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Andrew PhillipsBookbinder10 Roosevelt StreetNew YorkNew York ( 1820) 1.1. Hannah French, “Early American Bookbinding by Hand” from: “Bookbinding inAmerica” Lehmann-Haupt ed. 1967. pg.108.

Eleazar Phillips*Bookseller ( and Bookbinder) at the Sign of the EagleNewbury streetlater: Lower-end of King StreetBoston Massachusetts 1. (1711)  2.*some caution should be noted regarding Eleazar Phillips: The Father would conduct business after 1715 in Charleston Mass and his son, of the same name, was the first printer in Charleston South Carolina until his death in 1732. 1. Isiah Thomas mentions Eleazar Phillips,  Bookbinder, only in a longerreference to his son of the same name. pg. 566 In his his longer reference toPhillips (pg.194) it is only as a bookseller.2. Hannah French, “Early American Bookbinding by Hand” from: “Bookbinding inAmerica” Lehmann-Haupt ed. 1967. pg.101.3.  Charleston, Mass. 1715, Isiah Thomas, pg. 194. 

John PhillipsBookseller and bookbinderStationary-Arms, Corn-HillBostonMassachusetts ( 1725-1763) 1.1.  Hannah French, “Early American Bookbinding by Hand” from: “Bookbinding inAmerica” Lehmann-Haupt ed. 1967. pg.102. from:The Grolier Club, Catalogue ofOrnamental Leather Bookbindings, pg. 93.2.  ‘John Phillips was born in Salem Mass. June 22,1701, the son of Samuel andSarah Phillips.He apprenticed to Col. Henchman as a Stationer and Booksellerand married, in 1723, to Mary, the eldest  daughter of Nicholas Buttolph(1694) a  Bookbinder and Bookseller.’ His grandson would become the firstmayor of Boston. History of the Military Company of Massachusetts,Oliver AyerRoberts pg. 421.

John PhillipsNew & Increasing Circulating LibraryBookseller & BookbinderNo. 22 South Fourth streetPhiladelphiaPennsulvania 1.1. (1801) Poulson’s American Advertiser, Philadelphia, PA. April 21, 1801.

Lowell G. PhillipsBookbinder16 StatePortland. Oregon. 1.1. Portland Reference Book and City Directory for 1850-51, Becket.