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    THE 'BOOKSELLERS' PROVIDENT INSTITUTION/

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    Sal^ Jotfingf

    Sotheby At the ' s the sale following - of Mr . Meyer prices ^ were s . autograp realised hs : at a ton long series witn with of letters by Nelson ± £ 510 oiu to / Thibaudeau Lady Hamil } -

    ton extra , , illustrated some some repnes replies life , . of Garrick ^ xmoauaeau £ 112 ; a ; ; series an of letters by-Robert Burns brought , £ 99 ;

    the total sum obtained for the autographs was , £ 2 , 046 . 3 s .

    On the other 3 rd books instant from Messrs the . library Sotheb of y sell the , late among W . H . Randall , a copy of Dibdin ¦ 's

    of ' Northern . 900 ¦¦ _ engravings Tour m ^ m ' , ' to extended ei ght •¦ large - . b y volumes the mm insertion .

    At the sale of a valuable selection of books ¦ from JJ "A T ^ fc ^^^ fc the ** ^ Bfc * " > ^^ JpP ^ library ^^ a *^ B "P ^ p ^ ^ PW VF' ^ PJ ^^» BV of ^ P ^ P" M the ^ pr ^^*^ PH ^ P ^ r famous PPPP * ^ P ^^ P * ^ PP ^ PP" ^ P » ^ p ^ ^^ rw v ^^ p ~ Paris «^ ppp » ^ p ^^ pr ^^ v ^^ vr ^^ ¦ bibliop ~^ pr ^^ m r ^ pp- - ^^ . ^^ h - ^ v b ^ v ~ hile ^^ b ^^ v ^^^^^ v ~^ pv

    M . Eugene Piot , at the rooms of Messrs . Sotheby , Wilkinson' & Hodge , on the 18 th

    ult ultimo imo tthe he 1 188 «» lots lots so sold la tor for £ £ 747 747 . . 4 4 ss . . t 6 > dd .. , Amongst the most striking volumes were ' Opera Nova Contemplativa «¦> hi II ' Italian h block r ¦ ¦ -book pi

    de-¦ and scribed J ^ ^ ^ * m ^ . ^ jmm f ^ % ^ W the ^ 0 a « a » ^ Bp ^ * b ^^ onl ^ ^ ^ y r a ^ ^ ai ^ ^ Cicognara y h ¦* " ^• ' ^ ¦> ¦ one ^^ a pppp »^ ^ ^ i »^ ^» printed » ^^ ^» ^ , ^ pj ai ^» a » as ¦ ^ ^^ ^ i ^ v pr ^ prM a ^^ ^ in ^ ^ ^ Biblia ^ ™ ^ aA — ^» — Ital ^^ ^^ ^ ^^ A - ^ ^ y w ^ P a " k , v Pauperum £ - 24 ^^^ ^^ — - ¦¦ . ^ pph ^ , ^ 10 ^ ^^ ^^ s ^^ ^ . ^— , ; v ^^ . a pp ^^ pn _~ aai a ^ B . ah at ^ npp . alk ^ p ^ p »« ak _ . ^ pm .

    c 1 OflBcium Giardinetto _ B . Mariae di Punti , \ MS Tag . with liati miniatures ' one of the , rares £ ^^ 22 ^^^ t ;

    , o ' f Arte — patterns . del a Bene for 4 * Morire lace •* , £ ' 17 .- * £ 15 . . 10 -4 10 ^ "V s . s . ; Sibmacher Savonarola ^> i ^ ' s , ;

    . A * 4 k Modelbuch ^^ rgonaut ^ b ^ ta ^^ ^ ^^ ^^ ^ ^ ^^^ »^»^^^ h ^ ^^ ^ ik b ^ ^ ^ a mr ^^ b i a ^ ^ ^ ca ^ ' ^ ¦¦ ' ^ rfvr ^ ^ a ^^^ r ^ e ' ^ i ^ t ^ of ^ ^ # ^^ H ^ mm ^^ ^^ m . ^^ t ^ Lace ymni — w ^^ _ ^ ^^~^ m ^^ * ^ ^^^ ^¦^ , v , v Patterns — ' ^^ first ^ ^ ^ ^^ ^^^^ ^^^^ a ¦ ¦ ^^ ^ ^ a ^ ^ ^ a ^^ edition ^^ - ^ ^ ^ ^ » - ^^ ™ , ^ ^ f' ^ £ ^» ^ 23 ^ ^ — ^^ v ^^ ^^ , ^ ; B £ ^ B p — ^ - ^ 4 18 ^ rv ¦ Orp ^^ ^^ . » ^^ ^^ & ^^ - ^ hei ^ at - ^ ^^ s— ^ . ^^^ ; v

    min Horae . iatures B . Marise _ £ 52 . , ' beautifu 10 s . Poli l MS hilo . . on vellum first Aldine with , ; p , ti

    edition Pfli +. inn , £ r £ 49 4 . 9 , and and t +. he Ti « second afiftanrl , £ £ 2 2 B b ; : JT ^ anti an , * Triumpho di Fortuna , ' a . rare fortune-teller ,

