Tuesday, March 28, 2006

Hot stuff!

Read this on the bookseller site this morning;-

The British Library's missing list

The British Library has revealed its missing list. The Guardian reports: "It is the alternative lending list: the books, maps and manuscripts that are so desirable they have been snatched from the shelves of the British Library." A Manchester City football programme from 1905, a Led Zeppelin CD and 17 Rolling Stones albums, including Hot Rocks and Beggars Banquet, are among 28 items confirmed as stolen from the collection in the last five years.
"While the thefts represent a tiny fraction of the 150m items in the library's possession, the stolen items are valued at £100,000, with a number of rare maps and illustrated plates ripped from antique books by international thieves. A single plate cut from a 1522 volume on Pompeii is worth £45,000."

The thieving scoundrels.

So we're looking for a Rolling Stones, Led Zeppy fan with a taste for the finer things in life who supports Manu.

Raspberries to them

2 comments:

Jay said...

How sad to steal from a library, where the people are kind enough to loan you things for free, no questions asked.

The Wisdom of Wislon said...

here, here miss jay ;)

the thieving so and so's