New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-03-17
BETTER PGICnS FoR IHE oDELL BoonS

The Attendance at the Oiell Library sale
Yesterday afternoon about tw Gee large t.c
opening dav. The prices also were mu betor,.uc IN
part 10 vauab lot Oi books being offered and 90
part 10 the increased attendance aAd consequent more
active bidding The abs OF dealers mach
20 be observed. Usually they compose the buiE OF the
audiences at Bangs's and Leayitrs. and hot few
-iders have had cause to complain OF their way Of
running up prices all books that possess
a fixed market value. The complain
yesterday, II thero were any. from the
other side Mr. Joseph sabn. for instance just returned
from London came into the sale after II had got well
started saw Dbdins sold to private collectors
handsome prices, and very went away, buying
nothing. There 10 money in sale where outsiders
are the chief buyers After ALL II just well 10
up matters in the bargains Of book auctions as else
where I'm the world Collectors well dealers should
have a chance now and then
The arsi bit Of spirit the bidding yesterday
Cussan-'s Handbook Of Hcrsdry"a recent publication.
which ran up rapidly "a IS. Following this the
catalogue OF the George Daniel library which sold
in 1864 total 81 $4,000. Tho catalogue brought
"a 20 Dansey's" English Crusaders" 1880. the en-
tire text black letter. fetched Sl5 80. II pub
lished at Sl8. Grin's Public Life OF Montaigne 4"
paris 1850, scarce book IN 1ne. uncut condition.
sold for IS 90; HaHwe's % Life OF Shakespeare" for
~ % Hamllton's Memories du Comte dc Gram
mont" very lovely binding for S2l Gchrists Life
Of Blake" book which has It's value gold has. for
SIS; and Dayies's Memoirs OF Garrck." the third ed
ton, two volumes. IN calf for 81 and
The feature the day the sale of5the Dbdins.
magnificent copy Of his Deeameron" uncut aud finely
bound. brought SiO2 for the three volumes The
volume spencer Catalogue" IN sumptuous condi-
ton, for $50. Dawson Turner's copy OF the Ii
brary Companion" containing four Dbdin autographs.
for S29; the "reminiscences" containing tie
index for $25 the Picturesque Tour" three volumes.
uncut for $37 so. and the photography Poem" for
- co. sumpluOus copy OF DupODt's His
toire de FImprmerie." two volumes fetched
SIS so. TIE first edition. ard tho best OF Focngo's
.Chaos Q527l, which sold at the s. W. Singer sale
easily got for Heywoodes "Nne Bookes of Various His
order. OF Harrsse's " Bibiotheca Americans"
COPIES were offered, bearing Mr. Phles's imprint
ana being Oh Holland paper, the OtlCr large paper
Paris edition. Both bought by the.sanc person,
comes OF HODcn's " Dance OF d. aih sold. The
Munich edition OF 1882 brought -. Francis DOuce's
brought 80 cents m0Io; the Basic edition or 1893,
the text being ia French, English ana German.
went for 81 ana QuaTitcA's facsimile OF the
0i na for 81 % Two faro manuscripts were disposed
o.. The " francscus dc AssirO " was etlrtcd M -
book OF poems. IN Dutch, brought $40. There were
copies the first editions OF DFyoen's AnibrOyna
and All For Lave" the litter being the pay Oi which
scott credits him with saying ~ was the Ouly
having been gwen To the people Ii went
for 81 12ia The "Ambroyna" brought 80 rs.
The Fabuciuses. OF which there were many, nearly
all velun, sold low. only one or two going at moro
than dollar. Almost any Nassati-st dealer VIII charge
Tie uuWary lOrTcr At ms counters at least dollar for
any book yelum. Just because II Is IN yeum Here
SOME VI them for Is, 20 and IS cents Unfortunately
| the Nassuust. men were not there 10 Juy.