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The Retail Book Trade. — A correspondent...
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The Discount System In The Book Trade.
Green & Co ., thinks Mr . Macmillan ' s scheme is not a practicable one . He says : ' For this
main reason . No matter what arrangement mi 0 BBBBk ht be come 1 B BB to BBBB booksellers BPBBP ¦ ~ ~—~ would be found
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larger in ^ v ^^^ the ^ " » sale shilling ^» ^^^ " ^ " ^ ^ thereb " ^ p * ^— ^ . ^ ^^^ ^—^ y These — , would booksellers then bring , gainin pressure g a
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think that his scheme , would have the effect desired Bb . An bbbb bbb ^ bbb improvement bbv i i in the condition ~— of
the " 4 bB ™^ I B ^^ jfT pj ^^ ^^ retail BBM bjb ^ ^ bp ~ B > ^ bookseller bb ^ ^^ r ^^ ¦•* * bb * ~ m ^^ " ™ eans ¦ ^ - ^* ^~ - — ~~ an ¦ v " ^™ - ¦ improvement —~ — —^ ^" — in the Bb trade 1 BB and 1 B an improvement in the trade
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books that the retail bookseller should be able to ¦^^ - ^^ ¦¦¦ ^ keep ^ ^ PjpT ^^ B ^ BlhBP a BBp ^^ V representative «¦ . * ~' ¦ ^ P » - * ' ^^ ' ^^ P ^ " ^— i ^^^^ ^^ - ^ - ¦ - m - selection -. — - — of ¦¦ published
works in stock ; and this , under the present system hj fr bf Bf he is not r ¦ able ¦ ¦ to do . '
PBB * - ^^ p ^ p Messrs ~~ ^ ^ ^ ^ . pvr a ¦¦ BJ , « Bb BB > Vp * . ¦¦¦> " * «¦¦¦ BF Hodder ^^ ^^ ^ * ¦¦> ^ " » Bat ^"" ' ^^ & ^ bb , ^^ ^^ Stoug ^~* — * A ' ^ - - ¦¦ - - v hton - , on being "ft 41 B asked ^ PBb * BB-BB ^ lp » " ^ B ^ BB ¦ about Vhr ^ V ¦«¦ * ^ ^ "B ^ BF the - ^ - ¦—¦ ' ^ B ^ proposed M — BV " ^ — — scheme — - ~ — bb , J said SB BB : * SoB _ _ ¦¦ , _ —¦> . ^
altogether far from hop we ing confidentl that ^— discount y expect will to be see abolished it rise
B ^ w - ^^ BBK 1 ^ B "' ^ ^^^ ^~ ^ B' ^ " ™ , 'W ' ' ~ " ^ —~ — ¦ B Bh A to the V wbb ^ pr fourpence ^* publishers bv ^^ * a ^ B ^ a » ^^ " ^^ " w ^» ^^ ~ - ^ p ^ ^ in ' ^ ^ - ^ ^ must ~ the ^ obi — — ^ — shilling combine — BB — ai — flat ai — befo bb , -m and * re ¦¦ their long . action All ^ B "bI
will be without effect unless they can insure the hearty co-operation of the leading London
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difficulties are insurmountable . I sincerely wish it were BB otherwise . I should like to see a state BT w ^ B' ^ BBB' I | l ^ P ^ B >^ BBI ^ BBP ^^ " " ^ ¦ «™ ™ ^^ " ^ ^ ¦ ¦ ^ ^^ ^— ^ ' — - ~ ™ — ~^ ^ - ^ — —
of things brought about which would render it possible for the retail bookseller to keep some
of our volumes on his shelves for a twelvemonth or more . '
Mr . Unwin added that he thought there would be a reaction in favour of limited
editions . He considered tKe German system excellent in its way , but it would not bo
possible to introduce it into this country .
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r : ——————— = ^ 3 8 o The Publishers' Circular April r , 1 S 90
The Retail Book Trade. — A Correspondent...
The Retail Book Trade . — A correspondentsigning himself * Cyclops * who states
that JL he has , been CJ nearly thirty •/ M . years ' , in the tradewriting to us on the subject - of
booksellers , ' prices , draws attention to what - ~ - he considers — __ the ___ want _ of fair and just trading in
„ some of the wholesale houses , which he con ^ - tends has been the sole cause of many of the
evils 4 two- which price' exist aystem . He and alludes to the speciall flooding y to of the the
market with cheap , editions of standard works without . _ first of — all . _ * calling _ ^ in' the more
expensive editions , as used formerly to be the rule . He thinks it is a mistake that more inducements are not offered to retail booksellers
to deal directly with the publishers , not merely for large quantities , but also for single copies .
