Jon Gilbert

Jon Gilbert (born 1972) is an English bibliophile, historian and the official bibliographer of Ian Fleming, creator of the fictional character James Bond. He is also an authority on J. K. Rowling first editions, and a member of the Crime Writers' Association (CWA). He was educated at Caterham School and Roehampton Institute London.
According to Fleming-family publisher Queen Anne Press, Gilbert is perhaps the foremost expert on the works of Ian Fleming and the literary history of James Bond. Through Adrian Harrington booksellers, he has become an internationally renowned dealer in rare Fleming material, and acts as a consultant to the US registered charity, The Ian Fleming Foundation. ''Ian Fleming: The Bibliography'', which was published in October 2012, is the result of both a career immersed in the writings of Ian Fleming, and four years intensive research following Fleming’s centenary year in 2008. The book was the winner of the 16th ILAB Breslauer Prize for Bibliography, awarded in 2014.

Gilbert has appeared on radio and television discussing his subject, and in various Bond-related publications including ''007 Magazine'', ''Kiss Kiss Bang Bang'' and ''MI6 Confidential''. In May 2017, Gilbert gave the lecture ''Ian Fleming: The Author as Collector'' at the University of London. In July 2021, Gilbert moderated the specialist webinar ''007: The Transatlantic Appeal of James Bond''.

In 2022, acting for Adrian Harrington together with bookseller Peter Harrington, Gilbert acquired the significant Ian Fleming archive of manuscript collector Martin Schøyen, for which he had written the catalogue (2020).

Works

* ''Painted Decoration in Bookbinding'' (within ''The New Bookbinder'' Annual, 1997)
* ''Ian Fleming: The Bibliography'' (Queen Anne Press, 2012) egular Edition* ''Ian Fleming: The Bibliography'' (Queen Anne Press, 2012) pecial Edition* ''Ian Fleming. A Catalogue'' (Adrian Harrington Limited, 2013) imited hardcover* ''Ian Fleming. A Catalogue'' (Adrian Harrington Limited, 2013) aperback* ''Onverwachte Miniaturen'' ranslated by Marlene Hoogeven(in ''Handboekbinden'', the journal of The Dutch Bookbinders Society, Spring 2014)
* ''Collecting Ian Fleming'' (within ''The Book Collector'' Special Number, Spring 2017)
* ''Collecting Ian Fleming'' (Queen Anne Press, June 2017) etterpress Printing, Separate Edition* ''Ian Fleming: The Book Collector'' edited by James Ferguson (Queen Anne Press, 2017, contains ''Collecting Ian Fleming'') imited hardcover* ''Ian Fleming: The Bibliography'' (Queen Anne Press, 2017) ew Edition* ook review''Ian Fleming: The Notes'' by John Pearson (author) (within ''The Book Collector'' vol.69, no.3, Autumn 2020)
* ''The Schoyen Collection: Ian Fleming & James Bond'' (Adrian Harrington Limited, 2020)
* ''A Bibliography of Biographies of Ian Fleming'' (within ''The Book Collector'' vol.72, no.4, Winter 2023)
* ''Journey of A Bibliography'' (monograph, Privately Printed, 2024)

References

External links

Ian Fleming Publications







ILAB Breslauer Prize for Bibliography

J. K. Rowling Official Website

1972 births
English bibliographers
English book and manuscript collectors
Living people
People educated at Caterham School
English male non-fiction writers
Alumni of the University of Roehampton

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