Brit. Philologe, Dichter, Bibliograph, Einbandforscher, Antiquar, Korrespondent und Büchersammler; European agent for Charles Scribner's Sons, 1927-1939, and managing director, 1946-1953; worked for the Ministry of Information during WWII; personal assistant to Sir Roger Makins, 1953-1955; associate director of Sothebys, 1956-1972; author of: Binding Variants in English Publishing; An Enquiry into the Nature of Certain Nineteenth Century Pamphlets; Victory in Burma; Taste and Technique in Book-Collecting; ABC for Book Collectors; and a short treatise on the correct mixing of a dry martini; editor of the poetry of A.E. Housman, the Curwen Press edition of Sir Thomas Browne's Urne-Buriall, and numerous catalogues; Antiquar, Grossbritannien