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

London: Arthur Barker, 1934. [Historical Fiction] LEATHER-BOUND FIRST EDITIONS, First Impressions. Two volumes. Octavo (22 x 14 x 9cm), pp.494 [2]; pp.[2] 575 [2]. With a folding family tree of the Julio-Claudian dynasty to rear of each volume. Recently re-bound in red half calf, with raised bands, gilt titles to spine, matching cloth over boards, and top edges gilt. Some light spotting to edges and first / final leaves, otherwise crisp, clean copies in attractive new leather bindings. Arguably the defining piece of Roman historical fiction from the twentieth century, Graves' classic fanciful autobiography of Rome's fourth Emperor builds a tangled web of family feuds and internecine murder from hints provided by Tacitus and Suetonius. The story was dramatised by the BBC in 1976, staring Derek Jacobi, and has since inspired the tone of the acclaimed series 'Rome' (2005-07). Graves was a gifted classicist at Charterhouse and later Oxford, but decided to pursue literature and poetry after he completed… Read More

London: Arthur Barker, 1934. [Historical Fiction] LEATHER-BOUND FIRST EDITIONS, First Impressions. Two volumes. Octavo (22 x 14 x 9cm), pp.494 [2]; pp.[2] 575 [2]. With a folding family tree of the Julio-Claudian dynasty to rear of each volume. Bound in dark blue half calf, with raised bands, gilt titles to spine, matching cloth over boards, and top edges gilt. Contents clean, free from the usual spotting, exteriors as new. Fine copies in attractive recent leather bindings. Arguably the defining piece of Roman historical fiction from the twentieth century, Graves' classic fanciful autobiography of Rome's fourth Emperor builds a tangled web of family feuds and internecine murder from hints provided by Tacitus and Suetonius. The story was dramatised by the BBC in 1976, staring Derek Jacobi, and has since inspired the tone of the acclaimed series 'Rome' (2005-07). Graves was a gifted classicist at Charterhouse and later Oxford, but decided to pursue literature and poetry after he completed his degree.… Read More

London: Werner Laurie, 1953. FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp.223. Publisher's blue cloth with titles in white to spine in pictorial dust-jacket designed by Barton. Some slight offset toning to endpapers, dust-jacket shows very well, very slight loss at head of spine panel, a near fine copy.

London: Samuel French, No date [c.1930s]. [Script] SECOND EDITION. Booklet (22 x 14cm), pp.77 [3]. Publisher's typographic softcovers, priced at four shillings to front. Light internal toning. Glue marks to hinges with front starting. Covers toned and lightly creased, mild wear to joints and spine ends. Very good. A 'morning-room,' or 'drawing-room' play, initially performed to entertain party guests, includes witty, comedic plots centring genteel and aristocratic characters. This play, like the title suggests, ends with Mrs. Bennett gazing toward the heavens in gratitude for the marriage of her three daughters (before pleading for suitors for the two remaining).

London: The Folio Society, 2020. [Autobiography] FIRST THUS. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.xviii; 234 [4]. With six colour plates by Larkin, including a frontispiece. Publisher's orange quarter cloth, with gilt titles to spine, and pink illustrated cloth over boards. Orange endpapers. With the publisher's orange paper-covered slipcase. A fine copy showing just a hint of handling to slipcase. The famous first volume in Angelou's seven-volume autobiography, first published in 1969, and previously published by The Folio Society in 2000 in a different binding, without an introduction or illustrations.

London: George Allen and Unwin, 1953. [Far East Travel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.176. With eight black and white photographic plates including a frontispiece. Publisher's brown cloth over boards with gilt titles to spine. With the photographic dust-jacket, priced at 16s. Very light spotting to edges and endpapers. Light spotting and browning to rear jacket panel, with some light toning to spine and a few chips and closed tears to top edge. Very good. Concerning the author's experiences living and working in wartime and post-war China.

