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Recently imported, bought because I find it funny. Searched for information on the internet for hours and I can't figure it out.. In the preface of this book (see scan with the catalog item) the author indicates that he wrote this book as a sequel to "The Auctioneers Guide". However, from an advertisement of the 1st edition of the Auctioneers Guide from 1888 https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/auctioneers-guide-become-auctoneer-p-1797005137

the title page states that Twenty Years of Hus'ling was published earlier. Various internet sites state that the original 1st edition of "Husling" was published in 1888 or 1889. However, I cannot find a copy of that 1st edition. The 1900 edition keeps coming up. Now that Mr. Johnston is a joker, ergo is what is stated on that title page of Auctioneer also a joke??
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Harry56 I am not referring to sellers but this is from an ad marked 1889.


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August 23, 2024 15:27
Leike-w

How did you find that? Beautiful.

The puzzle is not solved yet. If this is the 1st edition of "Husling", 1889, it is strange that on the 1st edition of "Auctioneers" 1888, from the same publisher "Hallet" >> "Husling" is mentioned on the title page as already published...

In any case, my edition of "Husling" with copyright 1900 is a reissue through another publisher Thompson & Thomas. Is the preface in my part that Husling was written after Auctioneers a Bread Monkey of the author?? Or am I missing something.?
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Harry56 If you read the link below carefully (safely) and let the text sink in for a moment, you will be able to deduce that the auctioneers guide is a publication based on and written by Johnston.
and if I may believe it the guide was also from around 1889 (see below) and Husling too. IF the guide was a book or a publication... that is more the question.
Follow the link and go through the pages or scroll down.

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About the guide: advertising on the purchase site (no longer available).

THE AUCTIONEER'S GUIDE and How To Become An Auctioneer :
The first 76 pages are all about auctioneering and how to conduct an auction. The remainder of the book is a guide for other businessmen such as salesmen, drummers, clerks, canvassers, etc.
Originally copyrighted in 1887 this is a 1904 printing of the book. (< the item offered at that time)
So it is possible that Husling was written, but not published (although it is often seen that one starts with Johnston 1885-... (suppose the edition 1885 guide is in 1887 and the book from 1889 is already a reprint ????? then the synchronicity is there..???
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Leike-w

I have taken in a few things. I think it is so that the Auctioneers was first published in 1887, Husling indeed the sequel in 1888, the first Husling pasted in by you from 1889 a (2nd?) reprint. The one I entered is in any case such a reprint via that other publisher Thompson.
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ps it doesn't seem like a scam as Johnston used to be an auctioneer..
still a little bit.. Husling >
Copyright, 1887,
by JP Johnston.
All Rights Reserved.
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Copyright, 1900,
by Thompson & Thomas.
from Project Gutenberg :
MY APOLOGY.
After finishing all that I had intended for publication in my book entitled "The Auctioneer's Guide," I was advised by a few of my most intimate friends to add a sketch of my own life to illustrate what had been set forth in its pages.

This for the sole purpose of stimulating those who may have been for years "pulling hard against the stream," unable, perhaps, to ascertain where they properly belong, and possibly on the verge of giving up all hope, because of failure, after making repeated honest efforts to succeed.

The sketch when prepared proved of such magnitude that it was deemed advisable to make it a separate volume. Hence, the "Twenty Years of Hus'ling."

JP Johnston.
could therefore also both be in 1887

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Harry56 Leike-w
'To hustle' also means: to entice someone into making a purchase.
That's what a good auctioneer tries to do.
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Leike-w Thanks again, it takes quite some time to figure something like this out.

vertigo the first person narrator is an active little man from his youth who wants to earn a living in everything he sees bread in and tries to sell to the man/woman. Accompanied by all kinds of sales talk.
American collectors or historians will probably know more about this JP Johnston, possibly I will find something in due time. Indication in the pages: see extra photos.

In any case, this 666-page work is a glimpse into America at the end of the 1800s, with illustrations that also reflect the period.

I have adjusted the catalogue, if it needs improvement, no problem. Too bad that in this reprint the photo with signature of the author is not included, compared to the editions of Hallett. (next to the title page) .

Finally, something extra nice for me, the original purchase receipt of 95 cents (around 1935?) of this work Bookstore J. de de Slegte. See #10575499 .


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