8-K

            SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                   Washington, DC  20549
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                         FORM 8-K


                      CURRENT REPORT
          PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE
             SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934



        Date of Event Reported:  September 25, 1997
            Date of Report:  September 26, 1997



         Boise Cascade Office Products Corporation



  State of          Commission         IRS Employer
Incorporation       File Number      Identification No.
  Delaware            1-13662            82-0477390



                  800 West Bryn Mawr Avenue
                   Itasca, Illinois  60143
                      (630)  773 - 5000


















ITEM 5.  OTHER EVENTS.

On September 25, 1997, Boise Cascade Office Products
Corporation ("BOP")issued 2,250,000 shares of
unregistered common stock, all of which was purchased
by Boise Cascade Corporation ("BCC").  The transaction
was completed at a price of $21.5495 per share, for a
total of $48,486,375.  The proceeds from the
transaction will be used to reduce BOP's outstanding
short-term borrowings.  After the transaction, BCC owns
53,000,000 shares, or 81.3%, of BOP's outstanding
common stock.

If the shares had been issued on January 1, 1996,
unaudited pro forma net income for the year ended
December 31, 1996, would have increased to $57.1
million from $55.3 million and unaudited pro forma 
earnings per share for the same period would have 
decreased to $.88 from $.89.  If the shares had 
been issued on January 1, 1997, unaudited
pro forma net income for the six months ended June 30,
1997, would have increased to $27.5 million from $26.6
million and unaudited pro forma earnings per share 
for the same period would have remained $.42.


ITEM 7.  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

         (a) Not applicable.

         (b) Not applicable.

         (c) Exhibits
             The exhibits to this Report are listed in
             the Exhibit Index.
















                        SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report
to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto
duly authorized.

              BOISE CASCADE OFFICE PRODUCTS CORPORATION


              /s/ Darrell R. Elfeldt
              Darrell R. Elfeldt
              Vice President and Controller


Date:  September 26, 1997


































                       Exhibit Index


Exhibit No.   Description                         Page
    99        News Release Issued by BOP on
              September 26, 1997

EX-99

News Release


800 West Bryn Mawr Avenue
Itasca, Illinois 60143-1594








    
    Contact:
    Carla Pondel
    Investor Relations
    630/775-4228
    
    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:  September 26, 1997
    
              BOISE CASCADE OFFICE PRODUCTS ISSUES EQUITY
    
    
         ITASCA, Illinois -- Boise Cascade Office Products

    Corporation (NYSE:BOP) announced today that it issued

    2,250,000 shares of unregistered common stock to Boise

    Cascade Corporation (NYSE:BCC) on September 25.  The shares

    were priced at $21.5495 each, for total proceeds of

    $48,486,375.  The proceeds will be used to reduce BCOP's

    short-term borrowings and for general corporate purposes.

         Also, BOP has estimated that the recent UPS strike is

    expected to negatively impact the company's third quarter

    earnings by two to three cents per share.

          Boise Cascade Office Products Corporation,

    headquartered in Itasca, Illinois, is one of the world's

    premier business-to-business distributors of products for the

    office, with operations in Australia, Canada, France,

    Germany, the United Kingdom, and the United States.