[Rarebooks] Fwd: missing Hirschfeld Books

[J. O'Donoghue Books]

To All Booksellers, Please distribute this as you see fit. The loss of these
books is tragic for the University Libraries.

Thanks,

Ani Sorenson

J O'Donoghue Books

1926 2nd Ave

Anoka, MN

55303

763-427-4320

 

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Dear Colleges, 
 
I am writing to you because the Department of Special Collections and Rare
Books of the University of Minnesota Libraries recently received a package
that was supposed to contain 19 German books mailed from Berlin, Germany and
which arrived empty. An inspection by the Department and the postal
authorities was unable to determine if the package was ripped open or broke
open along the route. We are not sure if the books have been deliberately
stolen or are missing. Each book was individually wrapped in white tissue
paper and contained a "bookmark" inside the front cover. the bookmarks read:

Dieses Buch stammt 
aus dem Nachlass 
von 
 
Li Shiu Tong 
(1907 - 1993) 
 
Dem Letzten Freund 
und Erben 
Magnus 
Hirschfelds 
(1868-1935) 
 
Die Bücher aus dem 
Nachlass wurden 
von der Magnus- 
Hirschfeld- 
Gesellschaft e. V. im 
Oktober 2006 mit 
Spendenmitteln 
erworben. 
 
These books are considered World Heritage items because they were the
personal property of Dr. Magnus Hirschfeld and were the books he was able to
collect while he was in exile in Nice, France after the burning of the
Hirschfeld Library by the Nazis on May 10, 1933. Of the 19 books in the
package seven (7of the 19) were more modern books that were gifts to us from
the Magnus-Hirschfeld-Gesellschaft e. V. in Berlin. 
 
The titles of the nineteen missing books are as follows: 
 
1. Magnus Hirschfeld: Die Homosexualität des Mannes und des Weibes, 1912 
2. Jahrbuch für sexuelle Zwischenstufen 6.1904 
3. Magnus Hirschfeld: Die Weltreise eines Sexualforschers, 1933 (mit
Schutzumschlag) 
4. Magnus Hirschfeld, Andreas Gaspar (Hg.): Sittengeschichte der jüngsten
Zeit - 
Sittengschichte des Weltkrieges Band, 1930 
5. dito, Band 2, 1930 
6. Magnus Hirschfeld, Andreas Gaspar (Hg.): Sittengeschichte der jüngsten
Zeit - 
Sittengeschichte der Nachkriegszeit, Bd. 1, 1931 
7. Magnus Hirschfeld, Berndt Götz: Sexualgeschichte der Menschheit, 1929 
8. dies.: Das erotische Weltbild, 1929 
Magnus Hirschfeld: Sexualpathologie 
9. Band 2, 1918 
10. Band 3, 1920 
Magnus Hirschfeld: Geschlechtskunde 
11. Band 4: Bilderteil, 1930 
12. Band 5: Register, 1930 
Diese Bücher enthielten ein lose beigelegtes Exlibris (siehe Anlage) auf
gelblichem Karton 
bzw. waren als "additional gift" (Nr. 1) gekennzeichnet. 
Weitere sieben Bände aus dem Dublettenbestand der
Magnus-Hirschfeld-Gesellschaft 
wurden nicht einzeln aufgelistet; alle mit einem beigelegten Vermerk:
"additional gift" 
 
(13)Magnus Hirschfeld: Von Einst bis Jetzt, ed. by Manfred Herzer and James
D. Steakley. 1986 
(14 & 15)[Selection from] Jahrbuch für sexuelle Zwischenstufen, vols 1 and
2. ed. by Johann Wolfgang Schmidt. Frankfurt: Qumran 1984 
16, 17, 18, & 19 - titles missing at this time. 
 
I will forward the last four titles as soon as I get them. If you have any
leads on these missing books please contact Jean-Nickolaus Tretter at
trett007 at umn.edu <javascript:parent.ComposeTo(>  or Tim Johnson at
johns976 at umn.edu <javascript:parent.ComposeTo(>  Should you have received
any or all of our missing German books I can assure you that we will make
arrangements for their return at absolutely no cost to you and with a
minimal effort or work on your part. If you have any additional questions,
comments, or concerns please feel free to contact us at any time. Please
also feel free to circulate this message as you see fit. Thank you for your
attention to this matter. 
 
Jean-Nickolaus Tretter 
 
Depart. of Special Collections and Rare Books 
University of Minnesota Libraries 
 
-- Nickolaus Jean Tretter 
GLBT Collections Specialist 
Special Collections & Rare Books 
111 Elmer L. Andersen Library 
222-21st Avenue South 
Minneapolis, MN 55455 
001-612-624-7526 
Fax: 001-612-625-5525 
www.TretterCollection.org <http://www.trettercollection.org/>  
special.lib.umn.edu/rare/tretter.html 
 

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