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CALL MR.. J. r. PEYToN
Thos. ]. Fisher g. Co, Inc.
73s 18th St. NV. pI. 7-6s3o
C0L0RED-MOvE IN TODAY,
l243 lndependenee ave. Sc
nsnsrwiy. d,e s Z. mated large enough
and S saraSs. Rent Rem Siio mo. KEYS essi
next door, Call DI. 7-650l OF
COLORED = WOODBRIDGE, 25I7
l7ih st. n.e.-Detached home: Z
rms, and bath; rear porches oil
heat; only S1lb mo. MR., NEU-
MANN. Ma $4,000.
COLORED--a3I7 Sth 81. N.w.-o
rooms, bath: auto. heat, full bsmt.
deep back yard: Sl15 per mo.
Mr.. SMITH, AID. 4-2O7s.
COL0RED = I43s HARVARD ST.
Al cond,: only SIZE mo. MR.
NEUMANN, MA. $4,000.
cSSttboRE aG55,ss CAPITOL I,rre near
Eight rms: verv clean; ! baths. 8
kits, also. an apartment In bsmt.
OIL hot-water heat; vacant house /:
JU. 5-0427, EVENINGS
COLORED - BROOKFIELD - De
tached house i34S Kearney st
ne. : rms and bath i2 kitch-
ens): rear porehes; full basement.
mo. MR. NEU IN nm NH 2n $1,000 20
COLORED-I833 POTOMAC AVE
sE;-5 rms. and bsmt., oil heat,
desirable location. SO so mo.
II. 4-7300 or RE. 5-4734.
COL0RRD = NEAR 18th AND
SPRING RID. N.W.-6 rooms, 3
porches, bath and 2 laws, garage.
gas heat. Available May /. VIII
2-3998.
COL0RED-3eI3 SHERMAN AVE.
N.W.-Brick house, 8 rooms, good
condition, automatic heat, SS5 mo.
AID 4-03S3.
COLORED-2Is BATHS, 2 KITCH-
EMS, immediate occupancy with
utilities; $3.50 mo. with option
to buy. $1,000 will handle. RA. g.
O343, JU. 5-00S5. 12s
cOLORED. 46OI STH ST. NV
1888 MONROE ST. NV, g RMS.
LOUIS Ridden, tn. 2-3060
COLORED-RENT AND BUY
tn. 2-l09O. La. 6-0462. La. 6-0lss
cOLoRED-3706 9TH ST, NV
Germ. brick; oil heat, SIS
WASHINGTON RLTY., RIA. $4,000
COLORED, n. CAPITOL q o NV
Large row brick: 6 rms. and beth
gas heat; 500 mo. Key at ONCE
tn. $4,000, 31S Kennedy st. NV
co, ORED, 25O5 QUEENS CHAPEL
RID. .N.E.-Detached, 8 lge. rms.
powder rm. on LIST flnor; lge
fenced rear yard. Win sell on rem
tal BE- sis n reliable purchaser
MICKEY REALTY CO.. RIA. g.
CnLORFD, 1921 INDEPENDENCE
AVE. S.E.-5 rms. nnd hath, au.-,
tomato gas heat; $50 mo. Cal
COLOPED. IO9 EYE ST. N.w.-s-
rm. brick; beth, oil h.-wh., 3
car nnrk sos mo; THoS. D.
wALsE. INC, sis 18th st. NV
CoLoRED-7oS cor .UMPIA IN
70 rms. baths L2-familyl: SI00C
WASHINGTON RLTY.. RA: $4,000
COLOPED
445 r st. nw.-2 rms. kit and
bath: fenced I'd: redec.: S65.
1929 18th St n.w.-Lge. redee.
house. GOOD location: 500.
HARRISON g. ADAMS
ia32 X st. NV. MA. S-S3OS
COLORED
6o3 FLORIDA AVE. Me- lee:
rms, 3 baths; gas h.-w.h.; will
make allowance for decorating;
WOODWARD a. NORRIS
-, REALTORS e-o.
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HOUSES UMFuRNIsHED

seo7 lst ST.. n, ARL.-spacious 2
rm. house with rec. downstairs;
sos mo-, utils. incl IA. 5-O540.
1851 PARK RD. N.W.-iO rooms,
kitchen and bath, coal heat; Sis
THOMAS p, BROWN
zoos Goth So. NV, FE. 7-i77i
nnAL @HN@r1VTrV5 49,
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18th STREET NV.
CALL MR.. J. R. PEYToN

