ZUBAL BOOKS - Key Persons

John and Marilyn used their suburban home as a warehouse and order processing facility. Stacks of scientific journals were sorted on the living room floor and inventoried on custom-made index cards. Sales catalogues were produced using an offset printing press in their basement. The company, then named The Charterhouse of Parma because of its location in Parma, Ohio, sent its periodical and book catalogues around the world to university libraries, other dealers and private collectors. In 1965 the collection reached critical mass and John, although employed full-time as a history professor, seized the moment and bought his first warehouse, a 4,000 square foot facility on Cleveland's west side. He was on his way to becoming a giant in the antiquarian and scholarly book world.