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Gold in Your Attic by Van Allen Bradley
♦
First Edition Copies of'Tom Sawyer' Bring $750
Among the most eagerly
sought of American books are
the rare first edition copies
of Samuel Langhorne Clem
ens’ "The Adventures of Tom
Sawyer ”
Currently the price for a
fine copy Is around $750. al
though Franklin Meine, the
_ noted Chicago authority on
Mark Twain, recalls that in
the past extra fine copies
•have brought up to $2,000.
The title page of this
cleric of boyhood reads:
THE ADVENTURES OF
TOM SAWVER By Mark
Twain. The American
Publishing Company,
Hartford, Conn. 1876.
"Tom” is usually found
bound in decorated blue cloth
with four gold-stamped stars
on the cover. Some copies
were bound in half morocco
and some in sheepskin, (rarer,
and worth around $1,000).
The principal points of
identification for they valu
able first edition, first issue,
are the calendered (glossy*
paper on which it is printed
and the separate half-title
page.
A New York bookseller
recently offered a first with a
frayed spine and weak hinges
for S3OO. Another copy, sim
ilarly defective sold for $375
at a New York book auction
this year.
Have a Question?
R. W R.: Ik. Marvel was
the pen name of Donald G.
Mitchell. The first edition of
his "Reveries of a Bachelor”
(New York, 1850) may be
identified by a perfect print
ing of the word "sleep” on
page 29. It is worth around
$25 at retail.
Mrs. T. K.: The first edi
tion of • Thomas Wolfes
"Look Homeward, Angel”
(New York. 1929) has the
seal of Scribner’s, the pub
lisher, on the copyright page.
Unjacketed copies in fine
condition are worth S3O to
SSO. A mint copy in original
dust jacket is worth $75.
J. C. S.: The first edition
of Isaac Walton’s "The Life
of -Mr. Richard Hooker”
wM
A. r - •
A Minister's Prescription for Happiness
DEAR ABBY: A* a minis
ter, I am sometimes dis
turbed by the number of
people who come to me and
expect me to do something
in 20 minutes (equal to
adjusting a carburetor! that
will solve all their personal
and family problems. I think
your readers should realise
that all ministers have some
knowledge of elementary
psychology, but the ipinister’s
prescription is the Gospel he
preaches. Which means any
thing he prescribes is going
to call for “guts” on the part
of the person taking it, and
that one ingredient in the
prescription will be worship
ping God regularly, at least
once a week for the rest of
your life..
Yours truly,
ANOTHER MINISTER.
Thank you for your fine
letter, and may I add a
qflote from a minister friend
of mine? 'The help a min
ister gives will not be a bed
to lie on: . . . it will be a
sword to fight with.”
DEAR ABBY: I am a truck
driver and I know truck
drivers are not considered
perfect gentlemen by the
general public, but I don't
know of one who would not
jump up to give an expectant
mother his seat on the bus.
A very good friend of mine
who is now a truck driver,
but at one time drove a bus,
told me this story. He said
one day the bus he was driv
ing was very crowded and he
stopped to pick up a lady
who was very pregnant. He
didn't make a move to start
the bus, but waited for some
one to stand up and offer
her a seat. Nobody made a
move to get up, so this bus
driver finally got up and said.
"Here. Lady, take my seat.”
He got out of the bus and
sat down on the grass ad
joining the sidewalk. Finally
some man figured out that
they weren't going any place
so he got up and offered her
his seat 1 think this should
be standard procedure for all
bu* drivers. It’s not up to us
to judge whether pregnant
woman should be home or
not. A TRUCK DRIVER.
** * *
DEAR ABBY: I have two
clilldren by my first marriage
and my husband never lets
me forget it, His mother lives
with us and my husband says
that he accepted my children
and I have to accept his
mother. My children are out
all day and go to bed early,
but hla mother breathes down
my neck all day and sits up
with us until we go to bed.
