Dear SERIALST subscribers:
Re : back volume dealers  - Our wonderful list moderator has suggested
that it's OK to post all this info. to the list after all.  So, if
you've already read it as a response to your individual request or if
read it as a response to your individual request or if you don't
need it anyway, please just delete it here and don't read any further.

Note : I don't know under what geographic limitations, if any, the
companies listed below operate.  You would have to inquire yourself.

G.H. Arrow Co.
(Medical, Scientific, and Scholarly Publications)
2066 W. Hunting Park Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19140 (shipping address)
or P.O. Box 676
Bala Cynwyd, PA 19004 (mailing address for correspondence)
215-227-3211
fax 215-221-0631
Attn. Jay E. Butler
gharrow@aol.com
May provide boxes, pack, and pick up.  (I know from another library that
they have gone at least as far as Boston.)  We have had a long-term
relationship with this company, but this is the first time we have received
and accepted a bid from them.  Still awaiting payment more than 30 days
after pickup.

Periodicals Service Co. (Attn. John Mullin or Jennifer Hankamp)
11 Main St.
Germantown, NY 12526
518-537-4700
fax 518-537-5899
psc@epix.net
Reimburses shipping costs.  We accepted a bid from them.  Payment
was very prompt.

Alfred Jaeger, Inc.
66 Austin Blvd.
P.O. Box 9009
Commack, NY 11725-9009
800-969-5247 x16 or 516-543-1500
fax 516-543-1537
Attn. Jennifer DiNapoli
jaeger@ajaeger.com
Internet : http:///www.ajaeger.com
Will generally pay for needed items from past 5 years; will reimburse
shipping costs.  Recommended by others.  Sent a bid, but we did better
elsewhere.

William S. Hein 1285 Main St.
Buffalo, NY 14209
716-882-2600
Interested in legal periodicals only.

Norman Laufe
12948 Lull St.
North Hollywood, CA 91605
818-764-5757
fax 818-764-3867
Mainly wants the most recent 5 or 6 years.  Asked for our list but was
not interested in what we had.  (Ours were general medical journals,
including some surgical and nursing titles, but only a few included very
recent years.  Most were from 1979 through 1985.)

CJR Periodicals, Inc.
237 Washington Avenue
Hackensack, NJ 07601
201-488-9490
fax 201-488-9496
Attn. Nancy Murphy
Carmine J. Rapisarda, Mgr.
Sent us a bid, but we did better elsewhere.

Roy Young, Bookseller
145 Palisade St.
Dobbs Ferry, NY 10522
914-693-6116
royoung@aol.com
Sent us a bid, but we did better elsewhere.

Research Periodicals and Book Services
POB 720728
Houston, TX 77272
800-521-0061
fax 713-779-2992
rpbs@rpbs.com
Attn. James J. Sullivan, General Manager
Will pay for shipping to their warehouse:
9207 Country Creek Drive, Suite 100
Houston, TX 77036.
Included the following info. with their bid:  Please send the journals
"freight collect" as "Used Periodicals, Item 161701, Class 55" via CF
Motor-freight (Gave us the CF phone number for our area; said they
would pick up the boxes from our truck loading area.)  Will reimburse
shipping costs.  Their bid to us was low.

USBE (United States Book Exchange) / Zuball Auction Co.
2969 W. 25th St.
Cleveland, OH 44113
216-241-6960
usbe@usbe.com
Mentioned by several libraries.  Sent us email after seeing our original
inquiry posted, but were not interested in what we had to offer.

Jerry Alper, Inc. (Back Issue/Book/Microform Vendor)
217 Main Street
P.O. Box 218
Eastchester, NY 10707
914-793-2100
fax 914-793-7811
alperbooks@delphi.com
Attn. Ken Hoch
Responded to my questions with the following info. : "We pay cash or
credit.  The price is based on the title and volumes, there is no fixed per
issue or per volume price.  You would need to pack the volumes, we pay
the shipping charges.  If necessary, we can send shipping cartons.  If
known in advance, we factor the cost into our bid.  Otherwise, we
deduct the cost from our bid.  We can provide shipping labels for a large
shipment, together with a bill of lading for the trucking company, if the
shipment is large enough to be sent by motor freight.  We advise the
trucking company to use and the phone number to arrange a pick-up.  If
the shipment is small, we arrange a pick-up by RPS, so there is no cost
or paperwork for you.  Much depends on the titles you have and how
complete they are.  If your list consists of many volumes missing issues,
it will be less interesting than if you have the last 5-10 years complete."
Was not interested in what we had this time but asked us to keep them in
mind for the future.
Several other libraries mentioned them as well.

America Periodicals Exchange
1719-21 North Front Street
Philadelphia, PA 19122-3203
215-739-5262
fax 215-739-5270
Attn. Donna or Bo
Will pick up free (in this area at least).  Recommended from a few
sources, and contacted us directly, but were not interested in what we
had to offer.

Abrahams Magazine Service
56 East 13th Street
New York, NY 10003
212-777-4700
fax 212-995-5413
Attn. Gabe
Did not reply to the list that I faxed after inquiring by telephone.  Another
library mentioning them quoted the following from their brochure: "We
buy complete volumes only, preferably in long runs or complete sets.  We
are primarily interested in scholarly, scientific, and technical journals in
all fields and most languages."

Scholarly Publications
Houston, TX (If I had a more complete address for this one, I have
misplaced it; sorry.)
800-275-7825
fax 713-781-2112
Attn. Rose
Said on the phone they would pay shipping costs and reimburse us for
cost of boxes and packing, but did not respond further once we faxed
our list.

THE END!

Good luck to all of you. - Natalie Gorvine, The Children's Hospital of
Philadelphia Medical Library <gorvine@email.chop.edu>