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- ↑ Fleming Bibliography in MI6 Confidential magazine, Issue Number 15, Summer 2012
- ↑ 'Recommended bookseller and respected authority Jon Gilbert' at www.jkrowling.com
- ↑ New Bookbinder Volume 17, Notes on Contributors, p.73
- ↑ Bibliographer Jon Gilbert Celebrates 50 Years of James Bond by Graham Young, Birmingham Post, 26 October 2012
- ↑ Publisher announcement
- ↑ "AND THE WINNER IS: JAMES BOND - 16th ILAB Breslauer Prize for Bibliography". Ilab.org. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
- ↑ Humanities, Talking (29 May 2017). "#PotW: Fleming, Ian Fleming: The Author as Collector". Talking Humanities. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
