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Published 26 Aug. 2009
Title

Execution. Account of the Execution and Behaviour on the Scaffold, of James Stevenson

Authors

Description
Stolen at the Edinburgh Festival Book Fair:

two broadsides in mounts

A) Execution. Account of the behaviour since his condemnation, and on the Scaffold, of John McCreevie, who was executed at Glasgow, on Wednesday the 2nd of June, 1824, for Housebreaking and Theft...Glasgow, W. Carse. 30 x19 cms.

B) Execution. Account of the Execution and Behaviour on the Scaffold, of James Stevenson, who suffere d at Glasgow on Wednesday morning, the 1st of June, 1825, for highway robbery...Glasgow, W. Carse. 29 x 19 cms.

Any information to Larry Hutchison tel. 01383 725566, mobile 07785 398872 larry@larryhutchisonbooks.com
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Published 26 Aug. 2009
Title

Execution. Account of the Execution and Behaviour on the Scaffold, of James Stevenson

Authors

Description
Stolen at the Edinburgh Festival Book Fair:

two broadsides in mounts

A) Execution. Account of the behaviour since his condemnation, and on the Scaffold, of John McCreevie, who was executed at Glasgow, on Wednesday the 2nd of June, 1824, for Housebreaking and Theft...Glasgow, W. Carse. 30 x19 cms.

B) Execution. Account of the Execution and Behaviour on the Scaffold, of James Stevenson, who suffere d at Glasgow on Wednesday morning, the 1st of June, 1825, for highway robbery...Glasgow, W. Carse. 29 x 19 cms.

Any information to Larry Hutchison tel. 01383 725566, mobile 07785 398872 larry@larryhutchisonbooks.com
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Date of theft:

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Published 26 Aug. 2009
Title

Execution. Account of the behaviour since his condemnation, and on the Scaffold, of John McCreevie

Authors

Description
Stolen at the Edinburgh Festival Book Fair:

two broadsides in mounts

A) Execution. Account of the behaviour since his condemnation, and on the Scaffold, of John McCreevie, who was executed at Glasgow, on Wednesday the 2nd of June, 1824, for Housebreaking and Theft...Glasgow, W. Carse. 30 x19 cms.

B) Execution. Account of the Execution and Behaviour on the Scaffold, of James Stevenson, who suffere d at Glasgow on Wednesday morning, the 1st of June, 1825, for highway robbery...Glasgow, W. Carse. 29 x 19 cms.

Any information to Larry Hutchison tel. 01383 725566, mobile 07785 398872 larry@larryhutchisonbooks.com
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no

Date of theft:

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Published 24 Aug. 2009
Title

The Lord Bacons relation of the sweating-sickness examined, in a reply to George Thomson, pretender to physick and chymistry

Authors

Stubbe, Henry

Description
The following work is missing from Senate House Library, University of London.

Author: Stubbe, Henry, 1632-1676
Title: The Lord Bacons relation of the sweating-sickness examined, in a reply to George Thomson, pretender to physick and chymistry. : Together with a defence of phlebotomy in general, and also particularly in the plague, small-pox, scurvey, and pleurisie. In opposition to the same author, and the author of Medela medicinae, Doctor Whitaker, and Doctor Sydenham. Also, a relation concerning the strange symptoms happening upon the bite of an adder. And, a reply by way of preface to the calumnies of Eccebolius Glanvile. / By Henry Stubbe physician at Warwick

Imprint: London, : Printed for Phil. Brigs ..., 1671.
Classmark: [D.-L.L.] (XVII) Bc [Bacon - Appendix - Miscellaneous - Stubbe]

The work is from the Durning-Lawrence Library, is bound in calf with four raised bands on the spine and the title "Stubbe on Lord Bacon" tooled in gilt, and bears the following marks:
the bookplate of Philip Lord Hardwicke, Baron of Hardwicke in the County of Gloucester;
a University of London bookplate on the front pastedown;
the letters "D S" stamped in mauve on the front free endpaper, with a manuscript number after the "D" and another manuscript initial after the "S", and an accession number stamped above them.

Any information please, to: Christine Wise, Head of Special Collections, Senate House Library, University of London, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU
Telephone 020 7862 8471, email christine.wise@london.ac.uk
Publisher

Printed for Phil. Brigs

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no

Date of theft:

0000-00-00

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Published 17 Aug. 2009
Title

Griffith John. Founder of the Hankow Mission in Central China.ND.(

Authors

Robson.William

Description
Message from Paul Foster

?Posted to Chicago late June, the following 3 books have gone missing in the post.

