The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-09-12
THE FALL BOOK TRADE SALE.
Second Days Operations-Good Works in
Very Active Demand.

Promptly at nine O'Clock yesterday morning. the
auctioneer assembled his rostrum and commenced
the days business with the invoice of Messrs.
Shepard & GILL; OF Boston, who headed their offer.
ings with $500 copies OF "Liie in Daubury," by
James NJ Bailey, the 'Danbury News Man." full
assembly had already gathered at this early hour,
and the bidding for this book became very live
w. Thirty-fyc hundred copies were sold, at frac-
ton less than trade price. Messrs Appleton 4 Co.
purchased $500 volumes. The other books of this
firm, comprising the writings Of Blanchard Jerrold,
j. M. Merrick, and numerous scientific and religious
editions, we're sold to the full extent Of the in
voices. The next publisher claiming attention was
NV. BOCTON, OF NEW YORK,
whose irvoice consisted of works on art, among
which we're three sets OF ''Duycklnck's Cyclopedia
of American Literature" fully illustrated, price
$40: 'lEsop's Fables" price s12; "Passio Christi,
the Little Passion" BY Albert Darer, $40, and num-
erous Others Messrs.
LITTLE, BROWN & co., OF BOSTON,
opened their invoice with the lives and writings of
the two Adamses, John and Samuel, followed by
Baccn's works, Bancr0ft's "History OF the United
catalogue and 200 volumes sold at full prices; OF
John Bartletts Familiar Quotations. fifty vol
umes were disposed oil, and an offer for 900 volumes
at ten cents below trade price was refused. All
the publications OF Messrs. Little, Brown & Co.
met with generous patronage. In these are in
Guided the works OF Francis Parkman, "Piutarch's
Lves,n by a. II. Clough; "Plutarch's Morals" by
W. w. G00dw DIR. William Smiths "Dict10nary
Of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology
Life and Works OF Daniel Webster" by Edward
Everett" and many others.
MEsSRs. ESTES AND LAURIAI, OF BOSTON,
a new firm, offered "Guizot's Popular History OF
France" price $N also a series OF books called
"Popuar Science for the People," and q lot Of i'm
ported books containing the works Of "Hogarth,"
'.Gwilt's Encyclopedias OF Architecture, !" "froude's
History OF England" and the "Waverley Novels"
all OF which sold we'll
MEssRs HURD AND HOUGHTON, OF THIS CRY,
next entered the list with their Globe and River
side editions OF Dickens works-twenty-hve sets
OF the former at S22; five sets, hall CALI gilt at $4s
calf gilt, S112were sold within five cents OF trade
price. COopers novels, Bac0n's works, "Smiths
Bible Dictionary Macaulays works, the writings
OF Alice and Phebe Carey, Hans Christian Ander-
sen, the ''Riverside Classics" ana many more OF
the same standard publications Of this firm found
a ready market.
NEssRs. CLAYTON, REMSEN HAFFELFINGER, OF
PHILADELPHIA,
sold q good invoice OF standard works, prominent
among which were "Dick's Works." Dictionary
OF Shakspearian Quotations." Gibbons "Rome,"
Goldsmith's works, Humes england" Labber-
toms "Historical Series," Rollins ancient His
tory,n Theirs works, and numerous other books.
The days business came to a close after dispos
ing OF the invoice OF samuel ID. Burlocg 4 Co., OF
Philadelphia, consisting Of about 1000 family
Bibles, a ike number OF photograph albums, &c.
To-day's sale will be very important, and occu-
pied in the main by the catalogue OF Messrs. James
L. Osgood 4 Co., OF Boston, successors to Ticknor
h Fields The invoice Of this firm is rated at
nearly 100000