Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1884-05-21
THE BOOK AUCTION
Old Literary Favorites Under
the Hammer.

ii The book auction advertised il
APPEAL is now under way at tn
Opera House and drawing larg
crowds of people with literary taste
It appears that about year ag'
A. Bartlett Boston BOOKSHELF,
purchased in a lump 40 tons o.
books as they lay in the dumps Of
several leading houses in Boston
New York and Philadelphia. Mr.
Bartlett always purchases his books
by the ton after making an assay
of the grade from a car sample
He has had great experience in the
trade and has found that weight is
the best grade for the buyer. He
gauges the quality, however. To
him ton of Hugo is worth of
course more than a ton of Mrs.
Southworth. The assay value of a
ton of Dickens as a milling propo-
sition is about the same as a ton of
Charles Reade. Jules Verne doesn' t
pan out as we'll now as it did year
ago and hardly pays reduction ex-
penses. Poetry isn't worth so
much to mill as prose, but Byron
yields high assays, and Shakespear
tailings. we mean the sonnets at
| the end of the plays, always yield
good returns.
After purchasing 40 tons Of mis-
cellaneous literary ore he loaded it
on vessel and shipped them round
the Horn at SO ton. The K. K.
rates were $120a ton and they Of
fered him special contract at $50
but he concluded that slow transit
in the direction Of Patagonia was
the real business.
Last evening there was a big
crowd at the sale, vociferating for
all the literature in sight. Mr..
Bartlett wears a black skull cap
which gives him cultured Boston
appearance and never lets 60 of his
cheerful smile and good-temper.
If you bought Dore Bible for %
cents he would hand it out grace
fully and thank you for the money.
He is assisted by H. E. Stockwell,
who was here about a year ago as
agent for the Lyceum Bureau of
Boston, for Major Dane and Mrs.
Dainty. He is a small man who
looks if he had delved in libraries
until he had lost several inches of
growth. He also has an intense
literary look. The ball opened
last night with Josephus, who was
knocked down to Bergman for So,
Olcovich bidding to within two bits
of it. A Dore Bible with 1900 IL
Illustrations was nabbed by Bob
Hofer, whether he wanted it for
the truths contained therein or the
pictures is not stated.
Hub Parker cabbaged the tales of
Baron Munchausen for six-bits to
see if the Baron really knew any
more about lying than liars Of Ne
vada. Sam Wright paid a dollar
for an Undertaker's Manual by an
old English grave sharp, and Otto
Greenhood bought lot Of ecciesi-
astical sonnets by Wardsworth.
When Pope's Essay on Man was an
nounced, it was the signal for some
lively bidding among number of
young ladies present, who bid it up
to the top notch. An essay in
cookery was taken up greedily by
James Crawford, and number Of
small boys purchased theological
works to make their parents think
they were piously inclined. One
boy, however, called for some of
Beadle's Dime Novels and went
away pronouncing the sale fraud
when his literary desires were not
gratifed. Thackeray, Dickens, Bull
war and Hugo sold well, and scien-
tific works all went off quite lively.
As whole the works brought their
value, and some went for 20 per
cent. on first cost. There are still
several hundred volumes left and
will be disposed of during the
week.