Evening Star Newspaper, June 4, 1931, Page 22

B—6 RARE BOOKS FOUND SELLING FOR DIME Valuable ~ Volumes Often Picked Up for Trifling Sums Bring Good Prices. By the Assoclated Press. WEXW YORK, June 4-—Possibly none of those thrills which are supposed to come once in a lifetime can equal that of picking up a book for 10 cents and selling it for $10,000—or even $1,000. That there are plenty of bocks in the world that sell for $1,000 or more has been demonstrated time after time at book auctions and private sales. In fact there is a bookshop in New York which sells nothing but books and manuscripts priced at $1,000 or_more. Do any of these extremely valuable books ever come to light in attics, old trunks or in the dime bins of book stores? Yes, occasionally: just enough times to_cause hope to spring eternal in the heart of the bibliophile that some day he will ccme upon a copy of Poe's first volume of verse or some other rare and valuable work. Finds First Edition. Just the other day Mrs. Charles L. Couch, wife of the president of a Buf- falo coal firm and & book collector, at- tended the sale cf household effects and antiques in a Buffalo home, buy- ing a half dozen books for 25 cents each. Later she found that one, @ copy of Hawthorne's “Scarlet Letter” was a first_edition, usually quoted at more than $1,000. Although more than 2,000 coples of the first edition cf the “Scar’et Letter” were published about the middle of March, 1850, time has taken its toll and a few surv oday. As a biblio- grapher observe: The ‘Scarlet Letter" has done uncommonly well for a book that jnaugurated its commercial career for 75 cents a copy. It has become, particularly in recent years. ore of the eat cllecting desiderata of American iterature. “At the sale of the Wakeman col- lection of American authors in the Spring of 1924 a copy of the first edi- tion, which Hawthorne presented to his sister Elizabeth, sold for $350. In De- cember, 1928, another copy of the first | edition, inscribed by Hawthorne to his sister-in-law, brought $1.250. At that time ordinary good coples of the book without inscriptions were be- ing quoted at from $200 to $300 in booksellers’ catalogues. The upward trend has become so pronounced, how- | ever, that succeeding scasons are Cor-| tain’ to record advances in value, par- ticularly for fine copies. Success From Start. This turned out to be a fact. Later eatalogues quoted the book ebove af thousand dollers. Only one other of | Hawthorne's books has a greater value. The pinnacle was attained by “Fan-| shawe,” for which Hawthorne unwit- tingly created the mariet through sup- pression. While “Fanshawe” is & rarity it can- not compete in bibliographical or ro- mantic interest with “The Scarlet Let- ter,” considered one of the few great roductions of American letters. The atter was a success from the start. The first edition was exhausted in 10 days, two more_ followed quickly, and for 80 years it has remained a steady seller. | The first edition was bound in brown | cloth and bears the imprint of Ticknor, | Reed & Fields of Boston. NEW YORKERS STUDY BICENTENNIAL PLANS President Receives Delegation Here | to Confer on Program for 1932 Observance. President Hoover yesterday received members of the New York State George Washington Bicentennial Commission, ! who are here conferring with the | United States Gecrge Washington Bi- | centennial Commission relative to plans | for New York's participation next year in the Nation-wide celebration of the 200th_anniversary of George Washing- ton’s birth. The New Yorkers were brought to the White House by Representative Sol Bloom of New York, associate director of the George Washington Bicentennial Commission. As chairman of the Na- tional Commission, President Hoover shook hands with the members of the delegation and discussed briefly with them plans now beinz formulated for participation of the various States in the celebration. While in Washington the New York delegation also will confer with members of the United States Yorktown Sesquicentennial Commission. In the delegation were: Charles J. Tobin, Albany: Senator Arthur H. Wicks, Kingston; Senator Alex G. Bax- ter, Ballston Spa; Louis A. Cuvilller, New York City; Maj. Robert B. Fen- tress, New York City: William H. Man- ning, Saratoga Springs, and John J. Tobin, assistant secretary of New York State Commission. HENRY WINS 9TH TERM AS A. A. A. PRESIDENT Ernest Smith to C ve at Capi-| tal Headquarters—G. W. White Is Named Treasurer. By the Associated Press. WEST _BADEN, Ind. June 4.