London: Collins, 1961. [Modern Literature] FIRST EDITION, EX LIBRIS CLEMENT ATTLEE. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.448. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine. Blue ink gift inscription to 'Clem' to flyleaf. A new bookplate detailing provenance to front pastedown. Spine sunned to grey, with gilt completely dulled and some rubbing to cloth. Very good. A novel by the author of 'Fame is the Spur' (1940). From the library of Clement Attlee (Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 1945-1951), and his wife Violet.

London: Bantam Press, 2019. [Modern fiction] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[6] 374 [4]. SIGNED by the author in black marker to title page. Publisher's white cloth with gilt titles to spine, and yellow endpapers. With the dust-jacket designed by Richard Ogle, priced at £20.00. 'Signed Copy' sticker to front cover. A fine, as-new copy. A light Romance from the best-selling author of the 'Shopaholic' series.

Athens: Gravrielides Books, 2012. [Greek Poetry] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.56. All text in Greek. INSCRIBED by the author in blue ink 'To Malina, from the heart' to half-title. Publisher's grey soft covers. Rubbing to spine and a couple of bumps. Very good. The author's first published poetry collection.

London: Evans Brothers, 1954. [WWII novel] SIGNED FIRST EDITION, First Impression. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.224. SIGNED by the author in black ink to title page. With ten photographic halftone illustrations. Publisher's red cloth, gilt titles to spine. With the pictorial dust-jacket priced at 12/6 to front flap. Interior lightly toned and spotted in a few places, including both endpapers. Cloth faintly sunned to spine and extremities. Dust-jacket toned and spotted, mostly to lower. Wear to extremities. A very good copy in the rare jacket. The tale of an Austrian medical student who gets captured by the Russian army at Stalingrad and taken to a P.O.W camp. A novelised true story, recounted from the protagonist 'Pepi' to Godfrey Lias after he escaped and returned home. Narrated candidly by Lias, who himself served in both World War I and II.

London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1950. [Modern Literature] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[2] 380 [2]. INSCRIBED by the author in green ink to title page: 'John R. Cronland | with all kind thoughts | from Neil Bell | Brixham | June, 1950.' Publisher's black cloth with silver titles to spine. With the dust-jacket illustrated by Lowen, priced at 12/6. Internally crisp and clean, with perhaps a touch of toning to edges, and a little light wear and bumping to cloth. Jacket rubbed to edges, with some chipping. Very good.

London: Evans Brothers, 1954. [Drama] FIRST UK EDITION, PRODUCER'S COPY. Two volumes; one working copy, and one ring-bound 'Producer's Copy.' Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.94 [2]. With a black and white photographic frontispiece. Publisher's green paper covers with black titles to spine and front cover, priced at 5s. Producer's Copy ring-bound with black leatherette covers, gilt titles to upper, and a blank leaf between each leaf of text, intended for notes. Producer's Copy internally clean with only light wear to covers. Near fine. Working trade edition has neat pencil notes to most pages, with heavier wear to covers. Price scored out, with loss to head and tail of spine. Good. Adapted from Isherwood's novel 'Goodbye to Berlin,' this 1951 / 1952 Broadway play itself inspired both a film of the same name (1955), and the later hit musical 'Cabaret' (1966).

London: Orchard Books, 2010. [Children's Illustrated] SIGNED LIMITED TENTH ANNIVERSARY EDITION. Small quarto (29 x 26cm). Number 130 of 1250 copies SIGNED by the author to slipcase. Publisher's colour-illustrated white cloth with red and white titles. With the illustrated white cloth-covered slipcase, priced at £30.00. Book still in the original shrink-wrap, case unmarked. A fine, as-new copy. The first in the popular 'Charlie and Lola' series, first published in 2000, and winner of the Kate Greenaway Medal.

London: Cassell Illustrated, 2007. [Cricket]. INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Small quarto (26 x 20cm), pp.256. Illustrated in colour throughout. INSCRIBED by the author 'To Max', in black ink to front free endpaper. Publisher's glossy paper-covered illustrated boards with matching dust-jacket. Illustrated endpapers. A fine copy.

