[FLEMING IAN]: (1908-1964) British Author, creator of James Bond. A small selection of four printed Telegrams (received copies) sent by Ian Fleming, each one page, oblong 8vo, sent from London and received in Germany, n.d. (1950s, one bearing a date stamp at Berlin of 29th March 1951), to [Anthony] Terry. Fleming informs Terry of the good work he is producing, the telegrams reading, in full, 'Congratulations splendid show Empire News signed Fleming', 'You led all papers except Newcastle today splendid = Fleming' (29th March 1951), 'Thanks excellent suntimeser et your leakages led Glasgow prominent elsewhere today = Fleming' and 'Greatly impressed your fine coverage this year stop any news Stanbury regards = Fleming'. Each with multiple file holes at the left and/or upper margins, and with a few creases and very minor tears, not affecting the text, G to about VG, 4
Anthony Terry (1913-1992) British Journalist, a former European Editor of The Sunday Times who was first hired in 1949 by Fleming (at the time the Foreign manager for the newspaper). Terry’s obituary in The Independent stated that he was ‘one of the paper’s most valuable assets, a one-man listening post, a fastidious checker of facts, a burrower into dark corners and a traveller who never complained of fatigue’.