— Thomas P. Henry, Detroit, Mich., was| clect~d by acclamation to his ninth te=n as _president of the American Anccmobile Association at the twenty- ) convention of the organization here y:sterday. Ernest N. Smith, Washington, D. C., will continue as exescutive vice presi- dent in charge of national headquar- tors. George W. Whit>, Washington, D. C., was elected treasurer. In the keynote speech, the president urged the thousand delegates from the United States and Canada to encourage | hizhway transport and resist exccssive taxation of motorists: to defond Fed- eral highway aid, and to oppose Federal taxation of gasoline or restoration of the Federal war excise tax. He also pleaded with th» delegates for pro- motion of safety campaigns. DIES IN PARACHUTE DROP OWEN SOUND, Ontario, June 4 (). —Chester Beer, 21-year-old stunt fiyer of Owen Sound, plunged 2,000 feet to his death yesterday when his parachute fatled to open. Beer had undertaken an exhibition parachute jump as a_feature event of a celebration. It was his first, although he had fiying experience. The pilot of the plane, L. Wallace, nosed the machine to the required alti- inde, and Beer jumped. He dropped | like a plummet, his body crashing - Have you seen these fine stocking THE EVEN Chiffon Silk Stockings made by the makers of Gold Stripe Silk Stockings? They are silk from top to toe, with a lisle garter hem, full fashioned, and in all the newest Summer shades. They are great stockings for a dollar! Jellefy’s Silk Stocking Section—Street Floor Misses’ Misty Chiffon Frocks $] 6.50 Chiffon—the backbone of your Summer’s social ward- robe. It packs into the smallest space of your travel- ing bag—and when you take it out the wrinkles simply shake out! Here are chiffons in semi-tailored styles . .. and others formal enough for Summer dances. Lots of them have those soft little tie-around ja¢kets. 4 Wide Fluffy Skirts. 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Women’s Coats, $19.50 15—$29.50 to 530.50 Dress coats in crepey and spongy woolens, with smart fur trimming of broadtail, mole, kid galyak and squirrel, in black, skipper blue, tan and grey. Sizes 371 to 4172 and 33 to 44. Women’s Coats, $25 15—$55.00 to $79.50 Fur-trimmed dress coats in chongaleen, santa cloth and faulkrinkle, with white galyak, caracul and ermine, grey fox and broadtail, in tan, grey, skipper blue and brown. Sizes 36 to 40 and 37%2. Junior Coats, $10 $19.50 to $25.00° Sport coats in tweed mixtures and polo cloth, smartly tailored with scarf or notched collars, single or double breasted, in tan, grey or black and white mixtures; the polo coats in tan, green or n: Sizes I1tol Junior Coats, $19.50 $20.50 to $39.50 Dress coats of wool, in tailored furless stvles with scarf or cowl collars . . . some with fur cuffs of wolf, squirrel, kid galyak and broadtail, some with pouch, square, shawl and jabot collars of galyak, broadtail, squirrel and lapin, in black, skipper blie, toast tan, green and grey. Bizes 11 to 17. Junior Coats, $25 $49.50 to $50.50 Spongy and crepey woolen dress coats, In flared, wrap around and slim moulded belted styles. with £carf, shawl, pouch and cowl collars of galyak, ermine, squirrel and Japin . . . some ¥ cuffs of broadtail or squirrel, in black, skipper biue, grey and bar red. Sizes 11 to 17 Womens, Misses’ and Junior Misses’ Coats—Third Floor Dresses Reduced—Many Half Price and Less! 