The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-11-14

The sale of de Luxe Book Sets began yesterday and was success from early morning till closing. These are not or dinary books-they are the finest de Luxe editions and those that agents sell at three or four times the prices we get. A short list of the titles and the ac- tual, absolute reductions will be very interesting, we are sure. Shakespeare-Twenty volumes, com plete works with notes and comments, 3-4 leather. Subscription price 5000. Sale Price S2350.
 Eliot-Eght volumes, 65 fine page il- lustrations, 3-4 leather binding, hand numbered pages. Subscription price $35.00. Sale Price $9.75.
 Kingsley-Seven volumes complete works. Novels and poems; 3-4 leather bound. Subscription price $32.00. Sale Price $8.75.
 Fielding-Six volumes from this "Father of the English Novel''-3-4 leather bound. Subscription price $50. Sale Price $7.75.
 Irving-Ten handsome volumes; 3-4 leather binding; silk head bands. Sub scription price $45-00. Sale Price S12.75
 De Mussett~Ten volumes, elegantly bound in 3-4 leather; Al photographs Subscription price $49.00. Sale Price $1275.
 Dumas-Eighteen volumes, about 13,000 pages of this celebrated work; 3-4 leather bindings; marble sides. Sub scription price $8000. Sale Price $20.50.
 Hugo-Ten beautiful books; 90 illus trations; 3-4 leather, de Luxe style. Sub scription price $4900, Sale Price $1125
 DeMaupassant- volumes; con- plete works, 3-4 leather-gift edition Subscription price $49.00. Sale Price $12.0O.
 Poe-Ten volumes; tales, essays and miscellany, complete works; 3-4 leather bindings. Subscription price $49.00. Sale Price S12.75.
 Hawthorre-Edition de Luxe; nine volumes; all the old favorite tales most beautifully bound in 3-4 leather. Sub scription price $500 Sale Price $975.
 Plutarch- Complete works in five vol umes, embracing 600 years of old world doings-500 B. c. to 100 A. D.-bound in 3-4 leather. Subscription price $22.50 Sale Price $650.
 Gibbons Rome-Six volumes set in large type, bindings 3-4 leather-beau- tiful gift edition Subscription price $50. Sale Price $775.
 Greens England-Five volumes on superfne paper-full history of the Eng fish people,; 3-4 leather binding. Sub scription price $2500. Sale Price S6.75.
 Ainsworth-8 volumes; illustrations by Cruikshank; beautifully done de Luxe style. Subscription price $35.0O Sale Price $975.
 Thackeray-Ten volumes on Japan paper; 3-4 leather and marble sides; gold tops. Subscription price $49.00 Sale Price $1350.
 Burns-Six volumes; 100 more poems and 200 more letters than any other edi- tion; 3-4 leather bound Subscription price $3500 Sale Price $975.
 Stevenson-Ten volumes; new Scotch style type; 3-4 leather bound Subscrip- ton price $390O. Sale Price $10.50.
 Smollett- volumes with hand numbered pages; complete works of this great Comedians; 3-4 leather bound. kouDoCl pIlOH IJIlct PoO.OO. NouO iiOC $7.75.
 Dickens Twenty volumes; 160 illus trations; limited number of sets. Sub scription price 5000. Sale Price S23.50.
 tt-Twenty four elegant volumes; edition de Luxe, including the great Waverly novels; 3-4 leather bound. Sub scription price $1O000. Sale Price $25.
 Longfellow- exquisite volumes in two styles of bindings; 3-4 leather. Sub scription price $49O0 Sale price $1275.
 Full wine leather Subscription price $75.00. Sale Price $1950
 Dante Complete in four volumes. Dante's Divine Comedy. Cloth bound. Subscription price $6.00. Sale Price $3.50.
 There are from seven to thirty sets of kind and we only promise them as long as the various lots lasts. Libraries, new houses and individual book lovers. This is an opportunity.
 (Books, Aisle F., First Floor.)