The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-03-24
The Book Tr. ~0es

SALE oy PUTNAM AND co., STock'
Tie sale Of the stock of the well kno, vn publishing hr
Of Putnam Co. took place yesterday Yin the rooms Of
Bangs, Brother Co. There was might nave DOC" "
| pected large attendance of publisl Ui'' !,
whom were Representatives from of tn princaPs1
essablshmenta in this and the other cities and "
Casada Mr. Putnam himself present on the s'sn''
mailing the necessary explanations in regard to ~y
rights and cther matters connected with his books u
stock consisted of large number Of stereotype plates
wood cuts, cngiavngs, copyrights and contracts, besides
the bound volumes Tbs whole, with the exception Of
ae copyrights OF Cooper, Irving, and other
aathors disposed of, these, however, Mr.. Putnam
has reserved intending hereafter TO devote his attention
exclusively to ,eir publication and that OF has magazine
The sale ypencd shout 10 ociosk, aud commenced
with the stereotype riates, Of which Che principal
brought the following pr.ces:-
Addisons maietg worSs, five volures original cost
81, ,2O4 -; boughfsy Leav1tt Allen, Rev York, for
81, ,25O.
Miss hsmer's woas, (Iore and ne Neighbors,) orr
ginal cost s,36 49, tsxeh b1 Cornish New York, for
Mrs. clarkcs Tale, Of the Grlhocd Of shakspcare's
Heroines; original cosysI 41o Sought ny s. Andrews B.
Miss Cooper's RuraiE Hours; cost ss1s IS; bought
BY Hazard Of Philadelp, for $780, sseject to copy
Portrait Cooper eng ~ved on steel csst $50; sold
to Phnney of Buffalo for $50.
Curious MorHeries of he Levasa; cost 1878 o. sod
Downings Landscape Ga aenng ard Rurai Architect
rsh. Of So cents per copy, ! saSe to Mrs Downing.
nownings Rurai Essays; cost q, ,Gal 35; bought by
Leavt Allen fos $780, sulrt to copyright OF 10 per
Eothen Tracss Of Travel st y sold to Francis
Fields City Architecture; cos $3.50 sold to Apple
ton Co, for $500; cspyright 10 Per cen4
Gsidsmith's Complete Works ~ Prior; INST 80 2ol 70;
sold for 81 eco to Levitt 4 Co.
Rev. DR.. Hawks honumcnts OF Egypt; xst including
sngravings and copy g 81 $50 6o sold saAppcton for
Messes from Old Manse by hawthorn o. cost $3.50;
sold to Tcknor Co, Of Boston, fsr $3.50!
Appleton for 81, 900.
Homes Of American, Statesmen cost 50 SO; sold to
Case of Hartford, for $500.
Merry Howitts Sonss and Ballads; cost s125 sold to
Hews Practical E,eutionist cost sss7 &C. sold to
Peterson Co., for $50.
Home Cycopcda, or Portable Hard Books, sold to A
Keats's poetical woss; cost 1926 sold to Appleton
and Swallow Barncost So 0o5 9 sold for ~ 70
Leavtt Allen copyright 12,f per cent.
so9l AZ sold to Riker ssr 5000 copyrsht 10 cent
The Lost Prince cost 1927 22 sold to Phinney s. Co.,
Essays Of Fa $50 soa for $780, to Hazard
Layards Nneveh cost 81, ,2s7 81 sei to Barnes 4 Co.,
Macfarlanes Japa Historical ana Descriptive; oost
1927 So; sold to Andr'H Il Son, for S4le.
Kaooiah; by Maya, cost s45s SO; sold to RLcr, for
The Bcrber, by Mayo ;cost $685. ssAsto Dewitt Ds-
venport, 300, cOpy1sht 10 per cent
Mrs Noodles Roughipg It, in the Bush, cost $500 II;
bought by Dewitt Davenport, for $Sl5; copyright 10
per cent
Sliman's visis to Europe cost 81 1874 40; sold to
Barnes ,79s for o. $500 eonySisht l2se per cent;
England tale cost 81 1873 5l sold IA Derby fos $ss7.
Miss sedgwiek,a Juvenile Works; cost SASS; sold
to Whitney for ssE; copyright 10 per cent.
81 OPS; sold to B-Snes for $500.
Warburton's Crescent md the Cross; cost $3.50;
sold to Whitney Cor 5000.
Wild Scenes and Song Birds, by c. ". webbcr;
sold for 81, ZOO
The last the list the World Of Art and Indua
try which the publisher, however, concluded before
the close Of the sale to This il the that
issued in serial at tho C,ystsl Palace during tho
exhibition. re sales of stereotype plates, copyrghts,
&C. realized early 00O about sourth Of their
original cost 1t must be remembered, however, that
many of these copyrights almost out md that
large profits made upon them.