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      The Book Trade In Russia. Carl ^«* » Vw1...

      yet tr nothing ot . has ¦ been done in this direction as

      . . n A pressing evil of late years—an evil affecting other trades as well as the book trade—has

      been hftftn the the fluctuation fluctuation m in the tlift value valna of nf the th « rouble rmihifi . , which 1887 * obliged - , b iBBf y its - ^ a- ¦ the ¦¦¦ stead - bookseller y decline % / for b ^ bb during * a short aia the period year to

      J _ ^ S -mT p , « J »^ —^ ^ w " ^^ ^^ ^"^ »»¦¦*— — ^^ ate at - « W >« B *»^^^ W » - ^ ^ " WbV ^* m ^^ . ^ raise A the _ ^ B price A of a German ^^^ J book ^ Bb ^ h published ^^ ^ A a ^ B ^ k at 1 mark ¦ ¦ ^^ from b ^^ bb > 60 to 65 copecks ^^ % afcava and vmvjf aYaV in some

      instances » ^^^ v— , ^^ - to ^ _ 70 - ^ ^ copecks v ^* - ^^ - ^^ r ; - ^ a ^ JPrench ^ r * a *^ , a ^ book ^» , m ^^^ » aP pub ^^ ^^ k ^^ - lished at 1 franc from 45 or 50 to 55 and even - BB ai BB *^ ^ A ^ a ^ k Hi « _ _~

      60 copecks ; and an Eng ^^^^ lish ^ shilling ^ book to as a much a . * ^^ ^* ^—^ as v ^ B *~« r 80 - ^ bp- ^ Br copecks ^ bt - ^^ m * r ^^ ^^^ ba >«*^ . W The ^^^ aV 4 a < ^^^ former a » ^^^ b » ^^ LaV ^^ aW lower ^ b ^^^ W * " ar «» rates 4 Lt ^™/ ^^^| V

      were , however , once more charged in the second half of the -y ^ ar 1888 , and there is a prospect of even more a » a>— ¦_ favourabl war -v « e rates wfc rf being »^^» # aV

      J- * " * " W ~ w ^ ^^ a » ^* - ^ r a * v » ja > a ^ ay **^ mi ^^ WV V ^«*» b »¦» faa . arrived * 4 fc at . Still ^ " ^ a - b bb a , owing a to . the ^ hi ^ ^ gh charges a * for v — carriage — - ¦ - — — —w- —aa ^ - ^ a- , — censorshi -w - » — p ^ b > <*^ a * > v «& p u , a , duties -w ^ , a > WaV ^ r ^* , a local afc ^^ ^^ w > WaV dues ^ i * ¦ , » —•> ^ Ika * , " & a ***/ ^ c ^ , *

      the present prices may to some extent be justified . Nevertheless , even in Russia underselling is not unknownand strange divergencies

      in price are sometimes , noticeable in the booksellers' advertisements : The Russian

      Booksellers' Union does not interfere with tha sale of foreign books . Its sole object is to protect Russian home productions from underselling . To ¦ counteract ¦ ¦ » ww ^ this a ^ M ^ great evil of the & book

      trade-— " - ' — - ^— - ^* a *^ a > y vayak «« V *« V ^^ v aW ^ ^^ VAV " . ^ X ^^^** - ^ aW «^ V ^>» X ^ the Russian Booksellers' Union has reduced to 10 per cent , the discount allowed tasome firms .

      Butin ite of these measuresare ¦ nofc safe , from sp undersellingeven in St , . Petersburg you

      for some booksellers mak , e a practice of allowing , W student **& V ^* V ^"'^ ^ VW ^ B «¦» ^ T s ^^^ a ^ discount ^ W ^ V ^ V ^^ ^ P- « ^ ^ Bl ^^ « T of ^^ Bpb ¦¦¦> 10 ' ^^ per » b ^ ^ kBP <* Bi cent ¦ «^ ^ b ^ a * ^ *^^ .

