Selling Used & Rare Books since 1973

50,000 books at our Dupont Circle store / 500,000 books at our Rockville Warehouse store – but not all books are online – Please visit in person when you can. Open every day at 10 AM – Always Open Online. Arts & Antiques. Special Collections. Gift Certificates. eBay seller since 1999 / amazon seller since 2002. SSB Coffee Mug available at both stores and online.

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Dupont Circle Store

50,000 Books + Art & Antiques. Sidewalk Book Sale daily, weather permitting. Masks required. Hours and Trading policies revised.

Rockville Warehouse Store

Half a million books. Open to the public. 50% Off All Books on the Retail Floor. 

Second Story Coffee Mug

Available at Dupont Circle and Rockville bookstores: $15

Second Story Gift Certificates

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Second Story's Amazon Store

Over 24,000 books, CDs, and DVDs, available exclusively through our Amazon Store. FIVE STAR SELLER RATING.

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Second Story's EBAY Store

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Photography Contest Winners

Second Story's 40th Anniversary Photo Contest Grand Prize winning photo by Sheel Patel. The entire collection (in two "books", one for landscape and one for portrait images) is ready to view now.

Portrait Collection

Landscape Collection

THE BORDER by Don Winslow

New York Times Review

In The News

Washington Post Magazine Cover Story on Allan Stypeck and Second Story Books.

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