This item has been recovered as of 5/24/2019.

The following item has been reported stolen: Title : The Federalist: A Collection of Essays, Written in Favour of the New Constitution, as Agreed Upon by the Federal Convention, September 17, 1787. In Two Volumes. Authors : HAMILTON, Alexander, James Madison & John Jay. Date of publication : 1788 Publisher : J. and A. McLean,, New York Description : 2 volumes octavo. Volume I measuring 168 × 115 mm, volume II 185 × 110 mm. Uncut in the original publisher's boards, volume numbers stamped to spines. Housed in a custom blue morocco-backed solander case. Somewhat rubbed, chipping at the spines, some stripping from the lower board of volume I, and light pen trials to the upper board of volume II; joints cracking, repaired; volume I slightly browned and spotted, small pieces torn from the fore-margins of pp157-8, pp221-2, gathering R a little crumpled in the head margin, a binding fault, text creased but no loss; some pencilled marginalia and notes to the rear free endpaper; ink-stamp removed from the title page of volume II, otherwise lightly toned, but clean and largely unopened. If you have any information on this item, please contact Pom Harrington at pom@peterharrington.co.uk or +44 (0)20 7591 0220.