Contributes 'Foreign news' to 'The Kemsley Manual of Journalism'.
London: Cassell, 1950. [Journalism] FIRST EDITION, bibliographer's copy. Illustrated Quarto (25 x 19cm), pp.i-xiv; 424; xvi-xlvi, advertisements. Elegantly hand-bound in midnight blue half calf, spine gilt-lettered in six compartments with raised bands, cloth boards. Minor marks to fore-edge. Fine. Ian Fleming's first appearance in book-form, following a privately distributed ring-bound manual for Kemsley journalists. This copy is from the comprehensive Ian Fleming Bibliographical Archive assembled by Jon Gilbert, with his pencilled notes and ownership. His comprehensive guide to the works of Ian Fleming (2012) won the 16th Breslauer Prize for bibliography. Item #65047
Gilbert C26. See also Appendix B, page 663.
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