      Books printed abroad are not subject to import duty , but many articles which are sold bbooksellers ib are 1 bbt taxed b .

      Engravingsoleograp i \_^ y w n— ¦ ' hs a - >¦— ' ' % ar ^ ¦* v ^ drawing v ai ^ ar a as ¦ » ^ —» ¦ s , lithograp < ^ Bi . & bj . ibj am ^^ ^« a > 9 a » hs ^ ^ ^ ^ , ^^ ' p hotograp ^ W AAA VM ^ Pk' , ^— ' ^ ^ hs ^ ^ - * , and man ¦ articles ¦¦ ^ of ^ b stationery »»»* bj » bht ^ ^^¦*> B _« «>« # a dut b ^ of b

      from «^ v ^ ^ - ^^^ a * 7 «*^ to r ¦ y 14 roubles ^ ^ ^ " ^ - ^^ r ~ ""¦ » per >^^ pud ^_ , * ^^ . w A pay pud w "f O »^ wei ^ ^* a , y w ghs ^_^ ^> about ^ w m . ^ v ^ * sm « r 33 ^— ' ^ - ^^ pounds J . -r ^^ v » a » - ^» " *^ Eng ^¦¦¦• a * Mb ^ 7 lish ^^ " ¦**** . Althoug aaa « a * A * v ^ ^>*< < ^ h *¦ books * V ^ ^ - ^ ^ w' •» p ^^

      containing illustrations are , according to the C ~ i i— ustoms ^^ b > *^^ «^ ^^^ b » mm « b » v «^ regulations «^ ^ b ^ B ^^ k ^ v- ^ ^^ v ^ «* ^ aa - «^ ^ b ^ rv , v not ^ b > aBb ^ 1 ^ v subject w ¦ ^ ^ Bj *^^ r ^ b ^ V ^ v to ^ v ^^ r duty ^^* a * v « ^^ W , V even ^^^ V ^ ^ ^ k

      if the plates or maps which illustrate them form a separate volume or supplement , yet the t . Vift Custom Oiisf . om - house hrmsfi officers nffir . ArH in in Russia l ^ . iiaaij > . / ( nn as else ^ 1 « a-

      where ) are neither omniscient nor , infallible , and ¦ - ^^ b ^ often + bit ¦ tax ii such h ' ¦• Bk volumes - »¦ without ai rh Jk Jba or Jb

      *^ W >« ~ ^ r ^ - ^^ ^ m-mm , **«^ ™ ^^ ^ w _* jb > « . ^ a ^ ^ a , ^^ ^ . ^ v v . v ^ jfc *¦ ' - ' *—«< W ^ . yme v . * a ^^ v ^ > reason . Appeals against such official mistakes n are ^ t-M- ^* " allowed k" # > av - ^ - ^ * -w ^ . > , w but v ^ v - v- entail - ^* ^ * m -v ^ -ymm , mr enormous ^«^ ^ A \/* ^ ^ m , ^ r «<^ % P « a' loss J »> ^^ Pd ^>«^ of ' J >» time */ * . a * ^ k ^

      without any compensating result . The bookseller ' s consignment having been

      charged examined ^^ kAl ^ A laW » - * ^*» on ^ - ^ »•> at the »• - »— the -- . objects ^* - "" ¦ Custom ^» ^^ ¦» # ¦ . *» therei w ^ . B , - * house ' a > % ^ a . a n a » , contain ^ ^^ and » a . « S «> Va the . a *> ed ^^ ^•* * , dut the « r «» y -r

      bales and cases are repacked . The various articles are thrown in , higgledy-piggledy , and the f . lift nails nniln are arfi ruthlessl r"iitli 1 f >« Rlv driven f \ ri \ rp > r \ into infn the f-. hft lids lif ? s of of

      cases , and possibly into y many a handsome volume . But the dangers which imported books run at the •—^^ hands of officials Jk « WJk do not aV * end

