Volume 8, Number 5
Oct 1984

Supplies &c.

For Sale By Owner

• Mr. Ed Landon, RD1, Lawrence Hill Rd., Weston, VT 05161, wrote in late July that he is selling a gold stamper (no make or model mentioned), with a 2" x 5" type holder and a spare heating element. He is asking $500.00 plus shipping.

Recommendations

• Scott Keller sent a follow-up to his note in the July '84 AN. He writes that Hamilton Adams Imports, P.O. Box 2489, Secaucus, NJ 17094, is the source for the linens offered by Canvas Specialties, and offers the same linens at up to 40% less, but with minimum orders between 25 and 50 yards, depending on the material. Samples from Hamilton Adams are free. Good heavy weight linens are 02038, #2088, and #2326; Croydon (#2440) is the name for the lighter weight "airplane" linen.
• Margaret Johnson, who has been in Spain, sent the following supply sources given to her by Spanish fine binder Santiago Brugalla in Barcelona: For leather--Ets. A. Jullien & Cie, 42, rue St. Jacques, Paris V. For bronze, brass stamping tools--J. B. Alivon, 42, Blvd. St. Marcel, Paris 75005. For decorated papers--Dewailly & Marc., 3, rue dos Poitevins, Paris IV; Payer & Co. A.G., CH-8042 Zurich, Suisse, Seminaratrasse, 28; Weidmann & Sohn, 8702 Zollikon, Zurich, Switzerland. For palladium--Dauvet, Batteurs d'Or, 20, rue de la Roquette, Paris 75011 (or through Rougier & Ple).

Suppliers

• Vereinigte Güppinger-Bamberger Kaliko BmbH, Postfach 2769, Mussstrasse 1-13, 8600 Bamberg, West Germany, manufactures paper-supported bookcloths, in 100% rayon, 100% cotton, and mixtures of cotton, linen, and rayon. Their Rohhalbleinen 402 (42% cotton, 41% linen, 17% rayon) may be familiar to many as the cloth marketed here as Cotlin.
• Colophon Hand Bookbindery, 1902 North 44th Street, Seattle WA 98103 (206/633-1759), now carries the paper- supported bookcloths from Bamberger Kaliko GmbH in Bamberg, West Germany. They will honor orders for as little as a single yard per color. They will provide a swatch book for $2.00.
• One of the oldest and one of the few remaining parchment makers in England is William Cowley Parchment Works, Newport Pagnell, Bucks., England MK16 0DB, established in 1870. They offer sheepskin parchments, as wall as calfskin and goatskin vellums, and will provide samples and a price list by addressing a request to Mr. J. Visscher, Manager. They are happy to supply skins of the desired thickness and color, and will provide special finishes for repair work.
• The Harcourt Bindery, 9 & 11 Harcourt St., Boston, Massachusetts 02116 continues to stock antiqued and regular calf and goat vellums for immediate shipment.
• Process Materials Corporation, 301 Veterans Blvd., Rutherford, NJ 07070 (201/935-2900), has announced the manufacture of their Archivart Supreme binder's board in 60 pt. and 80 pt. calipers, in addition to the 100 pt. caliper. They have recently put out a new catalogue of their Archivart Products for Conservation and Restoration.