Carter, John, 1905-1975
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Author and calligrapher, major exponent of the revival of italic handwriting in Britain in the period after World War II.
From the description of John Carter calligraphic letters, 1946-1971. (Newberry Library). WorldCat record id: 34764028
Bibliographer and bibliophile.
From the description of Letters : London and New York, to Seymour Adelman, 1956-1973. (Bryn Mawr College). WorldCat record id: 28435047
John Carter (1905–1975), educated at Eton College and at King’s College, Cambridge, worked for the London branch of Scribner’s. After working for the British Information Service during World War II, he returned to Scribner’s and became managing director. In 1953, he was appointed Counsellor of Embassy and Personal Assistant to Her Majesty’s Ambassador in Washington and when he returned to London in 1956, he joined Sotheby’s. Carter served as vice-president of the Bibliographical Society and as the Sandars Reader in Bibliography at the University of Cambridge in 1947. He authored many books including Binding Variants in English Publishing 1820–1900 (1932); Taste and Technique in Book Collecting (1948); and An Enquiry into the Nature of Certain Nineteenth Century Pamphlets (1934).
Carter, John. ABC For Book Collectors . Seventh Edition revised by Nicolas Barker. New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 1995.
From the guide to the John Carter papers, 1959–1970, (University of Delaware Library - Special Collections)
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Subjects:
- Book collecting
- Book collectors
- Calligraphers
- Calligraphy
- Calligraphy
- Collectors and collecting
- Collectors and collecting
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- Collector
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- Great Britain (as recorded)
