The New York herald., 1863-09-24

| The Books~iier.' TRADE sRIe--sscs.S :"
rho sale opened yesterday with tins same spin "".s
Characterised the proceedings Of TuesdY snd dursneS
wh6e day the bidding rapid and the psees wei sus
tainoA Che auction room AIled at an eAry hour
aud many moro now faces could be seeH auone 'he
buyers than or he previous day. The insoiae~ wc'e
very freely dupcsssd and tbs sslers will 80 many cRes
find great dcuty oelivev their orders consequence
n the scarcity of labor all she departments 81 book
making printers paper makers sod binders THIS faei
also accounts Tor the hgir prices books FOR IA lssor
decreases IN supply the pece of thcIr WORK naturally
becomes higher
After the disposal yesterday nsrnne o Gbcrs inscce
and two small lots Mr.. George w. cnllds list offered
Ihs whole List freely duplicated. and Austead's
'Greal stone Book of Naturs work. sold IN large
numbers al full rates The principal emof tins sale,
however edition OF the "Army Eexus
TONS revised and Corrected to 1885, wrh index and
appendix As this edition rendered the old one qnie
useless the trade had repcnsn their stock N keen
pace with the market 1hs numbers disposed Of were
very large.
Tho next invoice that OF Little. Brown Co. OF
ston. Their better, sud the
general invoice worry freely duplicated at full prices.
'sRscon's Essays" and sFngsh and Scottish Palads"
weet on we'll, ami over thousand volumes were sold
Pancroft q Limited states" youms9 Of this work WAS
announced TO apvear af Christmas.
The "Brttish Essayise," BY Chslmers met with great
demand aud ove- thousand volumes were sold OF the
"Pritish Poets in blue and gold. or the regular cd
ton 2s vols l6no ctdh. about two thousard volumes
sold within fe~ minutes. Humes "Fngiaud.' =
"plutarchs Lives" BY Oough. vols were largely du
pcaied Grant whites 'shakspcare." t2 vols,
sp'cndd work, went at higher price than before
and the fncyclopeda Britannica,v ~ vols reached
hish as $l15 per seta price mover before attained.
Smiths "Dciionarcs" went on BY hundreds, with well
sustained prices The sac ono or tho best ever
made by this firm.
Tho important invoice that OF Gould 4 Lin
con Of Boston, Tho works that cruscd the most conpe
tiiion those n Hugh Miller four vols. 12mo the
sand wero sold Rogcts OF English Words
and Hugh Miler's Tales and Sketches" (ncw) limo.
cloth Tho remainder of tho invoice freely dupi.
Gated but the sales of the above works remarkable.
In the evening *. H. Butler Co., OF PhiIadophia.
had splendid sale. The rks OF this nrm are princs.
embrace OF the best standard authors Mscsniays
Lays OF Ancient Rome reprinted from the English,
masterpiece Of American printing and binding, and
their "Galery Of Famous and Distinguished English and
American Poets !" two vols morocco, IL also splendid
work. Aliens 'Life OF Phlidor !" half vellum, gilt, IL
very choice production and reached high price, The
invoice WAS largely duplicated.
Among the PRINCIPAL invoices FOR to-day are those OF D.
Appleton Co. OF this city, l.. Prang Co., Of Boston,
and James Simerve, OF Now York. Mr.. SOmervillc
Offers fne invoice Of Photographic album In ninety
seven varieties. Prang h Co Is invoice embraces beau
tfu selection Of chrome photographic ALBUMIN pictures OF
autumn leaves, flowers fruits, blossoms butterflies and
moths landscape scenery &C. printed In oil colors for
Photographic albums sand In OF Ithe sue
that has their former endcavors they niend
cuted In stylo OF artistic finish and beauty certainly
surprising when the price Is taken into consideration
and they not only beautiful, but form instructive
collection for the young.