2-story detached brick: 3 bedrma 4.
2 baths, modern kitchen. wall-to-
wall carp. lovely furn,. rent $3.50.
Seen BY Apt. only.
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LUXURY HOME
HALL REALTY co.
JA. 7-5s5s

oAs f~uOOC
MACARTHUR BLVD. = Potomac,
Md. area: 2-bedrm. and den OF
3-bedrm. house on lge. lot; ideal
for children, garden SD, oil hot
water heat. 500. EN-. 5-13I3.
MARYLAND PARK = 6-rm. brk.
BUNGALOW. gas h.-w.h., bsmt., ga
rage; adult; $50. RE. 6-7O54.
MARYLAND PARK : 3 bedrms.,
sep. din. rm., compl. redec.: SlO0
mo-. with option to buy. Elk.
3-1540.
MONTGOMERY COUNTY = LAY
louisville AREA-S-rm. farm
house; mod. except central heat:
garden and facils. for slzeable
poultry operation; must have refs.
PROBING responsibilities. Phone
CT. 3-2700 Damascus, Md.
MT. VERNON BLvD.-So. of Alex.
20 min. D. c.: excel area. walk
to schools. bus, shop. Lge. wooded
well-landScaped lot. 4 bedrms.,
baths, Avail, May l. S165.
3-bedrm. rambler. Gear garage. At
once. S145.
3-bedrm. contemporary. Holm Hills.
carport. At once. Sl35.
LOU cHAcEY REAL ESTATE
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CONVENIENT ana COM
Portable house located at
4317 Fessenden st. NV; sep
arate ]. r. w/fireplace and
separste family size d. r, 4
bedrms., Ia baths. front
porch, front and rear yard
plus. Gear garage. Avail.
April 10: at $16o, per mo.
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MAYOR GARDENS
WESTMINSTER

18th FLOOR: corner: beaut. view,
hall, liv. rm., Solarium, din. rm,,
2 bedrms., = baths, kit: S27,5OO.
MAIN BLDG. - Overlooking park:
Nv. rm., din. rm., hall bedrm.,
bath, mod. kit, air cond., carpet,
bar incl. $23,500.
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GORNER-Liv. rm.. solarium, din,
I'm, bedrm:, bath, kit. with new
equip; $1,000.
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NV. WASHINGTON

Alaska Ave. 2 story detached brick.
4 bedrooms, pa baths. Convenient
to Walter Reed Hosp; public
transportation, schools and shop
ping area. Seen by apt. only
Rent $3.50.
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business opPORIuMIIIIs business oppORTuMIrIEs h

