Background
Weinreb was born in Halifax, West Yorkshire.
Weinreb was born in Halifax, West Yorkshire.
He attended the Whitgift School in Croydon but left at age 18 without any qualifications.
He developed a specialism in books about architecture about which his catalogues became important references in themselves. He was dealing in books from a young age and soon after he left school, he bought an inscribed book by Max Beerbohm for sixpence from a barrow in Charing Cross Road and sold it on to a dealer for five shillings. He was taken on by Foyle"s bookshop to fill shelves but was sacked for lateness.
He tried his hand at writing about theatre with part-time bookselling but did not start his first proper book dealing business, Dipsas, until 1945.
Weinreb was married to the textile designer Kay Lazarus, and later Joan Glover who predeceased him.