Ian L.Fleming, an autograph book circa 1918/21, containing pen and ink cartoon doodle of a cowboy in a ten gallon hat with two six shooters and wearing chaps and spurs, his horse on a rein behind him and signed 'Tom Mix arrives' Ian L. Fleming, Eton', undated 13x16cm and various other signatures relating to the Tennant family and the Meyrick family, within an alligator skin style Morocco binding marked Autographs in gilt. Provenance: Apley Castle, Telford. Ian Lancaster Fleming (1908-1964), best known for his James Bond series of spy novels was enrolled at Eton College in 1921 and edited a school magazine the Wyvern. He fell out with his house master E V Slater who persuaded Fleming's mother to remove him from Eton a term early to cram for entry to the Royal Military College at Sandhurst. He was at Sandhurst for less than a year leaving in 1927 without gaining a commission. He wrote his first James Bond novel, 'Casino Royale' in 1953 published by Jonathan Cape. Thomas Edwin Mix (1880-1940) as detailed in the doodle was an American film actor and a star of early Westerns between 1909 -1935, appearing in 291 films all but 9 of which were silent movies. He was Hollywood's first Western mega star defining the genre for cowboy actors who followed.
Ian L.Fleming, an autograph book circa 1918/21, containing pen and ink cartoon doodle of a cowboy in a ten gallon hat with two six shooters and wearing chaps and spurs, his horse on a rein behind him and signed 'Tom Mix arrives' Ian L. Fleming, Eton', undated 13x16cm and various other signatures relating to the Tennant family and the Meyrick family, within an alligator skin style Morocco binding marked Autographs in gilt. Provenance: Apley Castle, Telford. Ian Lancaster Fleming (1908-1964), best known for his James Bond series of spy novels was enrolled at Eton College in 1921 and edited a school magazine the Wyvern. He fell out with his house master E V Slater who persuaded Fleming's mother to remove him from Eton a term early to cram for entry to the Royal Military College at Sandhurst. He was at Sandhurst for less than a year leaving in 1927 without gaining a commission. He wrote his first James Bond novel, 'Casino Royale' in 1953 published by Jonathan Cape. Thomas Edwin Mix (1880-1940) as detailed in the doodle was an American film actor and a star of early Westerns between 1909 -1935, appearing in 291 films all but 9 of which were silent movies. He was Hollywood's first Western mega star defining the genre for cowboy actors who followed.
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