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Book List We
hope that the Stolen Book
List will form the basis of a searchable database of stolen antiquarian and collectable
books, maps, prints and ephemera.
The list will be updated regularly and will hopefully make life a little more
difficult for thieves "working" an area. If
you have reason to believe someone is stealing books, (for example, from fairs
and then attempting to sell to local shops) we will post an alert.. It's
easy to update the list, just e-mail
us the book(s) details (which should be sufficiently unique to be traceable) and
your contact info. | |
News
UK
23.12.04 | | Softly
spoken, with wisps of white hair framing his bespectacled face, Peter Bellwood
looked every inch the donnish enthusiast as he requested rare and valuable maps
from the library’s collection of antiquities.
However,
hidden up the sleeve of his loose-fitting knitted jumped was a sharp craft knife.
No sooner had he established his credentials of respectability - often by handing
in a £50 note which he claimed to have found on the reading room floor - than
he set to work gently razoring priceless plates from their leather bindings...more |
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News
UK
15.07.04 | | Eight
important 17th and 18th century books stolen from a German library have been recovered
with the help of a British bookseller and Scotland Yard’s Art and Antiques Squad...more
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News
WORLD
17.03.04 | | Rare
books detective Ken Sanders mingles happily with the crowd, if not quite inconspicuously.
His bushy beard, which stretches to his chest, sets him apart from his rather
staid-seeming colleagues...more |
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News
UK
09.03.04
| | Ronald
Jordan has been described as a latter-day Fagin. He's the man behind the biggest
book-stealing operation Britain has ever seen. But how did his very public criminal
activities go unpunished for so many years...more |
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Stolen
UK 29.09.03 | |
Stolen from Bonhams Bath
sale. Part of lot 78. Three pamphlets bound together, royal octavo, unlettered
calf binding.
i. An Appeal to the Parliament, or Sion's Plea Against the Prelacie... n.d. [1629],
xvi + 344pp. Page edge repairs to the first few leaves.
ii. The Justice
of the Present Established Law.. title + 56pp, London, 1703. 111. Killing No Murder,
briefly discussed in three questions.. 1689 reprint, iv + 27pp |
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Patterson Liddle 01225 426722 | | |
Stolen
UK 21.08.03 | | Rudder,
S. A New History of Gloucestershire 1781. Plain leather binding, no spine label,
lacks frontis of Gloucester Infirmary. | | | Contact:
Keith Smith tel: 01531 635336 e-mail
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Stolen
UK
11.08.03 | | Keat's
Poems. London, C. & J. Oliver 1817. Blue crushed morocco by Riviere and the
bookplate of Christine Alexander Graham. | | | Contact:
Sinon Finch tel: 020 74990974 | | |
Stolen
UK 0?.08.03 | | Kirk,
Robert. The Secret Commonwealth of Elves, Fauns and Fairies - Eneas Mackay, 1933,
HB, DJ. | | | Contact:
Chris Ballance tel: 0845 4583813 e-mail
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Stolen
UK 26.01.03 | | Sandby,
Paul; The Virtuosi's Museum; Containing Select Views in England, Scotland and
Ireland; G. Kearsley; London; 1778. 91 of 108 engravings of the work of Sandby
and engraved by M. A. Rooker; Sprinkled leather cover; (220mm x 270mm); Covers
worn and hinges weak. 15 plates missing with the text of 3 remaining - 2 plates
detached and cropped - 1 plate loose. Nearly all the plates are in a remarkable
good condition with no foxing or staining. A few have foxing or have darkened.
(Valued at £2800). | | | Contact:
Barter Books 01665 604888 e-mail |
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Stolen
UK 26.01.03 | | Adams,
George (Snr.); Micrographia Illustrata, or, The Knowledge of the Microscope Explain'd:
Together with an Account of a New Invented Universal, Single or Double, Microscope,
either of which is capable of being applied to an improved Solar Apparatus; Printed
for and sold by the Author; London; 1746. 63 folding and 2 full page engraved
plates; Leather covers (225mm x 180mm); First signature is undone (to page 9 including
introduction) with loose pages. Edges soiled. In need restoration. First 4 plates
are loose and damaged. The rest is in very good condition and tightly bound. The
contemporary leather binding is very worn with loss to head and tail of spine.
Very scarce indeed. It also includes a catalogue in the back of scientific items
made and sold by George Adams. (Valued at £2200). | | | Contact:
Barter Books 01665 604888 e-mail |
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Stolen
UK 20.01.03 | | Glossographia
Anglicana Nova, 1719 2nd edition. Panelled calf, broken with front cover detatched,
name on title page crossed out. | | | Contact:
The Petersfield Bookshop 01730 263438 | | |
Stolen
UK 12.12.02 | | 16-20
unbound childrens books, Boston, USA 1798. | | | Contact:
Clive Smith 01371 873171 | | |
Stolen
UK 30.11.02 | | The
History of Herototus (sic), 2nd ed, 1720, 2 vols. Vol 1 has two folding maps and
detatched front board. | | | Contact:
Lily Caswell 01865 310145 | | |
Stolen
UK 29.11.02 | | 15
mounted and coloured road maps by Cary, Owen & Bowen, Paterson & Gilbert
and Armstrong together with12 miniature maps of Hertfordshire 1694 - 1824. |
| | Contact:
David Ford 01494 758663 | | |
Stolen
UK 30.10.02 | | Drawing
For Radio Times by R.D Usherwood, 1961. A fine copy in fine d/w |
| | Contact:
Mike Goodenough 01453 759731 | | |
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