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Highlights from the April 29 FREE APPRAISAL DAY: Robert Frost: Limited signed “Hard to Be a King” • Jewish passports from Czechoslovakia and Germany circa 1939 • John F Kennedy: Signed copy of “Profiles in Courage” and U.S. Senate pass • Daniel Coxe: “Description of the Carolinas” 1722 • Virginia Woolf: First and signed editions • Baum: First edition of the “Wonderful Wizard of Oz” • Patrick O’Brian: Signed first edition of “Blue at the Mizzen” • Anton LaVey: “The Compleat Witch” inscribed to the publisher of Dodd Mead • William Styron: Signed first editions of “Lie Down in Darkness” and “The Confessions of Nat Turner” • Charles Bukowski: Signed limited edition of “Give Me Your Love” • Bram Stoker: First edition of “Dracula” • Mary Shelley: Early editions of “Frankenstein” • Ben Shahn: Signed limited edition of “Nine Drawings” • Joan Miro: Signed limited lithographs from “Matavillas” • Belch: “New Map of London” 1820 • Reid: “Essays of the Active Powers of Man” 1687 • Carter Woodson: First edition of “Negro Makers of History” • Tolkien: “Lord of the Rings” signed copy in Elfish • Carmichael: “Man from the Moon” first edition • James Ullman: Signed first edition “Everest Kingdom of Adventure” • Margaret Mitchell: Signed copy of “Gone With the Wind” • Joseph Conrad: Collection of first editions • Lord Byron: Collection of first editions.

FREE APPRAISAL DAYS IN ROCKVILLEAllan Stypeck appraises rare and unique books, photographs, documents and autographs at the April 29, 2017 free appraisal day event. [Pictured below]. The next FREE APPRAISAL DAY is Saturday, May 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 OURROCKVILLE 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

W.C. Riley YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK THE WORLD'S WONDERLAND St. Paul, MN: Northern News Co. ca. 1890. First edition. Over 70 small black and white engravings, so intricately executed at first glance they look like black and white photographs. Engraved by Chas Frey, Frankfurt, Germany, from photographs by Ingersoll and Haynes. 9-114-1258788 $200

ACCREDITED APPRAISALS of books, manuscripts or other personal property for tax, donation, insurance, probate or resale purposes by ALLAN STYPECK, Senior Member of the American Society of Appraisers, with 30 years of experience as an appraiser. HIGHLIGHTS FROM ALLAN’S APRIL APPRAISALS: • United States Supreme Court Historical Society, items relating to Supreme Court Justice Hugo Black • Smithsonian Museum of American History, the Michael and Jane Stern archives of American food and pop culture • Morgan Library and Museum, Robert and Linda Stillman collection of Alfred Jarry and the study of pataphysics • Johns Hopkins U., archival papers and related material of U.S. Senator Barbara Mikulski • Casa de Las Americas, Latin American studies library of Dr. Franklin W. Knight

William Elliot Griffis COREA: THE HERMIT NATION New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1894. Fourth Edition. William Elliot Griffis (September 17, 1843 – February 5, 1928) was an American orientalist, Congregational minister, lecturer, and prolific author. The book is divided into three parts: (I) Ancient and Medieval History, (II) Political and Social Corea and (III) Modern and Recent History. Selected by scholars as being culturally important, this book has been reprinted many times during the last one hundred years. Contains more than two dozen maps, plans, and illustrations, including a color folding map of Cho-sen (Corea) bound in back. Hard cover, no dust jacket. 474 pages. 9-7-1274038 $200

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H.R.P. Dickson THE ARAB OF THE DESERT A GLIMPSE INTO THE BADAWIN LIFE IN KUWAIT AND SAU'DI ARABIA London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1967. First Edition, Fourth Impression. Dickson had a detailed knowledge of bedouin life and customs, and produced two books which are considered valuable chronicles of a now-threatened way of life. These books, The Arab of the Desert: A Glimpse into Badawin Life in Kuwait and Sa'udi Arabia, first published in 1949, and Kuwait and her Neighbours, first published in 1956, have been described as "monumental" and are sought-after collector's items. Profusely illustrated with photographs, maps, drawings, and family trees. 9-102-1273815 $100

Alison Castle STANLEY KUBRICK'S NAPOLEON: THE GREATEST MOVIE NEVER MADE Koln: Taschen, 2011. First Edition. Kubrick planned a large-scale biographical film about Napoleon Bonaparte. This large hard cover volume of over 1,000 pages collects Kubrick's plans and research on his project. Kubrick watched every film made about Napoleon, conducted research, and wrote a preliminary screenplay. He scouted locations, planning to film large portions of the film in France and Romania, but the project was eventually canceled due to the prohibitive cost of location filming. Kubrick's historical research influenced his 1975 film Barry Lyndon. In 2016, HBO announced plans for a miniseries based on Kubrick's screenplay. 9-91-1272935 $225

Reyner Banham MEGASTRUCTURE: URBAN FUTURES OF THE RECENT PAST London: Thames and Hudson, 1976. First Edition. Megastructure is a giant, adaptable, multi-purpose building containing most of the functions of a city. Popularized in the 1950s and 60s, architects and citizens alike had abandoned the idea soon after 1970. The author chronicles the rise and fall of the Megastructure idea. The book includes a fascinating collection of photographs, drawings and models of megastructures on almost every page. Softcover, 224 pages. 9-51-1273841 $100

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