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SECOND STORY NEWSLETTER JANUARY 2018 • Volume 17 • Number 1

FREE APPRAISAL DAYS IN ROCKVILLE Join ALLAN STYPECK, Antiques Road Show veteran and currently a regular on MPT’s Chesapeake Collectibles, and share with like-minded collectors the excitement of discovering the history and value of rare books and other cultural artifacts. The DECEMBER 30 FREE APPRAISAL DAY brought more unique items to our Rockville Warehouse store: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle: First appearance of the “Return of Sherlock Holmes” in the Strand Magazine, 1904 • Woodson: “Works of Francis James Grimke” 4 volumes • Edward Cocker: “Transparency of the Pen” 1660 • Louis Brandeis: One-page ALS on Supreme Court stationary • Lyndon Johnson: Signed copy of “This is America” with letter from Linda Bird Johnson • Walt Whitman: Boston edition of “Leaves of Grass” 1860 • Joyce: First edition 1/750 “Ulysses” Paris, 1922 • Collection of ambulance books ranging from the Franco-Prussian War to WWI • Sarajevo Haggadeh 1/630 • Original typed draft and first printed press release from Roosevelt White House on the Pearl Harbor attack •  Harlan Ellison: Signed limited edition of “Medea”.

A lively crowd brought their examples of rare and unusual items to the DECEMBER 30 free appraisal day. Next FREE APPRAISAL DAY is Saturday, January 27, from 10 AM to 1 PM at

Second Story Books’ Rockville Warehouse Store, 12160 Parklawn Drive, Rockville, MD.

Allan’s Antiquarian SpotlightSelected by Allan J. Stypeck, Senior Member, American Society of Appraisers

FREE VERBAL APPRAISALS OFBOOKS, MANUSCRIPTS, EPHEMERALAST SATURDAY OF EVERY MONTH AT OUR

ROCKVILLE WAREHOUSE STORE12160 Parklawn Drive, Rockville, MD. 20852Open Sun-Wed 10-8 • Thur-Sat 10-9 • 301-770-0477Ten minute walk from Metro’s Red Line Twinbrook Station

HIGHLIGHTS FROM ALLAN’S DECEMBER APPRAISALS: Florida State U., archival papers and library of American poet Michael Rothenberg, memorabilia of American Beat poet Philip Whalen, original cut-ups and related material of American poet and novelist William Burroughs • Collection of Tibetan Buddhist artifacts • George Mason U., the David Stone collection of Gilbert and Sullivan music and manuscripts • U. of Rhode Island, various taped interviews conducted by journalist G. Wayne Miller • American U., large collection of art books • PNC Bank, art and artifacts from various Maryland branches • Clemson U., the Dudley Raynal collection of books on botany • Erie Art Museum, collection of photographs by Bruce Katsiff.

Antoine-Francois Sergeant-Marceau PORTRAITS DES GRANDS HOMMES, FEMMES ILLUSTRE, ET SUJETS MEMORABLES DE FRANCE Paris: Chez Blin, c. 1789-92. First Edition. Folio; 192 hand-colored aquatint plates. $6,000

Olfert Dapper [1636-1689] DESCRIPTION EXACTE DES ISLES DE L'ARCHIPEL Amsterdam: Chez George Gallet, 1703. First Illustrated French Edition. Folio with 16 folding plates, 16 single plates, 39 black and white plates embedded within text, and three color plates embedded within text. $7,500

JANUARY’S FEATURED NEWSLETTER BOOKS Get all the details on these and other books with our

FREE monthly newsletter emailed directly to you.Featured Books on display at our Dupont Circle store while they last.

SHOP DAILY BARGAIN BOOKSAT OUR SIDEWALK SALEEVERY ‘‘DRY WEATHER’’ DAY AT OURDUPONT CIRCLE STORE2000 P Street NW, Washington, D.C. 20036Open Seven Days 10-10 • 202-659-8884Metro’s Red Line Dupont Circle Station

Ernest Hemingway ACROSS THE RIVER AND INTO THE TREES 1950. First UK Edition. $250

Willy Ley THE CONQUEST OF SPACE New York: The Viking Press, 1949. First Edition. $150

L. Frank Baum SKY ISLAND Chicago: Reilly & Lee, c. 1920. Early Edition, Second State. $150

Ross Thomas CAST A YELLOW SHADOW New York: Morrow & Co. 1967. [SIGNED] First Edition. $100

Orhan Pamuk A STRANGENESS IN MY MIND [SIGNED] New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2015. First American Edition. $65

Gary Wills CINCINNATUS [INSCRIBED] Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1984. First Edition, 2nd Printing. $100

Eugene O'Neill MOURNING BECOMES ELECTRA New York: Horace Liveright, 1931. First Edition. $150

James M. Goode OUTDOOR SCULPTURE OF WASHINGTON, D.C. [SIGNED] Smithsonian, 1974. First Edition. $100

TRADE IN YOUR BOOKS, CDs and DVDs at SECOND STORY BOOKS• We are always looking for good books in very good condition with excellent resale value. • We offer store credit for books (cash offers at buyer’s discretion). • Buyers are on duty all day at our ROCKVILLE store. If you have more than a couple of boxes, please call ahead: (301) 770-0477 ext. 0. Saturdays from 12-4 tend to be extremely busy.• Bring your items to our DUPONT CIRCLE store any day between 10-4. • We offer store credit for most books. Cash offers are reserved for exceptionally rare or valuable books.• If you have a large collection of books, CDs or DVDs, contact Warren at 301-770-0477, ext. 16, and Warren will arrange a visit to your location.• Consignment inquiries should be directed to Allan Stypeck at 301-770-0477 ext. 13.

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