DAIRY BAR, fully equipped: etucco
building, 2 acres. 3l7 n, No. 4
highway; selling due death: frst
S ffs!r5 s isERi p G sRPoin vs
DINER BUSINESS. located on hwy.
sg gz ana :. AL ~ s Geo lease Tw. j.
DRESS sHop-Excei NV. ioca-
ton. Attrae. modern shop, reas.
rent, short hrs. owner retiring,
shows nice return. Priced low al
$4,000. Terms. Including stock.
e. w. THURM
aos 10th ST. NV. DI. 7-330e
DRIVEN RESTAURANT. nearby
Nirginia: Gross over $4,000 last
year. Price. Sl6,5OO, with 50, 800
down. FL. 4-S5O3.
DRY CLEANING AND LAUNDRY
STOREi low rent; good for retired
81 pensioned person. Total price.
1000. Mr.. OANAS. RE. 7-Osl o.
DRY CLEANING ROUTE FOR SALE
Get q truck and you will have
3 business OF your own. Call Mr.
PEELER, Du. 7-l4i3.
DRY CLEANING ROUTE FOR SALE
Get q truck and you viii have
9 business Of your own. Cal: MR.,
PFELkR, DU. 7-141a.
DUPONT cIRCLE-Large roominR
mo NE, s-46si. Me. sSO4s6.
EDWIN I, ELLIS OFFERS ROOM.
ING HOUSE. IA rms, 2 baths.
ST., close 10 Dupont Circle: reas.
rent. Parking space. Income
quoted over $500 mo. plus liv,
Z. ELLIS. Broker. RE- 7.bl4o1' "A"
EDWIN I. ELLIS offers roominE
house unusual nice condition5. 10
rooms, 3 baths. valuable furniture;
$40 rent. parking for 3 cars.
Check possibilities to Nil uu with
your own roomers. Close to 18th
ana Columbia I'd. NV. Price, 81
Duo. Easy terms. Bath on list n.
EDWIN L. ELLIS, Broker, RE. =
EDWIN L. ELLIS OFFERS-Nr. CIV
Univ, rooming house on q ST..
between 18th and Goth NV: II
rms, baths. running water In
10 bedrms.; parking for 4 cars;
income quoted, SS34 mo-; lease:
Priced to sell. EDWIN L. ELLIS,
Broker. RE. 1880.
EDWIN L. ELLIS OFFERS ROOM
ING HOUSE, 1900 block Of Mass
ave. NV; 20 rms, baths. $3.50.
Rent. lease income quoted $500
mo, Easy renting location. Wants
S6,500. terms, EDWIN l.. ELLIS,
Broker, RE. 7-5140.
-NN.
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CARRYOUT-NW
SUPERMARKET

Doing approx. $4,000 a week. ALL
CASH BUSINESS, WHITE GLEN
TELE. NO COMPETITION. Can be
bought cash for stock plus So. 900
down, Good money maker.
FOR ABOVE CALL MEYER
KEGSI ER la & sRkR
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ACCOKEEK, MD.-2-bungalow yard
Garden space; adults OF small
child only. s77 mo. 10. i-45eo.
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Ma. S-2345
& LUcHS. MANAGEMENT

EAST PINES. MD, 1908 eth ave,
just of Baltimore parkway
P PsTe a 61nss stoTaS with ssmt s ga
WALKER a. DUNLOP, INC. CO.
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ees FLORIDA AVE. Me- lee;
rms. 3 baths; gas h.-w.h.; will
make allowance for decorating;
WOODWARD & NORRIS
REALTORS
723 Goth St. NV. RE. 7-65S5
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EDWIN L. ELLIS

Long Est. Rooming House Broker
1910 Vermont Ave. RE. 1910
ESTAB VARIETY STORE, COM
pletely stocked; good location: low
oyerhead; best offer. After 2 pm,
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IERA SHOP-Georgetown, Easy
ar. 80; low rent: $4,000 net
$4,000, Terms. GIBRALTAR,
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AL STERN, FE. S-246S

A. II. sEELYE #59S4S-Restaurant
de luxe; inc. $4,000 yr.: seats
100. ultra modern, shopping cen
ter, large net, Sl3,500 down, Price
$4,000, worth 1t. d. 1895.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-10
The Fourth Estate
Owes q Big Debt
To This Fraternity

FIFTY YEARS FOR
FREEDOM, by Charles c.
Clayton Southern Illinois
University Press; $4.50), is
the story of Sigma Delta
CHS service to American
journalism.
This honorary journalism
fraternity was organized at
De Paw University. Green
castle, Ind, in 1909, a year
after the first school Of jour-
nalism was started by Wal.
ter Williams at the Univer-
sity of Missouri. Within a
few years Sigma Delta Chi
had spread to a number OF
other campuses and before
long it was installed in lead
ing universities and colleges
which had an interest in
journalism.
In the years since, the
fraternity. with its publica-
ton, the Quill. its fellow
ships and prizes for excellence
in journalism. has been q
powerful force for the best
in the profession. Mr.. Clay
ton has performed a service
in telling its story. &C. B. J.
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and Kenneth Ormiston, for
merly operator of the Temple
Mcpherson radio station,
with obstructing justice. 1t
was alleged in court that Sis
ter Anne and a "Mr. x"
identified as Ormiston, had
hidden out during the five
weeks in a honeymoon cot
tage" near a beach. This was
all denied vehemently by the
accused.
After a sensational trial
that lasted for weeks, the
prosecutions witnesses, or
some of them, got themselves
so crossed up that the dis
trict attorney had to dismiss
the complaint.
So Sister Aimee returned
victorious to her flock. though
doubt followed her through
the after years.
The author of this first
complete story of an incident
that added a purple splash to
the colorful '20s has neatly
disposed at the end of all the
cast of characters, told what
happened to them afterward.
With one exception. He
leaves Sister Aimee as she
boarded a train for a Nation
wide tour. What was her life
afterward?
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VOLUMES AT AUCTION
Big Business in Old
Books at Sotheby's

