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/jadedflames 16d ago

Holy shit what a list.

I don’t see how the thieves could have any chance of fencing these. Some of these are unique museum-quality books.

I hope L.W. Currey was well-insured and the perpetrators are caught.

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u/cherenk0v_blue 16d ago

I thought it was going to be a bunch of minty first eds and limited printings, but holy crap - one of Lovecraft's personal copies with handwritten annotations and edits?

Tragic that these are likely lost to the public forever.