      F ^ X- » % - ^ Aa , t ^ f A *—? * * . * - ^ w > bV » «^ V a a ^ ^^* Ps ^ ^— ' a . ^ . ^ a A . ^^ JI B — ' ^ - * . ^_^ ^ - ^ " ^ ^ - / » * . V >« here . The consignment is now handed over to b the tender mercies ffB of the ¦¦ Committee of

      ^ ^^ b ^ jb ^ a ^^^ ^ fc' ^^ ^* ^* ^^^ ^^^ ^~ jBt .. jB ^^^ ^ b > ^^ i * % ^ b ^ pi ¦ ^¦''^ a » *^ ' ¦ * ^^^^ ^""^ ^ b' «* a > a a , a ¦* " ^ ^^ ^^ ^^^ ^ b' ^^ - ^ *^ Censorship . The Supreme Press Administ trai ration . inn and a . nH the tViA Censorship fiftnaovftliirk are ji . ta under nnrlftr ill the ft

      protection Count %# f Vl Dmetri mr- tah b of Andreas the Minister Tolstoi of . the The Suprem Interior , e ,

      ^ - h ^ V- ^ a , jl ** —^ , -, . ^ aar a > j , «« . ^» . a , a , v » <¦> "" W"L ^^^ - -aw t ^ - , a > ^ -r "V -v- * - jk - av jt jb , ^^> /^ - ^ * ^ f-r ¦**• ¦ ^* « — - *^ Press -a- "** . Administration a ^ • . • , is * also v ¦ entrusted 1 ^ with 1 1 the +. V 101 dramatic rl r » n -m a t , i r » censorship f » . P ! n « r » rHliir » . A A part nnrf fro fro m m the t ) if ^

      general censorship , we have the Postal Censorshi ordere p d , throug which h examines the Post Office every . forei This gn consists paper

      01 ten , officials , and has its headquarters m

      ' -Tt ? the t St . h . empire A Petersburg mnirA . and its ramifications ' all o -y ' ^ r * ;;

      , On receipt of a memorandum bearing an eighty-copeck stamp , the authorities inspect the consignments and hand to the consi

      - ^ ^^^^ ^^ ^ B ^ ^» ^ " ^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^ ^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ B ^ ' ^ V *^^ ^ V ^ ¦¦ BB » BB » ^ BTBB BV ^^^^ Bf BBl ^ B > ^* W ^ BP ^^ ^^ Bl BB ^ B ^ ^ 1 ^ ^^ BBBBnTiVK <* 1 gnee ^ b 7 ^^ T ^*^ a list ^ B A _ of ^^ those ^ works ^ b . which ^^ _ ^^ should ^ M ^^ ^^ K be ^_ . given up to him . The bulk of the goods , especially technical t . Picihninal work wrvrlra s are are delivered rl *» liv ^ rorl at s » . f . once r » nr »« onl nniv

      those books and , periodicals which are partl ; y y or entirely prohibited or such books as have not ~* yet been read bthe VB censorshi B > are Bi ^ BBBBk re ¦ -

      tained ^ « ^ ^ ^^ « ^ B ^ ^ V for a ^^ ^ T ^^¦^^ ' ¦ further a . IB « ~^ ¦ ^ a * V ^ I ^ BP ¦ consideration ^^ y V ¦ ^ ' ^^^ a - ^^ ^^ . a * By . . ^ B > ^^ iBia ^ B * It p . is \ T the . ai ^^ duty w —b > w- > of - «^ - ^ v the * - ¦>» - ^^ authorities w »"" ^* >^ - ^^ ab a > V ^^ V ^ v *^ to W ^^ ¦ examine ¦ ^ ' — » ¦ > ¦ a ^ bT ^ the »^» fca > ¦^¦^ con - ^ b * ^^ -

      tents of any book , as the foreign publisher knows ^ B ^ V ^ V ^ B » - ^^ ¦ V V r ^^ by ^ . ^ experience ^^ ^ B ^ B * ^^^~ ^ T BBI ^ m ^ m ^ ^ Bi ^ Bi ^^^ ^^ from BBfe ^ B . ^^ ' ^ a ^ B »^ a the ^ F ^ B «¦> ^ BT cut ^ T V ^ BB ^ BP -up ^ h ^ B > Vi ^ cop ^^ ^^ Bk ^ « ies B > ^ V . ^ IT

