New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-04-04

peneds there was another member present ~"o
was equally determined 10 obtain Vehum eo'
tion. for a friend of his who was q NONRESIDENT
member. and who had empowered him 10 guy
the work no matter how high the piouins 'a"
When the first OF the two sets was ohereo' "e
general bidding was much higher thah any oi'e
had anticipated and the members men''o''u
proceeded cautiously. When the ngures iea'"eu
the unprecedented sum OF S1lU, the ir'e"us v.
Professor West and the deputy VINO Represented
the non resident member decided smutaheous'S
80 u,,bdraw both thinking that the second set
would be obtanable at a more reasonable price
Neither was aware OF the stern purpose or the
other TO secure vellum edition at all nazaros
With the Offering Of the second "Philoblolon'
the struggle began. The Princeton contingent
and the non-resident's deputy were po'h as
founded to see the prices jumping UP as prishiy
on this as on the previous set, and AFTER the paw
mark was passed they found themselves the
only surviving contestants. The adVantase'
however was with the man VINO possesseo 'he
unlimited commission, and he settied GOWN III
his seat with the consciousness tha' ITO ""N
there TO bid upon those books-nol up w any
rsr,icu,ar sum but until he got them. The
Princeton mems outlook was apparently ho' Do
bright for they wavered as the figures rose. and
Suff2NueTeu
opponent at s6i5-by far the highest price ever
brought at a Grolier Club auction.
WORKS OF SPECIAL LITERARY INTEREST
An especial literary interest attaches TO sew
eral Of the Grolier books on account OF the con-
nection with them of men famous In the wofid
of letters An example OF this Is Miltons
"Areopagitica Speech for the Liberty OF IN
licensed Printing to the Parliament of England,
TO which an introduction was written by James
Russell Lowell. This was published in 1891
there being 32S copies in all. three or whlch
were on vellum. Another is entitled wash
ington Irving: 4 Sketch" and Is by George
William Curtis IT contains seVe, 81, i'no Pos
traits The subscription price in 1881 was 30
for the octave volume bound in red morocco
but the book now sells for about S2o. George
William Curtis one of the three men electeu
TO honorary membership In the CLUB, the TWO
others being Charles Eliot Norton. of Cambridge
Mass. and Andrew Fleming West, OF Princeton
The Fac-Simile of the Laws and Acts or the
General Assembly for Their Majestles Province
of New-York ETC. issued in 1884, is the most
important of the later Groier publications. me
"Pr,nter to Their Majestes King William ana
Queen Mary" in 164) This book, an octave
volume, now sells for about Sio
The last book put forth by the Groner ciuo
was sent out to the members a Few Gays ago:
II is a catalogue compiled by Dr. koehler, or
the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, OF the en-
graved works Of Albrecht Durer. An eXhlDlton
of many of the works of this artist was given at
the club q few days ago.
The nine men who founded the Grolier Club
in 1884 were William l.. Andrews, Theodore II
De Winnie. A. W. Drake, Albert Gallup, Robert
Hoe Brayton Ives S. W. Marvin Edward D.
Mead and Arthur Il. Turnure. There are now
81 members of whom go are resident, 125