Sebastian Carter was born in 1941 in Cambridge. He was educated at Christ’s Hospital and King’s College, Cambridge, reading English and Architecture & Fine Arts. He then worked as a designer with the London publisher John Murray, followed by two years in Paris with the Trianon Press. Back in London he worked for the Stellar Press and Ruari McLean Associates, as well as doing freelance jobs. In 1966 he married Penny Kerr and moved back to Cambridge to join his father at the Rampant Lions Press. He became a partner in 1971 and took over the business in 1991, running it until his retirement in 2008.
For the design and printing of Shades (1970), Sebastian won the first Francis Minns award given by the National Book League. In 2013, he received the American Printing History Association invidual laureate award for ‘a distinguished contribution to printing history’.
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