A Life in Catalogues and other essays - author's corrected proofs

George SIMS

Published by Philadelphia: Holmes Publishing Co, 1994

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Author's corrected proofs. 4to. Binder's cloth, gilt. Covers a little damp-marked. With the author's (Will Carter, blue) book-label and inscribed by him, "First page-proofs, corrected in MS. June '94". Title-page, dedication page, contents page + 129pp. text; 26 pages with the author's autograph corrections. George Frederick Robert Sims (1923-1999), sometime poet and crime writer, set up in business as a second-hand bookseller in 1947, and became one of the most successful dealers in modern books and manuscripts of the late 20th century. The publishers billed his book as "Essays on Cyril Connolly, Ernest Dowson, Harold Frederic, Dr John Gordan, Henry James, Charlotte Mew, Christopher Millard, B. Traven and A LIFE IN CATALOGUES [an autobiographical exploration of Sims's own catalogues] Parts 1-4"; it was dedicated "to the memory of Roy Fuller, friend & mentor". Seller Inventory # 32M100456

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Title: A Life in Catalogues and other essays - ...

Publisher: Philadelphia: Holmes Publishing Co

Publication Date: 1994

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Signed: Inscribed by Author(s)