New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-03-24

Lives Shortened by such evil instruments OF SATAN
London 1851 one OF the earliest American bOORs on
10 aurhorties went for $50, against $40 las, year
being OF the rivals of Several Wi ches lately
executed IN NewEngland," with three Other papes on
witchcrat, London, 1893. and marked very rare waS
bought for 1922 So Last year the wonder" alone
sold for $40 Robert Caefs More wonders OF the IN
visible World" London 100, brought $40 Las. year
price $3.50
Many Of the Pennsylvania books with which The sale
price which book has yet brought the sale was for
OF these. the first known issue of the press
and New-York-a small almanac philadelphia, 1881
OF twenty leaves. neither PACED bound nor CIT Aor
long contest, t was knocked down at So0oa sum o,
money which, in $50 bills would make more PAPER KID
there Is in he book Worth i's %tight ID goa
IN small volume. on the Lancaster MhsshcIe,
fell at $3.50 after very sharp bidding between
went for S34 Mason and D1ons "Opservauons t tCd
eiermning the Length OF Decree 9i LatuS III STo
Provinces Of Pennsylvania ana Maryinhu,, Lon-
don 1863 sold for $50 For edition of Penn. WORKS
heat conv Of Tbomas's History OF PENNSYLVANIA"
London 1903. OF which there were three copies e1-
raordinaly Bray ton Ives paid Sl5O me
Others sold for 500 and s65 respectively ms "OIH
has sold IN this city within ten years ion @3O Two O
weekly Mercury lPnadei p6ia, i728'S2) were bought
pcrs sold for S2G, S27 80 and S3S volume.
Frlnklin's works aud books printed at Franltin's
press called out some OF most active bidding thus
T In He S@ Christ H iG 7s %sn ior S4 the
same for 1747 for s52' VALE CTta,oSG of
near 600 Volumes be sold for ready money only by
BENJAMIN Franklin" brought $50, and his . kNprfl-
ments and Observations Eectricy." with many
manuscript corrections and notes in his hand went
for SGT So Five tracts "OI the Stamp Act.
and the Taxation OF America" with copnus
notes IN FraukiIn's hund. brought $40 each Mnat IL
Sauce for Goose also sauce for Gan der' Fhls-
dephia 1894 being coarse attack on Franklin, ihCl-
dent TO his defeat az candidate for the Assembly
I'm 1764. and marked g extremely rare fctcheu
S85. Arudt's "True Christianity" printed ny
franklin IN 17l1. and continuing "a cnri-
Gus engravings obiDned from Germany " al great
expense TO the publisher" sold for $50. The rarest
OF all books printed at Franklius press, Catos
Moral Dlstchs EngIshed in Coup s." was taken al
1928 Ccrro's Cato Major" Oi which there were nVe
copies this book being The Of all he printed
in which franklin had the most pride went
for $40 $40, $55 and 500 Brayton Ives
taking tne one copy of Ihe Constitutions OF tue
Free MasenS" VITA twenty-five pages ~ manuscript ~
parentiy Franklips hand, brought 81 10 C'dwailier
Coden's d" Papers latng To IN Act OF me Assembly
OF the Province OF NewYOrk, Bradford |24ca Ieu out
sharp bidding from three persons ana una'W went
10 Mr.. Monre-presu Tor the LenOX Library al
$685. the high-Wacr mark Of the TWO DAYS sales Ten
minutes ater Mr. Moore took i1chinsOns G0ds FRO
tecuug Providence " for $40. " Indians OF the rive
Nations" being propositions made to The Ear oi Bella
mont, Governor OF NewYork, by the FIVE Nations III
1898 aud printed by Bradford III the same year. was
knocked down for S4lO.