Cumming.C.F.Gordon.
In the Himalayas and on the Indian Plains.1884.First edition. Full green Morocco, gilt.

Donne.M.A.
The Sandwich Islands and their People. ND.(1866).First edition. Half brown sprinkled calf, gilt.

Robson.William.
Griffith John. Founder o f the Hankow Mission in Central China.ND.(Circa 1890).Half dark brown calf, gilt.?

Information please to:

Paul
Paul Foster Books
49 Clifford Avenue
London
SW14 7BW
U.K.
Tel/Fax. 020 8876 7424

email. paulfosterbooks@btinternet.com
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Published 17 Aug. 2009
Title

In the Himalayas and on the Indian Plains

Authors

Cumming.C.F.Gordon.

Description
Message from Paul Foster

?Posted to Chicago late June, 2009 has gone missing in the post.

Cumming.C.F.Gordon.
In the Himalayas and on the Indian Plains.1884.First edition. Full green Morocco, gilt.

Donne.M.A.
The Sandwich Islands and their People. ND.(1866).First edition. Half brown sprinkled calf, gilt.

Robson.William.
Griffith John. Founder of the Hankow Missi on in Central China.ND.(Circa 1890).Half dark brown calf, gilt.?

Information please to:

Paul
Paul Foster Books
49 Clifford Avenue
London
SW14 7BW
U.K.
Tel/Fax. 020 8876 7424

email. paulfosterbooks@btinternet.com
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no

Date of theft:

0000-00-00

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Published 17 Aug. 2009
Title

The Sandwich Islands and their People. ND.(

Authors

Donne.M.A.

Description
Message from Paul Foster

?Posted to Chicago late June, the following 3 books have gone missing in the post.

Cumming.C.F.Gordon.
In the Himalayas and on the Indian Plains.1884.First edition. Full green Morocco, gilt.

Donne.M.A.
The Sandwich Islands and their People. ND.(1866).First edition. Half brown sprinkled calf, gilt.

Robson.William.
Griffith John. Founder o f the Hankow Mission in Central China.ND.(Circa 1890).Half dark brown calf, gilt.?

Information please to:

Paul
Paul Foster Books
49 Clifford Avenue
London
SW14 7BW
U.K.
Tel/Fax. 020 8876 7424

email. paulfosterbooks@btinternet.com
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no

Date of theft:

0000-00-00

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Published 12 Aug. 2009
Title

The Botanic Garden

Authors

Erasmus Darwin

Description
An antiquarian book was stolen on 16/17th February 2009 from the National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin, Dublin 9. Ireland.

The book is ?The Botanic Garden? by Erasmus Darwin. It is a leather-bound volume containing a poem in two parts, by Erasmus Darwin. The book was a thick quarto size, 1st Edition, published in 1791 by J. Johnson, London.

The theft has been reported to the Gardai (Irish police) and is being investi gated. We are very keen to track down this book. An image of the title page of the book can be sent on request.

If you have any information, please contact:

Dr Peter Wyse Jackson
Director, National Botanic Gardens of Ireland, Glasnevin, Dublin 9, Ireland
Email: peter.wysejackson@opwie
Telephone: +353 (0)1 8040300, Fax: +353 (0)1 8360080
Publisher

J Johnson

First edition:

no

Date of theft:

2009-02-16

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Published 10 Aug. 2009
Title

uncoloured etchings of vases, urns and architectural details

Authors

Description
following prints are missing from stock. Last seen at the Holiday Inn book fair Feb 8.

A group of 14 uncoloured etchings of vases, urns and architectural details by Jean Laurent Legeay, all circa 1765, with narrow margins, each plate with a narrow strip of paper attached to the lower margin.
Most have old ink notes on the reverse.

Any information welcome.

An image of one of the prints is ava ilable from Peter on request.

Please contact him at enquire@peterkennedy.com or on 01483 797293
First edition:

no

Date of theft:

2009-02-08

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Published 08 Aug. 2009
Title

Recueil De 163 Des Principaux Plans Des Ports et Rades De La Mediterranee, Dont 40 Ont et Ete Dernierement Publies Par Jean Joseph Allezard Ancien Capitainr De Marine et Plusieurs Des Autres Corriges

Authors

Allezard

Description
Large 8-Vo Oblong maritime atlas covering the Mediterranee in 164 outline coloured maps and a coloured flags table. Binding slightly "clumsy" but from the period.
Publisher

Gamba, Joseph.

