FLEMING IAN: (1908-1964) British Author, creator of James Bond.

FLEMING IAN: (1908-1964) British Author, creator of James Bond.
T.L.S., Ian F., with holograph salutation and subscription, one page, 4to, Kemsley House, London, 25th May 1955, to Antony Terry ('My dear Tony'). Fleming states that he is pleased to inform his correspondent that their salary has been increased by £1.1.0 per week and adds 'I am sorry that it is not possible for the Accountants to include this increase in the salary payment which will be made to you at the end of this month, but it will be included in the June payment'. Two file holes to the left edge, not affecting the text or signature, and with a few very light, extremely minor creases, otherwise VGAntony Terry (1913-1992) British Journalist, a former European Editor of The Sunday Times who was first hired in 1949 by Fleming (at the time the Foreign manager for the newspaper). Terry's obituary in The Independent stated that he was 'one of the paper's most valuable assets, a one-man listening post, a fastidious checker of facts, a burrower into dark corners and a traveller who never complained of fatigue'Fleming, the English author, journalist and World War II naval intelligence officer introduced the world's most famous secret service agent, James Bond, to the public in his novel Casino Royale (1953). In April 1955, the month before the present letter was written, Fleming's third 007 work, Moonraker, was published. In 2008 The Times ranked Fleming fourteenth on its list of 'The 50 Greatest British Writers since 1945'.