Recent Arrivals from Adrian Harrington Rare Books

Leicester: Brockhampton Press, 1969. [Children's adventure novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.152. Publisher's light blue cloth, gilt titles to spine, illustrated dust-jacket priced at 12s / 60p. Contents clean, no inscriptions, some spotting to page edges, jacket is clean and bright with some trivial rubbing to crown. A near fine copy; wrapper virtually as new. "London-Sussex-Normandy; All… Read more about this item

New York: Dutton, 1962. [Modern Fiction] FIRST U.S. EDITION, SIGNED & INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.208. Publisher's hardback cloth in a pictorial dust-wrapper designed by Richard Chopping priced $3.95. With presentation note in ink to f.e.p.; For Maria, / A far better cook / than I'll ever be / as a writer. / With best… Read more about this item

London: Jonathan Cape, 1962. [Erotic comic novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.189; [3], blank. Publisher's pink cloth with gilt titles to spine, top edge green, dust-jacket priced at 15s. Contents clean, small splash to fore-edge else fine in a clean, fine wrapper, lightly worn to crown. Now a forgotten classic, Rosalind Erskine's 1962 novel The Passion Flower… Read more about this item

London: Michael Joseph Ltd., 1938. [Naval fiction] FIRST EDITION, first printing. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.304; [1], advert; [3], blank. Second issue; sheets bound up later in the orange cloth (rather than blue), blocked in black to spine, pictorial dust-wrapper illustrated by Rowland Hilder, clipped and priced down to 3/6 on spine. Contents and edges clean. Bright jacket has… Read more about this item

London: George Newnes, January 1891 to December 1896. [Literary Magazine] FIRST APPEARANCES. 12 volumes. Large octavo (25 x 17 x 50cm). Illustrated throughout. Original magazine parts bound in half-yearly volumes. In contemporary green half calf, with gilt titles to red labels, gilt and blind ruling to spines, and matching textured cloth over boards. All edges speckled red, with light… Read more about this item

London, Edinburgh etc.: Humphrey Milford/Oxford University Press, 1919. [Poetry] OXFORD EDITION, with interesting provenance. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.xvii [3] 482 [2]. With a halftone frontispiece portrait of the author. Publisher's blue cloth, gilt motif to upper board and gilt titles to spine. Boards blind-ruled. Contains a loose letter and postcard. Lightly toned and infrequently marked/spotted. Previous ownership inscription… Read more about this item

New York: Arbor House, 1980. [Golfing omnibus] FIRST EDITION. Large octavo (27 x 21cm), pp.282. Publisher's green hardcovers in photographic dust-wrapper. Fine in a near fine jacket with a few short tears. An Anthology of Golf Writing. Includes 'All to Play For/The Cup and The Lip' being the famous showdown on the golf course between 007 and Auric Goldfinger,… Read more about this item

New York: Christie's Auctioneers, 1999. [Film Memorabilia] Glossy catalogue for the Marilyn Monroe sale, 27-28th October 1999, held at Rockefeller Plaza sale room. Quarto (28 x 22cm), pp.416. Publisher's hardcovers in photographic dust-jacket, illustrated throughout. Some minor handling else fine. The personal effects of film icon Marilyn Monroe, including evening dresses, shoes, jewellery, photos, objets d'art, film scripts and… Read more about this item

London: London Film Museum, Covent Garden, 2014. [Film reference] ORIGINAL CATALOGUE. Publisher's grey softcovers (28 x 22cm), illustrated throughout. Small bump to spine. A fine copy. The official catalogue for the exhibition held in London, in the summer of 2014. "Bond in Motion" is the official exhibition of James Bond vehicles which feature in the renowned film series. It… Read more about this item

London: Bloomsbury, Printed by Clays Ltd, St. Ives, 2000. [Children's Fantasy] SIGNED FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.636. Publisher's pictorial hardback illustrated by Giles Greenfield. With the matching dust-jacket, priced at £14.99. SIGNED by the author on the dedication page, together with the 'Golden ticket' from the book-launch event at Hammicks Bookshop, St. Albans, loosely inserted… Read more about this item

London: Allen Lane, 2000. [James Bond] FIRST EDITION. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Illustrated quarto (23 x 17cm), pp.150. With black and white photographs. Publisher's grey cloth hardback blocked in silver to spine, blind-stamped '007' motif to front cover, photographic dust-jacket priced at £9.99 / $24.99 (Canada). Contents clean, publisher's dated 'Penguin' stamp to margin of title, signed to same… Read more about this item

London: George Allen and Unwin, 1977. [Fantasy] FIRST EDITION, FIRST IMPRESSION, domestic issue, printed by Billing & Sons. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.365 [1]. Folding map to rear. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine, top edge blue. With the dust-jacket illustrated with drawings by Tolkien, priced at £4.95. Contents clean, slight dustiness and handling and some gentle… Read more about this item

London: Panther Books, 1965. [James Bond reference] FIRST PRINTING. INSCRIBED COPY Octavo (17 x 11cm), pp.175; [1] advertisement, with 48 full-page plates. A Paperback original, with photographic softcovers. With presentation note by Peter Evans, whose interview with Len Deighton appears within; 'Edward // I am so excited about / your Ipcress project. //I hope this piece helps / a… Read more about this item

Leicester: Brockhampton Press, 1968. [Children's adventure novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.184. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine, dust-jacket designed by Studio Stead, clipped and repriced at 12s / 60p. Contents clean, no inscriptions, some spotting to page edges, jacket is clean and bright showing some minor handling. Near fine. One of the rare late… Read more about this item

London: Collins, 1957. [Thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp.254. Publisher's blue cloth in original pictorial dust wrapper priced at 12/6. Contents clean, edges slightly toned. Near fine in similar jacket with one small chip to lower edge of rear. Earl Derr Biggers' Chinese-American detective Charlie Chan was a popular success for the Post journal. When the author… Read more about this item

London: Published for the Crime Club by Collins, [1937]. [Crime Mystery] VINTAGE REPRINT. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.288. Publisher's brick red cloth with black titles to spine. An undated early printing (almost certainly the second) in exactly the same format as the dated first edition (1935); the list of other works notes his third novel, There's Trouble Brewing, which… Read more about this item

London: Brockhampton Press, 1967. [Children's adventure novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.151; [1], advertisement. Publisher's light blue cloth, gilt titles to spine, dust-jacket designed by Studio Stead, clipped and re-priced at 12s / 60p. Contents clean, no inscriptions. Jacket is clean and bright with minor rubbing to crown. A near fine copy. A jewel heist in London's… Read more about this item

London: Anthony Blond, 1962. [Modern Fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.208. Publisher's hardback cloth in a pictorial dust-wrapper designed by Richard Chopping priced 18s. Text block clean, no inscriptions. Some historic creases to wrapper else a clean, bright example in fine condition. The author's debut novel set in Eton College. This title was reviewed upon publication by… Read more about this item

New York, NY: Pamar Enterprises, 1965. [James Bond] Bibliographer's copy. Digest magazine format (20 x 14cm), pp.143; [1] advertisement, priced at 50c. Illustrated. American pre book-form appearance of this James Bond novellette, published as 'The Living Daylights' in 1966. The story was published in periodical form in the UK in 1962. Gentle toning to pulp paper as expected else… Read more about this item

London: Orion, 2005. [Legal Thriller] SIGNED FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[10] 404 [2]. SIGNED by the author in black ink to title page, with his FULL SIGNATURE, rather than the more familiar initials/hurried autograph. Publisher's black cloth with silver titles to spine and grey endpapers. With the photographic dust-jacket priced at £17.99. A fine, as-new copy.… Read more about this item