The semi-weekly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1879-1882, 1881-08-18

Thousand impressions, and the cost of
binding at 163 cents per volume.
THE PRACTICAL POINT.
We now come to the practical point
in which you are interested-how you
may get the books you want at the
lowest possible cost.
1t is evident that it can only be
done by your doing away, 50 far as
/ you are concerned, with our immense
expenditure for advertising, and the
commissions which we or you are com
PEELED to pay the middlemen, if you.
buy through the middlemen.
Another extremely important point
in enabling us to afford the lowest
possible price is that we receive quick
returns for the investments we have
| made.
You readily see that we have in,
vested about 100000, cash, before we
are able to offer you complete set Of
the Library Of Universal knowledge
at any price We must sell great
many thousand sets before we can
even get back the money which we
have invested, to say nothing Of the
reward which we must have, in some
measure, for our labor and the cap
ital of the stockholders involved. ,
A large portion of the public still
persist in getting their supplies Of
books through the middlemen (who
must be paid for their services) in
stead Of from us direct; and as large
expenditure for advertising will also
continue to be necessary, in finding
out new customers, we must continue
to hold to our present retail prices, in
order that we may be able to pay
these enormous expenses for adyer
tising and for commissions to. middle
men.
But because we ale thus compelled
to tax book buyers generally with
these heavy expenses, there is no
occasion why we should continue this
heavy tax upon you individually if
you choose to unite with US in avoid
ing it.
OUR PROPOSITION TO YOU.
We therefore make you this prop.
position: II you will send your
order for the Library Of Universal
knowledge (either for yourself or for
any number of friends and acquain.
tances) so that we shall receive the
same on or before the first day of
September, 1881, we will accept such
orders at discount of one. third from
our published list prices, making net
prices to you as follows - 70
LIBRARY OF UNIVERSAL KNOWLEDGE.
For the Is vols, cloth, net, $1,000
Half Russia, sprink. edges, 1888
Half Russia, gilt top, 1900
Full library sheep, marbled
edges, ~ ST 1896
Orders sent to rs under this offer
will be accepted and filed by us un-
der the following terms and condi-
tions -
CONDITIONS. laEeA
1st--Ws do not ia this case, as has
commonly been our custom, require
that remittances shall accompany the
orders, Payments may be made at
any time that suits the convenience Of
the purchaser, on or before the deliy-
cry of the books to him, and not
later than January 1, 1882.
2d-But 10 making deliveries of
the books we shall give precedence to
orders which are accompanied by
remittance in full payment, shipping
first those for which payment is Hrst
received.
3d--After filing all orders which
have been fully paid for at time OF
order, we shall in shipping give pre-
cedence to orders which are accom-
panied by payment of 10 per cent.
or more on account Of said order, the
balance then to be paid on or before
delivery of the books.
4th-Thereafter shipments will be
made to those who have sent no pay
ment with the order, precedence
being gwen to those whose orders are
FIRST received by us, payment of course
being required on or before delivery
Of the goods.
5th-We shall not consider orders
unaccompanied By any remittance as
binding upon the persons making it
if from any cause he is unable to
take the books, or shall not then
desire to do SO; but in case payment
is not made promptly when such per-
son is notified that his books are ready
for delivery, he will first forfeit his
position on our delivery list, his name
being transferred to the end, and In