New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-10-18
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The Book TRADE-SALr.-Ths attsnd.n.. -.
much larger, and the bidding more spiri A ,.
day than on Wednesday. Among The le.d;r. s"
ers in the room WAS Bancroft of California. and -
noticed the representative OF firm in st. Lou,, =.
ting beside man from Bangor. Me.-,be tvo ~,
ding against each other, aud shouiog their ora.,,.
the avery-tongued salesmen Pratt or Lee, in Che
In fact, this little crowd Of hundred men il r..
gress Of booksellers from every loyal S,a,a .ns
large cities Of the Nonb, East, and West ha,hs
their representatives. The trade 10 reported a. b.;,
very much Depressed, but, if we may Judge from n.
price. paid thus far, common report has in az. =
stance proved herself common lisr. For ann. !,
Pu,Dam's, Crosby Il Nicboss, and Petersop, linz.
higher prices have been realized at this auction .
the publishers charge the trade; and almost v;,bor.
exception full retes have been obtained sine. u.
commencement. Occasionally there may have b.s,
some saugh,eripg OF standard works bot !. was oD,,
az q iuiicious bal, TO wte, the appe.tes Of N.
crowd OF q critical moment. At these trsde.s,l..
there is none Of the bl4rnsying or badgering with
which auctioneers usually control their Audience
for the buyers present are supposed 10 know an
abe It the lots offered, and supef1uous sentence b7
the salesman would be useless waste Of words .na
tax on good nature.
Many of the lots have been duplcated-some :.
for instance, Edmund Kirkes Among Tho Pines.
very largely; bat, as general thing, the numberh
smaller than usual. A feature Of the sale, however,
is that nearly every buyer takes little Of each 10,
By twos, threes, fiyos. and tens the works of tia
poets, historians essayi.ts, aud travellers find Their
~ay in o the book-shons Of Chicago, 81. Louis, Por.
land Baltimore ST. Paul. and other cities while ,ts
noveliss meet with reac.sr sale. 1t is as If peop.s
sought in light literature that relaxation f,om mental
strain which in another way they get o, the ,heam
and concert. And We, Ir. Van Nos.rand, Mr. Child..
Mr. Lippincoit and other publisher. Of "ww
books, are run down with busuess. Heavy mann.
ale OF tactics aud strategy, and military law, fed.
sorgery, riae-practice, ordnance and guunery, eel
by hundreds and thousands and the books which
tell stories Of personal hardship in captivity and peri
in campaigning 60 of as nothing has gone since tho
days Of Uncle Tom and DR.. Kane.
Crosby 81 Nicholss sal. on Wednesday evening
was the best they have pad for years. Beside sv.
eral thousand volumes Of Hume, Gibbon, sud
Macaulay, and no end Of the biue-and-gold-pcs.,'
hey found customers for q large lot Of the "sa
poets Byron, Scott, Shakespeare, Hemars Mont
gomery, Milton, and all that glorious companyo
baIis.
OF Ireings works. Putnam sold duplicates o. IN
the styles Of the 22-volume series ard 300 or 800
copies Of the Sketch Book. His own wel-known
work, The Worlds Progress" two-dollar book,
was in very good demand and Frank Moorst
- Rebellion Record " at % - to s. per yolucs,
found many purchasers.
The caislogoe Of Walker, Wise & Co. Of Boston,
comprised mostly works Of a religious character,
and stories for children. Tie sale of both was large.
T. B. Peterson * Co.'S lines OF novels were largely
nrs. Southworth, osual, holding her
,wn with Dickens, Bulwer, and wilkie Coins On
Miss Leslies Cookery Books they disposed of30
copies and Of Mrs. Hae's nearly $50, although there
were only - copies Of each offered.
Geo. W. Childs OF Philadelphia met with gea.
success in Parson Brownlows book and DR.. ksDes
irtic Exploration. OF the former be has already
old 5000 copies in the regular course Of business.
N which he has paid the lghtngparson 1900"
Copyright. The copyright on DR.. kane's work.
which Mr. Chds has p-id over TO the lamented
author aud his heirs, is s66,Oo0-a larger sum thsa
VAS realized on a book by another sutnor 10
he English language. The nearest approach 10 s
vas in the case OF Lord Maesnlay, whose publishen
aid him Gii .0C0 for bis History of England.
Gould d Lincoln had a large and very choice l',
rhch brought full prices aud was extensively drph-
Gted. Waylands Elements Of Moral Science, Cru
ems Concordance AID Hugh Miller, all sold remark
lily well; while 80 sets OF Chamberss Encyclopae
ia at g., aud 900 OF the Aimwell Stories were
4ken. Charles ScrjRer met like good fortune with
ia religious works, and of Hesdley's and DR.. HOL
lnds books cold largely. +. ii, Butler X Co.'S
analogue, con Uprising great variety of exPensiys
iftbooks, albums and poets, all disposed Of anc
uplicated 81 his full prices. OF the /" Bell seaeA
'i.h prices ranging from 81 50 10 s. 70, more than
900 copies We're sold.
w. \. Townsend offered smal. lots Of bis publca
oas, and did not seem to care to duplicate. His
rees were quite as satisfactory rs tbose Of The TIVE
reyious years. Frank Forrester's works on Natural
history aud Field Sports were the fayoriles Of ITO
81.
The sale concluded with Sheldon s. Co.'S eats-
,gue, the aae,ioneers being obliged to pass NJ
"ott luutVsi ApAs WE " lAio Hioi"h"b' -
beral sIirit prevailed 20 the close, and Shelcon'~
Lied as good prices as his predecessors.
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uonrd OF ToDnciinic".
The Beard OF Councilmer were Ia SESSION AS
enin, th- ohec. being 10 lci upon iGss guinhy" %"
Phi. whish had sccurnusted, awaiting further action
R.,otion. were adopted ecncnrrins with the Board
H. r.ln-a to pave N ninth street, rom Fourth sa
n avenue With tls Bessn pavement and 10 rersso "'>s