The New York herald., 1876-03-21
THE AMERICAN BOOK FAIR.

At an early hour yesterday morning the book trade
OF this city Philadelphia Boston and other cities
sembed at the OF Messrs George A. Leavitt
Co.. Clinton Hail. to attend the third fair Of the
American Book Trade Association. The two floors OF
the building fitted up in bazaar STYLE the long
rows shelves gttering with and groaning under the
load of choicest publications supplied by the sanch
est houses in the trade The literature represented
here ranged from the paper covered pamphlet to the
massive illustrated Bible costing $126 Not only
literature well represented, but also such concom-
itants Of the book trade albums chromos station
cry, &c, which found places the shelves of the ex
hibors About 100 firms represented in this fair,
among them the extensive houses Of Messrs. Harper
Brothers; ID. Appleton 4 Co.; Scrbner, Armstrong x
Co.; Hurd q Houghton; Nelson h Phillips; Dodd,
Mead Co.. the World Publishing Company, and
others Of New York. James r. osgood Co.. Lee Il
Shepard; Little, Brown Co., OF Boston. J. B. LIP
pneOtt; W. W. Harding A. ]. Holman, and others OF
Philadelphia
Harper Brothers, represented by Joseph Abner Har
per, exhibited about 1900 volumes, among others
new geography which they claim will favorabiy COM
pare with any other now used in our schools The
stock comprises their usual editions, among which
may be mentioned Gibbons ''Rome" Hume's Eng
andp and Macauay's England, reduced in price to
81 per volume.
Messrs D. Appleton 4 Co., represented by Messrs
Walter s. Appleton and Daniel Prtchard made very
creditablc show Of their many publications, among
them the new edition of Cooper, 12mo, Illus
trated with steel plates new novel, entitled "Com-
ing Thro the Rye" which is creating great excite
ment; Richardson's "Diseases Of Modern Life
Coxes General History of Greece and Hammond's
s'Nervous Diseases entirely rewritten, with cuts
Messrs. Nelson Philips, Of the Methodist Book
Concern. represented with avery large and select
stock OF their many publications by their supernten
dent Mr.. John c. Middleton. The great feature of
their stock this occasion the Cenenn ia Library,
consisting 100 volumes of assorted works from popu
lar authors, in wooden cases, retail price $25 The
large quarto bibles variousy bound, ranging In price
from $40 to 500, were also on sale This firm also
publish about 2, 900 juvenile works every month";
also innumerable song and hymn books
Messrs. scribner. Armstrong Co., represented by
the superintendent of the house, presented choice
collection of their works Among the most popular is
Miss Hchcock's "Wcdding Dress,n by the
author of "Mrs Jerningham's Journal" a novel
which has attained a very. rapid circulation; 4;
W Gilberts ;; original ign plays Jules " Nerne's hys-
thor styled the New Robinson Crusoe;' the "Brica-
Brac Series" by r. H. stoddard, In various styles OF
bindings in boxes containing the full number-ten
volumes-and others Of their we'll known publications.
Messrs Scribner, Wexford 4 Armstrong are repre-
sented by Mr. Henry L. Smith. Their usual heavy
stock OF choice English publications sale and
well patronizcd.
Dick Fitzgerald were represented by Mr.. A. T.
Smith, with q stock of handbooks, speeches books,
books of amusements, cook and recipe books, books
OF games letter writers, &c.
made by William W. Harding publisher of family
bibles and manufacturer of albums, in Philadelphia.
He has very choice and elegant line OF samples on
exhibition, comprising many new and beautiful styles
OF binding This house was established in 1929 and Is
represented at the fair by Mr.. Arthur Z. Welc1.
Mr.. James Miller, of New York, occupies his usual
space with his well known publications, and has added
TO his collection volume the ''Back Hills, en-
bellished with ten hographic plates and map,
giving a graphic description Of the new Edorado, by
Colonel r. l. Dodge who made the survey OF the Black
Hills country under government orders Another work
Of merit is "The Flag of Distress, one OF the best
from the pen of Captain Mayne Reid; also the Hopes
OF the Human Race by Francis Power Cobbe, clever
account of the body here and the soul hereafter.
Messrs James r. 0sgood Co., of Boston, come to
this fair with an entirely novel material, which they
term 'eaherette. This is style OF binding having
every appearance of leather which claimed to be
lasting as morocco All the works published now by
this we'll known firm encased in this covering
which evidently takes we'll
Mr. Benjamin +. Ticknor represents his firm.
The first days proceedings rather slow, a
great many out of town purchasers do not arrive until
to-day and TO morrow With oil this number of very
good sales effected.