First edition:

no

Date of theft:

2008-04-17

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Published 03 Aug. 2009
Title

TEMPEST

Authors

SHAKESPEARE

Description
MESSAGE FROM THE SURREY POLICE

RM/09/553 - RARE BOOKS STOLEN
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN
WE ARE INVESTIGATING THE ABOVE THEFT OF RARE ANTIQUE BOOKS, THE THREE MAIN NAMED BOOKS ARE AS FOLLOWS;
MY HEART BELONGS IN THE HIGHLANDS - POSSIBLY 1ST EDITION MORE LIKELY TO BE 02ND OR 3RD FROM 1803-1805 BY ROBERT BURNS
THE IMMORTALS - FROM 1810 BY AUTHOR WORDSWORTH
TEMPEST - ORIGINAL FROM 1865 BY SHAKESPEARE
I APPRECIATE ANY HELP YOU CAN GIVE
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUERIES PLEASE CONTACT ME BY EMAIL OR DIRECT NUMBER: 01483 639384
REGARDS
HEATHER ELSON 13398
Team Co-ordinator, Staines CID, Surrey Police, 22 Kingston Road, Staines TW18 4LQ
Elson13398@surrey.pnn.police.uk
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no

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Published 03 Aug. 2009
Title

Girl Etiquette and Fashion

Authors

Gibson

Description
A non PBFA member has reported the loss of an illustrated book from a show at Priory House, Dunstable, over the weekend of 18th & 19th July. The details are given as:

Gibson Girl Etiquette and Fashion, 1901. Cover - green; size - A4 ish. The book had been imported from the US and the value is estimated at £100.

Any information to: Annabel Jay, 01773 520538
First edition:

no

Date of theft:

2009-07-18

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Published 03 Aug. 2009
Title

THE IMMORTALS

Authors

WORDSWORTH

Description
MESSAGE FROM THE SURREY POLICE

RM/09/553 - RARE BOOKS STOLEN
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN
WE ARE INVESTIGATING THE ABOVE THEFT OF RARE ANTIQUE BOOKS, THE THREE MAIN NAMED BOOKS ARE AS FOLLOWS;
MY HEART BELONGS IN THE HIGHLANDS - POSSIBLY 1ST EDITION MORE LIKELY TO BE 02ND OR 3RD FROM 1803-1805 BY ROBERT BURNS
THE IMMORTALS - FROM 1810 BY AUTHOR WORDSWORTH
TEMPEST - ORIGINAL FROM 1865 BY SHAKESPEARE
I APPRECIATE ANY HELP YOU CAN GIVE
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUERIES PLEASE CONTACT ME BY EMAIL OR DIRECT NUMBER: 01483 639384
REGARDS
HEATHER ELSON 13398
Team Co-ordinator, Staines CID, Surrey Police, 22 Kingston Road, Staines TW18 4LQ
Elson13398@surrey.pnn.police.uk
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no

Date of theft:

0000-00-00

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Published 31 July 2009
Title

Opus de conscribendis epistolis

Authors

ERASMUS

Description
Publisher

Simon de Colines

First edition:

no

Date of theft:

2009-06-18

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Published 16 June 2009
Title

La Jument verte

Authors

Marcel Aymé

Description
Edition originale, un des 147 ex numérotés sur pur fil, seuls grands papiers. Reliure en plein buffle vert bouteille, dos lisse, incrustations de 45 pastilles circulaires de buffle vert bouteille toutes enrichies différemment d'un petit morceau de plastique indigo, couvertures conservées, tête dorée sur témoins. Rare et bel exemplaire agréablement et originalement établi.
Publisher

Gallimard

First edition:

no

Date of theft:

0000-00-00

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Published 15 May 2009
Title

My heart belongs in the highlands

Authors

Robert Burns

Description
Message from the Surrey Police

RM/09/553 - rare books stolen
To whom it may concern
We are investigating the above theft of rare antique books; the three main named books are as follows;
My heart belongs in the highlands - possibly 1st edition more likely to be 02nd or 3rd from 1803-1805 by Robert Burns
The immortals - from 1810 by author Wordsworth
Tempest - original from 1865 by Shakespeare
I appreciate any help you can give
If you have any queries please contact me by email or direct number: 01483 639384
Regards
Heather Elson 13398
Team co-ordinator, Staines CID, Surrey Police, 22 Kingston Road, Staines TW18 4LQ
elson13398@surrey.pnn.police.uk
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no

Date of theft:

0000-00-00

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Published 20 April 2009
Title

