The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-06-11

trade. One handles fOil0n for a lihrar-
Whenever the dealer gets lot he tel,
phones tho library. a man comes dowT
looks over tho assortment and picks on
what he wants. and the rest Is put outsid
and cleaned out at a hurry up price.
This outside feature il both interestin
and Characteristic Whatever books ar
not considered worth keeping in stoc
from 'h" point II view 81 the spacia Il,
"i m" place arc bumped outside fiction
scientific ~ theological works. poetry
text hooks half calf. paper bound .
What not IL all goes with the policy o
stick tn what you know about
Sometimes another dealer comes alnnl
and picks up volume for IS or IS cent
and later gets his SIS for II. either "a /
stands or rebound and filling its plac.
IN "A set but the first man does not he
grudgr h.iu the t2j he realizas that sine,
ne himself had not more than IS cent,
worth NJ know ledge " the book he woul,
never have got more ttgn Is cents for IL.
IN" Question IT prices ~ one Of the
most doubtful and puz1ling and inter.
"sting NJ "iI that pertain 10 tho second
hand hook sellers art 4 nast master
himself cannot tell how he regulate
his system and indeed he has no system
W course there's the Rec Ird said
on" 1t gives the prices raid for ali
BOOKS ~ auctions above s. each wear
but u fails You q hundred times q dav
on $50 copy of Mallace's Ben Hur'
y'u know thar u out of print now. but
ih" demand hasn't ceased I hesitate
to tell YOU how much I could AFFORD 10
pay Tor thar hook and yet not lUs. money
on y
The cond ton ~ a desirable hook
hE-u much 20 DO wI'h the value You'd
smile perhaps 20 some II the books IA
reckon desirable 70 first sight
" lu su'ua - ulf Iu Mssfchesfar
rr Duchess county IA 500 an old hook
90 Indians Hr uu printing or on any sub.
irg'. ~ cong ls ! knew ~ RA- out II Dr,nf
] u Tsv 'I1w SO cents o. s. 50 Tor 10
wen 7 % book hHs a. en- ont uf is hand
ug vHg cam afford tI tuck 90 in cents
Tor uH'ng 'n The original IS cents n
Won D'r sell ' for g. and if Won SnoW
No e. o. EE.d U.r, vlY orn karp 10 fII Won
got your uNu Urra hsf OF course YOU We
got OBJ knoN yuur book or where il viii
10 wanted
some on" may see stray poem by
in unAupAu name another may know
tha' name VS. pzeudunvm ~ Shelley's
fv"n with tn" knowledge th. poem m. -i,i
uu' %" worth 3 cents 20 fha second b,ii
% mIgi. b. W,rfh e.. ~. l., 49, = - ~.
ku"v who're r. r1Jlit ..u I. t,r a., I,.
all complicated Ant ft-r.n.tu.
Boot Hart. ONCE wr,,. .r aI.,..f,-,
nTaut whl,r va. circulated ..r piit,..,,.
Of rpr.s n WASN'T ronsit.r,d nr,,,,..,
IarN valuable. lgi riusigu.I - -.
aad r.' g,l.ra.n. r,r,ru,,'T a.,
Rrrr Hat. .1Hr.trr viii ,.' -
rU.rF sum f.r a. l-rgtr,f
.prr-. rar newer na e,.J. t.... .-.
on ,rr ODD. I,s- r.'atiy. H. 49,, ,i,,,,.l
pa-.. ur f.ma.t N,u r.yp, ,,.., -
% carry ava a u,Eg ., 49,. ,'I,,,,.t
f..,.t.... 20 - t,..I..r ~ ''..'''a'
given son a.If ..r, ma. M d, ,,.......,,.I IT,
,,u..rf .. .r a COLLECT .,f - E...,,.'..
lgrrfrt-a might rr- q. ,.,.. e. 50
- man. drT.r,.f ..,r-.- ...rt-,r',
demand
A r.... may -,,.l On. ....f az ......, ..,.,
q r.ul.a.,,tv.Iy n.y T...L -. ''
alfr Inc slave. ..- ID .rI Il .
Ma, ~ -Y.r r.r.Ii.h.8 40 Io,- ' /
OBJ. pa..- Ven, bestowed L,. 49,. go.
u.Iu-h.r.- rtght a. .tbs A., -, '''
a dagIa- h, ,,.. i,'.,.L. ..,.i..,,,'-t
must 10. nr.r,-aJ ust.l,.I,,. =. 49,
Thing until th. r,gbf man enc. 49,
then l. GEL the r,y,f -. M. .,,E,
prr,... IN II can't I.. d.s,.J
,crih.d
Ua ,..t- ,,,..... tl., ,t. ~. -,
merriam. bs. .,,r.rIi.t bi,, ,,.. - -
and Wb, Lr,W. if. y,In. an, III
But m. .urpIi.r d,asD't Iii ~ 49,. az
individual ri.-tnu.r ra,,, sS,,J =, -,
and has made a fa,r rrofit a. i, = ~.
: room for .ysryI,dy ana mi. -.