John Hadfield
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Writer, editor and publisher John Hadfield suffered from tuberculosis as a child and did not attend university. The first book title in his name seems to have been 'A Wise Man from the East,' published in 1929. He was an editor at J.M. Dent by 1935. He joined the British Council during the second world war, and in 1942 was sent to the Middle East as Books Officer. After the second world war, he was appointed National Organiser at the National Book League. He resigned after suffering a recurrence of tuberculosis, and returned to editing. He founded the Cupid Press with his wife in 1949.
Publication Name: The Independent
Subject: Retail industry
ISSN: 0951-9467
Year: 1999
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George Sims
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Antiquarian bookseller and writer George Sims served a brief apprenticeship in Fleet Street before being called up and serving in the Intelligence Corps. On demobilization, he went to work at Len Westwood's bookshop in Harrow, England, before beginning his own business from a room in his father's house. He had many friends, but was basically a private and reclusive person. As a writer, he published several collections of poems and 12 novels.
Publication Name: The Independent
Subject: Retail industry
ISSN: 0951-9467
Year: 1999
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