of that first printing Of T. E.
Lawrence's The Seven Pill
lars of Wisdom It fetched
about $1,000. or double the
usual amount. because Shaw
had written In it.
HE was a tremendous
Sotheby's fan. When he was
old he had decisions of bank
ruptcy, and he discovered
that if he wrote some long
inscription in a book he could
sell it for five times what he
paid. He was always writing
people and noting that if
they were hard up, they could
sell his letter."
Hobson said there were
many fewer books coming on
the market now than 80 years
ago; that, however, they
bring higher prices; and that
more of them are sold at
auction than through dealers.
Modern works are not such
attractive buys and maybe
never will be. THE Seven
Pillars of Wisdom" brings a
good price, so does a "Gulli-
ver's Travels" printed by
London's Cressid Press. The
first 100 or so copies Of
French books, done on special
paper and with distinctive
binding, also have a rare
book market value.
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Whether or not you believe
in what is called with dignity
psychic phenomena, or with
scarier connotations, ghosts,
I think you'll find dipping
into this volume absorbing.
1t is POLTERGEISTS, by
Sacheverell Sitwell (Univer-
sity Books; $4.75).
Since poltergeists are noisy
and often prankish spirits,
the stories of their viSitations
from time to time In various
places over a period of several
hundred years is liveier read
ing than most tales of the
supernatural.
Sacheverell Sitwell is the
youngest of the three remark
able children Of Sir George
Sitwell. His sister is Dame
Edith Sitwell, a leading Eng
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-10
Here's an Off-Beut Book
To Keep You Wide Awake

lish poet. The fame of his
family lends interest to this
book.
The author evidently is in
clined to credit a number Of
the strange occurrences often
told through the accounts Of
contemporary observers, yet
he does not accept them
blindly. A section of his book,
titled Examination" con-
tains a critique of leading
instances. Mr.. Sitwell probes
each searchingly. pointing out
discrepancies in the stories
and the unrealibility Of some
witnesses.
If you like an off-beat book
once in a while. I suggest this
one for diverting and perhaps
enlightening reading.
&C. B. J.
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LocuI Author
Has New Book
NEVER SMILE AT chill


DREN. BY E. T. French.
pyramid Books, IS cents.)
A secret shared by a des-
perate adult and a defense
less, temporarily mute child
has obvious dramatic appeal,
and E. T. French makes the
most of her theme in the
early chapters of Never
Smile at Children" So ef-
fectively does she handle it.
in fact, that we forgot we
were working and raced along
to see what the Adams Men
tai Clinic for Children could
do for a 5-year-old girl who
stopped talking after her
mothers sudden death. But
the wit, perception and fine
Characterization in the early
part of the book aren't sus-
tanned. Instead Of letting the
truth come as the child's
speech returns, Miss French
reveals it in the most hack
neyed Of ways.
E. T. French is the pen
name Of a young Washington
woman whose successful first
serious novel received critical
acclaim last year. B. NJ.
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over q grave In the confed-
crate section Of the Van
Buren, cemetery. the In
scription q tribute TO a pa
triot. But when young van
dais paint the marker. also
the usual Confederate statue
in the town square a sickly
green, Horatio decides 10
disinter his grandfather's
body and bury II In the
private burial ground at the
ancestral home. Adams Rest.
But the grave Is empty, and
his daughters fiance. a his
tory professor at Vanderbilt,
undertakes to solve the mys-
tery-a most difhcult UNDER
taking.
He Never Understands
Why does Horatio's wife.
Nancy, commit suicide. after
81 years of marriage? And
why does Horatio's youthful
second wife come to be so
unhappy His daughter,
Anne. thinks she knows, but
Horatio never understands.
The story is beautifully
paced. And it's an unusual.
I'd even say an original,
story.
And Mr.. Sullivan deserves
an accolade for resisting a
determined trend among
young Southern writer's. Not
that there's anything to be
deplored about writing of
the humble, the least favored
in money and education, If
those writer's would only make
them more human, less like
caricatures of people.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-10
By CARTER BROOKE JONES
star Book criiio

