Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB

An illustrated colour programme for the gala event celebrating the Ian Fleming Centenary held at the London Palladium on 5th October 2008. Pp.28, magazine format, illustrated. Very light handling. Near fine. Includes an extract text 'From Russia With love (1957), articles from Lucy Fleming & Kate Grimond (Ian Fleming's nieces),…

First Edition. [Childrens classic] Bibliographer's copy. First paperback edition (18 x 11cm), pp.94; [2], ads. With eight pages of colour photos from the 1968 movie. Publisher's illustrated film tie-in softcovers, with price 3/6 printed on rear cover. No ink names, neat owner label to inside cover, contents toned as expected, co…

First Edition. [James Bond spy novel] FIRST EDITIONS in paperback (UK version and international version). Slim octavos (18 x 11cm), pp.220; [4], ads. Pictorial card wrappers with raised lettering in gilt, both copies priced at £3.50. No inscriptions, contents clean, some toning to cheap paper as expected, covers lightly handled,…

[Childrens classic] FIRST U.S. PAPERBACK EDITION, Bibliographer's copy. Octavo (18 x 11cm), pp.159; [1], blank. All three adventures in one volume. Illustrated by John Burningham. Publisher's film tie-in softcovers, price 75c printed on cover. No ink names, contents toned as expected, covers bright and fresh. An exceptional copy…

First Edition. [Spy thriller] FIRST EDITION. A paperback original. Octavo (18 x 11cm), pp.218. Publisher's pictorial covers, showing Pierce as James Bond in the motion picture written by Michael France and Jeffrey Caine. Author's second film novelisation starring Ian Fleming's James Bond. Light handling, no inscriptions, price s…

First Edition. [Spy thriller] FIRST PAPERBACK EDITION. Octavo (18 x 11cm), pp.219; [5], advertisements. Pictorial covers priced £2.99, showing Timothy Dalton as James Bond in the motion picture written by Michael G. Wilson and Richard Maibaum. Contents clean, slightly toned and handled. First paperback edition, first impression.…

dj. First Edition. [James Bond] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.222. 'Lancastria' brand binding by Askews of Preston [library suppliers], being brown cloth lettered in silver with sewn cloth-strengthened inside joints for heavy use, illustrated dust-jacket designed by Trevor Scobie with printed price of £7.95 to front flap…

First Edition. [True Crime/Documentary] FIRST DELL PRINTING, bibliographer's copy. Octavo (18 x 11cm), pp.159; [1], advertisements. Publisher's softcovers, all edges tinted green. Clean and fresh throughout. A superb copy. From the collection of Ian Fleming bibliographer Jon Gilbert (pencil signature within). An interesting edit…

[True Crime/Documentary] FIRST AMERICAN PAPERBACK PRINTING, bibliographer's copy. Octavo (18 x 11cm), pp.124; [4], advertisement. With black and white photographic plates. Publisher's softcovers priced at 95c. Contents clean, bookstore rubber-stamp to first page, price 26c penned to inside cover, a few light marks to exterior. G…

dj. First Edition. [Military history / espionage] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.xii; 383; [5], blank. Publisher's black cloth with silver titles to spine. Illustrated with photographs. With the photographic dust-jacket, priced at £19.99. No inscriptions, contents gently toned, jacket a little worn, sticker pull to front…

[Men's Magazine] ORIGINAL MAGAZINE. Quarto (28 x 21cm), pp.254. Illustrated throughout. Publisher's colour-illustrated paper covers, with two staples to the spine, priced at 75c. Lightly handled. Contains fiction, travel, humour and lifestyle articles of a male-oriented nature, plus a James Bond-style Bourbon advertisement (actu…

dj. First Edition. [James Bond novels] FIRST EDITION, First Impression. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.240. 'Lancastria' brand binding by Askews of Preston [library suppliers], being plain brown cloth with sewn cloth-strengthened inside joints for heavy use, illustrated dust-jacket designed by Trevor Scobie with printed price of £10.95…

[thriller] FIRST Pan paperback edition, Canadian Printing. Series No.X527. Octavo (18 x 11cm), pp.159; [1], blank. Publisher's photographic softcovers with original price 60c to upper panel. Pages toned, covers bright and fresh with minor rubs. Not to be confused with UK export copies priced at 60c, the Toronto printing has "an…

