Matches in Harvard for { <http://id.lib.harvard.edu/aleph/009413989/catalog> ?p ?o. }
Showing items 1 to 31 of
31
with 100 items per page.
- catalog abstract ""Throughout his professional career, John Carter, 1905-1975, was recognized as one of the most important figures in the Anglo-American book world. He was known as an imaginative antiquarian book dealer, a creative bibliographer, and a stylish and thoughtful writer. In 1934, after working for several years in the London book trade, he achieved instant fame, along with his co-author Graham Pollard, for An Enquiry Into the Nature of Certain Nineteenth Century Pamphlets, a brilliant piece of detective work that exposed Thomas J. Wise, a highly regarded British bibliographer, as a forger and distributor of counterfeit publications. Although born in England and educated at Eton College and King's College, Cambridge, Carter was as well known in the United States as he was at home. His first professional position, working as a rare book specialist in Scribner's London office, involved frequent trips to the firm's main office in New York. There, he quickly built up a circle of friends including Frederich Melcher, the editor of Publishers Weekly, and Elmer Adler, the editor of The Colophon. With those useful connections he was able to publish over a dozen articles on bibliography and the rare book trade before he was thirty years old." "Carter was known for his independence of thought and action, a style of behavior formed at Cambridge as a student of A.E. Housman and sharpened in the book trade through association with tough-minded colleagues such as Stanley Morison, Percy Muir, David Randall, and Michael Sadleir. He was, above all, an articulate spokesman for the pleasures and challenges of book collecting. This work will be appreciated by all bibliophiles who are interested in the world of books."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b13303832.
- catalog created "2004.".
- catalog date "2004".
- catalog date "2004.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2004.".
- catalog description ""Throughout his professional career, John Carter, 1905-1975, was recognized as one of the most important figures in the Anglo-American book world. He was known as an imaginative antiquarian book dealer, a creative bibliographer, and a stylish and thoughtful writer. In 1934, after working for several years in the London book trade, he achieved instant fame, along with his co-author Graham Pollard, for An Enquiry Into the Nature of Certain Nineteenth Century Pamphlets, a brilliant piece of detective work that exposed Thomas J. Wise, a highly regarded British bibliographer, as a forger and distributor of counterfeit publications. Although born in England and educated at Eton College and King's College, Cambridge, Carter was as well known in the United States as he was at home. His first professional position, working as a rare book specialist in Scribner's London office, involved frequent trips to the firm's main office in New York. There, he quickly built up a circle of friends including Frederich Melcher, the editor of Publishers Weekly, and Elmer Adler, the editor of The Colophon. With those useful connections he was able to publish over a dozen articles on bibliography and the rare book trade before he was thirty years old." "Carter was known for his independence of thought and action, a style of behavior formed at Cambridge as a student of A.E. Housman and sharpened in the book trade through association with tough-minded colleagues such as Stanley Morison, Percy Muir, David Randall, and Michael Sadleir. He was, above all, an articulate spokesman for the pleasures and challenges of book collecting. This work will be appreciated by all bibliophiles who are interested in the world of books."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [359]-392) and index.".
- catalog extent "xxi, 416 p. :".
- catalog identifier "1584561378 (acid-free paper)".
- catalog issued "2004".
- catalog issued "2004.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New Castle, Del. : Oak Knoll Press,".
- catalog spatial "England".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog subject "381/.45002/092 B 22".
- catalog subject "Antiquarian booksellers History 20th century.".
- catalog subject "Bibliographers England Biography.".
- catalog subject "Book collecting History 20th century.".
- catalog subject "Book industries and trade England History 20th century.".
- catalog subject "Book industries and trade United States History 20th century.".
- catalog subject "Booksellers and bookselling England Biography.".
- catalog subject "Carter, John, 1905-1975.".
- catalog subject "Rare books Bibliography.".
- catalog subject "Z1004.C325 D53 2004".
- catalog title "John Carter : the taste & technique of a bookman / Donald C. Dickinson ; preface by Sebastian Carter.".
- catalog type "Bibliography. fast".
- catalog type "Biography. fast".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".