A Fellowship of Readers: Books and Their Provenance
About This Collection
A selection of antiquarian volumes, limited edition works, and first editions bearing a range of provenance marks, from a tender inscription between a husband and wife to a copy of Hamlet bearing the bookplate of actor Cary Grant.
About Second Story Books
Second Story Books, an ABAA/ILAB member, is Washington, DC’s oldest used and rare bookstore and is celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2024. Internationally known for its fine selection of antiquarian and out-of-print titles and collections, Second Story Books also provides appraisals for institutions and individuals.
![[AUGSBURG CONFESSION]. CONFESSIO FIDEI EXHIBITA INVICTISS. IMP. CAROLO V. CAESARI AUG. IN COMICIIS AUGUSTAE, ANNO M. D. XXX. ADDITA EST APOLOGIA CONFESSIONIS](https://secondstory.curiomarketplace.com/img/thumbs/items/browse/1697556167_12459d288b5b4e5437aa.jpg)
![AESOPI PHRYGIS FABULAE GRAECE ET LATINE [Bound With] GALEOMYOMACHIA, HOCEST, FELIUM & MURIUM PUGNA](https://secondstory.curiomarketplace.com/img/thumbs/items/browse/1697557156_a7a752b0fbe4e69d12a0.jpg)
![AL-AMTHILA AL-MUKHTALIFA [Table of General Examples of Arabic Grammatical Rules]](https://secondstory.curiomarketplace.com/img/thumbs/items/browse/1684425754_aea3b6571157a43cb8be.jpg)
![LITTLE WOMEN, OR MEG, JO, BETH, AND AMY [Two Volumes]](https://secondstory.curiomarketplace.com/img/thumbs/items/browse/1685029260_50fff9c90c265b6cb43e.jpg)
![THE JOURNALS OF ANAIS NIN - 1947-1955 [Volume Five Only] [Author's Copy]](https://secondstory.curiomarketplace.com/img/thumbs/items/browse/1684442895_d4eaac6305da8c0b2629.jpg)
![MY WORLD - AND WELCOME TO IT [With Signature]](https://secondstory.curiomarketplace.com/img/thumbs/items/browse/1693427264_8c95f895bc3bfa0466d2.jpg)
![THE MIDDLE-AGED MAN ON THE FLYING TRAPEZE [Larry McMurtry's Copy]](https://secondstory.curiomarketplace.com/img/thumbs/items/browse/1698882060_5a4345bbd3985f7291b4.jpg)
![TWO WORLDS MONTHLY; DEVOTED TO THE INCREASE OF THE GAIETY OF NATIONS [Eleven parts]](https://secondstory.curiomarketplace.com/img/thumbs/items/browse/1693431502_25ef1cd8573403ef5105.jpg)
![AMERICAN POETS - AN ANTHOLOGY OF CONTEMPORARY VERSE [Leonora Speyer's Copy]](https://secondstory.curiomarketplace.com/img/thumbs/items/browse/1698882166_c76b4e39932a6112c6eb.jpg)
![LA ARAUCANA. DIRIGIDA AL REY DON FELIPE NUESTRO SEÑOR. [Two Volumes] [Robert Southey's Copy]](https://secondstory.curiomarketplace.com/img/thumbs/items/browse/1698882237_cff763fbe8fb380f90ca.jpg)
![A Dissertation on Slavery with A Proposal for the Gradual Abolition of It, in the State of Virginia [George Upshur's Copy]](https://secondstory.curiomarketplace.com/img/thumbs/items/browse/1699282631_dfb0cf8ee1cfc7241654.jpg)
![THE TRAGEDY OF HAMLET, PRINCE OF DENMARK [Cary Grant's Copy]](https://secondstory.curiomarketplace.com/img/thumbs/items/browse/1698940556_33673de3c39b1dab139d.jpg)