[Articles/fiction] Pp.304. Magazine format in die-cut photographic covers, illustrated throughout. Original price $1.25. Contents clean, centrefold present but loose, covers show light expected handling, a few small rubs, paper a little pulled at staples. Contains these three complete stories, one being a James Bond parody, plus…

dj. [Maritime Thriller] Fourth impression. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp.255 [1]. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the dust-jacket illustrated by John Heseltine priced at 18s. Contents clean, edges toned, no inscriptions. Bright, well-preserved jacket was laminated by previous owner, some light tape marks to cover…

[James Bond] Second Impression. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.288. Publisher's dark grey/dark brown cloth-effect material over boards, with silver titles to the spine. Contents clean and fresh. Pencil name to endpaper. An excellent copy without jacket. Published one month after the first impression. Published in 1963, this is the secon…

dj. [Neo noir spy thriller] Reprinted 1966. Octavo (21 x 15), pp. 319; [1]. Publisher's blue cloth lettered in gilt to spine, illustrated dust-jacket with printed price of 15s to front flap. Contents clean, no inscriptions, one dink to front cover which had impressed to first gathering, jacket is clean and fresh. An undercover m…

First Edition. [Literary Biography] FIRST PAPERBACK EDITION. Octavo (18x 12cm), pp.416, with illustrated softcovers and photographic plates within. Paper toned as expected else a crisp, bright copy. A popular read, copies are scarce in such condition. A smart first softcover of 'an essential biographical volume' (Gilbert). BMC N…

dj. First Edition. [Spy thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 17cm), pp.294. This copy issued for libraries in plain red cloth, pictorial dust-wrapper priced at £16.99. Library label removed from copyright page, labels removed from endpaper, no stamps within text, jacket is clean having been preserved in a library sleeve, sunned…

[Bond film reference] Spiral bound reproduction publications produced by 007 Magazine. A4 ring-binder with clear plastic covers (30 x 22cm). Covers slightly yellowed else clean and unused. This includes four reprints of the more elusive back issues of this essential Bond magazine (No.18- 1988, No.25- 1992, No.26- 1993, No.27- 19…

dj. First Edition. [Motoring] FIRST EDITION, No.466 of 500 copies. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.200, illustrated throughout with photographs, facsimile brochure in pocket at rear. Bound in gilt-stamped blue cloth, photographic dust-wrapper. Clean throughout. An account of Bentley's early partnership with the French DFP Cars, whose rol…

dj. First Edition. [Spy novel] A quality hardback re-issue of the first Jonathan Cape edition (1983) featuring the same dust-jacket artwork. FIRST EDITION thus, with a full strike-line number sequence. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.243. Publisher's black cloth lettered in gilt to the spine, red endpapers, illustrated jacket priced at £…

dj. First Edition. [Sport] FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.187; [5], blank. Illustrated by Henri Arnold. Publisher's red cloth, gilt titles to spine. With the pictorial dust-jacket priced 21s. Contents clean, jacket lightly handled with minor wear to extremities. An informal instruction manual from one of the masters of…

First Edition. [Thriller] FIRST EDITION, Sixth Impression. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.288. Publisher's black cloth-effect paper over boards with silver titles to the spine. Contents clean, discreet ink ownership to endpaper else fine without jacket. This is the second part of a collection of James Bond books that has become known as…

[Literary Journal] Vol. 69, No.3, Autumn 2020. Octavo, with illustrations (some in colour). Bound in the publisher's red-coloured softcovers with text printed in white and black. As new. This number contains a SIGNED review of biographer John Pearson's book 'Ian Fleming The Notes', by the James Bond historian and archivist Jon G…

[True Crime] CLASSIC READERS EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.144. Publisher's stone-coloured hardcovers stamped in gilt, decorated with author's initials in gilt to cover, plain black endpapers. Absolutely fine/as new. SIGNED on behalf of the publisher by Jon Gilbert [Adrian Harrington Ltd]. One of a selection of titles by Ian F…

[Media and literary review] Quarto magazine (32 x 25cm), pp.633-688. Publisher's illustrated paper covers, stapled twice, and priced at sixpence. Newsprint toned as expected else fine. Including 'The Quest for Querry' by Peter Fleming, being a review of Graham Greene's In Search of a Character: two African Journals. Other books…