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Half black cloth, blue marbled boards. Edition limited to 176 (actually 177) copies of which this is one of 26 copies lettered A to Z (but actually 27, including the "27th letter" of The Book Collector's Spring 2017 competition), signed by Ian Fleming's nephews James Fleming (publisher of The Book Collector) and Fergus Fleming (publisher at Queen Anne Press), and with an additional insert, in a pocket at the back, reproducing the 1957 promotional leaflet (8pp., plus cover) written by Ian Fleming and designed by his friend Robert Harling. Handsomely letterpress-printed in Monotype Fournier by Stan Lane of Gloucester Typesetting. Articles reprinted from the Spring 2017 special issue of The Book Collector ("Ian Fleming & Book Collecting"), with numerous pages of illustrations, some in colour, several not used in the original journal publication. The contents are as follows: 1) James Fleming, My Uncle Ian. 2) Fergus Fleming, Ian Fleming and The Book Collector. 3) James Fergusson, The Death of 'The Doctor': Ian Fleming Intervenes. 4) Joel Silver, Books That Started Something: Ian Fleming's Book Collection. 5) Nicolas Barker, Percy Muir: Ian Fleming's Bookseller. 6) A.S.G. Edwards, Friendship and Fiction: Ian Fleming and Robert Harling. 7) John Cork, James Bond Invades America: A Tale of Three Publishers. 8) Jon Gilbert, Collecting Ian Fleming: The Making of a Bibliography. 9) Mirjam M. Foot, Dust-Jacket by Richard Chopping for Ian Fleming's You Only Live Twice, 1964. 10) Sheila Markham, Two Bond Collectors in Conversation with Sheila Markham: Michael L. VanBlaricum & Jeremy Miles. Ian Fleming, a significant and creative book collector, ran the Queen Anne Press, first publishers of The Book Collector, from 1951 to 1955, and owned the journal from 1955 until his death. This special issue sold out before publication. Seller Inventory # 4eB100018
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