Carter, John Waynflete, 1905-1975 (bibliographer)
Dates
- Existence: 1905 - 1975
Biography
John W. ('Jake') Carter was a bookseller and bibliographer. He is best remembered as the co-author (with Graham Pollard) of An enquiry into the nature of certain nineteenth century pamphlets (1934) which exposed the forgeries of Harry Buxton Forman and Thomas J. Wise. Chief among his other books is ABC for book-collectors (5 editions in his lifetime, 1952-72). Carter was the head of the London rare-book department of Charles Scribner's Sons 1927-1953, after which he joined the firm of Sotheby's, opening their New York office in 1955. He was later a director of the firm. Carter was a friend of Stanley Morison, and was one of the organizers of the exhibition 'Printing and the Mind of Man' in 1963 (see MS Add. 9827).
Found in 29 Collections and/or Records:
Carter, John, 1963-1973
Carter was Muir's co-editor. With his letters to Muir are copies of other letters to and from him. These include letters from Cassell and Company Ltd (Eleanor Corey, Desmond Flower, Bryan Gentry), Frank Francis, Denys Hay, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Inc. (Arthur A. Cohen), Allen Hutt, George D. Painter, and S. H. Steinberg. Some correspondence is between Carter and Muir's assistant R. H. Read.
Correspondence about a commemorative plaque at 47 Palace Court, 1947
Meynell's correspondents include John Masefield, John Carter, and the London County Council (J. G. Randall). With the letters is a printed pamphlet listing houses with commemorative tablets, annotated by Meynell.
Correspondence about loans of books to the exhibition 'Modern books and writers' at the National Book League Apr.-Sept. 1951 and the British Council travelling exhibition 'British Books of our times', 1950-1951
Correspondence about Meynell's collection of Nonesuch Press books, 1969-1972
Includes correspondence of Alix Meynell and John Carter, and a letter from Vivian Meynell to Francis . With the letters are clippings and tear-sheets from booksellers' lists.
Correspondence about the catalogue after publication, 1947
Meynell's correspondents were C. C. Wood and John Carter.
Correspondence and papers, 1936-1968
Relating to editions of Newton's Principia: Add.8214/1-66: letters to Munby; 67-118: copies of letters from Munby; 119-124: other letters; 125-137: other items; 138-145 other items (1955 and undated)
Correspondence between Morison and John Carter, 1942-1967
Correspondence concerning the exhibition 'Printing and the mind of man' and the resulting books in English and German, 1962-1968
Steinberg was a member of the Historical sub-committee of the exhibition, chaired by P. M. Muir, and a contributor to the volume edited by Muir and John Carter. A German translation was published by Prestel Verlag. Most of the correspondence is with Muir and Carter. Other correspondents include F. A. Brockhaus, Kurt Busse, Cassell and Company Ltd, Frank Francis, Prestel Verlag (Gustav Stresow), J. S. G. Simmons.
Correspondence of Francis Meynell about Francis Thompson, 1932-1973
Correspondence with readers, 1946-1947
Meynell's correspondents include Noel Carrington, Harry Carter, John Carter, Sydney Cockerell, Geoffrey Keynes, Richard de la Mare, James Nicolson, A. M. Pettigrew, Oliver Simon, Ralph Straus. Some of the letters mention corrections. With the correspondence are clippings of reviews.
Correspondence with readers (A-C), 1971-1972
These include Marjory Allen, Richard Allen, Esme Anderson, R. Angus, Liliana Archibald, Madge Ashton, Charles, Nicolas Barker, C. H. Baylis, Leonard Beaumont, Reynard Biemiller, Carlotta Bloch, Joseph Blumenthal, Albert Foster Butler, Noel Carrington, Harry Carter, John Carter, Will Carter, Bennett Cerf, Douglas Cleverdon, Laura Cohn, Grace Collier, Barbara Coulter, Sammy Cohen.
Correspondence with various correspondents (C)
These are: Julien Cahn, Cambridge Public Library, various bodies within Cambridge University, Cambridge University Press (R. J. L. Kingsford), Cambridge Daily News, Cambridge Review (J. S. Morrison), John Carter, Will Carter, Harold Child, L. C. G. Clarke, G. D. H. Cole, A. B. Cook, Corpus Christi College, Cambridge (F. N. Davey), Cortauld Institute of Art, A. Cousins, E. A. Crutchley, E. T. Crutchley.
John Carter, 1939-1972
Two letters to Meynell (1961, 1972) with a postcard from Ernestine Carter (1939), a printed pamphlet, and Carter's review of Barker's biography of Stanley Morison (photocopy).
John Carter, 1966-1972
Includes a memorandum about editorial policy in ca. 1966.
John Carter, Clerihews: an unofficial supplement to 'Biography for beginners' (Rampant Lions, 1938), 1938-1984
Reviews; order postcards, one filled in from James Wardrop; letter from John Manifold to John Carter; 'Miscellaneous Clerihews' (manuscript of 2 pp. by Will Carter); prospectus for the second edition (1948); offprint and note of conveyance by John Gilmour (1980); keepsake of clerihews from the Artichoke Press (1984).
John Waynflete Carter: correspondence relating to the post of University Librarian, Cambridge, 1949
Comprises single items or small collections, chiefly correspondence, donated to or purchased by Cambridge University Library. Together with a number of items and fragments found in Cambridge University Library books and bindings.
Letters from various correspondents (C) to Oliver Simon, 1938-1956
Letters are from Catherine Carrington (1953), John Carter (1942), Will Carter (1938, 1955), Iola Chagall (undated), Sydney Cockerell (1956), Douglas Cooper (undated), and Aldo Cosomati (1950).
Letters of congratulation to Francis Meynell, 1961
Letters relating to the 'album party' on 11 October, 1961
The writers include Nicolas Barker, A. W. Bell, Christopher Bradshaw, Harry Carter, John Carter, Will Carter, William Cox, Brooke Crutchley, John Fairleigh, Elisabeth Friedlander, David Garnett, Joan Hassall, John Hayward, Ashley Havinden, Ellic Howe, Geoffrey Keynes, Lynton Lamb, Rauri McLean, Vivian Ridler, John Ryder, Hans Schmoller, Herbert Simon, John Simpson, and John Westwood. A few others are unidentified.
Obituaries, 1942-1969
Typescript lists of names and dates of death, mostly 1 year to a page, 1957-1967. With these are clippings and tear-sheets of published obituaries, and an obituary notice of Viscount Bracken (autograph ms. by John Carter, with typescript transcription).
of Scribner's of New York, 23 Bedford Square, London, W.C.1, 14 Sep 1951
Relating to editions of Newton's Principia: Add.8214/1-66: letters to Munby; 67-118: copies of letters from Munby; 119-124: other letters; 125-137: other items; 138-145 other items (1955 and undated)
of Scribner's of New York, 23 Bedford Square, London, W.C.1, 20 Sep 1951
Relating to editions of Newton's Principia: Add.8214/1-66: letters to Munby; 67-118: copies of letters from Munby; 119-124: other letters; 125-137: other items; 138-145 other items (1955 and undated)
Other correspondents (C), 1954-1964
Papers of John Waynflete Carter
Papers of The Book Collector
The collection contains correspondence of the two editors John Hayward and Nicolas Barker; 'article files'; various other editorial files; and business papers mainly relating to The Collector Ltd. (a holding company created in 1955).
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