New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-01-21
Ex.MAYoR HALDs BOOKS.

so,,r or THE PRIcEs RECEIVED AT THE sALEs.
The sale of ex-MayOr Halls library was continued
Wednesday et the auction rooms OF hessrs. blngs o.
Co. No. 73o Broadway. The attendance was larger
than on previous DAYS, manv women being present.
The following arc the prices paid for some OF the
books: $40 80 for the Works Of Virgil. translated
into English verse by John Dryden, with three por-
traits and over 100 fue old coppeplates By Wander
Guchpe; $12 90 for the Poems BY Anthony Pas
quin edited by John Williams; W 70 tor me "a HIS US
tory of the Crimes Of Fernando Wood VI 0O Tor
the "Annals of Albany, by Joel Munsel = 20 20 IOr
William Bailey's " Records of Patriotism and Love
Of Country" illustrated by tho insertion 81 twenty
'The Native Races OF the Pacific States Of America;
81 % for Carl Bensop's % Letter to Dr. il. II. Jones
on lis Habit OF Giving Advice to Everybody. etc =
the Countess of Blessngton," by R. X. Maiden;
$i3 for Robert Bottoms History Of the County Of
fnSs b,dnS Sn is fs sfsoios
Statesmen. and of the Men OF Letters
and Science who FlOurished in the
Broashsm and Of Necker, and documents signed by
Collot d,Herbois; $11 90 for Lord Byrons e Core
spondence With friend, with reSRectiOqs by r 9.
srOne Of darg Of the Court Of
George w. by Manseli; SO for Louisa s. Costel-
los memoirs of Eminent Englishwomen .; $13 20
G. q. CunnnS6am's "i6e English Nation, or a
History of England in the Lives OF Englishmen1,
SO for the London edition of Forster's Life
Of Of GiSbS%s Snd FAN Of the ROMAN En-
pireo: $40 so for " Observations on certain docu.
ments, in which the Charge OF Speculation against
Alexander Hamilton is reiuted, written by MN
SELF" this being the scarce original edition OF Haml-
toms Confession" of his intimacy with Mrs Key
nolds; $21 90 for fne set of "Harleian Miscei-
lany collection of scarce, curious and entertain
ing Pamphlets and Tracts, with notes.; $l7 for
." The Harvard Book, o series Of Historical, Bio
graphical and Descriptive Sketches. BY various
autLorsn; $21 20 for "Hstolre des Papes,
Crimes. Meutres, Empoisonnements Parricldea,
Adulteres, Incestes depuis Saint Pierre Jus9u
Gregoire XVI. Magnfque edition, splendide-
msnt iustree de Gravures sur acer par les premers
artistes y; So rs for Historical Gallery OF Cele-
brated Men of every Age and NahOn." exhibiting
splendid series of authentic portraits Ton India
paper, with biographical sketches by Robert
Hush; S1S for Scots Musical Museum" by
James Johnson with notes and illustrations by W.:
Stenhouse; SO rs for Bishop Burneps History OF
His Own Time and History Of tie Reformation" =;
S7 for George Catlin's Illustrations of the Man
ners, Customs and Condition Of the North American
Indians with $50 gs after the authorsortg-
inal paintings; and 81 65 for A. ). Ddnhans His
tory of Spain and Portugal" History OF Denmark,
Sweden and Norway" and History of Poland"
The following are some of the books sold az yes
terday's sale and the prices paid for them: $50 10
for seven volumes Of the Minutes Documents and
Reports of the Board Of Commissioners Of Central
Park. from 1857 to 1907; $24 80 for complete
set of The Ne,c- Yorker, a weekly journal, by IL.
Greeley & Co.; $25 for the Memoirs of Abraham
Raimbachn illustrated by the insertion of over one
hundred portraits, views and engravings. 1t is cx-
pected that thu sale OF the collection will be finished
to-day.