The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-10-13

THE rare book trade is naturally inter
ested in the announcement that de
luxe edition of the complete works Of 0.
Henry 10 being published by Doubleday,
Page & Co., the exclusive rights to the en-
tire edition being held by Gabriel Wells,
4S9 Fifth avenue, New York. In addition
to the text of the Manuscript Edition two
new volumes will be added-WiRd Of Des-
ttay and Volts and Strays, the thirteenth
and fourteenth volumes, respectively, con-
tanning q number of hitherto unpublished
stories as well as biographical and critical
articles and photographed material which
have never appeared in book form. There
will be about fifty illustrations by Gordon
Grant.
The fourteen volumes will be published
in LOTS numbered sets of which the first
twenty five contain extra f.0ntispieces,
original water color drawings by Mr.. Grant
and q page apiece of original autograph
manuscript. These are $50 volume. The
second twenty five sets do nst contain
autograph manuscript and are $35 volume
The remaining sets are $50 and $3.50 q
volume. As subscriptions are for complete
sets only the prise runs from 800 to $l19.
The single exception to this is that 200
extra copies of the fourteenth volume have
been printed for collectors of first editions
none Of the material in it having appeared
in book form before.
News of the Trade.
Perhaps few of the book trade ever came
in contact with that haleI hearty Irishnan,
the late James o 'Fiaherty, who began col
lecting books on the American Revolution
some time ago. After his death it was
ha had accumulated ono of fha
most complete collections of bound volumes
on this subject to be found anywhere in the
country, all of which were left to his son,
with the injunction not to dispose of them,
but to add TO them as opportunity offered.
Mr.. o 'Flaherty rejected all pamphlets, and
confined himself to the bound books on his
favorite subject.
Collectors of Americana complain that
the prices of the rarer items are constantly
tending upward. Probably they wish that
the prices obtained at the sale of the library
of DR.. Bernard, when sold in London in
1886 could be repeated now. At that time
Morton 8 EesO England fetched eight pence;
Lescarbot s NeU France, 1909, ten pence;
Woods EeU England Prospect, 1885, five
shillings, eight pence; Hubbard's Present
State Of Neg EnglGnd, 1877, a shilling;
Smith, History Of Firginia, 1924, -four
shlllIngs, two pence. Few, if any of these,
would now sell for less than 81 900.
Auctions.
Stan. V. Henkels, 1904 Walnut street,
Philadelphia, announces that for the com
ing season Of 1883 he will sell law books
from the library of noted attorney; the
John C. Brown collection of rare views of
New York, Philadelphia, Boston and other
American cities, with engraved portraits of
noted Americans; the W. C. Craige colIee-
ton of modern water colors; rare Ameri-
cana from the duplicates Of the Pennsyl-
vania Historical Society, the Craige eolIec-
tion Of proof etehings, mezzotints, line and
stipple engraving; rare autograph letters
and historical documents, books in sumptu-
Gus bindings and some important offerings
10 be announced later.
Receiver Kingsley announces that he has
sold all the stock and plates, with the con-
tracts of all veterinary publications belong
ing to the bankrupt firm of W. R. Jenkins
d Co., to the American Veterinary Publish
ing Company of Chicago, and all the mis-
cellaneous books to G. F. Reifsnyder of
East Fifty ninth street
A Difficult Order.
One of our leading booksellers who han
dies religious books extensively received