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Misses’ Dresses, $12.75 $16.50 to $25.00 One-piece Silk Crepe Dresses, in prints and plain colors, for street and afternoon...plain chiffons with 3, sleeves for street wear, one Sunday night frock...one evening gown in pink crepe...one printed evening gown...one green satin evening gown. Sizes 14 to 20. Misses’ Dresses, $19.50 $16.50 to $25.00 Silk Dresses for street and business wear, both plain colors and printed . . . flared and pleated skirts . . . jabots, vestees, pbeld trim- ming, only one cr two of a style, in navy, brown, black, green and wine. 25—825.00 Silk Dresses in flat and plain crepes, in tailored styles, some with little bolero jackets, some with longer jackets, fine dressmaker details... batiste collars and cuffs, clever slceve treatments, flared and pleated skirts, one and two piece styles in black, blue, green and brown. Sizes 35!; to Dresses, in plain colors and prints...long and sleeves, a few jacket frocks...embroidered batiste collar and cuff Fitted Silk Some With Lace Top and Bottom Others with Lace and Embroidered Applique Tops Slips Vestee Slips with Lace at Bottom Tailored Slips with Hemastitched Tops and Shadow Hems Flesh Color, White, Tea Rose, Peach Color—Sizes 34 to 44 PURE-DYE silk crepe in the French fin- ish that's so pleasant to wear—and just what you need for your Summer frocks —for they fit so cleverly that they do justice to the lines of your nicest cos- tumes. Lacy ones for sheer dresses— tailored ones for sports clothes—all of a quality that usually sells for much more! $ 2.65 Special Purchase of French Crepe Underthings Flesh color, white, tea rose, baby blue. Dance sets, chemises, panties—all the $ I 095 intimacies you need for a fresh, cool Summer. The chemises are fitted— with tie-back sashes and pretty lace trimming . . . or tailored with hem- stitching. Dance sets have lace ban- deaus. Step-ins and panties have fit- ted waistbands and lace trimming. Grey Shops—Second Fioor 100 $5.00 Handbags Here’s Something! . . . 300 Pieces of Sma A New York manufacturer was clearing his stock . . . and we were lucky enough to get 100 of these fine leather handbags much below the regular price. Smooth and ecrase calf . leather and pin morocco, pouch, tailored envelopes and vagabond styles. Models with extra concealed compartments for safety . . . black, navy, green, tan, grey, beige, brown. patent 3 Jellef’s Handbag Shop—Street Floor JEWELRY $1.00 $1.95 Usually $1.95 Usually $3.00 $25.00 to $29.50 Street Dresses, In crepes and prints, most of them have Jackets...with 3-length or long...dainty floral prints and plaids, one three-piece crepe suit with evelet batiste blouse, in navy, black, powder blue, green and beige. Sizes 14 to 20. 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Jellef’'s Morning Frock” Shop—Fourth Flcor How About Gloves Tomorrow! 78 Pairs $3.75 and $5.00 4, 6, 8 button length suede and mocha pull-on gloves in black or brown... ..$2.95 13 pairs $3.00 6-button length suede pull-ons o 9 pairs $7.50 12-button navy glace gloves. 53 pairs $2.50 and $3.00 Imported Kid Gloves, one-button style w appli at the wrist; in tan, beige and brown....................00 PR Jellef’'s Glove Shop—Street Floor . contras Larger Women’s Dresses, $12.50 14—$16.50 and $19.50 Dresses, for street and afternoon, in printed crepe with dark backgrounds, polka dots and small floral desi attractively trimmed with touches of lace, some coat styis, in black and White. Sizes 4015 to 5215...43%: to 4702 Larger Women’s Dresses, $19.50 8—$25.00 Dresses, for strcet and afternoon, A flat crepe georgette and printed crepe...lace vestees, smart button trimm godets and unusual sleeve treatment, in black, navy, green, heige, skipper blue. Sizes 4014, 421, 4415, 46 2 Jellef’s Larger Women's Gowns—Second Floor Women’s Salon Dresses, $15 5—$35.00 and $39.50 Silk-and-wool Dresses, for street and afternoon wear ...crepe du jour...canton crepe and chiffion wool, smart pique collars and cuffs, in