The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-09-29

SALE OF RARE AND CURIOUS Books s-LlvEL,
COMPETITION AND Big PRIcEs.-The sale o
the collection RI rare and curious books be
longing to the estate of Colonel Thomas H
Wynne. deceased, has drawn together iu tbi
city large number Of book-fanciers. Anon;
those present yesterday were Joseph Sabin
the celebrated bibiopoist, of New York
Robert Clark, Of Cincinnati; Mr.. Thomas
Of the Library of the Historical So
ciety Of Cincinnati Mir. Vickar, of tht
Public Library Of Ciucinn7ti; Mr.. Lee
Of the Mercantile Library Of Bitimore
Rev. Or. K. A. Dslyrimple, correspond.
ing secretary of the Maryland His
torical Society Colonel James Mcdonald
Secretary OF the State of Virginia; Judge
w. W. Green, of Richmond; and r. A
Brock. Esq, secretary of the Virginia His
torical Society. ExcelIeEt prices were OBJ
tanned for most Of the books sold. Confede.
rate works-books published 10 Richmond
during the war, of which there are hun.
dreds Of copies scattered throughout the
State sold for eXtraVagant prices. AS 0
matter OF general Information we annex the
following as samples: Inaugural Address oi
the Governor of Virginia, 1854, Sf.62; Re.
port Of the Captain in Charge of the Ord
nance Department. November, 1863 Sl.25
journal Of the Secession Convention of
Virginia, SS. Communication from the
Governor Of Virginia and Documents, 8vo ,
half bound Richmond, 1861 Bishop Meade's
Address on the Day Of Fasting and Prayer,
Richmond. 1861, Sl.50. Resources Of South
ern Fields and Forests, Charleston, 1863,
So 80; A Grammar Of the FreDch Language,
by John Christian, 24mo., Richmond, 1864,
S1.50: Instructions to Postmasters OF the G. S.
A.. 1Smo., Richmond. 1861, 1912; Memorial
to the Legislature of Virginia. issued by the
Society of Friends, Richmond, So %; Report
of Confederate States Secretary Of War, No.
vember 26, 1863, s4.25; Report of Admiral
Buchanan, Confederate States Navy, April
10, 1862, $40; Report Of Lieutenant r. B.
Pegram, Confederate Safes Navy, April IS,
1862, $3.50; Report of Defence Of Vicks.
burg and the Attack upon Baton Rouge,
Richmond, 1863, $3.50; various Reports, in
one volume Of 571 pages, Richmond, 1862,
1925; Report Of Battle of Chickamauga
and other Battles, 234 pages, Richmond,
IS; Report of Lieutenant. General Holmes
of Battle of Helena; also Reports
Of Lieutenant. General A. 2. Hill ard Major.
General Stevenson, Ga pages, Richmond,
1864, S11.50; Various Reports of Battles,
172 pages, Richmond, 1854. S.; Proceedings
of the Court of Inquiry Relative to the Fall
Of New Orleans, 206 pages, Richmond, 1864,
$3.50; Reports of the Operations of the
Army Of Northern Virginia General Lees,
. volumes, 627 and 602 pages, Rich.
mond, 1864, $l0.50 per volume; Re.
port OF General Beauregard's Defence
of Charleston, 93 pages, Richmond, 1864
$3.50. Report Of Attack on Fort McAlls.
ter; Of Engagements at Fayette Courthouse,
&c.; of General Rhodes, at Seven PiueS; OF
Capture of Gunboat j. z. Smith, 9S pages,
Richmond, 1864. So. Report of Evidence
taken before Joint Special Committee OF
both houses of Confederate States Congress
to Investigate the Affairs of the Navy De.
partment, 472 pages, Richmond, 1862,
SIS; Report of the Committee ON Con-
federatc Relations to officers resigning out of
the United States service and entering the
service of Virginia, 1864, 81 !; History of
the Eleventh Georgia Volunteers, en-
braciug the muster-rolls, &C., So; Messages
Of the President Of the Confederate States
(p1mphlet), 81 pages. $3.50 each; Les Mise
rabies. Richmond, 1SG2-'4. $3.50; Child's
First Book, Richmond, 1862, Sl.30 !; Reports
of Battles in the Peninsula March 3t, 1862,
S13
4 State flag of the First Maryland regi
meut sold for s. i piece Of the flag taken
down from the Capitol or Virginia upon the
secession of the State brought So 80: an au
tograph of Lord Fairfax, 81; one of Lord
BotetOnrt, 81.
If prices rule as high to-day as on yester'
day it is believed that the library, which i:
really small one, will aggregate between
SS nnO and $40 000