You can't put a mother-in
law to bed! Bhe butts into
every conversation, has no
friends of her own and makes
me miserable. Everything she
cooks we either have to choke
down or throw out. Please tell
me what to do betore 1 end
up In a sanitarium HAD IT,
Whrn a man marries a
woman with children, he
knows the rhlldrrn go with
Mamma 'sort of a "package
deal.”) But a mail's mother
Is not usually ' packaged”
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about SSO at retail.
Mrs. M. M. B.: Your Mary
H. Eastman’s "Chicora and
Other Regions of the Con
querors, etc.” (Philadelphia,
1854) is worth around $35 if
in fine condition. A dealer
should pay you half.
J. L.: Your John Wesley's
"The Doctrine of Original
Sin” (Bristol, 1757) is the
first edition, worth around
sls m good condition.
M. A. L.: Your Nonesuch
Press edition of John Bun
yan’s "Pilgrim’s Progress”
i London, 1928 > is worth
around S2O in fine condition.
E. H S.: All of Robert S.
Surtees’ sporting novels are
in the collector’s item class.
Your "Handley Cross” (Lon
don, 1854) is the first illus
trated edition. A copy recently
sold at auction for $27. A fine
copy should be worth around
SSO at retail
P. R.: The first edition of
.
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DEAR ABBY . . .
By ABIGAIL VAN BUREN
I .
/. «. it/ . * e •
with the man. Unless you
agreed before your marriage
to “aeeept” his mother on a
live-in basis, you have every
right to ask for a new deal.
% • *’*'*’•(
DEAJt ABBY: I have a
friend who thinks she is
clean because the brass pipes
under her sink are polished,
but you should hear the lan
guage she uses! Her kitchen
sink is cleaner than her
mouth by a far sight. Don’t
you think that cleanliness
§How to
STOP KILLING
L YOURSELF
By DR PETER I STEINCROHN
\ Dieter Finds Success
DEAR DR. STEINCROHN:
I spent SSOO to lose weight
but didn’t lose an ounce. It
I wasn’t the fault of the doc
tors. They tried—but I didn’t.
I had gone from 115 pounds
to 186. I had belching and
bloating and pain under my ,
ribs My doctors said: “Take
it off and you will feel bet
ter ” But I didn't. That is,
I didn't until I had a lot ot
trouble. My house burned
down, my daughter got sick
and the first thing 1 knew I
had lost 15 pounds. It felt
wonderful, in spite of all my
troubles, with all that fat
gone.
I said to myself: “The doc
tors have been right. That’s
what has been wrong with
my stomach "
So I bought a calorie book
and really went to work. I
put myself on 1.000 calories
a day. I cut out all bread,
potatoes and sugar. And the
first two weeks I almost
starved for those in-between
meal snacks I used to tell the
doctors I never touched.
I take vitamins. I have cut
down on my salt. So far I
have lost 46 pounds. I have
made up my mind never to
eat as much food as I used
to. I have changed my eat
ing habits for life. It Is so
easy otioe you see the nounds
start rolling off your body I
get such a kick out ot ouvlng
a size 14 now instead of a 38
I know how nice It Is to tell
yourself you will "start to
morrow.” But "right now Is
the only wav to start. The
stomach la fickle. I can do
on a little food as well as on
a lot.
Once you make up your
mind to diet, remember it is
for life Otherwise you will
take ofl and put it on again
Once you can get into a sire
14 again instead ot a 38 you
will be proud ot yourself and
say it Was worth all tnose
week,* ol hard-boiled ergs,
cottage cheese and the rest
of the uninviting stuff.
t
THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, D. C. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1958
John L. Stephens’ two-volume
"Incidents of Travel in Cen
tral America, Chiapas, and
Yucatan," was published in
New York in 1841. A good
copy is worth around S4O.