    £ 32 . 5 s . i lOl

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    August i , i 887 The Eiiblighers' Circular 8 ; 3 a j

    The 'Booksellers' Provident Institution/

    THE ' BOOKSELLERS' PROVIDENT INSTITUTION /

    To the Editor of the Publishers' Cikculab . Sir , —I have no intention to reply to all the matters referred to by Mr . Bartlett in his

    admirable letter in your issue of the 15 th inst ., but I should like to answer one or two of his pertinent questions . He asks ' Why has the Society Si such a small

    constituency - ¦ -JL . X ** WkJXXkl , ? V * AA Ho f ^ sr * m » J is Vji ^ it * - * - ^ that *^ >^ " ^^ . ^^^ out «/ ^^ of ^ S-M-J * the *^ V ^ A vast ^ AVVAA multitude of engaged / V 4 in Jk the trad »| -t « e such / JkJk a

    * » * . V- * * . KS A > \ J » - * \ A V- * V- * J- persons ¦ k ^ V- ' -i U \/ AJ . kJ VAAU >«^ W V . « . * . ^*— . * . - «^^ WA ^ . v / Kf Vh ^ , » rf ^/ smal l minority _ ^ have ^_ availed ^ ^ m ^ M themselves < ^ K ^^ of the . ^ rf opportunity of becoming members of it ? *

    These two questions—practically one— -have been repeatedly answered by various individuals , myself them

    among . I do not agree with Mr . Bartlett that ' there are vast multitudes engaged in the trade , ' for compared Ml with m . \ i m . m . other va a branches vw & a / k of industry ii «^ jl . the

    bookselling I * m ~* j v * r v ^* . * T X I'll trade many a ^ M . jv is ^_ ^ a ^* very . m ^ rjL . small ^/» a ^ one _^ ^~ r ^ k . ; nor ^ -j ^ v «^ that « «^> its a . j ^ -v ^ in membershi number p—360—is comparatively insignificant

    . Thathoweverthe number ^ f its members lias slihtl , decreased , during past £ JUkJ o V ^ OWJl it is -i . tJ idle 1

    i to '***^ J deny UllgU g y VtVVl vC * » VVA VAU . X JLAA ^ J * J years J fcj JL V VAXV I i The The causes o . a . nsp « a for for this this are are . in in my mv opinion omnion . three

    three-fold . , , First : The heads of houses who were among

    the the founders fr » nnrlp > rs of r » f the +. \ u > Institution Tnst . it . utinn and and for for many manv years vears its warmest and most energetic supporters graduall / passed and their laces were »» V « x \ J for

    a f-, * time uM . KA . tAiXi unfilled y . Jf IJCVOEK 5 . away € X These > W CbJ , , OiUU gentlemen . KIXA \ j * - » . p J ^ , / Xt * not V « - / U alone by their practical heland regular attendance W at msw its

    nieetings vm . M . Jy r * - W \* , UJLVC but X XXVA by p k / their € MMJL ^ J * - * const . ^ - 'H ) ^* - *« antly - ** « - v /^ m * bringing * - ** - •¦• - * ' *«* . V- ^^ - ' the » ** " ^ claims ^» mi * v »_ i . o Vi of the L / XIKJ Institution Jt . XXaUX \ JlJl * JXKJXA under UUV 4 . C 1 the WJUIW 1 notice JIVV 1 VW of va . their

    join— employes were the — life in ' and many soul cases of assisting it , and to them many t * 3 i ¦

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    r of those who were wise . enough to be guided ^ by i their «** V /* A counsel V / V ^ Uf c A » > JVA they % t * - * - *^ Y tendered ^ ^ A * JfVJ » . ^^ Jb X ^^ JV W service ^/ A . T & V / V V of ^ JU - incom JUJLJUV ^ VJULX - —

    parable value . Happily the heads of some of our larger' houses have recently taken a more .. . active interest in the management of the Society ,

    and they will , I feel sure , prove worthy successors of the philanthropic founders . \ . . Second : Young menas a ruleare slow to

    recognise the obligation , they are , under to make provision f- ' ¦ Jt- ^^ " " * * ^ for u ^^ Jk the b' ^ kJb v- * ¦ Jk future - * v - i ^ s for x \/ Ji themselves VA _ A \ yXAX ) JVJ- v V ^ fc-J and lAJXJLV ¦ ^ L for * * m

    those w ^ ho may hereafter be dependent upon them . They are i moreoverunwilling v & ¦ xjk ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ to make the

    small v ¦—» ¦ ** * ^ » . . sacrifice ¦ ^^ ^ ^ ^ -i' « «^> ¦ and *— ' , a - i - practise r A . ^_^ ^« r w ^^ . ^ , sufficient V V T m tt ^_ ^/ V self ^ , ^ ^\ - denial > I ^ ^ . n | JX ^ V > , hence they do not join the Institution while they

    are young and have the means ; the golden opportunity slips away ; they get settled in life ; - new claims and responsibilitie Vft k / V / s come VV l * - « . them

    Many ^•^ . ¦ -WAAJU . I ^ would « A ) AAV « , then . A . ^ AJ willing -UA MXAAUXVM ly join but ^ upon they ^ | V ^ A ~ L are V JO . V . no JJUft . longer ¦* -- *> - * J ^ JL ^ k V- / A . able \^ J \ J 1 *\ S to «^ V ^ do ^ -m-V ^ r so kJV . ft Ineligibility JLXA ^ XJ . Ck A Jk ^ AAJ . « J f from J _¦ A . m , ^ # M 1 age £ A ) jl \^> , or V- » A .

