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*—~~—¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ Joh ^^ . PPfc " ^ p ^ PJP >^ pr n ^ Pa < . pp > ~ Weale » A » Pk ^ ¦¦¦ ^ ^ r' ^ rmm ^ Pk ^ pp > , h ¦¦¦ an vp ^^ v ^ pi n d ¦¦> the ^ P" ppp >^ v ^ p ^ B death - »^ - - ^ f A - ¦» ' » — ' o f — 41 that — — - P - P ) — g f ¦ j en Atlem — - an . ^
about articula 1863 r ^^ l led to him architectural to turn his and attention ineeri more y engng
b p w ooks ^ p- ^ pppBi ^ F" * " "" aw ^^»^» which p ? A * p »»» p ™ W ^ ¦ now ^^ ¦* ™ ^^ form ^—^^ ^ - ^ — — his — — —— speciality — — g ^ and — - for *¦¦• whi W W BJl ch ^ W ^ B ^ , he > Vt >» ¦ . «•» ¦ is I . widel ••»»¦ ppi . pi V ~ " ^ y » known " ~ "" ' ~^ " .
Questioned as to his predecessors in the house at present occup ¦— ' ied by himMr . Batsford
•^ pbpI' ^ p ^» p » ¦ pm ^ f ••^ BV -w .-. » - - ^ at w — - — ^ p- — a ^^ — , M said _ _ it was ™ quite an historic _ . . spot , as within . •* a few doors r pr of v it and w m onc --- e before - - in ¦ ¦ the - — same house ^^» ^ p ^ ^» ay * , f ^^ . ^ pppj ^ ppi ¦ — — — ' ^^— ^ — ' — — — — — ,
there had existed a succession of architectural booksellers v ^ pp ^«^ ^ pr b ^ ppr . 'ppp' ^ p' .. ¦ pp" ^ pw ^ ^^> ¦ ¦ and ^» - ~ » ¦ - ¦ - ^ publishers ™ — — ^ - — — _____ for __ — something _ — like
a century and a half , the chief among them being pp ^^ p ^ one John Tay 1 lor and the Mr . Weale
r ^^ P- ^ p ^ p * ^ pjp . jgpht * ~^^ f ^^»^^» *^^ p" ~^ " ~ ^™~ ^^ " ^^— ^™ ^^™ ^^ — m — — — — — — - — — — ¦ alread __ - _ y mentioned . >¦¦ . The _ p *_^ a business m _ l ¦¦ of the p latter « _ L ceased ^ ppr —^ p —^^^ —|^ —^^ ^_ T ^ to *^^ —^^ exist ~^» r ^*~^^ - ^^^— ¦ ¦ —^ " some ^^ * " ~ - __ f-- ___ ---- _ - —__— three - — —— — years ^^ g ¦—¦ - — after — - his death , m
when his stock was dispersed under the auctioneers * v ^_ i ~ r v-F ' hammer tt »! w » i ^ -w- ^» ^ ir ^ / v ^^ V ^ . ^ ^^ r « ^__> ^^^ r ^^^__ p ^^__^ . '' ^^__* ^— ——p
* Did you benefit by the extinction of the long-established house of Weale ? ' asked our
representative . Mr . Batsford did not think he had , but mentioned that on more than one occasion
some bronzed engineer who had spent years in , the ^ T ^^ ^^ ^ East ____» % i ^ PP ^ *» would * * ^ - ^ ^ P ^^ M ^ BBTA call ^ PT ** P ^^ P >^^ upon P » P > JAHF ~*^ ^^ P * . him ""^ Pf ^ ^^ PB » , V W and W ^^ ^*^ ask - ^ ' P" »^ ¦ - ¦ ' Where - - — - ^ - ~ ^— ^—'
is Weale ' s ? ' Upon an explanation being giventhe visitor would add that he was an
author , , who , upon leaving the country , had placed his MS . in Mr . Weale ' s hands to
publish , but had never heard more of it . He ( the bronzed visitor ) now wished to know how the
sale of his book had gone ? Mr . Batsford could — onl — y reply that he had not taken up Mr .
