ú Subject: Book Catalogues and Book Clubs List (rec.arts.books) Archive-name: books/catalogues Version: 1.0 Last-modified: 20 October 1992 Periodicity: 35 days Copies of this FAQ may be obtained by anonymous ftp to pit-manager.mit.edu (18.172.1.27) under /pub/usenet/news.answers/books/catalogues. Or, send email to mail-server@pit-manager.mit.edu with the subject line "send usenet/news.answers/books/catalogues", leaving the body of the message empty. This first version is hopelessly US-centric, as most of these are catalogues that I'm directly aware of (that is, they arrive in my mailbox). I welcome all kinds of additions, and would especially like to see this list become international in scope. Please include addresses, information (do they accept overseas orders? local or any currency? etc) and comments with your suggested additions. Thank you! I make no guarantees as to the correctness of each entry. If you spot anything that needs correcting, let me know and I will update. My thanks to the following people who have helped out with this list: Terry Allen, William J. Burtle, Jon Ciliberto, Vonda N. McIntyre, Nielsen, Linda Siemsen, and R.M. Price. BOOK CATALOGUES --------------- * Barnes & Noble [US] 126 Fifth Avenue New York, NY 10011 1-201-767-7079 Current books. Variety of topics, variety of quality. Some great savings. Commentary on each book. * Basement Full of Books [US] mcintyre@cpac.washington.edu Vonda N. McIntyre maintains a list of authors who will mail out their books upon request, including with inscriptions, etc. The list is currently available by sending email to Ms. McIntyre. This catalogue should soon appear on usenet as a periodic posting. * Boydell & Brewer [UK/US] PO Box 9 PO Box 41026 Woodbridge, Suffolk IP12 3DF Rochester, NY 14604 0394 411320 716-271-8778 (telefax) 0394 411477 (fax) Several catalogues available. They list publications from D.S. Brewer, Noydell Press, Unibersity of Rochester Press and Colleagues Press and are divided into new books, current titles, and backlist. Prices are listed in both UK pounds sterling and US dollars. Excellent quality books, expensive prices. Scholarly titles, lots of good Medieval studies and explorations of Legends (including Camelot and other popular myths), manuscript reprints, etc. * Common Reader, A [US] 141 Tompkins Avenue Pleasantville, NY 10570 1-800-832-7323 A wonderful selection of obscure, hard-to-find and plain good books. An excellent variety of topics, a range of prices (tends toward moderate-to-expensive). Credit cards accepted. Ships UPS. Money-back guarantee within 30 days. A monthly catalogue, free. * Daedalus Books [US] PO Box 9132 Hyattsville, MD 20781-0932 1-800-395-2665 (US/Canada, 9am-6pm EST M-F) 301-779-4224 (outside US/Canada) 1-800-866-5578 or 301-779-1260 (fax) An eclectic set of remaindered books. Good quality books, low prices. Topics and books vary. Extensive and opinionated blurbs written for each book. Prices are guaranteed for about 3-4 months. Bookstores may get discounts, there are separate addresses and phone numbers for such orders (write for details). * Dover Publications, Inc. [US] 31 East 2nd Street Mineola, NY 11501 Write for catalogue: Dover Complete Catalog of Fiction, Literature And Language Learning. Mostly paperbacks. Very low prices. Some of the books are cheaply constructed. Nice selection, lots of reprints of books. No phone numbers, no credit cards. Money-back guarantee. Optional mailing (UPS, US post, foreign orders). Two Dover Bookstores: 180 Varick St., 9th floor, New York, NY 10014 (9am-4:30pm M-F) and 11 East Second St., Mineola, NY 11501 (9am-3pm M-F). * Edward R. Hamilton Bookseller [US] Falls Village, CT 06031-5000 Write for a catalogue. No phone number, no credit cards. Great selection of books, low prices. Catalogue is a bit disorganized, in newspaper format, encourages browsing. Unconditional guarantee of your satisfaction. * Hampstead House Books Ltd. [Canada/US] 82 Doncaster Avenue Thornhill Ontario, L3T 1L3 416-881-0607 (US?, 24 hr) 416-881-6596 (US? fax, 24 hr) Offers both US and Canadian catalogues. The US one offers a number of books, some from Canada, some from Britain, and assorted others. Payment