'In 1935 Ian Fleming became a book collector.' First published in The Book Collector's Ian Fleming issue, Spring 2017. The author, Director of the Lilly Library at Indiana University, recounts the history of Fleming's 'Books That Had Started Something' collection, its connection to the 'Printing and the Mind of Man' exhibition in 1963, and the Lilly's protracted negotiations to purchase the collection; letterpress-printed in Monotype Fournier by Stan Lane of Gloucester Typesetting; #28/125 numbered copies signed by Ian Fleming's nephews Fergus Fleming (Queen Anne Press) and James Fleming (The Book Collector).
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