# Jon Gilbert > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Jon_Gilbert > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Jon_Gilbert.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Gilbert > Source revision: 1315499627 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} '''Jon Gilbert''' (born 1972) is an English bibliophile, historian and the official [bibliographer](/source/bibliographer) of [Ian Fleming](/source/Ian_Fleming), creator of the fictional character [James Bond](/source/James_Bond).''The Financial Times'': Judging a Book by its Cover in ''FTWeekend Money'', 7–8 April 2012''Fleming Bibliography'' in ''MI6 Confidential'' magazine, Issue Number 15, Summer 2012 He is also an authority on [J. K. Rowling](/source/J._K._Rowling) first editions, and a member of the [Crime Writers' Association](/source/Crime_Writers'_Association) (CWA).'Recommended bookseller and respected authority Jon Gilbert' at www.jkrowling.com He was educated at [Caterham School](/source/Caterham_School) and [Roehampton Institute](/source/Roehampton_Institute) London.''New Bookbinder'' Volume 17, Notes on Contributors, p.73 According to Fleming-family publisher [Queen Anne Press](/source/Queen_Anne_Press), Gilbert is perhaps the foremost expert on the works of Ian Fleming and the literary history of James Bond. Through [Adrian Harrington](/source/Adrian_Harrington) booksellers, he has become an internationally renowned dealer in rare Fleming material, and acts as a consultant to the US registered charity, The Ian Fleming Foundation. ''Ian Fleming: The Bibliography'', which was published in October 2012,''Bibliographer Jon Gilbert Celebrates 50 Years of James Bond'' by Graham Young, ''Birmingham Post'', 26 October 2012 is the result of both a career immersed in the writings of Ian Fleming, and four years intensive research following Fleming’s centenary year in 2008.Publisher announcement The book was the winner of the 16th [ILAB Breslauer Prize for Bibliography](/source/ILAB_Breslauer_Prize_for_Bibliography), awarded in 2014.{{cite web |title=And the winner is: James Bond - 16th ILAB Breslauer Prize for Bibliography |url=https://ilab.org/articles/and-winner-james-bond-16th-ilab-breslauer-prize-bibliography |website=Ilab.org |accessdate=20 January 2020}} Gilbert has appeared on radio and television discussing his subject, and in various Bond-related publications including ''007 Magazine'', ''Kiss Kiss Bang Bang'' and ''MI6 Confidential''. In May 2017, Gilbert gave the lecture ''Ian Fleming: The Author as Collector'' at the University of London.{{Cite web |last=Humanities |first=Talking |date=2017-05-29 |title=#PotW: Fleming, Ian Fleming: The Author as Collector |url=https://talkinghumanities.blogs.sas.ac.uk/2017/05/29/potw-fleming-ian-fleming-the-author-as-collector/ |access-date=2023-11-16 |website=Talking Humanities |language=en-GB}} In July 2021, Gilbert moderated the specialist webinar ''007: The Transatlantic Appeal of James Bond''. In 2022, acting for Adrian Harrington together with bookseller Peter Harrington, Gilbert acquired the significant Ian Fleming archive of manuscript collector [Martin Schøyen](/source/Martin_Sch%C3%B8yen), for which he had written the catalogue (2020). == Works == * ''Painted Decoration in Bookbinding'' (within ''The New Bookbinder'' Annual, 1997) * ''Ian Fleming: The Bibliography'' (Queen Anne Press, 2012) {{ISBN|978-0-9558189-6-7}} [Regular Edition] * ''Ian Fleming: The Bibliography'' (Queen Anne Press, 2012) {{ISBN|978-0-9558189-7-4}} [Special Edition] * ''Ian Fleming. A Catalogue'' (Adrian Harrington Limited, 2013) [Limited hardcover] * ''Ian Fleming. A Catalogue'' (Adrian Harrington Limited, 2013) {{ISBN|978-0-9576041-0-0}} [paperback] * ''Onverwachte Miniaturen'' [translated by Marlene Hoogeven] (in ''Handboekbinden'', the journal of The Dutch Bookbinders Society, Spring 2014) * ''Collecting Ian Fleming'' (within ''The Book Collector'' Special Number, Spring 2017) * ''Collecting Ian Fleming'' (Queen Anne Press, June 2017) [Letterpress Printing, Separate Edition] * ''Ian Fleming: The Book Collector'' edited by James Ferguson (Queen Anne Press, 2017, contains ''Collecting Ian Fleming'') [Limited hardcover] * ''Ian Fleming: The Bibliography'' (Queen Anne Press, 2017) {{ISBN|978-0-9558189-6-7}} [New Edition] * [book review] ''Ian Fleming: The Notes'' by [John Pearson (author)](/source/John_Pearson_(author)) (within ''The Book Collector'' vol.69, no.3, Autumn 2020) * ''The Schoyen Collection: Ian Fleming & James Bond'' (Adrian Harrington Limited, 2020) {{ISBN|978-0-9576041-1-7}} * ''A Bibliography of Biographies of Ian Fleming'' (within ''The Book Collector'' vol.72, no.4, Winter 2023) * ''Journey of A Bibliography'' (monograph series, Privately Printed, 2024) * ''Notes on ''The Notes (monograph series, Privately Printed, 2025) == References == {{Reflist}} == External links == * [http://www.ianfleming.com/ian-fleming-the-bibliography/ Ian Fleming Publications] * [https://spyvibe.blogspot.com/2012/06/for-your-shelf-only-jon-gilbert-ian.html Interview for Spy Vibe] * [https://www.ft.com/content/ba615b3a-7cc1-11e1-9d8f-00144feab49a ''Financial Times'' article Online] * [http://www.thebookbond.com/2012/02/queen-anne-press-to-release-ian-fleming.html ''Announcement'', Queen Anne Press (February 2012)] * [http://www.ilabprize.org/ ILAB Breslauer Prize for Bibliography] * [http://www.jkrowling.com/ J. K. Rowling Official Website] {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Gilbert, Jon}} Category:1972 births Category:English bibliographers Category:English book and manuscript collectors Category:Living people Category:People educated at Caterham School Category:English male non-fiction writers Category:Alumni of the University of Roehampton {{England-nonfiction-writer-stub}} --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Jon Gilbert](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Gilbert) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Gilbert?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.