Choice Qld Books 
50,000 VOLUMES IN STOCK 
Comprising Fine, Scarce, and Curious works 
in all departments of Literature. 
The following catalogues have been issued, or 
are in course of preparation: 
No. 1. Voyages, Travels and Adventures 
No. 2. Americana 
No. 3. [Modern Books at Cheap Prices 
No. 4. Napoleona and French Revolution 
No. 5. [ledical 
No. 6. Fine Art, Galleries, etc 
No. 7. Mechanical, Scientific, etc 
No. 8. Natural History (General) 
No. 9. Rare and Curious Book 
No. 10. Encyclopedias, Dictionaries, etc 
No. 11. Botanical ] 
No. 12. Extra Iilustrated Books 
No. 13. New Books, 50 to 75 per cent. off 
No. 14. Periodicals—Sets and Odd Nos. 
No. 15. Architecture 
No. 16. Decoration and Design 
No. 17. Ornithology 
No. 18. Portraits, Views, etc 
No. 19. Political Enconomy 
No. 20. Tlental Science 
No. 21. Autographs, Letters, Mss. 
No. 22. Americana 
A Few Special Bargains 
Harper’s Weekly. Complete set. 36 vols. 
With titles and indexes. .... . . - $150 00 
London Art Journal, 1849=1892. 45 vols. 
Hf. crimson mor., gilt edges $200 00 
Academy of Natural Sciences (Phila.) Set 44 vols 
Hf. roan. Phila. 1849-’92. ($250.).. . . $125 00 
Scott (Sir Walter), Journal of. 2 vols. With 
800 EXTRA ILLUSTRATIONS,. . . $125 00 
Audubon. Quadrupeds of North America. 
155 colored plates. 3 vols. 8 vo. Hf. mor. $50 00 
A Poe [anuscript. A Criticism of one of 
William Gilmore Simms’s productions. 282 
lines on note-paper, fastened end to end, mak- 
ing small roll, $250.00 
Poe, Edgar. Promissory Note in Poe’s Hand- 
writing, signed and endorsed, 
Hamerton’s Portfolio. Numerous full page and 
smaller etchings. 14 vols. folio cl. From 1870- 
1883. $85 00 
London Illustrated News. 100 vols (cost $250.00) 
From 1849-94, é $75 00 
LeMagasin Pittoresque. 20,000 illus. 51 vols. in 
27 (I-51) imp. 8vo. new. Hf. mor. (cost $150.00) 
Paris 1833-84, $50 00 
L’Art. [The Great French Art Journal]. Full 
page etchings, cuts, etc. 44 vols. folio cl. (cost 
$440.00.) Paris, $150 00 
Salon. (Paris) 1872-1879. 1000 full page photo- 
graphs (Goupil & Co.) 16 vols. imp. 8vo. new. 
Ht. mor. gilt edge, $150 00 
Salon. (Paris) 1880-81-82. Photogravures by 
Goupil & Co. and woodcuts. 3 vols. roy. 8vo. 
Hf. mor. gilt top. Paris, $65 00 
*These years are exceedingly scarce, 1880 selling 
in Paris for $40.00. Complete set to 1894 
for - . $185 00 
Encyclopedia Britannica. [Scribner’s $150.00 ed) 
25 vols. Roy. 8vo. sh.. $75 00 
Bradley’s Atlas of the World. For Commercial 
and Library Reference. 86 double-paged maps 
finely colored, with Isometric Index to each 
map. Folio, half morocco, gilt edge. (Publish- 
ed at $27.00.) Philadelphia, 1893 . . . . $12 00 
Throughout the work it has been a fixed aim to 
render the maps legible and not tiresome to the 
eye. ie coloring, which mars many a good 
map, has been avoided. 
*‘ The result of our careful comparison of all the 
leading general atlases has been the decision that 
‘ Bradley’s’ is the safest to recommend in answer 
to query, ‘Which is the best Atlas?” ’—Melvil 
Dewey, New York State Library. 
THE BEST ATLAS PUBLISHED. 
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