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The Black Market in Old Books (1939–1950): Journey of a Book Without Provenance

25 October 2026 Hugues 0

In September 1939, Versailles sent part of its holdings to Autun and Strasbourg evacuated its own to Aubusson. Entire crates vanished in the marshalling yards of Dijon and Tours before the occupier arrived. On a bookseller’s table this morning, a quarto bears a torn-out bookplate. […]

Vol de livres: Raymond, William, Fidel, l'expert et la Durham ou les tragiques aventures biblio-kleptomanes de Raymond Scott
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Book Theft: Raymond, William, Fidel, the Expert and the Durham Folio, or the Tragic Biblio-Kleptomaniac Adventures of Raymond Scott

25 October 2026 Hugues 0

In 2008, an elegant Englishman took a 1623 Shakespeare first-edition folio to the Folger Library to have it authenticated. Its marginal notes revealed a copy stolen from Durham in 1998. Raymond Scott, a bookseller, blamed Cuba, and was convicted of handling stolen goods and damaging a work of art: 8 years in prison. […]

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