The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-09-22

nome, Wnere, Deing an OLD man, ne uVeu
until his death. Mr.. LOOMS had been for
some time in the store, having begun in
1886, and has had a continuous connection
with the business ever since.
The remarkable series of letters and man
uscripts by or relating to Shelley recently
discovered in the possession of the solici-
tors of the Shelley family, and sold at
Sotheby's q few weeks ago by direction
of Sir John Shelley Rolls, brought remark
able prices. The letters were mostly written
by the poet during 1911 to his father.
The earliest in point of date, covering nine
and three quarter pages quarto, February 6,
1911, sold for f175; another, February II,
f63; one dated from London, March 90,
giving an account of his expulsion with
Hogg from Oxford, f200; an indignant let
ter with reference to his offer to give up
his claim to the entail, f42. A letter from
Edinburgh asking for draft of ESQ;
another from the same place, referring TO
his father s anger as inconsistent with the
Christian forebearance and forgiveness with
which you are SO eminently endowed, ego;
third, from the same place, appealing for
forgiveness and funds, fl20. One to his
grandfather, Sir Timothy Shelley, appealing
for help, and explaining that his father has no
right to be offended with him, f53; another
to his Father, enclosing one to his mother
and one to his sister, f70. One to Allen
Etheridge, enclosing one to his sister Helen
$50. One to his father, more conciliatory
than most of his letters, f55. An uncut and
unbound copy of The Necessity of Athe-
ism, 1911, 13 pages, apparently the copy
which Shelley sent to his father, who has
written "impious' on the title page, $3.50;
apparently only two other copies Of this are
known. A similar copy of Shelley's Ad
dress 10 the Irish People, 1912, price
3D. 30 pages, f220. Another property in
cluded a fragment of AnthanaSe, 81:
pages, an important Shelley MS, fsl. Mr..
Pittar s unique copy of AdOndis, 1921,
with an original drawing by Shelley IS friend
Williams, and intended to have been en-
graved as a frontispiece, sold for fl95.
In the Auction Room.
c. +. -Libbie & Co., Boston, sold on
Wednesday and Thursday, September is and
10, Americana, with a special collection of
Yale College class records and reunions
The records begin with the Brief Memoirs of
the class of 1897 by Day and Murdoch.
Hartford, lS4s, and contain the records of
sixty six classes since that date. As many
of these were privately printed they are
now scarce. and such n long series is sci
dom offersd. Among the works in general
literature are four of the Prince Society
publications; ffty-two lots of genealogy,
some rare American almanacs, including
the Womdn's Rights AldmGRdc for 1883
which contains an advertisement of Frank B.
Sanborn 5 Concord school, with list of per
manent teachers, including X. W. Emerson
English literature and intellectual phiLoso-
ply. There was in the sale crisp copy of
Richard Mather and William Thompson s
A Modest and Brotherly AnSucr to Mr..
Charles Herle, HIS Book Against the In
dependency of Churches, printed for Henry
Overton, London, 1914.
News of the Trade.
+. +. Bonaventure, who died few days
ago, had been continuously in business from
1877 onward. He had built up business
rs an engineer when the panic of 1873
caused him to lose all he possessed, includ-
ing fine collection of rare books He en-.
tered the employ of the late J. W. BOuton,
where he remained for some time, but con
Guiding that he would be better employed
on his own account he opened a store under
the old Astor House, which was immedi-
ately successful. Mr.. Bonaventure, in his
in curios and along art lines 1t is said the
business will be continued.
A bookseller of Lexington avenue found
man seated on step leading into his
place few days ago, making copious ex-
tracts from a book picked up from the
outside stand of the dealer Upon being
questioned as to WHY he was doing this, the
man said he had been hunting for that par
tieular book for long time and had never
before found it; il contained some informa
ton of much value to him; he concluded by
asking if the dealer had any objection TO
his copying from it, The price of the book
was ) cents.
trade abuse that is not only annoyinp
but that often causes loss is that of dealers
out of town who order books for which
they do not pay in the usual thirty day
period. As every one knows. the custom
of allowing generous discounts to dealers
often cuts the price of good moving stock
TO a degree where the margin is very mar
row. There is one dealer within 500 miles
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