New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-04-27
HOE PRICES TAKE DROP
Lack of Particularly Desirable
Books the Reason.
DAYS TOTAL UNDER $4,000
More Persons Make Purchases,
However, than on Any Day
of the Sale.

of the Sale.
The prices al the Hoe library sale, which
continued at the Anderson Auction Rooms
Yesterday. took something Of tumble at
both sessions. but the managers were not
discouraged a whit. nor were the buyers
unduly elated. The reason for the fall was
that no particularly desirable books
showed on the list for the day. II Is prom
Used that before the two weeks 81 the sale
are over number of other notable prices
will have been paid. Even those which
were current yesterday were in most cases
records
The largest hid % the day was in the
afternoon session. and. as now seems nat
ural came from the pockets If George ID
Smith Of No IS Wall street but the even
ing was not far behind with a bid Of $500
by the Dodd & Livingston Company The
totals for the day were $40, S31 30. of which
So EOS 30 materiaized I'm the evening. THIS
! amount brought the whole total bid since
/ the beginning Of the sale on Monday after
noon to $500. SIS 20 During the day only SIX
! books brought more than 5000, as against
twenty-three on Tuesday. hut this was not
at all due TO lack Of bidders More per
sons made purchases yesterday than on
any day Of the sale.
Though the prices at the afternoon
session ran much lower than on the pre-
ceding day this was not put down TO any
tagging interest on the part Of the buyers,
but TO the fact that no books greatly
sought after by collectors appeared in
the lots offered for sale. The highest
point in the bidding was reached when
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Philadelphia company. and a representa-
tive of Dodd & Livingston fought 10
81 500 for the first issue of the first edi-
ton Of the sonnets Of Samuel Daniel
containing the complaint of Rosamund
and printed under the title of Della
only two copies of the first edition are
known. the other being in the Bodleian Ii
brary. II was printed by John Charlwood
for Simon Waterson. Dwelling In Paules
Church-yard AT the Sgne OF the Crowne
in 1892 So far as is known the book mas
never before been sold at auction, and for
this reason. as well as for it's inherent
value ii attracted the bids OF the collec'
tors. DR. Rosenbsch relinquished his de-
sire for IT at $3.50, while Dodd & Liv-
ingston retired from the race al some
what lower figure.
Small Total for Afternoon.
The total sales for the afternoon
amounted only 10 s2,.132 a figure. how
ever. which distanced that OF the first
afternoon by about $3.50. The second largest
price went for volume Of Corneliu:
Nepos's De Vita excellentium hoer,
printed by Nicolaus Jensen at Venice ir
III. which Mr.. Smith captured from +
w Morris OF New York. with a bid ol
81 100 and the third also came out Of Mr.
Smiths pockets when Mrs. Frederick K
Sears. Of Boston. forced him TO offer sr
IN order to obtain first edition OF
Francesca Colonna's "Hypnerotomachia
Ponphili," printed at Venice in 1929.
\ noticeable thing in the afternoon ses-
sion was the number Of times that the
names Of certain authors appeared. The
catalogue IS arranged alphabetically ac-
cording TO authors. and in the course OF
the afternoon there were nine differen,
authors who furnished five or more lots
for sale In several Instances all the
works OF an author went to single
BUYER as for instance. when Mr. Smith
obtained the twelve lots Of John Crowne's
lIlays. all published in London between the
years 1873 and 1898. for total Of 1909, and
the seven works 81 John Cowley. pub
Ushed in London between 1888 end 1851. for
a total of 81. 0o9 20.
The twelve lots OF James Fenimore
Cooper. with the exception OF one went
to Dodd q Livingston for a total ~ $50
and the seven lots Of William COwper
with one exception. went 10 Mr. Smith for
s275. The author who met with widest
distribution was Corneille. whose thirty.
two lots went 10 no less than ten different
purchasers. among whom were Bernard
Quaritch Nine. Belin. Of Paris, the Serb
ner Company and Yale University.
The evening session brought forth foul
more authors who contributed more thar
five items TO the catalogue Dickens Wa.
the most generous Of these. having thirty
eight lots OF his works on the table ii
succession Nearly all the bidders present
managed TO carry away one or more II hi
volumes the prices being in general moder
ate The maximum was $500 paid by
Dodd & Livingston for an autograph pres
entation copy OF "The Village Coquettes.
William Clarkson Van Antwerp. of No. g
Broadway. obtained the greatest number
Of these volumes. carrying off thirteen lots
for the total sum of s2i4 30
The fight for the thrty-one examples nj
Desoe's genius was furious for a time
twenty-six Of them finally going 20 Mr.
Smith for total Of nearly 5000. The high
est price which any Of these brought was
8, i25. paid by Walter NJ Hill. Of chicago
for rare first issue Of the first edition OF
Robinson Crusoe" printed by ". Taylor
81 London. In 1919. Mr.. Smith managed 70
capture all eight OF the volumes Of SIR
Holm Davies OF Hereford. printed at Lon
don between 1899 and 1913. by the paymen,
Of s1.Os6.
The hook for which Dodd & Livingston
raid $4,000 was the frst book IN English
relating exclusively 10 New York. a work
by Daniel Denton. printed for John Han
cock and william Bradley in London in
1870 IL is a first edition and aid to be
exceeding rave in the uncut condition in
which II appears in this specimen. The
other two books which brought more than
81 900 during the evening were works OF
William Drummond. one the second i'm
Hart IN Edinburgh in 1916. and sold 10
MT Smith for 81. $50. and the other first
and autograph edition Of his Forth
Feasting," printed by the same house in
tie next year and sold 10 Mr. Smith for
sl.210.
WHAT IS GOING ON TO-DAY.