in US dollars from the US catalogue. [Any info about the Canadian catalogue?] If they don't have a book you order, you get a credit voucher for book-price plus 10% against future purchases or for book-price for immediate cashing. Accepts credit cards. * L.W. Curry, Inc [US] Elizabethtown, NY 12932 518-873-6477 They publish a regular catalogue and it contains a wealth of bibliographic facts. Prices are on the high side (in fact, Currey is frequently taken as the reference value for a given book. Most booksellers are at or below Currey). * Manderley [US] P.O. Box 679 Boonville, CA 95415-0679 800-722-0726 Annotated catalogue of romance books. * Mysteries by Mail [US] P.O. Box 679 Boonville, CA 95415-0679 800-722-0726 Lists all kinds of mystery books. Annotated with their comments. * Oxford University Press Humanities and Social Sciences Marketing Department 200 Madison Avenue New York, NY 10016 Write for catalogues. They put out several topical ones and a general one. Nice, obscure books. Good quality. Prices about 20% lower than publisher's prices. Extensive write up of each book featured. * Scholar's Bookshelf, The [US] 110 Melrich Road Cranbury, NJ 08512 They have a variety of topical catalogues, for example "Military History." They have sale prices. * Solipsist Press [US] P.O. Box 544 Sebastapol, CA 95473 Solipsist Press publishes regular lists of new, used, and antiquarian books on Islamic art, architecture, and archaeology, and on the Islamic world. BOOK CLUBS ---------- A tip regarding the book clubs that require you to send back a "no" notification for the current selection: you can save yourself some postage and hassles by informing them that you travel a lot or have an irregular schedule and to switch your status to a "send only on a YES". Most clubs will do this. BSBISY = "buy several books in several years". Most clubs have some sort of bonus plan: free books or substantial price reductions after the purchase of so many books. * Book of the Month Club, Inc. [US] Camp Hill, PA 17012-0001 1-800-233-1066 (8AM-8PM EST M-F) BSBISY club. Good quality books. They also publish their own anthologies and collections. Variety of books. Earn points with each book purchased, any book available for a certain number of points. Regular club prices are about 20% less than published prices. * First Edition Library, The [US] 88 Long Hill Cross Road Shelton, CT 06484 1-800-367-4534 Reproduces books from first edition presses (including the original slipcovers). Hardcover books. Books are selected from modern American Literature. Monthly volumes are sent, you have 10 days to return or keep (and then pay for) them. * History Book Club, Inc. [US] Camp Hill, PA 17012-0001 BSBISY club. Good quality books. A variety of history: military history, social history, etc. Mostly American and European history, though there are books available on a wide number of countries. After every fourth book purchased, you get a bonus certificate, allowing you to buy any book listed for about half price. Regular club prices are approximately 20% less than published prices. * Literary Guild, The [US] 6550 East 30th Street PO Box 6325 Indianapolis, IN 46206-6325 A BSBISY club. Current hardcover fiction selection. Good quality and reasonable prices. * Science Fiction Book Club, The [US] 6550 East 30th Street PO Box 6325 Indianapolis, IN 46206-6325 A BSBISY club. Inexpensive hardcover science fiction selection. They make their own books, and the quality is very cheap-looking. They tend to offer single-volume versions of multiple-book series. * Quality Paperback Book Club [US] Camp Hill, PA 17012 A BSBISY club. This club prints paperback versions of many hardbacks. Good prices, reasonable quality. Excellent savings possible. You earn bonus points with each purchase; each book is listed with the number of points it takes to get it for free. * Timeless Romance Reader Service [US] 120 Brighton Road P.O. Box 5069 Clifton, NJ 07015-9723 Offers historical romances at reasonable prices. 4 books each month with 10 days to return or keep. You do not pay postage or handling costs. All books $4.00 apiece. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cindy Tittle Moore