The New York Police Department (NYPD) has recovered a collection of rare Civil War-era books in the possession of a known thief. The books are believed to be stolen, though the loss has not been reported to the Art Loss Register or the Antiquarian Booksellers’ Association of America. All nine books likely came from the same collection.

The recovered books are: Nehemiah Adams , South-Side View of Slavery , 1855; Albert Barnes , The Church and Slavery , 1857; Silas Casey, Infantry Tactics , 1862; Dean Dudley, Officers of our Union Army and Navy , 1862; William J. Hardee, Rifle and Infantry Tactics , 1863; Hinton Rowan Helper, The Impending Crisis of the South , 1860; Frederick Law Olmstead, The Cotton Kingdom , two volumes, 1861; James Redpath, The Public Life of Captain John Brown , 1860; and Harriet Beecher Stowe, Uncle Tom’s Cabin , two volumes, 1862.

Anyone having information about this collection is asked to contact Detective Michael McFadden of the NYPD at 212-923-1188 or email michael.mcfadden@nypd.org , contact the Art Loss Register at 877-ART-LOSS or email stolen@alrny.com .