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Introduction James Fleming . . . . . . . . . 619 Dramatis Personae . . . . . . . . . . . 625 PMM Revisited Nicolas Barker . . . . . . . . 631 The Origins and Legacy of Printing and the Mind of Man Anna Middleton 637 The Percy Muir Archive: Titles Rejected for PMM Sandy Malcolm . 645 A PMM Parlour Game or Other Important Titles, Past Present & Future 655 Printing and a Mound of Money Matthew Haley . . . . . 661 Getting the Show on the Road or How to Borrow the World’s Most Valuable Books for Ten Days James Fleming . . . . . . 667 Beatrice Warde Nicolas Barker . . . . . . . . . 679 PMM: ‘a propos certain items in the catalogue’ Allen Hutt . . . 691 Reviews of the Printed Catalogues of PMM . . . . . . 697 Ian Fleming: The Complete Man by Nicholas Shakespeare: a Review by James Fleming . . . . . . . . . 705 A Bibliography of Biographies of Ian Fleming Jon Gilbert . . . 708 Bibliotheca Brookeriana: A Renaissance Library. Magnificent Books and Bindings [and] The Aldine Collection A – C Stephen C. Massey . 711 The Fleece Press Sheila Markham . . . . . . . . 721 Monotype: Its Rise and Fall Sandy Malcolm . . . . . . 727 Shaken and Stirred or the PMM Martini Victoria Dailey . . . 735 Gutenberg: The Last Facts of His Life George Painter . . . . 74 7 English & Foreign Bookbindings 152 Karen Limper-Herz . . . 751

news & comment 754 ● obituaries 769 ● book reviews 779 ● notes on contributors 795 ● notes for contributors 796 ● in the next issue 797 ● list of advertisers 800

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