      of his publications which come back to him . The St . Petersburg Fpreign Censorship Committee publishes monthlcatalogues of the

      works which have been y read . These catalogues serve as guides to other censors in

      cases where they themselves have not examined Fv ~ V P H the r BB » W books Vr NBfe Wm . The BBBi B > BP BT titles Mr MB BB > of BB the W B book ~ - ~ ir r s Btf ^^^^^^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^^*^^^^^* ^^^^^ ^^^ ^ . ^^ ^ ^^^^^* B ^ ^ b' ^^^ ^*^^ ^ ^^ ^^ ^^^^ | | ' ^^^^^^

      are classed as books which are permitted to be read or sold , or those which are in part or entirelprohibited . Prohibition BTBfe means the

      prevention ^ h ^ BBB ¦ ^ W ^ B »^ Bh WI ^ MB » BPV ^ T y W W > of ^ ^¦ ^ ^^ ^ Bk the * B * * . ^^ BBJ BI general ^ B * ^ W ^ fc W BBBBi a * ^^^ sal * ¦ * ^ Bl ¦ * , r > e _^ ^ B > or ^ ^ ^» circ a a >^ ^ B ^ V ulation ^ Bp ^ B ^ B » B *^ BP ^ BTB . * ^^^ of a work ; but in special cases where high

      omcials official a or or scientific sr , i *» ntifir » persons nersnna ar a . r , e concerned r . rvnn « rTmd the censorship has the power to allow such to - * Fl prohibited ublications 1 .

      persons Som ^ f ^ BF ^ ^ B » **** ^ h e ^ ^ Bv ^ Bf book W * t ^ ^ ^^ . —| | — s possess BP ^* do « m ^ FW ^ BT not . ^ V | f M' make ¦ ^^ ^*^ ^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^ ^^ their ^^^ ^^^^ p ^^^ appearance ^ ^ . < ^ B ^ B . ^^ ^^^ T BJ ^^ BB ^ V ^ ^^* V « f in 4 these bT catalogues ^ k for f *>¦> after ak the date f

      of . a . « . publication «^ BVa > ^»* " *^ ^^ b ^ - ** W ^* i ™ # M > , x- ^ having * - . ^^« s ^ . al >^ aV onl years , » ^ k ^ y Ph then ^ »**** - ^^ found as " ^ . a . a . ^^ their ^^* kaj * "« ^^

      way into Russia .

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      ' ' ' L ' ¦¦ ^ - w =- r-m May i , 1889 ¦ f $ he Publishers' Circular * 465 I »—————¦ . —— - ^————^ b , 1 _ ¦¦ 1 ' 1 -

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      ^ f ^ a * ^ A portion of the fine library of Sir Thomas Thornhill TTiomliiil . Bart Tfo . r + . ,. of of Hiddleswcrth T ^ . iddliaaxirorf . li _ was -was * sold sold on on

      the 15 th and , 16 th , ult . Many of , the County Histories rfBB ^ Hb 4 B >^^ ^^ ^^ T ^ B » « fe - ^ W r *^ were W V ~^^ JB « ^^ T ^ in ^^ ^ - sp f * V' * lendid ^* ^^ aVk ^ b ^^» iBl ^^* B ^ condition ^ BT ^^ ^^ K ' ^^ B * ^ V ^ ^ Bfe ^ .. ^ ^ *« , BH as VV W *^ tfrer W ^ B ^ W

      prices realised for some of the lots will show . ' Ashmole ' s Antiquities of Berkshire , ' with

      MS TVTS . "JN NTnffis otes . , b hv y Sir Sir . J T . TTpsn Hear . rd d , o vols vnl « . l large arcft 'ft 5 paper vols vols . , large larcrpi £ 20 post nrtsf ( Quaritch -,. £ £ 1 1 S fh . ) 15 T 5 , ; s . ( * Toovey Toov Aubrey ^ v ) ^ ' s ; BftAvink h Surrey 5 ewick , s a '