R. A. R.: Your Martin Lu
ther’s “Der Prophet Haba
cue” (\Vittemberg, 1526) is
a first edition, worth about
$35 in good condition.
W. R. B.: The term "book
scout” is generally used to
describe the book hunter who
haunts second-hand stores in
search of under-priced books.
He is a student of the book
market, and he buys only
those books he knows he can
profitably resell at whole
sale to the rare book dealer.
,
(Selected reader questions
will be answered by writing
to Van Allen Bradley, in care
of The Evening Star.) .
Next Monday: "Huckleberry
Finn."
Copyright 19.18,
General Features Corp )
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should start with a person’s
own mouth? Your opinion in
the paper would be appre
ciated. Thank you.
“CLEAN MOUTH, DIRTY
SINK”
A clean mouth is far more
important than a clean sink,
but it shouldn't be necessary
to choose between the two.
For a personal reply, write
to ABBY in care of The Eve - j
ning Star. Inclose a self ad- j
dressed, stamped envelope.
I iDUtribuied by McN aught flyndlcatt,
Inc.)
In the last four months I
have taken off what it has
taken 15 years to put on. I
have no reason to write. Dr.
Steincrohn, except to bring
hope to those who think it
can't be done. Sincerely, Mrs.
K. E.
I THISK MRS. K. E.’s let
ter brings home two impor
tant points: (1) Start today.
(2) Resolve to keep your
weight down. Otherwise, you
will be going up and down
in weight: and you will be
on "periodic” diets for the
‘ rest of your life.
** * *
DEAR DR. STEINCROHN:
My young man is suffering
from neurosis. He has had
trouble with his nerves some
10 years. It seems to be
troubling him again. Lately
he has had many troubles
to worry him and is now in
volved in a family breakup.
He interprets things you
sav to him wrongly. He has
a fear of driving his car and
of doing physical harm to
anyone. He is afraid to con
fide in his family physician
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FAMILY COUNCIL
Parents
Object to
Girl's Date
THE PROBLEM
ROSEMARY S. They
don’t like his looks.
MRS. F. S.—Why doesn’t
she stick to our own kind?
THE DETAILS
Rosemary B.—l am 19 years
old and I’ve been going out
with a voung man a year j
older for the past several
months. He is not very good
looking, but he’s an excellent
dancer and we’ve had good
times together.
The problem is that my
parents just “don’t like his
looks” and have asked me
not to see him. They have
never before acted this way
The Family Council consists of o
judge, a psychiatrist, three clergy
men, o newspaper editor, o
women's editor and two writers.
Eoch article is a summary of on
actual cose history.The council
reports on problems that hove
been dealt with by responsible
agencies and counselors.
about anyone I’ve gone out
with. I think that they object
to him because I picked him
up on a bus, but I don’t think
there is any harm in that as I
long as he is courteous.
It is true that on our first
date he was a little aggres
sive and hard to handle, but
he ouicklv got over that when
I let him know how I felt
about that kind of thing. He
is well-mannered, but not
| verv sociable and he won’t
double date.
Mrs. F. R.—We can’t un
| derstand why Rosemary
| should take up with a
shifty-eyed character like
this. Nobody knows anything
about him. He never men
tions his family or where he
lives and he can’t seem to
j look anyone straight in the
| face.
There are dozens of nice
young men in our neighbor
hood who belong to the
young people’s organization
of our church. Rosemary has
gone out with a few of them,
but hasn’t kept up a friend
ship with any of them. Why
; shouldn’t she stick to young
! men she knows something
about?
It’s true we don’t like the
idea of this man’s being a
pick-up. but we aren’t so
very narrow-minded. Some
times a girl meets one of her
own kind in a casual way.
j This fellow just isn’t our
kind. He doesn’t like any of
Rosemary’s friends, either.
The Council’s View
A lot of territory may be
covered in those loose ex
pressions “I don’t like his
looks” or “he’s Qot our kind.”