^/ A */ « L Weale ' s business , and did not know who could give information about the caller ' s MS .
^ y With . _^_ ... _ . regard ^_ to his ^ pj ^ own particular a * . k stock ~ p » , MrB . affirms that he has a larger collection
of books , of his special class than has been got together by any other bookseller , and that his
I catalogues are more complete than any of a ¦ I similar 1 r * . >« . > p ^^ pi P ^« lp > I ^^ vppp > nature * P » . P" ^ i ^^ F ^ P * ^ b « . pi ¦ ¦ that ^ ppi ^« rv ^ P * ^ he ^ pv ^ p * ^ has ^ ^^ ^^^ n ^ met ^^^^^ m ^ ^ p' with « w ^^ " ^ ~~ ' ^ . v ^ He ^^~^^^ ^ p- de ^^^ ^ -
plores , however , that such books arq less sought ^ for than they were , and that few members of
the profession he caters for make any conin siderable other branches collection of of the them trade , so h that ^ has , like to many look
for A his ^ best ^ customers ¦ abroad 1 , •* , and amongst public M . institutions ¦ . Then ' , he adds , there
has been such a lack of important publications of an architectural and decorative nature in England for some years that he has to
cultivate a trade in foreign publications , and is special A agent fcj for some importan Xt Continental
publishers of such works . By this time Mr . Batsford had been induced
to talk entirely of himself , and when reminded that he had done at least a little publishing ,
he said : — * During the last ten or twelve years , I
have published quite a number of books , the most successful of which have been text-books
* r ^ pt A Jft ^ PV ^ h a __> ' , at moderate ' prices . These ^ include ^ ^ Mr ^^^ . Fletcher ' s text-book for surveyors , and Mr .
Day's text-book of ornamental design , which have achieved considerable success . My
eldest son manages this branch of the business , and he has assisted me now for over thirty
years . I have also with me my youngest son , Herbert , who took my second son ' s place upon
his death in 1882 . ' Have you had any exceptional experiences d II & . during your career — , Mr . Batsford ?'
that * Well an , exceptional I had a fire experience here in 187 . 4 , if Although you call
insured insured , , it it was was a a considerable considerable loss loss to tn me m « repairs owing . to ' partial stoppage of business during
* As an example of publishing at net ¦¦ prices' continued Mr . Batsford — — ' which ha acvis
X , , j " v * •¦¦ s publishers recentl li y been V , I may resorted say ill that to by T in some 1882 of I published the > « large
a grammar of Japanese ornament , by T . W . C — utler — — - — , at — - — — £ 2 . — 6 s — . v net ^ — — , — and w ^^^ — -v charged ^ p . pw ^ pj p pi ppi hk ^ or m pb the Vp . Vp ^ ^^ trade ^^ pL ^ Bytl A
£ 2 , or 38 s . net cash for it , and succeeded in few selling of which upwards were of a sold thousand under cop this ies price , only for a
— - - - — — - - —w- —— ¦ — ~— - ^— " ^^— — " ^^ — ^— ^^— —m - ^ - ^ - ^^ ^^^ m - ^ r ^ w ^^^ ^^ V ^ PF Pf ^^ F riJP ^ BfAt ^^ P ™ ^^^^ F ^ Kk m __^ X forei A V gn markets ^ A . ¦¦ But PVfl ^ . books 4 of jte plates pj . do - ^ not pay pay now now ; ; tne the cneap cheap proressionai professional journal iournalss .
