FLEMING (IAN) The Complete Works, 18 vol., Centenary Edition, ONE OF 26 COPIES LETTERED A-Z, THIS BEING COPY 'T', one of 56 deluxe sets from an overall edition of 406, the text designed and typeset by Libanus Press, each volume in a pictorial dark blue morocco gilt binding by Shepherds, Sangorski & Sutcliffe with an individual design by Webb & Webb Design in various colours using gold and silver leaf tooling and feathered morocco onlays, and reflecting a theme or setting of the particular book (playing cards, diamonds, crystals, Moscow, pieces of eight, an Alpine ski resort etc.), watermarked endpapers, sewn silk endbands, g.e., each in original morocco-edged and fleece-lined blue cloth slipcase lettered in gilt, and all housed together in the original black buckram presentation box with Fleming's crest in gilt on the lid [Gilbert F10 a], 8vo, Queen Anne Press, 2008 Footnotes: ONE OF ONLY 26 COPIES OF THE LAVISHLY BOUND DELUXE CENTENARY EDITION OF FLEMING'S WORKS, THIS LETTERED 'T' - A FINE SET FROM ONE OF THE ORIGINAL SUBSCRIBERS. 'The definitive edition of the works of Ian Fleming... no such edition had been published before' (Gilbert). In addition to the fourteen Bond books, the set comprises the author's non-fictional account of the diamond trade The Diamond Smugglers, his book of travel journalism Thrilling Cities, his children's book Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang, and a volume of rare and partially unpublished journalism and short stories under the title Talk of the Devil. In all 56 sets of this deluxe edition were issued, comprising the 26 sets lettered A-Z and a further 30 lettered according to the Russian alphabet. Our copy is lettered 'T'; in From Russia with Love, Station T is the important Turkish branch of the Secret Service, run by the charismatic Ali Kerim Bey who will also be familiar to devotees of the 2005 video game James Bond: World of Espionage. The Queen Anne Press was founded in 1951 by the owner of the Sunday Times, Lord Kemsley, for whom Fleming had worked as Foreign Editor. A year later Kemsley made Fleming managing director of the press as a wedding gift, a role the author carried out until his death in 1964. Provenance: Private UK collector, one of the original subscribers. This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: • • Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing