New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-10-22

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ThE Book TRADE SALE.-A heavy business, a
large attendance, sharp competition, and high prices
yesterday-a as we said there would be- James Hogg
g. Sons Of London led off with a short invoice of
their miscellaneous and story books, and were fol-
lowed by Little, Brown & Co. of Boston, who are
specially known for their law publications, Ban
croft's histories, Daniel Websters works. and their
superb editions of the British essayists and poets.
They included in their catalogue three sets of the
Encyclopedias Britannica, but refused TO duplicate a,
s. per volume, although they glad to do so last
wear at a. 90 and could have found purchasers
by making slight reduction from theireguar price.
OF Bancrofts History in 8 vols. several hundred
copies were sold. The ninth volume of this national
work is in a forward state Of preparation Of their
edition Of British Poets, edited by Prof. Child Of
Harvard, over 900 copies were taken at full prices.
This edition, Of 1913 Volumes is said to be superior to
anything Of the kind published in England, and, in
fact several hundred sets have been sold to English
and Scotch booksellers In this country the sale has
been enormous. amounting to little less than
million copies in all. OF the costly Encyclopedias
Britannica, work which is selling for $40 the set,
900 sets have been disposed Of since its first ap-
pearance in the United States. Our English brethren
have also purchased $50 sets Of Coughs Plutarch's
Lives, which is not 50 bad compliment to Yankee
taste and er-fltion. More than this, a Yankee law
book, Wheatons International Law, is the textbook
in Oxford, and, by recent order of Lord John Rus
sell, all British Consuls obliged to govern their
behavior by its precepts.
Blar bard e. Lea Of Philadelphia opened their sale
with abou, 10 lots OF medical works by American
and foreign authors for which they got such prices
"a to warrant them in duplicating nearly every line
These publications being for the most part coplously
illustrated, and Of scientific nature, are costly and
have a limited SALE bu, even at So, ~, and $40 a
volume they did not lack buyers. OF Druits Sur
gerry 20 copies were sod of Dunglison's Dictionary,
50; Of Gray's Anatomy lat ~, 90 copies; OF Wat
sons Practice, co. Of Longs Atlas, over lOO and 50
in propor,ion. The firm did not offer much more
than half their usual line which in former Gales has
comprised from 300 to 800 different books on Sur.
gerry and Medicine. The house of Blanchard & Lea
il one Of the oldest if indeed not the Oldest one in
this country and in former years published miscella-
neous works 10 a large extent.
Moore, Wilstach, Keyes Il Co. offered small
invoice of medical educational and music books ana
three or four on agriculture, and were followed by
William Rsdde, whose collection was made up Of
tie standard works on Homeopathy-HulfsI ahr,
Hempel Small, and Luze.
After them came the monster catalogue OF d. APP
pleton & Co., comprising nearly all the publications
Of the house, which occupied the remaining time,
and kept the saesmen busy until late in the evening
The invoice contained more than 800 lots classified
CT To- ponta Daliu;n,a
School and Coegiate-French, German, Italian,
Engllsh-Miitary, New Books, Juveniles, Cabinet
and Illustrated Standard Editions Of the Poets, Gal
leries, Photograph Albums, Standard Ca'sics Stand
ard Novels, and Biographies. The miscellaneous
books sold at better rates than usual and through
out the list prices were well up. In these war times
few or no miscellaneous works are being published;
80 tina, the public are compelled to fall back upon
the old stock or 90 without. Appleton, like all
others who preceded him. held bis prices s,ify, pre-
ferrns ioeo the s~iv vr hundreds of yo!unee
additional 10 abang two or three cents, because of
the advance in the price of paper and other ma
terias An illustration Of this rise ia the cloth used
for covers which, being wholly composed Of cotton,
il one hundred per higher than at this time last
year.
Among tie religious books, DR.. Trench's work on
the Paabes sold to the extent of 200 copies and the
Pulpit Cyclopeda was largely duplicated. A costly
edition Of Bryanis Poems wac also in good demand.
Websters Spelling Book met, as usual, large sale,
69i dozen copies being disposed of. The general
public are not, perhaps, aware Of the fact that
million copies Of this elementary speer have been
sold annually for some years past, Of which number
about 100000 went to the Southern States. large
cylinder press, which prints both sides Of the paper
az operation, is devoted exclusively to this book,
running from years end TO years end without inter.
mission, except Sundays. Appleton g. Co. are
hardly known to the public publishers of school
books, and yet they issue than any other house
in tue country. Their trade with the Cuba and
South American countries alone in school.books
translated into Spanish s extremely large. Twenty
years ago such thing us All American school book
was unknown in those regions, but by dint Of giving
sway hundred copies TO this city and that, bust.
mes was created which has proved very profitable.
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