FLEMING, Ian - PEARSON, John.

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The Life of Ian Fleming; [together with] James Bond: The Authorized Biography of 007. The Life comprising an uncorrected proof copy; the first edition with the scarce publisher's mounted legal statement (p. 340); the first paperback edition, inscribed by the author "All best wishes, from John Pearson"; and the first appearance in print of the Life of Ian Fleming, which was published in a condensed version as "James Bond alias Ian Fleming" in Life Magazine (pp. 102-18 and pp. 112-28), and was subsequently republished as "James Bond's Last Victim" in Reader's Digest (pp. 146-170).The legal statement was only included in a small number of copies; it acknowledges some factual errors in the text concerning the Thunderball legal case and confirms that alterations will be made for future editions. The Thunderball case was a great controversy at the time and had a lasting effect on Fleming's health. Even after the author's death, the publisher's lawyers were cautious, and some potentially damaging remarks were removed.John Pearson began his career as a journalist at The Sunday Times, where he worked as assistant to Ian Fleming on the prestigious Atticus column. With these editions Pearson became the first authorized biographer of Fleming, and in 1973 Pearson became the second official author of James Bond continuation fiction (following Kingsley Amis in 1968), with James Bond: The Authorised Biography of 007, a fictionalized account in which Pearson interviews Bond as he looks back o

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