New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-03-23
THE BOOK TRADE.

day we ske he'd the history operations and condition Of
large number Of the publishing houses Of this City. We
were not previously aware and presume among
readers aware Of the immense extent and import
arce Of this branch Of industry We have no doubt
from The facts embraced in that article compared with what
know Of the book trade in foreign cities hst New York
s the leading publishing city in the world And while
referring to the improvements in printing conceived or per
fsced by fellow citizens it deserving Of special
notice that the artof ereoypng isa New York invention
The credit Of belongs entirely TO the celebrated Cadwas
der Golden Of provincial Governors az is clearly
shown in careful discussion OF the subject by the learned
and accurate Dr. John W. Francis l. l. d. The Pa,sisn
printers Herba and DdOt who have been praised for ther
discovery used information in regard to which Golden
communicated to DR. Franklin. Phillips indeed asserts
tia. sometime previously fclo and quarto Bible had
been feTeOyped IN Holland bu, It has been shown
clusivsy that these Bibles standing forms Of typ,
ret Of which forms still in chases after service Of two
thirds Of ce..ury in 1905 While, therefore New York
ranks for OF publishing frat among the cities Of the
world its historical place in the history Of printing IT, by
the genius Of Golden Hoe and ohers first after Harlem
and Menz the homes of Laurenus Gut.enbarg and Faust
We to day as for as materials in possession enable
supply certain undersigned omissions in Fridays article
which was intended to include al those New York houses
engaged in any considerable degree in the publishing
BURNERS.
In 1901 the laeMATHrw CAREY considering. the great ad
vantaees which had arisen from the celebrated Book Fairs
in Frankfort and Leipc formed plan for annual Fair
Of the came kind this country and issued circulars to all
the booksellers and printers in the United States inviting
the to meet in the City Of NewYor the ls of June,
1902 for the purpose OF recprocaly buying selling andex
changing their respective publications The proec; vas
faycrlby received large number Of the parsons adj
dressed assembled at the time and place indicated in the
circulars society formed, Of which the once famous
UCGH GAME then the oldest bookseller and printer in
America President, and for four or FIVE years Book
Fairs were had in this City and in Philadelphia Sone
evils however resulted supposed to result from
the system, ard it abandoned. Twenty five years
after son Of MATHEW CAREY, the eminent political
ecoroni.t Mr. Henry C. Carey, conceived and insured
the scheme OF TRADE SALE. which have since been
in successful operation The principal house engaged in
this bushes. il that OF BANGS, BROTHER Co, in PARK
place The head OF the house of Bangs Brother & Co.
commenced business as Publisher in 1929 with Thomas
Nc Eath now President of the Nassau Bank and of
the ptors Of The TRIBUNE under the style OF Neil
rsth & Bangs This partnership dissolved in 1885 and
in 1893 the firm ofBANGs, RICHARDS Plat was formed
which continued eleven years BANGS PL.TT succeeded
and on The 5estof Mr. Plat in 1850 the present firm
iuauguraied consisting of LENrEL Bangs NATHAN BANGS,
.JR and A. NJ MKRwIv. We may, perhaps, consider
Mossrs Bangs as carefully ard most udcousy educated
publishers for it during their minority that their father
the distinguished and venerable Rev. Nathan Bangs d. ID,
vas principal manager Of the Methodist Book Concern
and excellent have been many Of the appOntmentsto
the difficult and respons bic ofce-the ables aud
mort successful mansyerit had The firm now holds
a semennus Trade Sale more extensive than any other in
.be worldhe average of sales in the spring and
in the fall being about S5O0O0 The unlimited confidence OF
the Trade which possesses coudhave been acquired only
10y tie highest commercial and financial abilities and by in
D.. n &. o.
pub hers in tho strcest Of the term hut they
are che acting American publishers Of several Of the mos.
pporant houses in London and the extent Of their sales
Of Bobns Libraries inconparaby the mos, judcou'ly
selected exoeeny printed ard cheap issues of the ptes'
in sry tine or counry-and OF other EDgli,h libraries
ard other publications constitute business scarcely in
fror 10 that of the lsrges! publishing houses in Amera
GA RooRrAcH, No IL Ann st, commenced his eluca'
ton til Ever Duyckinck Of the Old KuickerbOcker
printers and obsolcrs at No c. Water st in 1871 In
1895 he began business on his account AMI ventured
70 stereotype the same year. when seroypng was nov
otv Ersnngs al Homc and several of the works Of Mrs
Holland These stereotype plates are still in service giving
good IMPRESSIONS TO the rising generation lie esab Sued
branch Of his business in Charleston s. c. and on the
death of his agent there $780, took charge OF il himself
relr gushing his business in Newiork The change was
unfortunate and he determined TO abandon publishing and
bcokseinc altogether bu. returning 20 this City his
birthplace and the of some successes in the trade he
could rot resist ttmptSon to enter It eSsn and he nov
hopts to die in lite harness Ills business is peculiar his
tore is regular book exchange where the leading houses
of this and other cities keep supplies OF therpncpi pub
LEGATIONS for distribution to booksellers not in immediate
nd,noe with them or for the sudden eJgences Of
Others His as.onisngly complete and exact knowledge
of publishing in this country past and present ia shown IN
large volume which he hos prepared Unpublished under
the title of BGofkecd iaerconS describing all the works
and various editions Issued and at this time for sale by
American booksellers. This manuals Indispensable to all
persons in the trade and every considerable pu5c library
RoprKr L. COLLINS, successor 10 Collins Il Brother
publisher and bookseller No 23i Pearl 8. is the represents
alive Of The old house Of Collins Co. who in the eaTy
part of this century supplied the trade with quaro Bibles
Lindley Muray's school books, &c The business has
been conducted under various parlnersh ps-CounS q
Co. Collin. & Hannay. Collins, Reese Il Co.
&c, &c The house founded by Isaac Collins who
came 10 this CITY from New Jersey and think it's as Old
IS any nov existing in the City except that of Stanford
Swords II s occupied chiefly with school books and has
numerous copyrights o! Abbotts Adams Cobb, Olm'ed
&c. sc.
C. NJ SAxrov No ls2 Fulton 81, the most extensive pub
her Of agricultural books in the United States IS native
Of New Hampshire educated 10 the book trade ~ bo
TN and came to New York about Il years ago In lsi
ss,ton & Mes No 2e3 Broadway, entered upon the gen
,a book business and amer undertook The Pubi.A
ton of Tie American AgricrrIs periodical Whi'n eo
to The pre,en: complexion Of the house Operations
partnership dissolved in 1886 and Nr saxon -. ~
pursl notifications has since increased 20 more than
.,,v COMPRISING large proportion of the most valuable
work, for the practical farmer that have appeared IN 'A
country. ~, .oho.,
MISC, BROTHERS, No % Park rev. publishers OF sen0ol
.ra ru,c hook. succeed the well known house oil hun
,pr,op Savage The firm consists OF L<weii Mason or