The sun., 1918-09-01
Rare Books
'Walpole Galleries Fall Plans
Henry E. Huntington's Library
Trade News Here and Abroad

then tried and found to work; but here the
cost was excessive.
1t is now pretty well understood that I'M
less something can be done in the manu-
faeture of the paper to prevent its decay
fifty years hence there will be few news
papers of the present time extant, and this
is also true of many valuable books that
have been printed on paper of the same sort.
Replies to Questions.
B. F. NJ. New York Gty-You should be
able to procure the first editions about
which you inquire from James +. Drake,
West Fortieth street, or Of c. Gerhardt, 25
West Forty-second street. The Rupert
Brooke collection, Of which this page made
record ON August IL, is said not to be for
sale.
j. L. E., New York city-A detailed &C.
count of what was discovered regarding the
DAILY issues Of the Shelley poems, the in
vestigation of which was undertaken in re-
Spouse to your inquiry, will appear shortly.
J. A. X, Brooklyn-Your information is
correct; there was letter of Richard Har-
ding Davis sold at the WalpoIe Galleries in
this city on August for $5.25.
G. X. NJ, New York eity-It is not an
easy matter to obtain a complete set of
Valentines Manuals, and the price, if you
find set, is sure to be high one. There
have been no sets offered in the auction
rooms of late years that were above sus-
picion in the minds of would be buyers, the
suspicion attaching especially to the folding
map in the first manual, which some persons
appear not to be above putting in in fac
simile. Perhaps it would be as well to try
and pick up the odd volumes that are to be
r. I Ill Ill \
New York and Brooklyn and make up your
own set in that way; you would no doubt be
able thus to complete it at much lower
price than if you bought the set complete.
Your trouble would be in finding the earlier
volumes and the price for them would not
be low.
D. L. R., Passaic, y. J.-THE SUN is not
able to give you information as to the best
way to keep small prints. Ask Robert
Fridenberg, % West Fifty sixth street, who
has an enormous stock and an especial way
of keeping them.
ExECUTRIx, POughkeepsie, y. Y
There are a number of auction concerns in
this and other cities upon whom you could
rely. In New York there are the American
Art Association, the Anderson Galleries,
Scott o 'Shaughnessy and the Walpole
Galleries all of whom make sales of literary
property and are thoroughly reliable. If the
books are of the high quality you believe
them to be. there is no question that the
auction room is the place to dispose of them,
and you can be assured of handsome returns.
1t is not in accord with the policy Of THE
SUN to designate any particular place of
sale. You would be in safe hands in any
of the places mentioned.
NJ. B. B., New York city-The price you
have to pay for any given book depends on
its condition, rarity and whether it is an in
scribed copy. If you buy it at auction there
is the further condition of just how many
others want it,
c. NJ. C., Jersey city-The Washington
pamphlet is worth about $50; the Hamil,
ton pamphlet-of which you do not give
date-is probably worth about S.. Almost
any dealer who sells Americana would buy
these items.