He urges thp formation of an association of retail booksellersso that there may be a full
discussion of the , needs of the tradeand the best methods to increase , and . at the , same
time , raise the status of the business . Thb Columbus Letter . —Until 1852 , it
I Was unknown that the Spanish text of
The Retail Book Trade. — A Correspondent...
the Columbus - ¦ - __ - old - editions ' letter of had the ever * Epistola been Chriotopnori printed ; all
Colom ^^ ^— ^ m cui — - - — etas — nostra — — — — multum B debet — ' having B ^^ ^^^ ^^ ^^^ " ™~ ¦^^ been WBjriP- ^^ A B ^ " - ^ A — published ¦» " — BB ^ - ¦ - — - ¦ BBS — Jb fro ~ m B — — a — A B Latin — m — B ~ dBB > translation " — IBB — Jk bb of —¦ ~ BBIthe ^ B > B > I B " b * . ^* k " * ^ _
ori was b ~ - ¦ g inal added » , made by in bequest April Bj ^ 1493 to . the In - 1852 ^^ Ambrosian ^^ , there ¦ VB > BB flBB
which library B w V v V ^ ^ v ^^ ^ h ^^ b ^ BB > — ^^» ^^ contained ^ - ^^ ^ in ™ ^— ~— ^^ — «™ ^ B — » Milan — ~ - ~ ^ - —^ ^ - ^ ¦ - — w ^— - ^ - the ~*~ a —~ — small lost ^ ^~ S 4 panish BJ ^^ to ^^ ~~ . of text four ¦ , printed BJ leaves — ^^ ^^ ^ BB ^ * ^^ ,
being probabl — ^ g iven _ y in . 1493 Not , or however 1494 , , no till i » date 1 SQ * S ^ or was place the •¦• mi and frothat ilia time *
discovery till a short made while known the , Ambrosia m n small 4 to . has enjoyed «/ the ago reputation 17 — of being 03 unique .
It could not be shown , to have been printed m Spainforalthoug _ ^ 2 h it had — undoubtedl — y been
A , , - ~ - BB - - ~ > am ft * tt Mb Q / BK compositor given - - to - the _ - ' s work press was by a plainl S ^^ «/ pan y ish not ^ editor that , of the _ a
Spaniard . Moreover , the small 4 to . pamphlet size seemed to bring it into nearer relation
with the small 4 to . translations which appeared in 1493-1495 , all outside of
Spain—in Italy , France , and Germany . At last , a few months ago , the true Spanish
edition was discovered in Spain . It is a large pamp ¦ B ^^ ^ B ^^ F BBBBB ^ BB BBbV hlet BP ^^ ^ B B * of ^ BB * ^ " ^ two ^^ » •* ^^ leaves ^^ " ^ B ^^ - ^^ - ^ - ~ ^ B ^ ""^ B- or ^ ^^ " four ¦ ™ ~*— ^^ ¦¦ — pages ^ ~~ f ^^ M ^^ , Min a
quadrate small folio shape . The text is plainly that from which the Ambrosian small 4 to . was
reprinted the WaB >> BB folio - »¦ - " - , certain but ^ b # a «> -V * B > aV there ¦«» ¦» * tokens "J # ^ b »» . mJK " are b ^ -- >^« aar , of 'bb ' here » " a f-F Catalan " -fci » - and -W -V-v-ibb iV-V there «» . — ¦ work — - ^ in ™^ - " ^ ^^ . ^^ , ^^
shop , such as _ magestat , venit , quails , temporalswhich the ¦¦ Spanish editor of the small
4 B ^ b * to ^ B ^ BB . ^ B- ^^ ^^ corrected B — 'BB' , BB W ^ ^^ B ^^ " ^^^ ^ B ^ - ^ ^^ ^ Br ( magestad ^ ^^^ ^ BBr B * B ^ ^ B- ^ B ^ " ^^ ^^» ^^ ^^ , ^^ venid ^ p 1 ^ ^ ^^ •^ ' ^^ ^^^ , quales ~» - ^^— , temporales ) and we are thus enabled to conclude
that the , folio was printed in Barcelona , where the court was residing when Columbus sent
his letter from Palos on March 15 or 16 , 1493 . He waited for permission to follow
it before he quitted Palos , and it was probabl X y •/ about April X 10 when he reached !
Barcelona . To that date , or some time before the close of the month 7 we may assign the
printing of the folio . The , Latin translation ( D which has so often been printed was finished
on April 28 , and carried abroad for publication ; _ and it may ^ be supposed . _ ^_ jj _ ___„ __ that the Ambro — _ -
sian reprint belongs to the same period—that is , - ™ . to some time in the — month — — —r — - of ^— ¦ May —~— bj i - ^ - *• m or ¦ ~^^ ' June ^ bb ¦ ^ nr ^^ ^^ b ^^ b . *~
M . Jean Maisonneuve , of Paris , was the first purchaser JL of the uni que Jl Barcelona orig inal ,
which is now in the possession of Mr . Quaritch . Important Sale of Autograph Letters .
One of the most interesting and important sales of recent years if has j j ust concluded — — — ~ — — — — at
the Hod rooms . The of Messrs collection . Sotheb was y , one Wilkinson of manu , < fc - ge
scripts , autographs , letters , & c , and belonged for the most part to the late Mr . Abraham
Hay ward , Q . C . Great interest was taken in the salewhich lasted several days . Amongst
the more , important transfers effected by the dispersion we may mention the following 1 : Letter
X 1 IT from Napoleon Buonaparte to the Empress Josephine before his marriage , written on a
small scrap of paper of irregular form and pasted on Bl m ~ # B > to flA a thicker - pIB iece , iM the -handwriting Jt . ^
very difficult to read , and the signature scrawled . 'Buonaparte , ' spelt with the ' u , '
an , d quite unrecognisable to those who are not acquainted rarelseen . with With the this signature was a , note which from is very the y ¦ . . . Qt
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Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), April 1, 1890, page 380, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01041890/page/16/
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