New-York daily tribune., 1862-04-14

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Trade Sale Of the American Publishers Association
opened Monday morning lest, at the rooms OF
George A. Leavitt g. Co., No. % Mercer street,
and was continued during the week, the last invoice
on the catalogue, which formed an octave volume OF
800 pages, being closed out about II o'clock on
Saturday night. Considering tho times, the attend
anes WAS excellent. pstween one hundred and two
hrndred publishers including many from Canada,
Massachusetts, Connecticut Ohio and other Western
Staes, present daily, and the bidding was kept
up until tho end with much rpirit All standard
works sold remarkably well, realizing prices within
. trife Of the publishers mark. The sale opened
with the invoice of Ward g. Parry whose miscel
laneous collection, including works Of travel
biographies history and fiction, brought good prizes.
some books being knocked down above the trade
mark. The invoices Of James Chellen & Son OF
Philadelphia, Bazin & Ellsworth Of Boston,
Blakcnan e. Mason of kew-York, w. j.
& Hill of Boston, j. Monroe & Co. Of Boston,
Frank II. Little, Albany; Henderson & Co., Phila
delphis K. +. Simpson, Pbladelptis; @. +. Cool
edge, N. Y; Collins & Bro, n. Y; and w. y.
Smith, n. T., presenting varied collection, Iol,
lowed the fret day. The second day opened
with the invoice Of Sheldon & Co., N. Y, embrac.
ing Dickenss Works. the Riverside books, Rel.
gious works and Juvenile book.-s Of which sold
well. The Household Edition Of Dickens's Works
was largely duplicated. The invoice oi George w.
Childs, Philadelphia, consisting OF Kane's WORKS,
Law books, aud School books, sold splendidly, Mr.
G.. realizing upward Of $40, 900. Backstone's Com
mebtariee, Bouyiers Law Dictionary. &C., &c,
s. end $40 books, coming up 70 the trnde pfice 1he
invoice OF Gould a. Lincoln, Boston, wac III good
demand throughout. They Were called uion TO
duplicate - copies Of Cruden $ ConcOrdance, syo,
- copies of Kitto Popular Cyclopaedia, $40 vol
nn's Of Aimwelrs Stores 10j corles Of Peter Cad
dies Trip 10 New-York lsame anthori, 70 copies OF
the Historical Evidence OF the Truth OF Sculpture
~ copies Of Hamilton Lectures, aud 20 copies o!
I be Lie Of TNi.t. Charles Seribher, II fwas calico
upon TO duplicate - seis OF Alexander W NJiEs,
ya..; 81 s~is 4 Conybeare, . vols. mi copies OF
Bushnell's Works; - copies of Dean 1rea,h's new
work; $40 coi.. oi Timothy T!tcomb, and lJi copies
of the neG work, Lessons ia Life. Lindray ~
Blnkis.on o. phl,dslpiis say the sale oi their III
voce wa- the brsi they have lad 10 five years; loO
coyie. OF Harbrugb Works were taken, and they
were called upon 10 duplicate largely Throughout
leayitt 81 Allen. y. w. lola .GU volumes VI Dares'f
No'-s on job, although they had only ten ~ Their
isyoirc.
/ The third DAYS sale opened with the invoice Of
Ushon Bi0thers. Nrw-l ok, WHO duplicated -
Vouaos al Oimsted's Cotton Kingdom, upward oI
1JJ cOpias II Netsters Dictionary, and lvY sets oi
Burr..tG Geogrsphy gnd Atlas Of tne Heavens.
dir, Soufh,orth works 10 the invoice OF /. Is. +.
Peterson 4 Broihels cold well, sni were largely
dur i afo0. The same hfm alre dul Heated 100 cojieo
of wild SOutiem SCENES. l'J cOpics Vf " LIzf
Glenn and 800 copies OF The Adopied Heir.
