Search Results: Titles starting with J from Adrian Harrington Rare Books

London: Michael Joseph, 1949. [Modern literature] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.224. Publisher's blue cloth, silver titles to spine. With the pictorial dust-jacket priced at 9s 6d to front flap. Top edge blue. Some toning to edges and spine. Bright jacket shows just a little wear to edges. A crisp, clean, near fine copy. A novel set in Burma at the time of the Japanese invasion during the Second World War.

New York, NY: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1900. [Children's Old West Adventure] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[10] 301 [1]. With eight black and white plates, including a frontispiece, illustrated by Deming. Publisher's green cloth, with red titles and coloured decoration to spine and upper. Some toning to edges and light wear to cloth. Near fine. A sequel to 'Jack, the Young Ranchman' (1899).

New York, NY: J.S. Ogilvie Publishing Company, [circa 1920s]. DIME NOVEL. Octavo paperback (19 x 12cm), pp.87 [11]. Publisher's illustrated paper covers, stapled twice. Heavily browned throughout, as expected. Only very light wear to covers. A rare survival. Near Fine. References in the advertisements of other similar copies to U-Boats, and to books being made available for the first time 'since the war', suggests a date in the early 1920's.

London: Faber and Faber, 1997. [Modern Literature] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[8] 328. SIGNED by the author in black ink to title page. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the dust-jacket illustrated by Huntley/Muir, priced at £15.99. Very light handling only. A fine copy. A novel exploring crime, the occult, and desire, set in early Victorian London.

London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1884. [Children's Literature] FIRST EDITION, later printing. Octavo (22 x 16cm), pp.47; [1]. Publisher's grey quarter cloth with colour illustrated paper over boards. Illustrated frontispiece, black and white illustrations throughout. Toning and spotting to pages, heavy wear to boards with some chips and peeling of illustrated paper. Very good. Later printing with 'why' as the last word on page 27 whereas earlier printings had 'egad'.

London: The Hogarth Press. 1949. [Modern Literature] UNIFORM EDITION, seventh impression. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.176. Publisher's turquoise cloth lettered in gilt to spine, typographic dust-jacket with printed price of 7/6 to spine and front flap. Top edge green. Previous owner's name and date in green ink to verso of flyleaf, light toning and spotting to edges of textblock, rolling to spine and discolouration of cloth to crown and base,dulling of spine gilt, tearing/chipping to crown of jacket spine, some soiling and toning to jacket. Very good. 'Jacob's Room' is Woolf's third novel, concerning the life story of the protagonist Jacob Flanders. The book is a departure from Woolf's earlier two novels, 'The Voyage Out' (1915) and 'Night and Day' (1919), which are more conventional in form. 'Jacob's Room' is seen as an important modernist text; its experimental form viewed as a progression of the innovative writing style Woolf presented in her earlier collection of short fiction entitled 'Monday or… Read More

London: Collins Crime Club, 1988. [Crime fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.197; [3], blank. Publisher's hardback in pictorial dust-wrapper. Collins' FILE COPY, marked as such to flyleaf. Sight wear at crown, minor toning otherwise an unused example. The publisher's editorial copy, although never corrected as such. Scarce (possibly unique).

London: Collins Crime Club, 1988. [Crime fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.197; [3], blank. Publisher's hardback in pictorial dust-wrapper. A splendid, fine copy. Another instalment in the hugely popular, long-running adventures of Lovejoy, the roguish antiques dealer-turned-sleuth, famously televised starring Ian McShane and Phyllis Logan.

New York: Conde Nast Publications, Inc. April 1st 1951. [Travel / leisure] FIRST APPEARANCE of this original article by Ian Fleming. Pp.186. Magazine format, fully illustrated. Original price 50c. Some light wear, with a few small chips to covers. Very good. Featuring a six-page article on Jamaica, illustrated with photographs by Fleming's friend Cecil Beaton. Novelist Ian Fleming chose Jamaica as his second home, writing his James Bond adventures at his North Shore retreat each winter, many of which were set on the island. As a working journalist, he also wrote widely on the country, it's history, culture and politics, this being one of his earliest examples. From the comprehensive collection assembled by Jon Gilbert (pencilled signature within). His comprehensive guide to the works of Ian Fleming (2012) won the 16th Breslauer Prize for bibliography. Rare. Gilbert C27, p.533.

New York: MJF Books, 1997. [Spy thrillers] FIRST EDITIONS THUS, second printings with new cover art. Two volumes, octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.318, pp.256. Bibliographer's copies. Publisher's quarter black vinyl over paper-covered boards, dust-jackets with typographical design. Very lightly handled; near fine. The first printing features typographical jacket designs whereas this second printing has photographic artwork. From the comprehensive bibliographical archive assembled by Jon Gilbert, with pencil ownership within. His encyclopaedic guide to the works of Ian Fleming (2012) won the 16th Breslauer Prize for bibliography. Gilbert E13, E14.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1977. [Espionage novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.222 [2]. Publisher's black cloth-effect material over boards, with gilt titles to spine. With the dust-jacket designed by Bill Botten, priced at £3.50. Crisp and clean internally, with just a touch of toning to edges. Jacket a little worn to extremities with some toning to spine panel. Near fine. This is the original story / novel of the 1977 James Bond film 'The Spy Who Loved Me' written under licence from Ian Fleming's copyright holders Glidrose. A particularly elusive book in collectible condition; many copies entered the lending library system and are marked as such. In addition, price-clipping appears to be an issue with this title. Hubin; Crime Fiction IV. Gilbert, Jon; Ian Fleming: The Bibliography, page 612.

