Guild of Book Workers Newsletter
Number 110
February 1997

Booksellers' Catalogs

This list is compiled by Sid Huttner and includes catalogs received by him which include books of interest to GBW members. Catalog number, address, phone number and Internet address (when stated in the catalog) are recorded.

The Book Block 37 (62 items). Box 11090, Greenwich, CT 06831. 203 532-1980. bkblock@netaxis.com. Fine and historic bindings, press and illustrated books.

The Bookpress 98 (450 items) and 99 (251 items). P.O. Box KP, Williamsburg, VA 23187. 804 229-1260. bookpress@widomaker.com. 98 offers 110 books about books: complete run of The Bookbinder (London, 1888-1894), $2500; Thomas Miller's Common Wayside Flowers (London, 1860), bound with four die-cut, chromolithographed onlays, illustrations by Birket Foster, $450. 99 offers 64 books about books, including Loring's Marbled Papers (1933), $850.

Bromer Booksellers 98 (281 items). 607 Boylston Street, Boston, MA 02116. 617 247-2818. books@bromer.com. Early private press, colorplate, books about books, etc.

Charles Seluzicki 2 (320 items). 3733 N.E. 24th Avenue, Portland, OR 97212. 503 284-4749. cselubks@teleport.com. A "winter gathering" which includes press and illustrated books.

Frits Knuf 184 (422 items). P.O.Box 780, 5340 AT Oss, The Netherlands. 011-599-0-412-626072. About bookbinding and bookbindings.

The Hermitage Bookshop Fall Catalog (898 items). 290 Fillmore Street, Denver, CO 80206-5020. 303-388-6811. hermitag@interloc.com. Varia, with press and illustrated books, long Limited Editions Club run.

James S. Jaffe 41 (509 items). 367 West Lancaster Avenue, Haverford, PA 19041. 610 649-4221, jaffebks@pond.com. Literary first editions with many illustrated and press books.

Oak Knoll Books 184 (645 items); M548 (366 items); and 185 (592 items). 414 Delaware Street, New Castle, DE 19720. 302 328-7232. oakknoll@okknoll.com. 184: Books about books and bibliography; run on papermaking. M548: Newly published books about books. 185: Illuminated manuscripts, books about books, bibliography, and book plates.

Phillip J. Pirages 37 (413 items). P.O. Box 504, McMinnville, OR 97128. 503 472-0476. Early manuscript leaves; many books in early bindings. 24 pages b&w illustrations, color wrappers.

Pickering & Chatto 739 (272 items). 17 Pall Mall, London sw1 5nb. 011-44-0171930-2515. rarebook@pandcltd. demon.co.uk. 19th century literature, but offering Herbert Gray's The Three Paths... (London, 1859), both volumes bound in pink on black polka-dot cloth (illustrated in color), $750.

Priscilla Juvelis Fall Miscellany 96-4 (151 items). 1166 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138. 617 497-7570. Artists books, bindings, calligraphy, and press books.

Wilsey Rare Books 33 (203 items). 23 Mill Road, Olivebridge, NY 12461. 914 657-7075. erd@mhv.net. Private press and illustrated books.