    . want of means , effectually bars the way . TM / rd : Their opportunity gone , this

    classcomposed almost exclusively of assistants— have rarely or never a good word to say for the Institution , but many hard and unjust ones , manifestly unjust and unfair because they are made in utter

    i Society gnorance has of done the and great is doing and important . work . . the Younger members of the trade hearing these constantly recurring statements , calumnies I might I more mrvrft correctl o . rvrTfio . t . lv call o . a . 11 them tViPim lend lp . nrl a read - r ^ i \ . c \ ^ j ear ^ n-r and ?\ -r \ c \

    though possibl y y inclined to , join , make y little , or no , inquiry as to an Institution about which so many severe things can be said . Time goes on , and they themselves drift into the same class and swell the

    number-of disappointed ones w ^ ho are left out in the cold . Every young bookseller may , if he is wise

    enoug little self h and -denial w ^ ill , make for a provision very few years for a exercise rainy day a , and VA if sickness KJ misfortuneor old 4-V & overtake

    him l ^ VAJL he J . JL . will * . ' + ^ S ¦» - » - * . * . find - ^ * S * - /*—* , , as - » . XX > many aj . yA \ . « S \ - « . . A .-M others . ^/• , ^/ . V ^ have ^ . age * "W ^ found ^— ' ^ ' * V- ^ , J- that ¦ ' 1 ^ 11 *^/ the the Booksellers Booksellers ' Provident . rrovident Institution Institution will will prove Drove

    an unfailing friend and make him a better return for his investment than would any other Institution in the world #

    UAV / XJL J . 1 A UX 1 V WW V ^ A - * - \ -- * . . _ _ . _ __„ . Some seem to ^ think the Directors and other members should go to the younger branches of the t \ rade \ and ciiiu beg and caiii entreat tiiui them uxioiii to the In

    jio , jlkj . i ^ jcg , .. kjl . cau ukj save oavc uiic xxx - - stitution by joining at once . ' Why should- they ? The Society is in no danger of bankruptcyand as

    a fact it is directly against the interests of , existing A AJl ¦ ^ . members » » »¦ * % * A » ' » ' - ^^ A . k ^ that ^/ . A-A «^ W *^ there »/ AA ^^ r ^ . ^_ y should w ' - ^ JL V V ^ AVA be FS- ' ^ - rf' a &^ # l AVVJl arge L . ^>« accession tWWVvMMA V ^ ¦*¦¦*• ,

    for , as Mr . Longman in his able speech at the Retreat on the 9 th inst . —a speech that deserves to be printed in letters of gold W 4 V * and UUVi circulated V / Al t * JL C */ iy V / in 1 /

    KSKS r ~* - XXX « JV- * V-t . Ill AVUUU 1 U V / l . ^ -. V ^ -C A XX every ^ r V- "X ^ J house in the trade—pointed out , a member ' s share is Jk at the present b timeworth & £ 80 \ it is manifest AJJlbVAI Vt

    therefore »*_ 7 , y KJVKJ UAAV , that ^ ^^• ' ^^ A were . JLW «^ . * .. * .. * there .. B . 'W , y TV V ^ a « largel y ~•*^ ' _ SVS y ; y increased A «^ A »^ mem . A A . V » J - , bershi k / VAL / AAX p k / V each ^ C */ V _> JLJL member XJ . i . VXXXMVi . ' s * -J . . interest A 1 XWWVW v . would IT \/ U . XVC be *_ 'V > propor L / X \/ J- /\/ X -

    tionately lessened in value . . . This , however , is a desideratum by no means , wished or desired by the Directors . Very far from

    it * i i . Their m earnest desire , is that * * 1 j the j 1 Institution * w * 1 * 1 i should fulfil the mission intended by its largehearted hf > art . e >> c \ . liberal lihftra . l- - Tninrlftri minded founders fnnr » rl « rs and and rfilipvpi relieve the t . Vm

    members , of the bookselling trade when in necessitous circumstances , besides making provision for

    their tViPiir widows widows . , & & -rv c . This This it if , has has done dnnft up nn to t . r » the t . ViA present to all who have needed it , and I have no fear four whatever wlinffivAr that t . Visi . t . for fnr lack lsvolr of rvf funds fnnrla it if . will - will fail -fail to -t-. r \

    , do so in the future . In this spirit we gladly welcome to our ranksall eligible candidates

    1 . WAA WAAkk AIV / AW ^ S * S % /* LJT * Lsm .+.- *~~ ' *^ f + s ^ ' *** . m Our progenitors have bequeathed to the trade a magnificent inheritance . If they are alive to

    their own interests our young men will rise up ¦ A ' ' " ... ' #

• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Aug. 1, 1887, page 813, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01081887/page/11/