CROWN BOOKS CORP
SC 13G/A, 1994-03-14
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                     SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                           Washington, D.C.  20549

                                Schedule 13G

                  Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
                              (Amendment No. 3)

                           CROWN BOOKS CORPORATION
                              (Name of Issuer)

                                Common Stock
                       (Title of Class of Securities)

                                 228210-10-0
                               (CUSIP Number)

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 CUSIP No. 228210-10-0                 13G                                    
 
 1.     NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
        HERBERT H. HAFT

        S.S. NO. OF ABOVE PERSON
                                                                             

 2.     CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP           (a)  [   ]
                                                                   (b)  [   ]
                                                                              
 3.     SEC USE ONLY

                                                                              
 4.     CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION             DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
                                                                              
 
                                 5.    SOLE VOTING POWER        2,797,813<F1>
                                                                             
                                            
 NUMBER OF SHARES                6.    SHARED VOTING POWER              0
   BENEFICIALLY                                                               
  OWNED BY EACH 
 REPORTING PERSON                7.    SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER   2,797,813<F1>
       WITH                                                                  
                                 
                                 8.    SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER         0

                                                                          
9.      AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH
        REPORTING PERSON                                        2,797,813<F1>




[FN]
<F1>    Includes 2,717,814 shares of the Issuer owned by Dart Group
Corporation (as to which the Reporting Person holds sole voting power with
respect to approximately 57 percent of the voting stock) and exercisable
options for the purchase of 29,999 shares of the Issuer.

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 10.    CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES 
        CERTAIN SHARES                                                  [   ]
                                                                              
 11.    PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (9)              51.63%
                                                                              
 
 12.    TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON                                           IN
                                                                             



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                This amendment to Schedule 13G is being filed pursuant to
Rule 13d-1(c) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.  Crown Books
Corporation ("Issuer") was formed under the laws of Delaware in February 1982
to acquire ownership of Crown Books East Corporation and Crown Books West
Corporation from Dart Group Corporation ("Dart") and Thrifty Corporation.  In
August 1983, Issuer completed a public offering of 2,500,000 shares of its
common stock, and in February 1984 registered its common stock under Section
12(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.  Since that time, Dart has
retained ownership of 2,717,314 shares (approximately 50.42 percent) of the
outstanding stock of Issuer, and in 1993 acquired an additional 50,000 shares
(.93 percent).  The Reporting Person holds sole voting power with respect to
57.06 percent of the voting stock of Dart, and owns 500 shares of the common
stock of the Issuer and options exercisable within 60 days of this filing for
the purchase of 29,999 shares of the Issuer.  

Item 1(a)       Name of Issuer

                Crown Books Corporation

Item 1(b)       Address of Issuer's Principal Executive Office

                3300 75th Avenue
                Landover, Maryland  20785

Item 2(a)       Name of Person Filing

                Herbert H. Haft

Item 2(b)       Address of Principal Business Office, or if None, Residence 

                3300 75th Avenue
                Landover, Maryland  20785

Item 2(c)       Citizenship

                District of Columbia

Item 2(d)       Class of Securities

                Common stock 


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Item 2(e)       CUSIP Number

                22810-10-0 

Item 3  N/A

Item 4  Ownership

        (a)     Amount beneficially owned:                          2,797,813

        (b)     Percent of Class:                                      51.63%

        (c)     Number of shares as to which such person has:

                (i)      sole power to vote or to direct the vote:  2,797,813

                (ii)     sole power to dispose or to direct the
                         disposition of:                            2,797,813

                (iii)    shared power to dispose or to direct
                         the disposition of:                                0

Item 5  Ownership of Five Percent or Less of a Class

                N/A

Item 6  Ownership of More than Five Percent on Behalf of Another Person

                N/A

Item 7  Identification and Classification of the Subsidiary Which Acquired
        the Security Being Reported on By the Parent Holding Company

                N/A

Item 8  Identification and Classification of Members of the Group

                N/A




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Item 9  Notice of Dissolution of Group

                N/A

Item 10 Certification

                N/A

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Signature

After reasonable inquiry and to the best of the knowledge and belief of the
undersigned, the undersigned certifies that the information set forth in this
statement is true, complete and correct.

DATED:  March 10, 1994 




                                                  /s/ HERBERT H. HAFT
                                                  Herbert H. Haft
  


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