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Fred Bason (1907-1973) was an English bookseller, writer and broadcaster most famously known for his collection of diaries that were published in four volumes in the early 1950s.
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Fred Bason (1907-1973) was an English bookseller, writer and broadcaster most famously known for his collection of diaries that were published in four volumes in the early 1950s.
Frederick Thomas Bason was born in Walworth, London on 29 August 1907. He always claimed himself to be a "true cockney", having actually been born within the sound of 'bow bells!' The only child, of late in life parents, he remained a solitary individual for the majority of his life, never marrying himself. Although a lifelong bachelor, he lived much of his adult life with his housekeeper, Lizzie, of whom, from his diary entries, he was obviously very fond. Lizzie remained in his service until her death in 1968. [1]
At an early age he started keeping his diaries and found his vocation in buying and selling rare, second hand books. It was through his experience, in finding that publications had a much greater re-sale value with the author's signature, that a lifelong obsession with autographs began. [2] His essays were a regular feature of every edition of The Saturday Book between 1945 and 1972, [3] presenting his work on the same platform as major literary and artistic figures of postwar Britain.
Through his literary interest he met numerous famous individuals, and had one of his published diaries introduced by Noël Coward. He kept his diaries right up until his death on 3 July 1973 aged 65. Although having lived a rather humble life; by living and dying in council rented property, and always aspiring to earn just under the minimum British Income Tax threshold, he left over £24,000 in his Will, of which the majority was a bequest to set up a benevolent fund for writers. [4]
Terence Hanbury "Tim" White was an English writer. He is best known for his Arthurian novels, which were published together in 1958 as The Once and Future King. One of his best known is the first of the series, The Sword in the Stone, which was published as a stand-alone book in 1938.
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Sir Edward Montague Compton Mackenzie, was a Scottish writer of fiction, biography, histories and a memoir, as well as a cultural commentator, raconteur and lifelong Scottish nationalist. He was one of the co-founders in 1928 of the National Party of Scotland along with Hugh MacDiarmid, R. B. Cunninghame Graham and John MacCormick. He was knighted in the 1952 Birthday Honours List.
Arthur Christopher Benson, was an English essayist, poet and academic, and the 28th Master of Magdalene College, Cambridge. He wrote the lyrics of Edward Elgar's Coronation Ode, including the words of the patriotic song "Land of Hope and Glory" (1902). His literary criticism, poems, and volumes of essays were highly regarded. He was also noted as an author of ghost stories.
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Walter Goldwater was an American antiquarian bookseller, who worked briefly at International Publishers before founding University Place Book Shop in Manhattan, part of "Book Row". He was also a co-founder and publisher of Dissent magazine and a noted tournament chess player.
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