The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-09-24
TUE DGGA T.sADE saEE.

The Closing Day of n ssucccssful Season.
59G,G0e Books Sold-Byron Popular.
The fall book trade sale, which has been III pro-
gress for consecutive days, terminated yester
day. ana has been considered remarkably success
fu throughout, and profitable to buyers and selers-
Tne sale yesterday morning opened with the invoice
of William Rutter a. Co., Of Philadelphia, which
consisted principally of Bibles, prayer books churcF
services and religious books generally About 500 %
books of this class, In various styles of bindU 20
from paper cloth to the finest silk velvet CO. ,ers
and gilt clasps, sold from thirty cents to eight and
ten dollars The invoices Of Eyre & Spottisv mode
and j. II. Laid were next offered, and bro1g n, ave.
rage prices. Ia the afternoon the sales, " mnrised
the respective lines OF Messrs p. q .,bea. p.
J. Kennedy and David J. sadier &c 20. THESE
6 pSs een nyav eA SoSk bos sns Of sy
chiefly to Western purchasers In. la eye numbers
and at rcmunerative prices. Throuy ont the saes
the bidding decidedly brisk, and ne nnmber of
books sold reached the unprecedey tad humber OF
500 1000 at an average rate OF nifty mrs making the
total proceeds Of the safe $3.50 000. The niscelane
Gus books--such as old novels, seq ooI hooks and old
editions of the more popular orSsNcomn,anded
rather low prices, but the stand0 ~ Enosn cassics
and especially Shakespeare. Mlse n Moore and Scott
sold in large numbers. and &C sery nigh nrices A
most noticeable feature OF a sale Was The xtra
ordinary number OF the cog les OF Byron's WORKS
lions and styles OF binding ,vin1 becn sold Tne
great number 1: manly .rrbuted by the shrewd
late acquired from there velations of Mira Harriet
Beecher Stowe. ~ ', '' ~
IN tae sveniis sn..y parting banquet at the
invited, MIR. IL. ca user nrestno the enter
tainment closing tileU cal annual fail sale OF hooks
for 1859.
just peiore me SsAn ogue OF D. 4 j. Sadier h Co.
was oleteu Vl sae1 If. George A. Ieavt called tie
a,euiou ol ene ~ s nbed audience TO the death OF
MI; James Sau,iei. and nominated Mr.. Il. B. Smith,
" peuois ns .nao I'M. man. The Chairman appointed
preamble andiy ,,,nfions an tho dnarh of Mr. So n
uer:-Mr. g.. w. ,inttreu or posto,,. Mr. w ~ NIL
OF Zanssyillefv no. Air y q, .haa md wr Z. KaSaa
or New York. " " $4,000
INC io,.ND q preamble and resolutions were read
anu """"''' ',,sly auoptcd.--
our last meeting the Almighty Ia His
~ No. Ies called from midst Mr.. James Sadsr,
v, III. c. intimately connected with the publishing
for upwards Of thirty years; therefore be ii
That IN she death OF Sadler
a 600 active, intelligent aud honest business
| '"pe.ss,is good citizen.
sh I'd, That We the booksellers and publishers here
shs ~ sd dsepy ympaihze with the wife and family Of
$3.50 Mr. ssder aud oler them sncerest coincidence
'p." severe affection with which they have been visited.
~ trade saeroons, at hafpa Friday morning to
w sod the funeral OF deceased. ~
Resolved That these resolutions be published the
'and copy sent to the family OF deceased.
| After the reading OF the resolutions remarks
y highly complimentary TO the lnto Mr. Sader were
made by DR. George A. Ieayitt, Mr. Kehoe and Mfr.
Coddington, OF New York, and Mr.. Casserly, OF san
Francisco