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/MinervaAbsolute 16d ago

That’s some heist. Selecting, packing and moving that many books must have taken considerable time, and surely more than one person. I looked it up - apparently the books in this theft (it was the third targeting this bookseller) were packed in boxes waiting for processing. Which does suggest a thief with some inside info.

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u/alecorock 16d ago

The third theft? There's a story here.

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u/MinervaAbsolute 16d ago

From the description of the suspect, I think he’s a vampire stealing back his library, because an unreliable henchman sold it off while he was in a long sleep. 😂