anything beyond his home in
Nashville and his ancestral
house In a town 30 or 40 miles
away, which the author calls
Van Buren,, where a Civil
War battle was fought MUIR
freesboro?).
Horatio's parents went
down on the Titantic when he
was 8. This seemed to give
him, though he never realized
it, an obsession with death
which followed him all his
life.
Fatalistic View
Even when he marries
Nancy, after a swift ro-
mantle courtship, and he is
happier than he ever thought
he could be, he keeps think
ing, in effect: Life is won
derful, but what can any Of
us look forward to? The end
is always death. When his
son and daughter grow up,
they realize that, beneath
his kindness, his generosity,
there is a strange side to
their father. Horatio centers
his fixation in later years on
his grandfather, Gen. Adams,
who was killed supposedly
while fighting with the Con-
federates in the Battle OF
Van Buren,.
At least there's a marker
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bawdy. weird tale Of Soviet
penetration OF American
politics spearheaded by a fe-
rocious woman whose soul Is
q smoke flled room.
Mr.. Condon's book Is ar
resting on several counts.
The first Is that his central
figure. Sergt. Raymond Shaw.
Is a brainwashed veteran Of
the Korean War, who In one
grisly session with a Chinese
psychologist Is transformed
into an assassin. So fiendish
are the manipulations that
his whole platoon Is simulta-
neously brainwashed into
thinking he has saved them
all from destruction. Sergt.
Shaw is given the Congress
sional Medal Of Honor.
No Whistler's Mother
The second element in his
wild. slashing story is Sergt.
Shaw's mother. a woman so
blackhearted as to make
Messalina seem like a pleas
ant suburban matron by con-
trast. Sergt. Shaw's mother.
who was in love with her
father, despises the rest Of
the human race. takes dope
and gets right to the podium
with her hideous schemes to
make her second husband,
a high-colored version of the
late Senator Mccarthy. the
President Of the United
States.
Horror is piled on horror
as Raymond. his psyche
logical menace mechanism
triggered by a pack of cards,
roaIms the Western world
killing virtuous people, with
out memory or cause. The
only relief is some lazy
comedy provided by Ray
mond's sidekick, a decent,
funny, career Army officer,
and his true love, a Carol
Charming kind of a girl, who
helps him unravel his night
mares.
There is no evidence that
Mr.. Condor meant his book,
which is not for the tender
minded, to be a 1T Can't
Happen Here" of American
politics. Rather he apparent
ly intended a crazy excur-
sion through the lower depths
of some low minds, and a
garish picture of what the
demagogue in the hands Of a
hellcat can accomplish. It's a
real Jolt.
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Summertime Fun
And HiIority
In Mexico

