Wilmington daily commercial., 1872-12-05
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BrooK OF poUdHMAN, THOMAS q 90.
BoughmAn, Thomas & Co., AL Market street,
make speciality, annually, of laying in large,
varied, and valuable Btook of fancy goods, suita-
BILE for holiday presents. Those secured for the
present season are now opened, for inspection
and purchase, to the public.
This firm are agents for this State for the sale
Of Rogers statuettes. These celebrated works,
popular beyond precedent, now number some
twenty-five groups, many of them already ia
miliar to our readers. The latest is the Holiday
group, "Playing Doctor" in which two older
children are doctoring the baby. These groups
cost from S10 to $25.
In the various classes of holiday books-rare
editions On heavy, fine paper, in clear and beau
tiful printing, with illustrations In the highest
style OF Art, and bound In the most elegant work
manship-there is large variety. Among them
are standard editions, In full tree calf" and
| fine "half calf, including Iryings Works, ShAk.
speare, Goldsmith. and others. The illustrated
books, this season, are very Anej among them
B., 7. 4 Co., have Miltons Paradise Lost, with
Dores designs; The Wandering Jew, also illus.
trated by Dore; Keats Endymion q magnia.
/ cent collection OF engraving of American land
| scape paintings; engraved copies of the paint
| ings Of Maclse illustrations of the school OF
/ English sculpture; and very unique and
striking edition Of pictures in 'outline" by the
celebrated Morits Retsch the Saxon artist, H.
| Illustrating Shakespeare, and the poems Of Bur
i ger These books afford liberal range Of
price you may buy neat little volume for 81
or complete set OF Irving, in the finest style
for $ll2.
This firm have added number Of fine show
cases, this season, for the display Of goods anc
their fancy articles, suitable for presents, are
finely arranged. In them, we noted every de
| scription of goods in Russia leather, velvet
canvas, inlaid and ornamented woods, &C. These
/ articles include many for the use OF both ladie
and gentlemen, such as dressing cases, worl
| boxes ladies' companions, sAtches, hRnd-mirr
ora, porte monnAies, perfume cases, &c, &c
OF the value and merits of Russia leather moth
ing need be said. The range of prices of article
made up from it is from 81 to $35. An elegan
specially is fine handkerchief and glove boxes
finished with enamel. The velvet goods are ney
aud very pretty, mostly for ladies' use. Price
run from $40 10 $50. Canvas is q materia
newly employed for snch work. 1t is neat, ex
ceedingly durable, and quite unique, bearing
prices as high az more SNOWY goods-B5 to $2t
Bronze omAmentAtion on morocco goods, i
rare and very pretty. 1t includes oxydize,
brOnzes, and Berlin and Vienna bronzes. Prices
$40 to S40. Tortoise shell ornaments are ais
new and quite attractive.
Two other specialties demand our partcula
notice. There are musical albums" for carte
de uisite which contain a musical box, an
play from to tunes, on being opened an
various articles in pdpier mdche, includin
| quartet card-tables, ladies cabinets work-boxes
} &c. These articles are magnihcently ornamente
4 in bright colors on light grounds new fea
| ture. Some are also finely inlaid with pear
IS to $50 is the range.
Besides this summary Of special features, W
name also the very popular belt satchels for la
dies, (mostly in Russia leather, }. at S3 to $15
fine assortment Of opera glasses and yer
; large stock af juvenile and Toy books. Messrs
b. T. Co., are also Agents for Fairchids gol
pens and pencils, and have large assortment @
, all styles.
We are assured by the firm that their pui
chases, this year for Holiday Sales, are nearl
double those Of any former year, and they Gel
tainly present fine display.