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John F. Fleming Rare Book Co. (American, 1910-1987)
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Note: Rare book dealer and collector, dies at age 77; The records of the A.S.W. Rosenbach Company, which had been maintained by John Fleming, are now housed at the Rosenbach Foundation in Philadelphia. John Francis Fleming was born in the Hell's Kitchen neighborhood of Manhattan in 1910. At the age of 15, he went to work as a clerk for the well-known antiquarian bookseller A.S.W. Rosenbach in New York City. His acuteness and love of books earned him promotions to salesman, manager, and eventually to vice-president of the Rosenbach Company. When Rosenbach died in 1952, Fleming continued to sell books under his own name at a magnificent apartment at 322 East 57th Street, where Rosenbach had maintained his business. In this time, Fleming was one of the most important antiquarian dealers in the United States and counted many major collectors among his clients. He died on December 27, 1987.
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