      ' Fables / 1818 , , large paper , . € 20 . 5 s . ( Bain ) ; * Carter ' s County of Cambridge , ' 3753 , £ 14 ( Quaritch IJbi rfBi ) Baskerville Addison ¦ Bh 4 vols rv- . 4 to .

      blue « ' ' Sn Susse ^ BJIBVB asflx morocco 1 ^ x . ' 7 M 2 9 ; a vols vols ^ B , £ Bf _ nf r 12 ^ f . «¦ in in ^ . «^ 10 Br 3 3 s . . ^ m 1815 1 ( Sotheran K JBi 15 ^ ^^ - - 19 Bb 10 ^ fc B ^ ^^ - - ) 30 80 ^ , B | ; Dallaway . with with V - ^^ - ^ some aomft ^ i v * - ^ ' s

      of ' ' Hodgson nrlason the , arms ' s a JNTorthumberland N 7 > rthnmT emblazoned , > firlan , 7 £ 38 7 7 vols vola , ( Toovey . . russia russia ) ;

      £ 40 ; ' Atkyna' Gloucestershire , / first edition , , £ 29 ; ' Blomefield ' s Norfolk / 173 D-75 , 5 vols .

      folio fr » lir > PTrfpiiirl extended firi to in 7 V vols vnls . . by Tiv the thft insertion inRfirtion of of 2 9 extra vols vnla . plates extra fwtrji , l illustrated illiiaf ' 5 O ; vnfpd 'Brid £ 4 ges - ° 12 \^ . ' 15 IB Northampton s . * T Drake ) rfl . lcft , s '

      York 4 Walton , ' large ' s paper ler' 1053 , 173 , G some , £ 27 leaves ( Sotheran ; wormed ) ; and mended Ang £ 72 , ( Robaon , & Kerslake )

      cbUKX 4 Lewis iiiciiucu ' s Isle , of t Tlianet u yx . \> Kj , ' & yjk large * . kxj paper jLx % ^ jLaxoit , 17 30 \ . } j , ; , lllVa morocco KJMKj . \ J CAtl extra i Cl , , the VUKJ editors * J IAJHj \ JL , O copy KjXJ ^ jy with WIUXM . his IIJIO

      notes , £ 11 ; Neale'a Views of Seats / 11 vols . lar ldi 4 ^ £ u o paper |> a . pv 5 i ., , India iiiui * proofs jp iiwjAQ , , £ J . au 18 yKjvj ( Sotheran \ JH . \ jx (» ii ) / ; ,

      rather Shakspeare short 's copy . York , £ 21 shire ; * Manning Tragedy < fe / Bray 1 G 08 ' s , § UFrey % JKa ' 3 vols f large ftww m + £ t- ^ a- 29 ( Walford v « # )

      P Morant * . . . X ^ J , * ' s Essex » \ -r M . ^^ . m / 2 vols ^ r paper . r . m 1768 ^ >• a . , ^ with m ^^ \ the " ^ . ^ three - ^ a . v » # ; * rlBh fiflbi ih r . n . t . irmR . liat ; of « nV ¦¦¦ ¦ »« f » riV ¦ > ftrf -m 4 , - and ¦ " ~> hh « rn . rA I

      ^^^^ ' ^ ^^ . ^^ s ^ r v . ^ ^^^ ^^ a >*> w ^ . > .. ^ r- ^ ^ r ^ v ^ r m r ^^^ ^** v ^ r ^ y ^^ p « . *¦ ^» ^ v ^ r . ^~^ ^ v ^ ^ vm ^ b ^ h ^ ^ b ^ wbi 0 % ^^^* v Audley End Plate , £ 27 ( Toovey ^ ) ; * Nichols ' s . rfi I I ___ __

  • Citation
    • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), May 1, 1889, page 465, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01051889/page/11/