Sometimes the terms are an
expression of the speaker’s
; own fears and prejudices,
but we doubt whether that
is true in this case. By Rose
mary’s admission, her par
ents have never before acted
this way. And there are some
fairly strong indications the
young man is. at best, a per
■ son with difficulties.
A pick-up is not the most
. and expresses fears of having
to go to a mental institution.
When he is with me he
seemed to find peace of mind
and we occasionally remi
nisce and he will smile; but
other than that he is not
his happy-go-lucky self.
Please advise me what we
can do to help him. Do you
feel a psychiatrist should be
consulted? Or do you feel
that sympathetic under
standing and being occupied
with painting pictures, play
ing checkers and other pas
times will overcome his dis
ability. It is so hard on all of
us who know and love him
and want so much to help
him find peace once again, j
Please give us your advice. ,
Dr. Steincrohn. Thank you.
Sincerely. Mrs. H. H.
I WOULD NOT hesitate
to recommend a psychitrist.
I think he needs one badly.
The history of his illness goes
back about 10 years. He
seems no better. Perhaps
worse.
Picture painting, checkers j
are fine. But I believe they
should come later, after he
has had psychiatric advice.
Families and friends often
try their best—as you have
been doing. But you must re
member, however great your
affection, you cannot poslbly
help as much as a specially 1
trained physician can in such
patients.
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desirable way for boy to
meet girl, but it can be sat
isfactory if both are later
able to fit well into one an
other’s family setting and
get along with one another’s
friends. In that case, it
means that the boy and girl
have similar backgrounds
and ideals and except for
the accident of geography
might very well have long
been friends.
Occasionally an individ
ual with a strong character
and warm, out-going nature
will walk into a completely
new setting and make him
self perfectly welcome be
cause he is so at home with
himself and the world at
large, but Rosemary’s friend
seems to actually fear con
tact with her family and
friends. It doesn’t seem to |
us that such a relationship
can grow into anything hap
py for either party.
The question is why does j
Rosemary seek a relationship
that isolates her from her
family and friends? Prob
ably she is not at peace with
herself and her own back
ground and enjoys few hap
py, successful relationships
within this group. This is a
problem she should make a [
strong effort to solve for few
individuals manage to find
happiness in isolation from
the group that has nurtured
them.
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FAMOUS FABLES
By E. E. EDGAR
MEDICINE: Dettective Story
Writer Sir Arthur Conan
Doyle was a struggling physi
cian before he turned to writ
ing as a career..
As a voung roctor he found!
it difficult to make ends j
meet. Sometimes days would
pass between patients. Once, j
when he was discussing his
ailing practice with an older
colleague, he moaned:
“Why. I haven’t even as
sisted at a birth in the last
three months!”
“Don’t be Impatient. You’ll
get your opportunity,” con
soled the other. “Babies aren’t
brought by storks, you know.”
“They are in my neck of
the woods,” insisted Doyle.
JOB: Humorist Ring Lard- i
ner, who was inclined to be
intemperate, was once offered
a job on a newspaper.
“Shall I take it?” he asked
his wife.
“Will it keep you away
j from home?” she asked.
“Yes.”
“Then take it,” she said.
Dinner and Bazaar
1
The Oorsuch Methodist I
Church will hold Its last tur- j
' key dinner and bazaar from j
4:30 to 8 p.m. tomorrow and
Wednesday at the church, 1105
Fourth street S.W. After 108
years, the church will be de
molished in the redevelopment’
in Southwest Washington. 1
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JIM BISHOP:
, REPORTER
An Artist and a Mild City
ATLANTA, Ga.—He was
walking around the room in
' his underwear, scratching
and pouring bourbon—which
| is a trick in nerve control—
and Burris Jenkins spoke my
mind: “The more 1 come to
Atlanta, the better I like it.”
It is a big, mild city, with
skyscrapers and a sun that
; goes down behind Grant
Field like an ice-skating sign.
