A Canadian couple, Nora Thompson and Peter Mason King, were arrested in Toronto after selling rare books stolen from a Westport, Connecticut art store. The couple had been caught on a surveillance system recently installed in the art store. During the course of the investigation, it was also discovered the couple had been stealing from…
Two Manuscripts Missing After Hamburg Antiquarian Book Fair
Two manuscript items have gone missing following the Hamburg Antiquarian Book Fair (Quod libet), held in November. The items were last seen during packing of material on November 12, 2006. Description of the missing material follows: BORGES, Jorge Luis. Working Manuscript of the Story, “La biblioteca de Babel.” c. 1940. Eight small quarto (9″ x…