Exploration de l’Arroux. Voyage en pirogue. Eaux-fortes

Authors

HAMMERTON (Philip Gilbert)

Description
Edition originale et premier tirage des eaux-fores de P.G. Hammerton, dont 1 inédite.
Envoi autographe signé :
" à mon ami Marilier, hommage affectueux, P. G. Hammerton ".
Publisher

Cadart & Luquet, éditeurs

Date of publication:

s.d. [1867]

First edition:

no

Date of theft:

Grand Palais, 2009

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Published 17 April 2009
Title

Panic Spring

Authors

Lawrence DURRELL (as Charles NORDON)

Description
Reported stolen recently from Tindley and Chapman:

Lawrence DURRELL (as Charles NORDON)
Panic Spring, 1937, Faber, 1st Edition, red cloth, fine (no DW)

Any information to:

Tindley and Chapman
4 Cecil Court
London
WC2W 4HE

020 7240 2161
Publisher

Faber

First edition:

no

Date of theft:

2008-12-03

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Published 06 April 2009
Title

De universitate liber, in quo astronomiae doctrinaeve coelestis compendium Terrae aptatum, & secundum coelestis influxus ordinem precipuarumq(ue); originum, rationem totus orbis Terrae quatenus innotuit, cum Regnorum temporibus exponitur

Authors

Guillaume POSTEL

Description
Message from Rita Colognola of Antiquariaat Papyrus:

?During the bookfair in Berlin, Deutsches Historisches Museum - Zeughaus, 7-9 November, the following book was missing:

Guillaume POSTEL De universitate liber, in quo astronomiae doctrinaeve coelestis compendium Terrae aptatum, & secundum coelestis influxus ordinem precipuarumq(ue); originum, rationem totus orbis Terrae quatenus innotuit, cum Regnorum temporib us exponitur ... Secunda editio. (The second part with the title: Alterius sive secundar partis operis Guilielmi Postelli de Universitate expositio, cui nomen imposuit Ptolemeolus. Paris, Martin Le Jeune, 1563.
4to. 77 pages, 1 unn. l.; 43 pages, 2 unn. ll. With printer?s marks on both title-pages and on the last leaf of the first part, and three full-page woodcuts. Recent stiff vellum, original flying endpapers preserved, edges gilt. Little foxing on title and on the broad margins of some leaves, but a fine, large copy.
? 9000
Second and best edition, in first issue and with the very rare second part in original edition.

Thank you in advance to whom who will be able to provide any information.

Kind regards
Rita Colognola?
Publisher

Martin Le Jeune

First edition:

no

Date of theft:

2008-11-09

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Published 06 April 2009
Title

Saxton/Lee maps

Authors

Description
we have now been informed of items still missing, believed stolen from a map and print dealer in NW England between July and September ....

Saxton, 1st ed. Gloucestershire, orig col.
Saxton, 1st ed. Oxford/Bucks etc, orig col.
Saxton/Lea, Lancs, orig o/l col.
Saxton/Lea, Cheshire, orig o/l col.
Saxton/Lea, Hants, col.
Saxton/Lea, Cumb/Westmoreland, col.
Saxton/Lea, Caernarvon/Anglesey, col.
misc J.Tallis maps, orig o/l col.
misc J.Ogilby road maps, some col'd. (approx 15)
J.Tallis Liverpool, fully col'd, vert crease 2/3 along.
Speed, Lancs, 1st ed, ink m/s on map.
Speed, Cheshire, 1st ed, ink m/s on map.
Jansson, Lancs, 1635, col.
Jansson, Cheshire, 1635, col.
Valk & Schenk, Cheshire, orig wash col.
Tallis, New York, col.
Tallis, Cork, col.
Speed France and Spain.
Saxton/Hole Lancs, col.
Bertius World 2xhemi. col.
Drayton Counties several.
Munster, England and Wales on its side.
Speed, Cornwall.
Speed, Brit Isles, circa 1630 old col? with gum arabic.
B+H Canterbury, col.
Speed, Notts, prominent red col on strapwork.
mini German book of town views c1830, green wrappers.
Fowler Guide to Liverpool-Manchester Railway.
Freeling Guide to Liverpool-Manchester Railway.
Osbourne Guide to Liverpool-Manchester Railway.
Smith County Atlas. Full col maps folded into sq black Morocco box with tabs.
10 watercolours by John Steeple - N.Wales, Cheshire, Ireland.

If any of the above have been recently offered, or unfortunately purchased, please contact Jonathan Potter 020 7491 3520. Relevant police contact details or any more specific info to follow.
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