PLEASE WRITE FOR DE-
TAILS-by John d. Mac
Donald. (Simon and Schus-
ster; $3.50
Almost everyone had a gay
time even though the details
greatly exaggerated the &C
commodations.
de luxe housing in beauti-
full small hotel. gourmet food
and expert instruction" were
offered for a fee Of $500 in
Cuernavaca, Mexico. Miles
Drummond, an American in
Cuernavaca, was overly anx-
ious to make some fast mon
ey. Gloria Carney. q rich.
beautiful, sloppy, three time
divorce, gives Miles the idea
for starting a summer art
school. Gloria suggests the
school. but will not give Miles
money for the project.
A merry group Of artists,
mostly the half-baked pseudo
type, arrive to find the de luxe
accommodations more suit
able for bugs, mice and rats.
The gourmet food consists
of non-digestive goo, and the
expert painting instructions
are supplied by Agnes Kelley,
a Grandma Moses type of
painter, and bearded Gambel
Torrigan, a modern artist.
Thirteen people inhabit the
summer workshop. All have
problems, but not the paint
ing kind.
Paul KLAUS comes to hunt
the fair sex. He keeps diaries
of his many Safaris for
women. These diaries are
"f1is trophy room, his fishing
log. and his hunting journal.
Ironically, KLAUS becomes
the hunted instead of the
hunter.
Agnes Keeley also is re-
warded. Falling into a cac-
tus bush after leaving a party
to clear her head for over
indulgence, it is necessary
for her to have a tweezer
operation.
Romances flourish under
the hot Mexican sun and
bring about some hilarious
occurances.
please Write for Details"
could be made into a very
funny movie. 1t is a frolick-
ing gay book. A weak end
ing and some boredom for
the reader are its main
drawbacks. The book has
enough believeable exagera-
ton to make it something to
chuckle over.
BETTE FADE
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PAPERBAcKS

AIR SPY. BY Constance Bah
ington-Smith. (Ballantine;
50c.) A factual account of
how Nazi secrets were un-
covered from the air. u
Illustrated.
THE LAUREL POETR Y
SERIES. Edited by Rich
ard Wilbur. Dell; Csc
each0 Four books Of Sc
lected poems by Poe,
Wordsworth, Coleridge and
Whitman.
THE MACKEREL PLAZA.
BY Peter De Vries. Dell;
35c.0 The hilarious 1858
bestseller about a young
minister in search Of q
wife.
THE MARCHING MORONS.
BY C. NJ. Kornbluth. BAL
lantine; 35c) A collection
of Mr.. Kornbluth's first
science fiction stories which
appeared in Galaxy and
other magazines.
NAKED MAJA. BY Samuel
Edwards. bantam; 35c)
A novel of the 18th Century
Spanish artist Goya's ia
nous romance with the
Duchess Of Alba. A re-
print.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-10
BY w. G. ROGERS
Associated Press staff Writer


NEW YORK (AP).-So-
theby's, the London firm that
auctions books and paintings
for prices usually paid for
yachts and racing stables.
gets from the United States
up to a quarter of the ma
terial it sells, and sells up to
q half of it right back to us.
That's the estimate of one
of the ancient firms eight
directors, youngish Anthony
Hobson, a personable book
authority who Specializes in
bindings, who has come here
for his fourth quick visit, who
likes New York but finds it
fast and wearing, and who
talks fascinatingly about his
business in a sterling Eng
liSh accent so authentic that
Sotheby's - Suthe-uh-bee's,
three syllables-ought to be
able to auction it of, too.
A blac k-haired, slender,
World War II veteran with a
small neat mustache, HobSon,
whose father also was in the
firm, says knowledge is essen
tial. but "a collector Just has
to be bitten with it."
Tastes in collections vary
a great deal from country to
country and from time to
time. Before the war, Regency
furniture was very cheap.
now it's very hard to get.
Once people made very gen.
eralized collections. A man
gets all of Horace Walpole:
it's at Yale. Or some one may
start on Gibbon, first edi-
tions, his letters, books from
his library, letters that men
ton him.
"Of course, there are diff
ferent interests. Americans
don't buy so many illumi-
mated manuscripts. You take
the books. The interest of
your individual in books is
traceable, / think, to college
English departments. We
just wander into a bookstore
and start haphaZard."
There is" he continued,
"a fair amount Of chance in
1t. A man rang us from
Lancashire, he was leaving
his house, he had books, all
rubbish. he said. He sent
them on, it looked in fact like
the most terrible collection of
Victorian rubbish you can
imagine. There were about
$50 books, none sold for more
than 500, with one exception.
it fetched $4,000. It was
'Littleton's Tenures.' a legal
work, and in q contemporary
binding with it a shortened
version Of English statutes.
It's the only known book both
printed and bound, in 1881,
by the first or one of the first
printers in the city of London,
John Lettou.
When George Bernard
Shaw left his London fiat, he
turned all his furniture over
to us. It wasn't up to our
standard, but we did sell his
books. Among them was one