New-York tribune., 1868-09-11
THE BOOR TRADE SALE.
FIRST DAY.

FIRST DAY.
Leayitt & Strebcigh's auction-room was well
filed yesterday by booksellers from al parts oi Ihe
country who had assembled 10 make selections from the
immense stock OF books offered at the annual trade sc
Tho first invoice sold was that Of j. g. Iippiucot Co. Of
Philadelphia embracing an unusually large number o
standard works together with great variety Of others
which have not been long enough before the public TO
deserve place beside Shakespeare Bacon, Addison,
Pope and authors OF like caiber OF which, having peeh
0nietly shelyed never he called from their retire
rent except by the aucuoneer or the nntpudIy' CAm
octNo, oct i nm :" " Nv bound Globe Edi ion of
Bulwers novels The work Of Shakespeare. scott by,
ron. Moore and Burns louu ready pWCha,tIsa ~ g3od
figures Macaulays HlstOr OF England K1iIh Ills
were rapidly disposed Of ,rge invoice OF Clal 1ersS
standard w0rts-Inorlnaion ior me feole'L "a a. booK
OF DAYS Cyc pedia Of Eng sh Literature. ana sePos-
ySe MI Va Aim ~ me MANI o.d-time volumes over
which our ancestors p0r l. and puzzled, anu cpl;
HTaVlrooEe Jane Porter's nsthy aud ugubrioua iad.
deus Of Warsaw, aud her ecualy lamonablc stony the
those who loved 20 danbc the fouut of fctve ca an
of Swedeuhorg that .hc .udcr Of the churc saw
fl in print; Lord Ecsteields letters To lt son
law Eboohs, whose frs appearance ON yeiium rolls
religious works from the Us OF the fathers To ont Nh
degenerate time, and hun eds of miscellaneous Iter
curosites dressed nmod garb and looking Tor All &c
world if they had but t entered upon iheiF iea,, OF
life Among the books Icl brought soou Prices Ie
Haln's IIebrew BDle yHe%s W2fs 3 on o the i' Sc, if
TIuuupOff9
fully illustrated from a. wings ~ h1Dt!ls' ~
Str6tIni, Collins. GOodl and other artists; DlcLtnss
Novels in a variety OF biz uDss; webster u.ctohaIlS
ibc life Of John Fitch. bY Thompson Nescoit Of The
PbilQdcipha SUo3ddy Dspotch; the wonderful ana anus
in6 Travels, Trials and IDglaton5 OF Le1Hgl
Quotations to ad the hang writer; several editions OF
in iin' various bindiugs J. Joncs's broadly
humorous tales aud sketches, once so poiuiinr i
inner workings of the OoIltueIal' 4, I ~ - p,
while the author was clerk III the KSheI War Vtct'
works brought 81 75 a volume, and Ihe Iederdt'd
abndgedj 81. The Ouida Novels went Of readily at ~
letters rom Mc(a A. 70 Cents Murdocb's selections 81
patriotic verse sold we'll did also all the juvenile books
Bodgets CmatOlogy Of the United States SOFA ior y 1
Cassins Birds OF California Texas %c eoAtinuat1n M ol
and OnithOOgy, Sll, about oncIOuIih What u cost
Chanvcners Spherical and Practical Astronomy,
81 IS, cost SlO Coal Iron. and OIL by DaddO~ Ian
nan. the latter OF The Miners Journal POttsNHle Pehha
81 50 Dickesou's Nulnsnatical Manual of the Currency
and Money of the AbOrgnes, and OF Colonial STATE anu
United states Coins, with 800 fac SMILES y so; Calds
Hespetology with folio atlas containing 30 plates bcauti
fully coored s.; Types Of Mankind. ana Indigenous
Races of the Earth, by Mott Gddor, - 70 cach and
Rushs Analysis OF the Intellect 81 80 snowdcns Man
ual Of Coins and the same authors Medals description
of the medals and other objects OF interest IN tae museum
Of the Phlladeph Mint, brought nearly full price )
StansbuTy's Expedition To the Great sat Lake. very
valuable work filled with splendid illustrations, went IOr
45 cents The bibles and prayer books offered BY Ippin
colt Co.. OF the largest invoices ever cOntlibuedto
The American News Company offered largo collection
OF novels and miscellaneous works Among The lHtlcf
were George Alfred TOwnsends campaigns OF nOn-cOn-
latant prepared during the war, while The author was
la Europe. Adams Of New-BcdiOrd and Iabcr Co OF
the same place offered collections Of stereOscOpc views
photographs &c, and Brady OF this city few cheap
novels.
The sale to-day will begin with the large invoice OF
Hurd HoughtOn who Oiier various editions oil ckehs
and other modern noyests together WIN the works O
Bacon, and Carlyle ana heavy list OF juvenile books
the Riverside Press Bennett OF London contributes
"A fine collection OF English books. Beside these Invoices,
those Of several other publishers viii be sold to-day
among them that of Geo r. Lockwood, who offers put
one b0Ok-AudubOns Birds and Quadrupcds OF America,
q magnificent work. containing go plates, cOlored by
hand 1t IS IN volumes, and is held AT $3.50 Quarch OF
London contributes many Archaeological works OF great
value, Of them the Arabic Dictionary OF jos Cata-
fagO the first English aud Arabic lexicon ever
printed very learned work Oh the Celtic
Druids is offered by the same pub
Usher In this the attempts TO prove that tho
Druds builders of StOnehenze and other CycOpcan
works were the priests of Oriental colonies who emf
grated from india and introduced the Cadmcan system
Of letters Europe The book was published IN 1879,
and scarce. O. S. Fcts invoice VIII also be sold, and
Duiied Ashmeads collection Of moral tales, fairy tales,
and economical cook books will close the list for to-day