London: Phoenix / Orion, 1996. [Literary biography] FIRST PAPERBACK EDITION, bibliographer's copy. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.x; 486. With photographic plates. Publisher's photographic softcovcers, priced at £8.99. Carefully read, covers show minor handling. Near fine. This copy is from the comprehensive collection of Jon Gilbert (pencilled signature within). His encyclopaedic guide to the works of Ian Fleming (2012) won the 16th Breslauer Prize for bibliography. Gilbert, p.592.

New York: Octopus Books. London: William Heinemann and Chancellor Press, 1985. [Spy novel collection] Octavo, pp.863; [1]. Publisher's burgundy leather-effect vinyl blocked in gilt, sewn headbands, pale yellow endpapers, photographic dust-wrapper. Small chip/rub to foot of spine else a clean, fine copy. The U.S. version of E6a (1), using the British sheets. The wrapper has the Octopus imprint rather than Chancellor Press. Rare; no other copy currently listed online. Bibliographer Jon Gilbert's copy (pencil notes and ownership within). His encyclopaedic guide to the works of Ian Fleming (2012) won the 16th Breslauer Prize for bibliography. Gilbert E6b (2).

MGM/UA, 1989-90. [James Bond films] Group of three laserdic video sets (complete). US origin, housed in their respective jackets or gatefold sleeve. Appear fine (not play tested). Three classic films starring Sean Connery as Ian Fleming's James Bond. The LaserDisc was a home video format and the first commercial optical disc storage medium, a fore-runner to DVD recordings. From the Jon Gilbert James Bond collection.

London: Queen Anne Press, 2017. [Bibliography] DELUXE LIMITED EDITION, one of a handful of copies marked o/s (out of series) SIGNED by Fergus Fleming (co-publisher at Queen Anne Press) and his brother James (publisher of The Book Collector), Ian Fleming's nephews. Additionally signed by Fleming bibliographer Jon Gilbert. All three authors have written essays contained herein. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.x;150; [viii], Endmatter. With numerous pages of illustrations, some in colour, several not used in the original journal publication. Deluxe copies include an exclusive insert within a map-pocket at the rear, reproducing the 1957 promotional leaflet written by Ian Fleming and designed by his friend Robert Harling. Handsomely bound in publisher's half black buckram over comb-marbled boards, yellow endpapers cloth with gilt lettering and ornament, black endpapers, contrasting red and black endbands. Fine/as new. To celebrate its 65th anniversary, The Book Collector magazine devoted its Spring 2017 issue to… Read More

London: William Heinemann, Secker and Warburg, and Octopus Books, 1984. [James Bond omnibus] 1984 Reissue, sold through St. Michael / Marks & Spencer. Large octavo (23 x 16cm), pp.862; [2]. Publisher's black hardcovers, photographic dust-wrapper featuring a colour still of Sean Connery as James Bond. Pages toned as usual, jacket a trifle sunned to spine. Near fine. Bibliographer Jon Gilbert's copy (pencil ownership within). His encyclopaedic guide to the works of Ian Fleming (2012) won the 16th Breslauer Prize for bibliography. Gilbert E5a(2).

New York; Hartford Publications, Inc. 1964. [James Bond literary reference] Magazine format, fully illustrated. pp.108, Price $1. Contains the first appearance of this Ian Fleming interview by the acclaimed journalist Roy Newquist. Lightly handled only; a fine copy. Roy Newquist was a copy supervisor for various advertising agencies in Minneapolis and Chicago (1951-63), a literary editor for Chicago's 'American' magazine and a critic for the 'New York Post' (1963). He also hosted a radio program called Counterpoint, WQXR, New York. His published books include 'Counterpoint' (1964) and 'Conversations' (1967). His interviewees included Joan Crawford, Jack Lemmon, P.G.Wodehouse and Truman Capote. Gilbert G9, p.583.