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Member Catalogues


Second Story Books is proud to present the Wedgwood Family Collection. This is the first in a series of themed catalogues.

February 15, 2022


February 14, 2022

Our new catalog--WINTER DOLDRUMS--contains 50 select items, all new arrivals in a variety of fields. Included are Signed and Illustrated Books, Western Americana, African Americana, and more. Some highlights: One of the earliest cookbooks published in America, 1792; a firsthand account of the announcement of California statehood to the people of San Francisco, 1850; the earliest full first hand account of the Lewis and Clarke Expedition, 1807; the first American textbook on psychiatry, 1812; the first biography of Harriet Tubman, 1869; a 17-page handwritten manuscript by Booker T. Washington; and more.

February 13, 2022

146 rare items dating from the 18th-20th centuries

February 10, 2022

Our books, manuscripts, letters, and prints selected for the virtual edition of the 54th California Antiquarian Book Fair

February 9, 2022


February 7, 2022

February 7, 2022

February 2, 2022

33 items in Americana and Literature, fully illustrated.

February 1, 2022


Twenty items of general interest.

January 27, 2022

Iconic and eccentric.

January 26, 2022


Our most recent catalog, featuring 100 new arrivals in modern literature, cinema, music, photography, popular culture, and the arts.

January 26, 2022