Low Profile: A Life in the World of Books

First English edition. Low Profile is the autobiography of Frank Herrmann, author, publisher, one-time director of Sotheby's and founder of Bloomsbury Book Auctions. This unique work offers a tantalizing, behind-the-scenes look into the hidden worlds of Herrmann's life and his various careers. Beginning with his early years as a book designer at Faber publishers of TS Eliot , the author then shares the times when he had the good fortune to work for firms who published Evelyn Waugh, Ernest Shepard illustrator of A A Milnes's books , Beatrice Potter, Mrs. Beeton and a host of other famous figures in the writing world. Herrmann continues his story, describing his stormy career as a Sotheby's director and then becoming the founder of his own publishing company and antiquarian book auction house. This well-written text is illustrated with many rare photographs of the "movers and shakers" of the British publishing world. Book is cocked. 408 pages. cloth, dust jacket.. 8vo..