When books are more than books

The Portland Tribune covers Charles Seluzicki who has been an antiquarian and rare book dealer for 30 years, but it was only recently that he realized he’d had a parallel career that could eclipse the one on his business card.
His Charles Seluzicki Fine and Rare Books, which sells through Web sites such as www.ilab.org, has long had a sideline as a fine press publisher, bringing together many fascinating writers, artists and printers. What he’s done represents a slice of the literary underground that rarely gets any press. It also closely reflects the hidden relationships between creative people, a network that would never be believed from relying on the mainstream media and its emphasis on writers’ personalities and rivalries.