Dust jacket unclipped. Brown cloth with bright gilt titling on spine. No inscription. 398 pages clean and tight. During a long career in publishing Frank Herrmann had the good fortune to work for firms who published T S Eliot, Evelyno Waugh, Ernest Shepard (the illustrator of A A Milne's books), Beatrix Potter and Mrs Beeton, and a host of other famous figures in the writing world. He took to writing himself and, after publishing a long history of art collecting in England, was asked to compile the history of Sotheby's, the auction house. Subsequently he became first, an adviser and, later, director of that firm's overseas operations. A love of the saleroom led him to start an auction house of his own which specialised only in books and literary material. His Bloomsbury Book Auctions has become a major player in the London auction world and continues to thrive. In his triple role as author, publisher and auctioneer, Frank Herrmann had unrivalled opportunities to observe the workings of the literary world and the book trade at close quarters and in these memoirs he gives a remarkably intimate picture of the editorial process at work and stresses the continuing importance of authorship. His narrative is interspersed with delightful interludes about his many other interests and activities. These include life with the Giant Alexander, the children's book character he created; researching in archives and later selling them; being the owner of a monumental castle in Franconia, and having to resolve the problems brought about by a large herd of wild boar in East Germany. Size: 8vo.

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T�tulo

LOW PROFILE. A Life in the World of Books.

Editor

Plough Press, Nottingham, United Kingdom

Fecha de publicaci�n

2002

Idioma

Ingl�s

ISBN 10

0902813188

ISBN 13

9780902813182

Encuadernaci�n

Hard Cover

Ilustrador

B/W Photographs & Illustrations

Edici�n

First Edition.

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Very Good +

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Very Good +

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Frank Herrmann is a man of immense energy, optimism and imagination. Perhaps that is why, although his childhood was one of upheaval and new beginnings, he never looked back. He was born in Germany in the late 1920s into a well-off, part Jewish family, but by 1937 it was clear that the writing was on the wall, and the Herrmanns moved to England. His father bought a house in Hampstead Garden Suburb and Frank was sent to Westminster School. After the war, a brief flirtation with science behind him, he turned to his great love - books, and their production. Big changes were taking place in the publishing world and Frank had a talent for spotting ailing firms and seeing a way to make them viable. Once he'd set them on the road to success, he went on to another, and another, and another - some small and obscure, some famous and revered. Not content with this all-absorbing career he began to write: children's books at first and later more scholarly ones. Having grown up surrounded by valuable pictures and antiques, his natural love of such things drew him into this world too. He was asked to compile a history of Sotheby's, the art auctioneers, and became intrigued by this aspect of the art world, finally founding his own auctioneering firm selling rare books, which still thrives. Meanwhile, in 1948 he and his father had returned to Germany to discover what had happened to their two large properties - one a huge baroque castle in Bavaria, abandoned in something of a hurry. They were not entirely surprised to find Schloss Pretzfeld in a sad state, many of its treasures systematically destroyed, and they began work to restore it to its former glory and provide a setting for the pictures painted by Frank's grandfather Curt Herrmann, a celebrated artist. It's an interesting life story, shedding light on many of the social and industrial changes of the 20th century, and Herrmann himself comes across as a fascinating man - energetic, enthusiastic and always eager to try new things. (Kirkus UK)

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Charles Bossom, 9 LODE WAY, HADDENHAM, ELY, CB6 3UL charles.bossom@googlemail.com Charles Bossom has worked in the Book Trade since 1963, commencing at WH Smith Oxford and retiring in 1999 as Regional Manager Central England. The Charles Bossom bookselling business was started in early 2000. hhtp://www.linkedin.com/in/charlesbossom

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