New-York tribune., 1870-09-16
rrE FALL BooK TRADE SALES.

The Fall trade sales of books, stereotype
plates. and stationery began yesterday AZ tne auo''
rooms Of the Messrs. Lesvt, Strebegh 90 In CLINTON
Hall. Astor place and Ninthst The attendance WAS
barge embracing purchasers from the East 5outh west
and Far West and the prices obtained ranged fair ana
fayore editions went of rapidly. 1t would OF course
DO very shocking the feelings of bbhOpOle 10 wit
ness the rreverenoe with which these book merchants
treat standard authors among themselves, knocking
down the best of them at prices which are mere Tsc
ton Of what the public accustomed 20 pay for them
and hlnging the volumes rapidly right and le treating
alike the productions Of literary dgnares and OF char
The first Consignment taken up that Of J. B.
IppincOt 81 Co. OF Phadelph embracing standard ana
miscellaneous books OF all kinds collectively valued at
about $1,000 retail price, and also special cOnsglnent
frat offered was AllibOnes Dictionary OF Authors,
vols royal octave which brought VI - per volume Ihe
Adi1e series oi the British Poets 25 VOls sold for
2s cents each; Biodgets Climatology Of the United
states retail pGce s. sOld for 81 O Bo0mheid Hreek
Testament refAil pr g. sold FOR o. BOurDes Cate
chsin of the steam Engine retail price s1 %, sold for
81; BOurne's Recent improvements on the steam
Engine, retail pTioe 81 rs. sold FOR 81 Bourne 8
handbook OF tie steam Engine price 81 5o sold
for O. 50. BOurgignOn on the Cattle PAsney Wlco
sI 2s sold for 25 cents; Braokenrdges Kef0D Ctons
yoIUne soId for eS cents. Barns' work, Family edition.
price g. s0d for si5 Globe edition price. gilt top e. o.
sold for 30 cents Bunyans Pilgrims Progress pIOpo
Kew morocco brice a. soid for a. a. Tie Blind Boy of
Dresden price o. 25, sold for 30 cents the rev y N
Buffers Works on Rome price per volume o. g. sold for
50 cents Byrons works, Globe edition price g. sold for
% cents half Turkey with gilt top. prize q I5 sold ior
s co. Cabinet Edition of the Poets, vols, l6mO, COlh
gilt extra rs cents per volume; The jos phne Gallery,
French morocco antique. PhDDe and Alice Cary, - W
Turkey morocco, antique, - 30; tlaDersS BOOK
Days, royal svo. CLOTH ~ A. per copy chambers
CyclOpedia OF English Literature, Vols royal oFo,
cloth. 81 60 per volume.
Tho sales In the evening Of medical and law books
Bibles albums and blank books finishing LppincOtt ,
cataoene Wood & Bache's Dispensatory sheep. sold
for ss woodwsrds Camp Diseases, 9y9, ret priee
E go sold for cents Garretsons Treatise op Surgery
of the Mouth and jaws a. Parke' Iraetics Hy Sene
CLOTH retail price -, sold for S3 WCops Practice on
Medicine, shOh retail price go sold for p st Thomas
Medical Dir .donary retail price s. TO- sold for ~
Bacslnes Commentaries vols, retail price ", SOLO
for q 10 Dunlop's Digest, 81 a7s. Elnotts debates
o. o. Der vol Halleck on IntornauOna Law, ~ % ~
Ahx HamltOns Federalist, Essays. and Connnentaist
81 IS TIL Parsons On PromissorY NOteS' Fols1 " "
per vol. -. -,
The Bibles and prayer books went Of at very low
figures and were knocked down rapidly. Householo
Bibles in morocoO. ROxburgh pattern, retailing ~ p
and s sOld for 81 50 and Sl8 Students Pocket Bl0
ruby RoKburgh. retail price, - I5 sold ior q ~ 1901
eTcnce Bibles retail price, S3 So sold Tor 80 prdye
books OF extra silk velvet beyeed, with octagOn rms
81 0 and OF Turkey, arabesques, &o Az Genus dh
50 cents; silk velvet embossed, VI g. 80
Tho sales will continue until the 10Th instant TO-DAY
Hurd q HOughtOns invoice viii be sold nist, aleI "Mcl
those OF j W BoutOn, Geo r. Lockwood and others