National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-03-30
SEMI-ANNUAlL BOOK SALES,
HISToRY OF THE TRADE SALES AND
HOW CARRIED ON.

pprcre avn ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS AS TO
,ny,Nr.crs OF THE sYsrEM-TBE
Cn,,v,TrEr-THE AuCrIoNEERs AND
1900 on coNDI,crIvn errs-
ihEh s-n,,r ~, nnocnr,s
THE SALE NJ" :. "
The semrsnneai oooA tf.oe sele, ssys the New
YORK Eoea,"g fo", oPeneo ~ clinton hall on
1sssasy IS ~ WI eao.e - A1day rsnr
fa nsny yesn mes saies nave been conducted
e VI ny 'l.uo. Ins P.esens en.iI'
y, .ns oomm.'ee - "lt. WI n. APpieson'
..sv.S s. .is'oIS ..pse, "nien .oo 70 INV
s'nnsns =. rNsL saies IN TINS cty, fni.os. J.
PM. sno BOSTON. Ts sales ior the isss e,sn'
nv"eset' nsse oeen en.ireiy oonnuoN W s..'
Guy. Ma. 1eorge "A. Leavitt' win dincren. PIT
ses y inherent umes' mas long conouo'ou 'ne-
' nrs. On nrosoway near hous.Un 'e., nv
1seei IN Chnton naii, ana no" nss 'ne si0s' GA
elusive control Oh them. i -
HOW THE sALKs ARE CARRIED on.
The arrangements for the sales occupy many
weeks. The publishers mako mp their invoices
for the sale, and send them to the auctionesfs,
who, in turn. arrange them in the most attractive
order. and have them printed ID catalogue sew
ei weeks before the sale, TOR dissfossson 70 Suy.
ers In different parts OF the country. At the
larger sales the catalogues contain four or nve
Aunareo ciosely printed pages.
Inc hours OF sale are from o'clock .. N. 70
o'clock p. m, except one hour at noon and another
stoociock Tor dinner and supper Inc services
or four auctioneers arc therefore required
ior the arouous work Of selling. The suctioneefs
~ the present sale are Mr.. VIM. X. Leavi', lsno
Pratt and Mr.. Timothy Warren. In point Of ser
vice these men ara all veterans m the business
in its present enormous extent requires that they
should be, Their familiarity with books, n, less
than their acquaintance with the eeuntenauces
and names Of the buyers, Is remarkabis.
-. - -. n.st iii nrohahlv rer.u another
.n..,on..r f.mi,i.r,v Known a, Goa ~ Who has
-. S.rn,,,. NJ an ~, ,.., concerned IN ~. bu,
-. a. ar,,t ~ ,.r.,t.. a, ~ ssrno,htr~
Io-nn hool. 10 IN. b,dders no ons could keep an
.nS,.,.. =, h.,,., hn,,o-. .,d r,.ou.ntlv vb.n
~ ..Iss I.ea.d and ~ .nirirIess the m.ns-
..,. c.Il.d mon "Josn 70 take the stand And
900 ,en mn Int.lIigept A. vell a s.tIve
.hrevd a. Vail q. .ood. natursd- lint for An unfor
TIM, 20 h ,bt he mioht NOV h. nm. of N. mot
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ANhouyh hia voiee "a vantipv 81 ne prsssut s.is
M ,.r,n,.c.nce. AZ thu trad. a.lss ~sns,.Ilv
III, Z. .,...-,.I.,... ..S 49,. or.r.. I'll
"ou'u W vomp,e.e 1870" ~.
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N,
sne suc',oneof .nu No Anoss .hs w
@.na wen enough 70 se. .ne PIC 70 low .na. .ome-
10y Sin nv ,a..' ~. ~ M ~a .Jaas
nen' nefo. Anero - suy us'.S .su.o'o osuius,
sno Stranger miea' .n,nk INA, tno SuI',oneel
W. running UP INC o'os himself. Inv o,uuer
N.en INC su'.lonest closey, mo- tss .'o.ionsel
nessl NH W us.ee's VIM, .ne nisn.es. nou, .ne
%osemen' VI nnset or Poneli' anu " run "
.ne oia Ivo' .en. OK MY 'en,s, .Seoiains W .ne
.e'uAl pIice o. .ne srtieie. ING olaaef 70 Hno,n
.ne .I.ioie - Aho'.eou o"n oo', nos neeesy
SeAe INC "ho,e 10. An .ne iine. ~ ne "es sy
NV oop'es INC auc'ioneef '~iis nls ns"'o snu
Th.n =, ,ne 81 ~. Ssnd: NJ oth.r, and n. ana
.,sn..r, an IN, ~. :, me-. th.v r.n,.s.n, fvhIcb
Az u.naiIv actt,on, ami .hort for nonxsn,snca in
v,i,no, ana the numh.,s n, 8, Ia. No. ;, Am ash
Gve - .Rr,r Ave - uRo.tnn Eve .I.ms. Ave ~
i've miles. thew cali far large, ~ sm .i,sr
.moun,s whers the ,ot ., Inr,c m. b;d Iov
- .sa - -. ,s,. ,he -, ~ 80
-, pn.a-. - 80 no, ,,d ~, -. MI,
IoI ;, to- bsraa,ns nv. .orne n Soms ,im..
th., .S,s tnn ~ q. ~. sn.,ion..- ~. eor The
-. -. ~ go, -, ~. $500 80 49,
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80. ~. ~. 80. ~. .s.,"..n ~ w.
80. 90 a.. h,dd., Tit. .. r.. ~ 80
f,onecr has tbe lauuh unon thu biddars ana tales
the opnortunitv 10 remind them Of the danger al
"bitinq on their own nose,.n Sometimes when