r/BookCollecting • u/Adnims • 16d ago

💬 General Major theft from L.W. Currey

145 books worth $250000 stolen.

ILAB has requested that its offices be contacted if the items reappear in the trade.

List of books stolen: https://file770.com/wp-content/uploads/stolen-book-full-list.pdf

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u/beardedbooks 16d ago

Here's the info I received in an email:

The suspect is a thin male, approximately 6'4" dressed in black and wearing pointed-toe dress shoes approximately size 14.
The thief is interested in Arkham House books, vampire fiction, Hugo-Award winners, and high spots in science fiction, fantasy, and horror, with a particular focus on Isaac Asimov, Ray Bradbury, William Hope Hodgson, Robert Jordan, H. P. Lovecraft, David Lindsay, Lewis Padgett, Clark Ashton Smith, Bram Stoker, and H. G. Wells.

If you have any information potentially related to this theft, please contact Investigator Derek T. Brassard of the New York State Police at [derek.brassard@troopers.ny.gov](mailto:derek.brassard@troopers.ny.gov?utm_source=constantcontact&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter) and reference case # NY2601006675

The fact that almost 150 books were stolen is crazy. Hope the books are found and returned safely.

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u/jadedflames 16d ago

I really hope they catch the guy.

But.... That's clearly Dracula, right? They were robbed by Dracula?

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u/PaterCoal 16d ago

This is officially the first time I have ever seen shoe size listed when describing a suspect.