Tie Fam y uud Pui,it Bibles, irom the Fiess OF
IN. W. Harding, IhilaGyllh we're allo largely
duplicated. About 60 20 umcs oi Mocauiay's his-
tory ol England, aud tho came number Oi Hume's
Iii-iory OF England, were called Tor IRON tie pub-
cation nouse OF Crosby & Nichols boston
! The fourth dgy sal, opened With English books
forwarded by John Ba.ksood nnd liogs \ Sons,
London nsiiher Of which yreseuted any iesture OF
e.pecia interest. Little 4 Browns inv, ice brought
surpli.,rg pric,s. They sold 400 VOLUMES OF Ban
croil W orss, 100 volumes Of Ildiarcn's Lives, ~
se's vf Richard Grant Whites shaktsEean, II vol
ulaes .acl aud sets y yolames each, OF Encyclo-
: fptdia, the Get price of which ir SiJi ..
Gafduer a. fuller, Boston, cold ',NO copes oil
Dickens Crest Expectaious. Appleton q Go.
gg hcafiuu- s,ll sy.oudidiy. Amoug the books
uhih atfrnc'ed much tsntlon were " Buck e's
History of Civilization which brought ~ 10;
Auolds History 'of Rome, 81 90. Dana = Housr-
hold Book u Poetry soid well 5J copies being called
ioF. fMr, sels oi BeutOns Thirty Years View,
% olua1s oi Byeuts Poems, 81 Of Darwin on
tue origin ~ the Species By means Of Natural Sclsc
Ion, - Il " Tempest and sunsiine,' 100 Of The
Young Stepmother gId 80 Of Aids TO Faith,
were taken. latr school books also went on hIst
r.ie. Due hundred and sixty threo copies OF Down
ing's tr.it- aud Trees OF America, $40 volume, Of
kurkns Stones OF Venice, iUi vols. q . The
Braaiirs oi kuskn,' II copies OF Alexanders
i,aah from the p,esr OF j. Wiley, were duplic cated
ihe invoice of ickuor & Fields, BJetob, made a
spenaid ,ale their prohs being perc mt better than
ia.t Fail. E:ghty oolies each OF leunyson's a.d
l>ongieo~ e. Poems were taken; also, go vols. OF
Ke,resuOns 81 Country parson, I30 volumes
Hynus OF th. Age " 800 OF ,I0n Browns School
D4ys ht Ku.Uy' 2l0 yOllmes OF Ienny yson's Poems,
3jGyoumes OF Mayne Reid's works, I7l Spare
Hours" - volumes SaXes Poems, 20 volumes
" John Brent, and III volumes Of Leisure Hours
in Town" Tho medical, religious, and school
books from the press Of lippincott 81 Co., Phadcl-
9hia, were largely duplicated, and their works gen.
orally realized good PRICES. Their Comprehensive
\ Commentary ou the Bible was ia demand, ~ sets,
6 volumes each, being called for This eoiire sale
has given most cheering evidences Of the vitality of
the book t,aie, even IN this eeason Of commercial
plOtiraijn. From tie day Of opening until tbe final
kuo, k.dOwn of the aactioneers banner on the Inst
invoice, the bidding was spirited and lively.
FATAL ACCIDTSI.-COroner Collin held an In
ou.. on ssit rdsy afternoon No. 80 Columbia sreet upon
Ii. bsdy Jsnes Gould ssrd 81 sn4live q boston Tho
engine No 20 IN Jcss steel.
nrsf Onud while ranu!ag 70 be stumbled ssd tel,
.ec-ived inJs snes, # whicn 10 di,t
lAiysTii.enSnt
We are apt TO be free with our jokes upon Doc
tors and their Drug, until ,c snd In need q their aid then
a. alike bow 10 the necessity Of to their hs'eirned
and often III rcqg!.d .si The p.svirg belief that Phys
clan, froun upon whssyer deyiate from tho pscuss
ten. snd sss,es arise, The ic .ht, their better orns
lion Lead them soonest detect aad dcArd the medical de-
lu.on, .ni that brus, upou the communlly
That they ready aud prompt to adopt any really valuable