New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-03-18
THE BOOK TRADE.
THE sPRIN0 BOOK FAIR-sALTs or STEREOTYPE
PIATFs-A COPYRIGHT DiSsESsION
L. Lin nI In American

THE sPRISo BOOK FAIR-sALFs or STEREOTYPE
PLATrs-A COPYRIGHT DIssESsIoS.
The eemi-annual book fair of the American
Boos Trade Association will be held at tho Clinton Hall
S,lrsroom ir N Monday 10 Thursday OF next week
This the irst Of the Spring fairs the nrs OF tue Two
previous fairs ha wing been held last july and the sup
Intermediary one in October Tic preparations are nearly
completed the reception OF goods, and both tho gen
cr auction room and the Of equal sze above stains
viii be occupied al the October fair The list Of CON
tutors includes nearly all the prominent firms OF the
country among whom may be mentioned ID. Appleton
Co. g. W Carleton Co., sescl, Potter Galpin Cldk-
ton Rems N & Hafelhngcr IInrd liougbon, be d
Shapard, j. Il. LippiDcOU Co; Little, Brown Co.
Pott, Young & Co; q r. Putnom's sons, A. ID. T. Ran;
dolph & Co. Roberts Brothers, Geo Routlcdge sons
Dodd, Mead g. Co.; T.. r. DutOn Co., Harper a
Brothers, Henry Holt & Co, Macmillan & Co, Thos
Nelson & Sons, Nelson Phillips. James H. O'good
Co.. T. b. Peterson 81 Brothers Porter Coates. acrib-
ner Armstrong Co.. Sheldon & Co, and John Wiley
Some The Western publishers are the chief exceptions
and they have not 20 far represented although the
hook trade reform, Of which the book fair Il out
growth originated and has had general support In the
West Most the publishers will of, very full lines TO
buyers and the Messrs. Osgood have printed specially
for the purpose Book Fair Orderst, which they have
sent all over country 20 enable booksellers to over
their stock and mark their list what books they VIII
require at the fair Only members Of the American Book
Trade Association are permitted, under the rules to buy
or sell At the fair.
Ga Friday the Auction Gale of Remandcrs," which IL
q new feature Of the fair, Will occupy the III day. Tue
purpose Of this sale s 10 afford Of dlsp0sing OF
stereotype plates stock which has become unstable,
.ow in sale and IL therefore what the booksellers call
dead stock" remandcrs Of editions, etcbOoks which
are offered the fair which the publishers intend TO
priut again. being excluded from the auction sac. The
purpose I'm associang this auction with the fair Is to
preserve the useful features OF the old trade sale
tons az q means OF getting rid Of the "dead stock"
without opening the door 10 the slaughter Of invoices
md consequent decentralization Of prices In new
standard books. The managers have, however, per
mitted some goods OF the latter class to APPEAR the
catalogue, and this calls out some criticism nom the
trade
The auction fale viii include several stereotype plates
OF books by A. r. Hope Mary Cowden Clarke and Others
and several rema!ndcrs from Roberts Brothers: the
mates OF the Treasure ToVc Scres Arlene Houssayes
| recent book and Bradlaugh's "inpeacbment of the
~ uge OF BrunsWlrk" from William i. G a Co the
| stereotype plates and copyright of four works by
the late Henry f. TuciernHn offered by his exec tors
three OF stere0l c plates OF bibles, etc, frOH :. T.
BurlOck Co., Phiigdclpiai auIInh":"i lots including
many OF Iryng's. works, fom g. l.. Pn.nains 50rs; u
special sale OF pOrs works. IN several ritoh1 ~ W. j.
Widdeton quantity of English books from Tie Is tte OF
| Il Worthington, and other Invoices from lockwood,
Brooks 4 Co.. W. W. Harding Estes IAuriGt-who hnte
n considerable number OF rtmanders-sua0fer Korndi
r. ~ Hnycrty, g. W. T.tOn Co, aud other publishers
| and manufacturing sationeIs.
prses 500 complete works OF Poe, In a new edition
before published Ia this country and 900 OF the
lines OF nfty and hundred Of Mr. Wddletons previous
editions. The first named Is Household Edition."
comprising oil Poe's prose and poetlesl works IA an
octave volume OF $50 pages at So So w. +. Gil the
Boston publisher, lately bankrupt, having had
with Mr. Middleton about the Memoirs
Of Poe, took the position that taere was virtually no