Various; Ian Rogerson [Compiler] — Never Fully Concentrated Anywhere: A Second Commonplace Book

Manchester , Rossendale, 2012. First edition. Paperback. An exceptionally scarce first edition of Rogerson"s second commonplace book, privately printed for family, friends, and select libraries, featuring eclectic excerpts, personal observations, and a signed postcard from the compiler. In the original stiff-card wrappers. With a signed and inscribed postcard from the compiler, reading: "I hope you find [?] of interest, Ian."This volume is a first edition and an exceptionally scarce copy, one of a strictly limited number of privately printed editions produced for Rogerson"s family, close associates, and select institutions. This is Rogerson"s second commonplace book, comprising material that could not be accommodated in the first, along with the occasional personal notation and opinion. It contains a compilation of excerpts from books, newspapers, and magazines which, when taken out of context, seemed to reflect Rogerson"s own way of thinking. The entries are organized under headings "probably meaningful only to [himself]."Ian Rogerson (1930-) is a British bibliographer, lecturer, and collector, particularly noted for his work on private press printing, book illustration, and exhibition cataloguing. In the publisher's original paper wraps. Externally, very smart. Slight rubbing and bumping to extremities. The odd slight handling mark to endpapers. Dust wrapper, very smart. Slight rubbing and bumping to extremities resulting in the odd crease. One or two handling marks to inside of front wrap. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Various. Very Good Indeed .