Special Collections

Second Story Books is proud to present a diverse and growing array of special collections, which are available to view in person at either our Dupont Circle or Rockville locations. Please contact us if you would like to confirm the location or would like to arrange a visit.

Curated Items & Select Collections

Law, Political Science, and Economics
Literature
Science, Medicine, and Mathematics
The John C. Huntington Collection of Manuscripts and Asian Art Books
Internal Perspective: Books By and For Black Americans
Books as Art: Fine Bindings and Book Design
A Fellowship of Readers: Books and Their Provenance

Wedgwood Family Collection

EVERY MAN HIS OWN LAWYER: OR, A SUMMARY OF THE LAWS OF ENGLAND IN A NEW AND INSTRUCTIVE METHOD, Giles Jacob. 18th and 19th-Century Law and Legislation
BENJAMIN CARDOZO: SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH. Benjamin Cardozo. Autographs and Pamphlets
The Law of Nations, or Principles of the Laws of Nature. E. Vattel. Jurisprudence and Political Philosophy: Fine and Rare Books
MATHEW CAREY COLLECTION [ONE BOOK AND TWO PAMPHLETS. Mathew Carey, James Thomson Callender. Wedgwood Family: American Revolution and Early Republic
THE FUGITIVE SLAVE BILL: ITS HISTORY AND UNCONSTITUTIONALITY; WITH AN ACCOUNT OF THE SEIZURE AND... Abolitionism and Slavery Pamphlets
TWO NOËL COWARD ALS TO EDNA FERBER. Noël Coward. Literature and Miscellanea

Milford Foxwell Medical History Collection

A TREATISE ON MENTAL DERANGEMENT, CONTAINING THE SUBSTANCE OF THE GULSTONIAN LETURES, FOR MAY, Francis Willis. Foxwell Medical History Part 1
OBSERVATIONS ON THE ABUSE OF MEDICINE. Thomas Withers. Foxwell Medical History Part 2
ESSAYS ON THE PUERPERAL FEVER AND OTHER DISEASES PECULIAR TO WOMEN [With Signed CDV. Fleetwood Churchill. Foxwell Medical History Part 3 - Women's Health
BIBLIOTHECA CHIRURGICA. QUA SCRIPTA AD ARTEM CHIRURGICAM FACIENTIA A RERUM INITIIS RECENSENTUR [2. Alberto von Haller. Foxwell Medical History Part 4
FIVE DISSERTATIONS ON FEVER. George Fordyce. Foxwell Medical History Part 5 - Fevers, Pox, and Plagues
OBSERVATIONS ON THE STRUCTURE AND DISEASES OF THE TESTIS. Sir Astley Cooper. Foxwell Medical History Part 6
PRINCIPLES OF PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY: ADAPTED TO THE CYCLOPEDIA OF PRACTICAL MEDICINE AND ANDRAL'S. J. Hope, L. Lawson. Foxwell Medical History Part 7
MEDICAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL COMMENTARIES [VOLUME THREE ONLY. A Society of Physicians in. Foxwell Medical History Part 8- Journals, Pamphlets, and Manuscripts

Robert Hunter Comics and Graphic Novels Collection

Any Similarity to Persons Living or Dead is Purely Coincidental: An Anthology of Comics (1979-1985. Drew Friedman, Josh Friedman. Graphic Novels
Three Dimension Comics Vol. 1 No. 1. Paul Terry. Indie Publishers
Walt Disney's Comics and Stories No.201. Carl Barks. Golden Age

Photography Collections

Gregory Corso at Naropa Institute in Boulder, Colorado. July 26, 1982. Jerry Aronson. Aronson Photo Collection
THE MALCOLM THOMAS PHOTOGRAPHY COLLECTION. Malcolm Thomas. Malcolm Thomas Photography Collection

The John and Susan Huntington Collection

THE RAMAKIEN: THE THAI EPIC. J. M. Cadet. Part 1
ZHUKAIGOU--EXCAVATION REPORT ON THE EARLY BRONZE AGE SITE. Archaeological Institute of Inner Mongolia. Part 2

The Russell Collection

THE RUSSELL COLLECTION: BOOKS, BROADSIDES, AND EPHEMERA OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION. Maximilien Robespierre, Anne Robert Turgot. Books, Broadsides, and Ephemera of The French Revolution

The Christopher Coffey Collection of Spanish Colonial Documents and Related Items

THE CHRISTOPHER COFFEY COLLECTION OF SPANISH COLONIAL DOCUMENTS AND RELATED ITEMS. Cadiz Cortez, Joseph-Napoléon Bonaparte, Amadeo. Full Collection