New York, NY: The Armchair Detective Library, 1990. [Film novelisation] Three differing versions of the John Gardner book; FIRST EDITION in hardcover [with] FIRST PAPERBACK EDITIONS (UK and US). Octavos, hardback in glossy dust-wrapper or photographic card covers. Fine condition throughout. From the comprehensive Ian Fleming Bibliographical Archive assembled by Jon Gilbert, with his bookplates/pencilled ownership. Novelisations of the sixteenth official 007 movie. His encyclopaedic guide to the works of Ian Fleming (2012) won the 16th Breslauer Prize for bibliography. Gilbert, page 613.

Hexam & Gridley Limited, 1989. [Movie promotion] ORIGINAL SOUVENIR BOOKLET. First and only printing. Magazine format (21 x 30cm), pp.[16]. A commemorative photo book published to coincide with the release of the 1989 James Bond film 'Licence to Kill'. With numerous photographs in colour) and accompanying text. Publisher's colour-illustrated soft covers, stapled twice. Fine condition throughout.

US/UK: Titan Books, 2004-5. [Comic strip anthologies, series 1-3] Tall paperbacks in illustrated glossy covers. Strips written by Ian Fleming, Henry Gammidge, Anthony Hern and Jim Lawrence, illustrated by John McLusky and Yaroslav Horak. Mixed printings. With introductions by Roger Moore, Eunice Gayson, Shirley Eaton, George Lazenby, Lucy Fleming, Maud Adams and Caroline Munro. Fine throughout. This group represents the complete comic-strip adaptations of Ian Fleming's James Bond stories, which were serialised in the Daily Express from 1958-1968 (series 1-3). After Fleming's original texts were exhausted the third series continued, penned by others from 1969-76. Series 4 appeared in The Sunday Express in 1977, and Series 5 was published in the Daily Star from 1981-3. From the significant Ian Fleming collection of Martin Schøyen (b.1940). The Schøyen Collection Nos.161-168.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1965. [James Bond Reference] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.159 [1]. Handsomely bound in half red oasis morocco, titled and decorated in gilt to the spine, raised bands, matching cloth sides, top edge gilt. Contents clean, but for a few light spots/reading marks, exterior as new. A near fine copy in an attractive recent leather binding. From the James Bond collection assembled by Jon Gilbert, with his pencilled ownership. His comprehensive guide to the works of Ian Fleming (2012) won the 16th Breslauer Prize for bibliography. BMC No.1 p.4-13 'Fleming and Bond; Related Titles'. Gilbert, p.592, see also Appendix A, p.634.

New York, NY: Dodd, Mead, 1988. [James Bond reference book] REVISED EDITION, INSCRIBED ASSOCIATION COPY (first published by Dodd Mead in 1984). Large octavo (29 x 22cm), pp.[xii]; 275; [1], blank. Illustrated throughout. Publisher's silver-coloured card covers. Inscribed to flyleaf; 'Best Regards // Raymond Benson.' Contents clean, fine throughout, minor reading creases to spine. A most attractive copy, and rather scarce in this updated silver-cover format. From the collection of Ian Fleming bibliographer Jon Gilbert with his pencil signature/ownership. See Gilbert, page 592.

Dunellen, NJ: Daleon Enterprises (Printed and bound in England), 2001. SIGNED LIMITED EDITION, number 769 of 1000 copies. A paperback original, issued without jacket. Octavo (24 x 17cm), pp.171; [5], advertisements. Illustrated throughout. Glossy covers. Signed by the author to a limitation plate to the inside front cover. A fine/as new copy. A reference guide to the birthplace of 007 and his creator.

Manchester: Published by World Distributors, 1966. FIRST AND ONLY EDITION. Large octavo (26 x 20cm), pp.125. Publisher's glossy blue boards without jacket as issued. Illustrated throughout including several colour photographs. A used copy with associated wear, discreet name on contents page, loss to head of spine. Good. The second of the popular James Bond Annuals, with articles, features, comic strips and 'Thrilling Spy Fiction'.

Boxtree, 1999. Quarto. Original black boards, spine lettered in silver. With dust jacket. A very good copy, rubbing to head of spine and rear cover, in like dust jacket, unclipped, front panel rubbed, 3.5 cm closed tear to head of front panel, creased to front flap, remains sharp and bright. Revised edition, inscribed by the author on the title page, "Best Wishes Graham Rye". First published in 1989, this new edition features additional chapters up to and including The World is Not Enough. This copy is from the significant Ian Fleming collection of Martin Schøyen (b.1940), with his bookplate. Schøyen's private collection of manuscripts, which span all cultures and all time periods, is one of the largest and most comprehensive of its kind. The Schøyen Collection No. 583.

US/UK: Titan Books, 2006-8. [Comic strip anthologies] Tall paperbacks in illustrated glossy covers (30 x 22cm). Strips written by Jim Lawrence, based on characters created by Ian Fleming. Illustrated by Yaroslav Horak. First printings (some also FIRST UK APPEARANCES] ('Phoenix' is a second printing). With introductions by Tania Mallett, Madeiline Smith, Martine Beswicke and Valerie Leon. Fine copies. Originally serialised in the Daily Express from 1971-3, 1974-6, 1977-81, and in the Daily Star in 1983 (a few titles were not serialised in the UK). From the significant Ian Fleming collection of Dr. Martin Schøyen (b.1940). The Schøyen Collection Nos.171, 172, 173, 175.