customer: La Fontaine, Jean de. Fables de La Fontaine Paris: de l'Imprimerie de Didot l'aine, 1789. 8vo in 4s (19 cm, 7.5"). 2 vols. I: ff., cxv, , 167, pp. II: ff., pp. – 478 pp., f. $750.00 Binding: Full crushed red morocco, gilt spine and boards; gilt rule on board edges; gilt rolls on turn-ins; marbled endpapers. All edges gilt. Binding signed Petit Succs. de Simier. Provenance: Bookplates of Casimir L. Stralem, Clarence E. Clark, and Brian Douglas Stilwell. Jammes, Les Didot, 25. Bound as above. Foxing. (40320) Please contact PRB&M if you come across this book: PRB&M/SessaBks (The Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts Company, LLC) David Szewczyk & Cynthia Davis Buffington, Proprietors * Members ABAA & ILAB ~ Est. 1984, "SessaBks" 2001 * 215.744.6734 (tel) & 215.744.6137 (fax) * Email rarebks@prbm.com [more Missing in transit to Canada: Fables de la Fontaine]
This item is still missing as of 6/14/2019. The following item was reported stolen in Ann Arbor: The Royal Path of Life. by T. I. Haines, A.M. & L.W. Yaggy M.S. 1877. 1st edition. Brown hardcover. If you have any information on this item, please contact Brian M. Sennett at bsennett@umich.edu or (734) 260-7631. [more Stolen: First Edition of The Royal Path of Life]
These items are still missing as of 6/13/2019. Please contact the ABAA at hq@abaa.org or 212.944.8291 if you have been offered, have, or have handled any manuscript or typescript letters of correspondence between Philip Roth and Frederica (aka Ricki or Ricky) Wagman. The letters appear to have gone missing and Ms. Wagman's family would like to get them back as they hold great sentimental value. [more Missing Philip Roth Letters]
In an effort to assist in the recovery of materials missing as a result of the Carnegie Library theft, the ABAA would like to bring to the public's attention the list of items believed stolen. Click this link to view the list. Update 8/20/18: The following list includes more details. Should any member of the public identify having purchased or otherwise having knowledge of the disposition or current location of any items from the Carnegie Library—whether on this list or not—please contact one of the following detectives from Allegheny County District Attorney's Office: · Det. Fran Laquatra (412) 388-5305 flaquatra@alleghenycountyda.us · Det. Perann Tansmore (412) 388-5307 ptansmore@alleghenycountyda.us ` · Det. Lyle Graber (412) 388-5316 lgraber@alleghenycountyda.us Please note, the detectives do not have reason to believe that anyone who may have purchased any of these items was necessarily aware that the material had been reported stolen. The ABAA appreciates your attention and assistance with respect to this grave matter. Please check our post from March for further details, including additional information on collection markings. Sincerely, Vic Zoschak President, ABAA Brad Johnson Chair, ABAA Security Committee Susan Benne Executive Director, ABAA NOTE: the table below recreates the information on the downloadable files listed above. The downloadable files will be easier to use, the information below is provided primarily for the search function on our Security Blo... [more Carnegie Library Theft index]
This item is still missing as of 6/12/2019. A customer reports that a package containing the following book was stolen from her mailbox in Brooklyn, NY. Weiss, Harvey. Twenty-four and Stanley . New York: G P Putnam & Sons, 1956. Hardcover in dust jacket. May have inventory number TF735717 in pencil on rear endpaper. If offered, please contact: Timothy Forry E. M. Maurice Books, LLC 358 Ledge Drive Torrington CT 06790 Tel: 860.480.2264 www.emmauricebooks.com [more Missing in Tranist: Brooklyn]
The following items have been reported missing: CHRISTIE, Agatha. Autographed letter signed ("Agatha Christie"), Winterbrook House, Wallingford, Berkshire, 20 August 1972. HUXLEY, Aldous (1894-1963). Autograph letter signed ("Aldous"), to Denver. Los Angeles, 2 January 1959. GANDHI, Indira. Autographed letter signed ("Indira Gandhi"), as Prime Minister of India, to an unnamed recipient, New Delhi, 1966. GANDHI, Mohandas K. (1869-1948). Autograph letter signed ("MK"), to Allan Taumer. , Friday . . Trotsky, Leon (1879-1940). In Russian: The Problems of the Civil War. Leningrad: Priboi, 1924. DARWIN, Charles (1809-1882). Autograph letter signed ("Ch. Darwin"), to Dr. Foster. Kent, England, 9 May . KEYNES, John Maynard, 1st Baron. Autographed letter signed ("JM Keynes"), to “My dear Ogden", Firth Sussex, 6 September 1919. If you have any information on any of these items, please contact Raptis Rare Books at mail@raptisrarebooks.com or 561.508.3479. [more Missing in Transit]