Mr. Jenkins is an artist. A
fine artist. He has the pious
smirk of an altar boy who
has been caught with loaded
dice in his cassock. His
chuckles, which are deep and
incessant, sound like a flat
wheel on a trolley car. He is
my friend and I never miss a
chance to go somewhere with
him
His is a probing intellect.
He wants to know so much
about many things. This, in
a sense, is Inartistic. Most of
my artist friends can’t think
beyond the ice cube under
their noses. Burris is a self
deDrecator, He is forever sur
prised that millions of peo
ple admire his work and clip
his drawings and save them.
He Is gentle to the point of
extinction. He says that he
can get mad—and I’m sure
that he can—but I’ve never
seen it. His wife, an attrac
tive painter in oils and a
southern belle of the Tara
Hall type, says that he can
get good and angry on occa
sion and blow up and blast
off like a $5 rocket.
** * *
I’VE NEVER SEEN IT. He
Is a petty fusspot, always
rummaging for something
and forgetting what he’s
rummaging for; or taking a
nap sitting bolt upright in
bed: or mixing a bourbon
and forgetting to drink it: or
being indecisive about some
small thing, like whether to
wear a striped tie or a solid
color.
He draws like nobody I
know. Mr. Jenkins takes the
; side edge of a pencil and
rubs It across a sheet of pa
per as though he were trying
to sharpen the point. He
talks softly and sweetly as
he does this, marveling that
the United Nations has just
done something, or that the
French have undone it. He
speaks with the faint edge
; of a Southern accent, and.
as he talks, vague faces and
figures and trees and hills
begin to take shape on the
paper.
This goes on for a while,
and then he pins the sheet
' of paper to a big drawing
board, and. still talking about
something that has no con
nection with the drawing, he
goes on to the finished prod
! uct. If you have seen the
orginals of his drawing—as I
have—you would feel a sense
of amazement that Jenkins
has caught, not only the
likeness, but the spirit oi the
person and the terrain he
draws.
** * *
WE WERE TALKING to
the sheriff of Fulton County
this morning and, while I was
discussing the odds against
interviewing the five temple
bombing prisoners In jail, Ol
Massa Burris was drawing
the face of the sheriff. When
we left, he showed It to me.
It was perfect. If the sheriff
had seen it, Mr. J. would
have been in Jail with the
five.
He has a great heart and
is a slob of a sentimentalist.
When he speaks of an artist,
or a writer and shakes his
head and says: “A great guy,
Jim,” -one can almost hear
the Marine Band In the dis
tance, Custer throwing away
the empty pistol, and Gen
neral MacArthur murmur
ing: “Old soldiers never die .
»»
Mr. Jenkins can write too.
This hurts to say, because I ~
am always afraid of a two- $
talent man. He wrote a good
series of articles on Alaska
recently, but his best, in my
estimation, was the series
three years ago on Isreal. It
was sharp and incisive.
We are finishing our stay
here tomorrow. So, even
though the evening is young,
Mr. Jenkins is already in
his room packing his pencils
and forgetting to leave room
for the laundry (which will
be back in the morning). At
the last moment, he will find
that he has neglected to pack
his after-shave lotion, and
he will leave It here for one
of the dejected waiters to
drink. ,
He will board the plane
holding onto his dark gray
fedora, smiling his goodbye
and he will settle in his seat,
fasten the belt, and tilt back
to take his nose drops. Then
he will mentally check over
the shirts he packed, the
ties, the socks, the suits, the
pencils, the drawing board,
the shoes, the Japanese robe
and will sigh contentedly.
Then he will sit up sud
denly and say: “Stop the
planj! The drawings are
back in the hotel!” I dig him
the most . . .
(Copyright. 1958! King FtstuMS
Syndicate. Inc.)
Wednesday: Bombi and Atlanta.
Broken-Hearted
My girl friend left me because
I didn't treat her to lunch at
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