The New York herald., 1873-09-17
THE FALL BOOK TRADE SALE.
Sixth Dmy.

As predicted In the notice OF the trade sale in
yesterdays HERALD, the auction Of the sixth day
was one OF the heaviest since the invoice Ol Messrs.
James X. Osgood Co., OF Boston, was sold The
programme yesterday consisted OF the invoices fur
nlshed by Messrs. Lee K shepard OF Boston and
Scribner, Armstrong h Co., OF this city with small
lines from Alexander Moore, OF Boston; Bridge
man b Childs, OF Northampton, Mass, and Judd &
White, OF New Haven, Conn The days business
was commenced with offer of 1900 copies or
''Oliver OPTICS New Books,' containing in set OF
four volumes, "Little Bobtail," 'rhe Yacht Club,'
&C. OF this publication upwards of ten thou
sand volumes were sold at full prices, thus
demonstrating the great popularity OF these now
standard works OF the "Girlhood Series" COM
prisng Tour volumes-"An American Girl Abroad, "
by Miss Adcline Trarton; 1.-THE Doctors Daughter,
by Sophie May; 'sally Williams, the Mountain
Girl" by Mrs. Z. S. Cheney, and "0nly Girls" by
Miss Virginia f. Townsend-1o0 sets weie offered
and $500 sold. similar number OF volumes were
disposed OF in the "De Mile Series,n containing
the following books:-rhe .'B. Q. ". C," THE
"tire in the Woods,n 'Picked Up Adrit," and
Treasure OF the Sea-" Kelloggs works com
Little Prudy series'' 5000 volumes. These
last-Sophe Nays writings-werc very pop
w1 alsr and, and the lines each instance srass
Rosa AbbotrS stories sold exceedingly well, and
the same may be said OF Nine. 5. NJ. Swartz'5
Modern NovelS-translations from the swedish.
Shillaber's works QUAINT old Mrs. Partington and
her son ike stu hold fast on the affections OF the
iull rates amply testines 'springdale Stories,"
"Household Series OF Standard Works." the 'Stan
dard Poets" scientific books and religious works N
juvenile publications. were disposed OF on account
Of Messrs. Lee 4 shepard, and is considered on all
hands highly satisfactory transaction. Alter
dinner the veteran aucsiOneer, II. c. Foster,
mounted the rostrum and was received by the
assembly with an ovation.
At six O'Clock a recess OF one hour was taken Tor
supper, alter which the invoice OF Messrs Scrb-
ner Armstrong h Co. was taken up. Their first
line on the catalogue was an invoice OF fifty copies
Of common Sense In the Household" by Marion
Hsrland. 81 rs book. In a flash the Offering was
exhausted, and a large hrm made bid Tor 5000
copies at ten per cent below trade price
Alter q short consultation amOny the firm,
IL was decided TO accept the bid, whereupon over
1000 more were eagerly taken up. Timothy mt
COMBS works" IN Marvers works ana "Lange's
Commentary" enjoyed a very fine sale as did also
''WoOlsey's International Law" "lerry's Elements
OF Political Economy" "Fronde's History OF Eng
land" and "Mommsen's History OF Rome" "Pro-
fessor Porter's Mental Sciences' and DR.. Hodges
Theology" were in active demand, at good prices.
The "New Library OF wonders containing 1000
illustrations, sold up to the offerings, and the
Library OF Fiction" containing the writings OF
Mrs. Ohphant and others, was in every instance du-
phcated over the invoice; The phosophlca works
well religious contributions Of Messrs. Scribner,
Armstrong Il Co., by no means forgetting the Sc
lection OF educational books especially Guy
Series OF Readers" were largely patronized and
realized full trade rates. A. j. Holman Co.'s In
voice OF Bibles closed the days sale.
TO-day's sale embraces the cOnslgnmentS or
Messrs. Roberts Brothers, Noyes Holmes h Co., A.
7. Graves THOMPSON, Brown Co.. and II. b. Full
Ter, Boston; Messrs. Sheldon 4 Co., W: J. Widdle-
ton, 8. X. Wells, william Wood a. Co., Wells Pub
ling Co., James Miller, T. W. Strong, Clarke May
nard and Collins Brothers, New York Charles De
aNro silver and ssaSsn snaeIer horaa @ also
Nimms h Co., Troy, New York.