depreciated with their wealth that business - of illustration . w I have w , have some greatl rather y ,
_ — — — — — — — — — — — _ _ _ — —_ — —_ ^_^_ _^ ^ . ^^ - ^^^ ^^ ^^^^ ib ^^ ^ pb « B ^^ v ^ vjr u ^ j , m ^ a large remainders on my hands / 'By the wayyou are a director of the
- _ # f ^ F , ^^ — ^ — ' ^^ ^ ^ ^^ ^ P * ^» " Vf ^ bMBW ^^ Provident Institution , are you not ?' ' I have been a member of the Booksellers ' ¦ —¦
— — - ~ — - - — - - ~ - —~ —w ^ m ~ ^^ ^*^ r ^ ^^ pv .. ^ .. ^ ^ p ^ ^^ p ^ pp Provident Institution since 1852 , and have been on the Board of Directors for some PBdPkriBf
— — - - - _~ - ¦ - - ~~ -- ™ - ^ — ^^ .- ^ PF - * t ^ . pT twenty years . I am also chairman of the new members' committee . '
'As to underselling , 'Mr . B . observed , 'I am not a u discount" booksellernor do I
cultivate a trade in new English book , s , but I have undoubtedly suffered a great deal from
the system . , As a specialist , I am expected to keep in stock a selection at least of the most
recent books on a number of subjects , and the result is frequently something like this : —A
gentleman enters and asks to see the books on a given subject , say some branch of
scienceelectricity , for instance . He is shown a dozen different books at various pricesandafter
some time , fixes upon one published , at , , say , three shillings and sixpence . He inquires
published the price . at ' % Three ' ' Three shillings -and-sixpence . ' ' But . ' what 4 Oh but it
, I can get it for two-and-eightpenoe ! ' Then there is an abrupt exit , or a discussion
occupying more time than the book at its full price is worth . Thenyou seethe books I deal in are
, , not generally offered on such liberal terms as much of the miscellaneous literature which
forms the staple element of the discount
booksellers stock . » O «
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JP I , I . I I— , t ¦ - —— - __ - ^ ^ 9 68 The Publishers' Circular Augu 8 t 15 , igoo
(Iui£I£E(Nt (Sduqational
( Iui £ i £ e ( nt ( Sduqational
Efiteijafu ^ e . Messrs . Ahher & Co . - The Model | f ) Books
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published by this firm , have come to be recognised , as vv ^ ^ w Standard v ^ " ^ w «^ v ^ # p * ^ p # tp » ^* r ^ psh ^^ m Works * v ^^ pTAa mLWk w * m . 9 Among p *^ ¦*¦¦>¦ *¦» p 1 * # * ^ . ^ * m A BtiW the *^ J ** p * ^^ i o ^ mT ^ mt Jier A * m ^ t ^ Jp . books F ^^ ^^ ^
of Messrs . Asher , special mention may be made of Gesenius ¦ ¦ f ' * Student r bh ib ^ ' s 1 Hebrew fe
Gram-T ^^ ^^ ^^ ^ ^ ^ h >^ v ™^ t ^^ ^^* ^^ v ^ ^ ria *^ ppF p ^ i ^ , ^ ^ i ^ ^> iK *> a ^^ ^^ ^ p > *^ pr f ^ prf ^ r ^^ ^ ' ¦^ ^ Pi ^ T ^> r p ^>^ ipr w V ^ " ^ mar , ' and ' The True Theory of German Declension and Conjugation / by A . H . Keane .
Messrs . George Bell & Sons . —This firm sticks to old favouritesthe usefulness «» of
publications w ^ w hi "K - ^ ^ ¦¦ Al ¦ c h ^ - S has < ^ m ^^ v > r alread « pp . ¦«¦ . PM are pBpj 'w V am V y few ^^ ^ r been *¦¦¦ ** . »¦¦* ^ ^^ r ^ p ^ , proved K Of pv ** Mason ^ * V pp . , ^ fAPV and ^ p ' s pVfa ^ p . pfe < p « ' P 1 *>^ pt its E pk ^ - p # n -nv-r g ^^ new lish
Grammar / 131 , 000 copies have , been de- L
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Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Aug. 15, 1890, page 968, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15081890/page/10/
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