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The Queen Anne Press is a small publisher (originally a private press). ==History== It was created in 1951 by Lord Kemsley, proprietor of ''The Sunday Times'', to publish the works of contemporary authors. In 1952, as a wedding present to his then Foreign Editor, Kemsley made Ian Fleming its managing director.〔Pearson, John. ''The Life of Ian Fleming'', p.188. McGraw-Hill, 1966.〕 The press began by concentrating on limited editions. Lycett states that under Fleming's management, the company was modelled on the Black Sun Press,〔Lycett, Andrew. ''Ian Fleming'', p.43. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1995〕 run by the poet Harry Crosby, nephew of financier J. P. Morgan, although it owed more to Kemsley's other private press, the Dropmore Press, with which it shared printing equipment, and books from the two were very alike in the period between 1951 and 1955.〔Nash, P. W., 'The Dropmore and Queen Anne Presses' in The Private Library, 5th series, 5:3, Autumn 1992, pp. 108-134.〕 Director Ann Fleming, the socialite wife of Ian Fleming (and a long-time correspondent of Evelyn Waugh〔Amory, Mark. ''The Letters of Ann Fleming'', p.143-4. London: Collins Harvill, 1985〕), requested support for the press from her literary friends, which included Noël Coward, Nancy Mitford and Stephen Spender. She asked Waugh in particular "please write me ten thousand words on some saint with interesting habits".〔Amory, Mark. ''The Letters of Ann Fleming'', p.147. London: Collins Harvill, 1985〕 Waugh proposed to collect a few robust reviews under the title ''Offensive Matter''.〔Lycett, Andrew. ''Ian Fleming'', p.227-8. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1995〕 This was shelved, however, in favour of an illustrated book ''The Holy Places'', which had previously only been published in periodical form. The book, with wood-engravings by Reynolds Stone (a protégé of John Betjeman, according to Waugh, who did not like the book nor its illustrations),〔Amory, Mark. ''The Letters of Evelyn Waugh'', p.391. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1980〕 was ready in time for Christmas, 1952. In the early years, the press also published works by other highly respected authors including travel writer Patrick Leigh Fermor and the essayist Cyril Connolly, whose book ''The Missing Diplomats'', a scoop on the Cambridge Spy Ring,〔''Beyond Bond'', p.9-10, published by Eton College Library, 2008〕 was a popular work, prompting Ann to write "business is flourishing"〔In a letter to Evelyn Waugh. ''The Letters of Ann Fleming'', p.162.〕 A possible purchase of the press by Ian and Ann Fleming was considered in 1954-5, but although a price was discussed it appears the sale never came to fruition.〔Amory, Mark. ''The Letters of Ann Fleming'', p.112. London: Collins Harvill, 1985〕〔 In 1955 or 1956 the printing equipment was sold, and the Queen Anne Press became a publishing imprint only. Fleming remained at the helm until his death in 1964, and the imprint was subsequently absorbed by the publishing interests of Robert Maxwell, becoming an imprint specialising in sporting books. In 2007 the Queen Anne Press was acquired by Ian Fleming's literary estate. Queen Anne Press also published the journal ''The Book Collector'' (formerly ''Book Handbook''), whose editorial board consisted of bibliophiles Michael Sadleir, John Hayward, John Carter, Percy Muir and Ian Fleming.〔Pearson, John. ''The Life of Ian Fleming'' (London: Jonathan Cape, 1966) p.264.〕 The Queen Anne Press has also published the sporting annuals ''Wisden's Almanack'', ''Rothman's Football Yearbook'' and ''Rothman's Snooker Yearbook''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Queen Anne Press」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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