As reported earlier, some materials were stolen from the rare book room of the Transylvania University library. search-engines-web guy followed up on this and found an update on the theft in the Lexington Herald-Leader. One of the books that was stolen is a first edition copy of Darwin’s The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, believed to be one of only 1,600 copies.
Transylvania is offering a $5,000 reward for the return of the rare items or for information leading to their recovery in good condition. … Anyone with information about the robbery should call Crime Stoppers at (859) 253-2020 or from a cell phone, call *2020, or Transylvania’s department of public safety at (859) 233-8118. Lexington police Lt. James Curless said the investigation is continuing.
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