Howard Baker Club volumes were available only by mail order direct from the publisher. Buyers were encouraged to sign a bond which would commit them to buying a set number of volumes, payable in advance. If they signed the bond and paid up they were entitled to free P&P and regular copies of the Greyfriars Gazette.
The Greyfriars Gazette provided up to date information on Howard Baker's publishing plans. The Gazettes were supplied free to bond holders.
Some HB catalogues are available below-
Two Greyfriars Book Club catalogues are available below. The first catalogue contains details of the contents of the GBC volumes available at the time. The second catalogue is of interest as it contains details of the volumes that were planned for the 1912 issues but were never actually published due to the original issues being unavailable.
Anyone familiar with Howard Baker press will be familiar with the Wimbledon address of 27A Arterberry Road as it appeared on most of his publications. This wasn't a warehouse address as you might expect but Baker's own home. You can see a photo of the building here.
After his death at the age of 65 on obituary to Howard Baker appeared in The Times on 16th Feb 1991. You can read it here.
