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The following information has been provided for public viewing by the individuals named herein. It is not a full list of members: there are at present more than 50 names on the email list.

Bonfield, Professor Arthur Earl <arthur-bonfield@uiowa.edu>. Associate Dean for Research, University of Iowa Law School, Iowa City, IA 52242-1113. 319-338-5017. Collects: Dictionaries of Arts and Sciences and Encyclopedias; Illustrated Voyages and Travels; Herbals; British History; English Literature; all only in English and published before 1800; I especially like folios and large quartos.

Brock, Bo <bo@pobox.com>, 319-395-0014. Cedar Rapids.

Collects: modern trade books on boats and sailing, particularly boat building, sail trim, and racing techniques; dictionaries and usage guides; examples of information design best practices; works of Vladimir Nabokov, in Russian and English.

Daly, Dan <dan-daly@uiowa.edu> 2325 Mayfield Road, Iowa City, 52245-4815, 319-338-4399

Collects : Iowa history, History of Photography, fine binding, tomes with clasp closures, modern mass-market miniatures, pre 70s Little Golden Books, Generic Books for storing 78rpm records, editions of the Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini, and other areas esoteric and banal.

Henry, John G. <cedarcreek@netconx.net>, 641-423-9239. Cedar Creek Press, P.O. Box 59, Mason City, IA 50402.

Letterpress printing and publishing; miniature books.

Huttner, Sidney F. <sid-huttner@uiowa.edu>. Head, Special Collections, The University of Iowa Libraries, Iowa City, IA 52242-1420. 319-335-5921.

Collects: Owen Meredith's romance in verse, Lucile; currently holds 12000 of an estimated 2000 editions produced between 1860 and 1938; see project page. In an earlier life collected books on bookbinding and the work of diarist Anais Nin.

Schoonover, David <david-schoonover@uiowa.edu>. As Curator of Rare Books, Special Collections, The University of Iowa Libraries, Iowa City, IA 52242-1420. 319-335-592.

Collects: Book arts: American, British, Welsh, and Canadian private press books, wood-engraving, typography, printing history, bookbinding, paper-making and paper history, midwestern presses, artists' books; Culinary arts; Travel literature: midwestern exploration, Iowa settlement and promotion, women travellers; Iowa authors; English and American literature: Poe, Whitman, William Morris; (and more).

Sylvan, Nialle. Owner of Northside Book Market, 203 North Linn Street, Iowa City, creating a community of book lovers.

Thompson, Stan  < thompson@ginniff.com >. Retired UI professor neuro-ophthalmology. 2096 Kestrel Ridge SW, Oxford, IA 52322.  319-683-2822 

Collects: History of Medicine (especially Ophthalmology and Neurology), modern children's picture book illustrators;  and, with wife Delores, sells some books on internet at Ginniff Books.