coral, black, tan. Sizes 34 to 42. r - D 14 Women’s Salon Dresses, $25 29—$35.00 to $59.50 Dresses, in si , afternoon and evening wear...the wools h: pique at the neck and J 1 Y nton crepes with astrakhan embroider: E U b e eve- ning gowns, in black, bro 10ise 9 izes 34 to 42. Misses’ Salon Dresses, $15 1—§39.50 Black Canton Afternoon Dress, with cape sle: Size 16. Misses’ Salon Dresses, $25 2—859.50 Black Canton Crepe Afternoon Dresses, trimmed with white. Size 14. Misses’ Salon Dresses, $29.50 8—$39.50 to $49.50 Afternoon Canton Crepe Dresses, linen collars and cuffs in tan, black and blue. and th gowns with velvet sashes, in black and blue. Sizes 14 to Misses’ Salon Dresses, § 11—$35.00 to $59.50 Dresses, for afterncon and evening...Tedingotes with printed crepe dresses. wool threc-piece suits with sheer blouses, in black, blue, green. Sizes 14 to 20. Jelleg’s Misses’ Gown Salom—Second Floor Sweaters and Blouses Say Adieu! 35—85.95 Sweaters, all long-siceve models, in tan, blue, green, brown and grey . . 36—$5.95 e and taffeta plain colors; in blue, grey, white and eg Jellef’s Sports Shop—Fourth Fioor Foundation Garments Reduced 3—$15.00 Gossard Sem French elastic. Sizes 3 —S12.50 and 2—$7.50 Hook-side Girdles, meade of a N length, in sizes 31 to 36.. . ves. .. 5395 1—$10.00 Hook-side Girdle, of silk brocade a o 14-inch, in size S5. 18—$5.00 44 16—75¢ Cup-form Bandeaux, made of Jellef’s Grey Shops Neckwear Reduced Friday! 12—$5.00 Crepe Blousettes, with vestee front, fagotting, ruffies and hand embroidery: eggshell or grey . . . .$3.00 13—$1.95 Batiste Collar and edged in val lace; in eggshell 2—S$5.00 Collar and Cuff white 4—$3.0( neckline; in white . J Tomorrow—Belts Reduced to $ Formerly $2 Tubular Calf Belts. black, red, brown and green. Leather Belts. with two-tone leather buckles, black or gr black calf with metal buckles 20—§1.00 1%-inch Suede Bel: Jellef’s Bel 1-inch Narrow in blue, green, red and beige.... 50¢ Section—Street Floor Friday and Saturday—Clearin g! 11,200 Pairs of Sorosis Shiny Noses! rt | La Velouty de Dixor The Original French Cream Combined With Powder 75¢ $1 No longer need you worry about a shiny nose...apply a tiny quantity of La Velouty this season . . reduced to this amazingl) Shoes 56,85 Regularly Selling at $8.50 to $12.50 This group is composed of styles we have been selling and which because of broken size and color range, and styles being discontinued, have been low price. ‘There are through the roof of a woodwork fac- tory. This is sample jewelry from one of the most famous costume jewelry creators in America... and, of course, we are the ones in Washington to offer it! The smart china white . . . both plain and combined with red, blue, green, black and yellow . . . the new Crusader clusters and per” delivered. to you . regularly Oriental good luck clasps . . . jewelry that smart every evening and Sunday morn- women are wearing with their lovely Summer ing. e costumes at savings from J5 to %! (hze]ésl‘i‘\ocr;; ‘;?}’lk’;;“ mlm;g,_ Jellefi’s Costume Jewelry Section—Street Floor ately. The Route Agent wili %a‘l- S - lect at the end of each mont! more than 35 styles represented and all sizes Yrom 312 to 9. .. AAA"o C are included, but not in each style. There are white kid in sports and afternoon shoes . . . beige, beige and brown or brown kidskin, blue and black kid, patent leather, reptile in combination with kid, beige, brown, blue or green Morocco sandals’ . . . natural or blue linen ties with contrasting embroidery, evening slip- pers of gold or silver kid and brocades. Jellef’s Shoe Shop—Street Floor before you put on your make- up...and you are safe for hours...even in the rain! And for evening it is simply grand...doesn’t rub off on your gowns, and gives a most flattering velvety softness. In four shades. ..naturelle, ivoire, ocre and blanche. Jellef’'s Toilet Goods Section—Street Floor Subscribe Today It costs only about 1% cents per day and 5 cents Sundays to have Washington's best newspa-