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London: Queen Anne Press 2017. 8vo, complete set of 10 pamphlets individually bound in black softcovers with printed paper titled labels, contained in a custom cloth solander box. As new. § A complete collector's set of 10 signed, limited, finely-printed off-prints of articles by different authors on separate aspects of Ian Fleming's life. First separate editions, each limited to either 60 or 125 copies and signed by James and Fergus Fleming, both nephews of Ian Fleming; this one of 22 sets in solander boxes crafted by the Ludlow Bookbinders. In this set 9 of the 10 pamphlets are numbered 54, the remaining copy marked "o/s". To celebrate its 65th anniversary, The Book Collector magazine devoted its Spring 2017 issue to Ian Fleming, who had launched the publication in 1952. Essays were provided by editors old and new, family and colleagues of the author, as well as Fleming scholars, historians, bibliophiles and regular Book Collector contributors. Subsequently, these fine letterpress editions were produced by Stan Lane of Gloucester Typesetting and collected and bound in hardcover or separately in softcovers. Twenty-two complete matching soft cover sets were then solander-boxed by Ludlow Bookbinders. The essays included are: - "Dust-jacket by Richard Chopping for Ian Fleming's 'You Only Live Twice'", 1964 by Mirjam M. Foot, 5pp text plus color plate, limitation 60. An overview of Fleming's dust jackets that examines in particular Chopping's trompe l'oeil image for You Only Live Twice, 1964. - "Friendship and Fiction: Ian Fleming and Robert Harling by A.S.G. Edwards", 10pp text, limitation 60. The interaction between Fleming and his designer/typographer friend Harling and a description of the latter's career as a fiction writer. - "Books That Had Started Something" by Joel Silver, 26pp text, limitation 60. An authoritative and important description of how Fleming's library of first editions, as well as his correspondence and the Bond manuscripts, was acquired by the Lilly Library at Bloomington University of Indiana. - "Percy Muir: Ian Fleming's Book Dealer" by Nicolas Barker, 13pp text, limitation 60. An encapsulation of Ian's friendship with Percy Muir, the man who first encouraged his interest in books and who was instrumental in creating his collection. As related by Nicolas Barker who not only knew both Fleming and Muir but owned and edited The Book Collector from 1965 to 2016. - "The Death of the Doctor: Ian Fleming Intervenes by James Fergusson", 11pp text, limitation 60. An interlude that examines Fleming's brief editorial role at The Book Collector and how members of the book_dealing fraternity may have been connected to the Secret Service. - "Two Bond Collectors" by Sheila Markham, 12 pp text, limitation 125. Sheila's incisive and finely-written interviews have decorated The Book Collector for some time. Here she speaks to two very different Fleming fans: Jeremy Miles and Mike VanBlaricum. - "Collecting Ian Fleming: The Making of a Bibliography by Jon Gilbert", 7pp text, limitation 60. A life devoted to collecting Bond as recounted by the prize-winning author of Ian Fleming: The Bibliography - "James Bond Invades America: A Tale of Three Publishers by John Cork", 10pp text, limitation 60. An intriguing account of how Fleming's novels broke into the US market. - "My Uncle Ian" by James Fleming, 4pp text, limitation 125. A personal reflection by the author on his father and his uncle. A unique memoir. - "Ian Fleming and The Book Collector" by Fergus Fleming, 28pp text, limitation 125. The story of how Fleming acquired The Book Collector and his subsequent battles with fellow directors. A poignant account containing archive material.
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