Offprints on the PMM show inscribed to me by Percy Muir.
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In the late 1970s I corresponded with Percy Muir, one of organizers of both the 1940 Fitzwilliam exhibition, and the 1963 PMM exhibition and co-editor of the 1967 PMM book, concerning my idea of revising or expanding the work to bring in more contemporary ideas. From the inscription to me on the offprint of Muir's 1967 paper one can tell that Muir was in favor of bringing the book up to date. Other editors were less enthusiastic. In retrospect, I believe that the contents of the original 1963 exhibition catalogue and 1967 book should remain unchanged.
The titles of the papers, of which Muir inscribed offprints for me, are "Ian Fleming: A Personal Memoir," and "Printing and the Mind of Man: The Inside Story".  Muir sent me his account of Muir's business and social relationship with Ian Fleming because Fleming was a key pioneer in collecting influential books of the type exhibited in the 1940 Fitzwilliam and 1963 PMM exhibitions.

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