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deletions indicating Chopping’s unease. “I am afraid that a bad misunderstanding occured over the question of my fee... The figure you urged me to charge in the future was 200 gns. I was in fact doing this job with 150gns in mind. So you can imagine my surprise when Michael sent me 1/2 that amount.” Eventually Fleming sends a typed letter signed to Chopping dated 22 March 1960, agreeing that Chopping’s work should be more highly paid but by “squeezing the mil- lionaires” (presumably Cape), explaining that Cape pay “their standard fee of 25 guin- eas and I pay the rest... How would 100 guineas suit?”, but goes on to say “I shall not argue if you think a higher price would be right.” With no response from Chopping on 8 April, Howard writes a short letter to Chopping enquiring whether “everything has been squared up to your satisfaction.” Chopping replies with an undated autograph letter (but 11 April, on the back of Flem- ing’s letter of 22 March) saying, “I find the whole business of money so embarrassing... I really cannot argue about it and will settle for 100 guineas” Fleming replies by return (12 April), “in view of your fine jacket and my vast admira - tion for your work I propose that 125 guineas would be a fair compromise... But you must promise to do my next jacket also!” Chopping replies (written on the back of Fleming’s letter) thanking Fleming for his “generous proposal” and confirming payment. The artwork comprises several draft pages typed with the ‘dossier text’ used on the jacket (”The case of Kurt Hammerstein or von Hammerstein...”), two marked up by
the positioning of the lettering “logically “For Your Eyes Only” should be stamped on a portion of the document.... I enclosed a draft of how this might look... The title should be red and perhaps... rather fuzzy as if it really were a rubber stamp.” Two drafts of a page from a dossier typed by Fleming with FOR YOUR EYES ONLY written in pen, twice on one draft (one in a box) and once on the other. Howard then writes to Chopping (Nov 4th 1959), “Ian Fleming has gone off round the world to visit all the wicked cities and write a series of titillating articles for The Sunday Times... I think between you you have cooked up an idea of really masterly ingenuity which should make one of the most intriguing jackets you have done...”. Howard goes on to mention proposed deadlines and sizing, and encloses Fleming’s dossier draft of the previous letter. The design now complete, the letters turn to the thorny issue of Chopping’s fee. How- ard writes to Chopping on 6 January 1960, “Ian has just gone off to Jamaica for his annual hibernation... Ian has also asked me to send on his behalf a cheque for £75... this is double the highest fee I have ever heard of being paid for a jacket design in this country...” Chopping is not impressed, “You seem prepared for me to be dissatisfied with £75 and indeed I am... it is between Ian and me I would like to write direct to him.” Howard writes supplying Fleming’s Jamaican address, followed by a letter on 10 March asking if he and Fleming have sorted out his fee and mentioning difficulties with printing the jacket. Meanwhile Chopping sends an undated and unaddressed (though presumably to Goldeneye) note to Fleming. It is characterised by a large number of corrections and
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