Search Results: Authors starting with G from Adrian Harrington Rare Books

Paris: E. Dentu, Libraire de la Societe des Gens de Lettres, 1873. [Literature] EARLY EDITION, possibly the seventh. Octavo (18 x 12cm), pp.vi; 489; [1]. All text in French. Later tan half calf with gilt titles to spine., marbled boards. Internally clean, slight chip[ping to flyleaf, binding lightly rubbed to extremities, especially joints, spine sunned. Very good. A printing from the same year as the first edition. Gaboriau was a master of French detective fiction, eclipsed in English only by Doyle's 'Sherlock Holmes' stories.

Liechtenstein: QUICK, 1960. [Modern Literature] INSCRIBED FOURTH IMPRESSION. Octavo (23 x 16cm), pp.53. Eleven illustrations including frontispiece by Franz Deak. INSCRIBED by Baron von Falz-Fein, father of Ludmila, in blue ink to dedication page. Publishers green cloth, gilt title upper front board. Photographic yellow dust-jacket, not priced. Ownership inscription to front endpaper, minor marking to front board, Minor tear to upper spine of dust-jacket. Near fine. This story originally appeared in the Christmas 1953 issue of Sketch in London.

London: William Heinemann, 1911. [Literature] EX LIBRIS CLEMENT ATTLEE, the second impression. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[8] 339 [5]. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine and upper. Attlee's distinctive monogram bookplate to front pastedown. A label removed from just above. Light offsetting to endpapers; edges heavily toned with some marks. Heavy rubbing and toning to spine, with lighter wear and a few marks to boards. Repair to split lower joint. Good. From the library of Clement Attlee (Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 1945-1951), and his wife Violet.

London: William Heinemann, 1913. [Literature] FIRST EDITION, EX LIBRIS CLEMENT ATTLEE. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[16] 302 [18]. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine. Attlee's distinctive monogram bookplate to front pastedown. Toning to edges. Rubbing to cloth and toning to spine; lower joint starting. Good. From the library of Clement Attlee (Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 1945-1951), and his wife Violet.

London: Duckworth & Co., 1910. [Short Stories] EX LIBRIS CLEMENT ATTLEE, a later edition. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.264. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine. Top edge blue, others untrimmed. An early iteration of Attlee's distinctive monogram bookplate to front pastedown. Half-title and title page leaves heavily browned. Heavy damage to head of spine, otherwise only very light wear. Good. A collection of 19 short stories first published in 1908. From the library of Clement Attlee (Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 1945-1951), and his wife Violet.

London: Frederick Muller Ltd., 1949. [Second World War] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.[4]; 290; [2]. Publisher's navy cloth, gilt titles to spine. Illustrated with eight double sided plates in colour. Bookplate to pastedown, neat ownership to flyleaf, slight toning to edges. Cloth lightly rubbed, some negligible paint splashes. A very good copy without wrapper. An anthology of contributions from over 100 various contributors on the overlooked East African Campaign in the Second World War.

London: Pandora, 2003. Paperback octavo, pp.x, 278. Some slight and negligible shelf wear, a very good copy.

London: Jonathan Cape and Hodder and Stoughton, 1982. [Spy novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.254; [1], afterword; [1], blank. Publisher's cloth in pictorial dust-jacket with no price to the front flap - copies without a printed price were intended for export. No inscriptions. Some rubbing and acceptable wear, short tear to back panel. Very good. An original novel starring James Bond, and the second from author John Gardner, written under copyright of Glidrose (Ian Fleming) Publications Ltd. Haining; Crime Fiction p.208. Benson, Raymond; Bond Companion (1984). BMC No.1 [1984,] pp.4-13 'James Bond Revivals'. Hubin; Crime Fiction IV. GIlbert, p.613.

G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1991. Octavo. Original blue paper-backed boards, spine lettered in gilt, blue endpapers. With dust jacket. A fine copy. First US edition, first printing, presentation copy, signed and inscribed by the author on the title page: "To my very dear friends. / Carolyn & Otto. / With love and respect.". The author has also signed in full beneath his printed name, which he has crossed through. The recipients are Mr and Mrs Otto Penzler; Penzler is the owner of New York's Mysterious Press, a publisher of numerous crime and thriller writers including the James Bond novelists John Gardner and Jeffrey Deaver. 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. Gilbert, page 613. Provenance: Martin Schøyen. The Schøyen Collection No. 339.

London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1992. FIRST EDITION, SIGNED and INSCRIBED by the author. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.248. Publisher's hardback cloth binding in pictorial dust-jacket with no price to front flap- copies without a printed price were intended for export. With presentation note to title page in black ink; "To Bryan | With all good wishes | John Gardner". Lightly handled, slight reading lean; a near fine copy. BMC No.1 [1984] p.4-13 'James Bond Revivals'. Hubin; Crime Fiction IV. Gilbert, Jon; Ian Fleming The Bibliography p.613.

London: Guild Publishing, 1987. [James Bond novel] Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.240. UK book club edition, stated 'Second Printing'. Black cloth-effect paper over boards, gilt titles, pictorial dust-jacket designed by Trevor Scobie. Slight toning to text block else a fine, fresh copy in jacket. John Gardner' sixth original novel starring Commander Bond, set in Eastern Europe, London, Ireland and Hong Kong.

London: Frederick Muller, 1964. [Cold War Thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.204; [4], blank. Publisher's red cloth with silver titles to spine, dust-jacket designed by Derrick Holmes, priced at 18s. Minor dustiness, jacket with some wearing to crown, laminate shrinkage at rear joint, light rolling to spine. A very good example of the author's first novel. A Boysie Oakes spy thriller written before Gardner's stint as the official James Bond novelist. Hubin; Crime Fiction IV.

Hodder & Stoughton, 1989. SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo. Original blue boards, spine lettered in gilt. With dust jacket. A near-fine copy, edges sunned, in like dust jacket, rubbed, small patch of adhesive residue to front flap. First edition, first impression, signed by the author on the title page. The eighth of Gardner's Bond continuation novels. 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. Gilbert, p. 613; The Schøyen Collection No. 324.

G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1989. FIRST US EDITION, ADVANCE COPY. Octavo. Publisher's quarter black cloth with blue endpapers, in a pictorial dust jacket priced at $13.95. With the publisher's printed press release loosely inserted. A near-fine copy, in like dust jacket. First US edition, first printing, advance review copy, warmly inscribed to Otto Penzler, Gardner's publisher in America. 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. 327.

New York, NY: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1989. [Spy Thriller] INSCRIBED ORIGINAL TYPESCRIPT. 437 sheets of type-written A4 paper, with the title leaf INSCRIBED by the author in black ink: 'To Gary, | With all good wishes — | yours | John Gardner.' Also with a separate Compliments leaf on US gauge paper headed with Gardner's US address in Charlottesville, VA, INSCRIBED in black ink: 'Thank you for being so thoughtful. | John G.' Additionally featuring four TLS, all addressed to the first owner of the typescript, Gary L. Heiselberg. One, loose and unfolded from the publishers, confirms his purchase of the typescript, and apologises for its delay in dispatch. The other three are folded with stamped and post-marked envelopes, the first consisting of a copy of a letter sent by Otto Penzler, New York publisher and bookseller, to John Gardner, urging him to dispatch the typescript, purchased by Mr. Heiselberg at an MWA auction which he had presided over as auctioneer. The second is from John Gardner himself,… Read More

London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1993. [James Bond Continuation] FIRST EDITION, EXPORT COPY. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[10] 212 [2]. Publisher's hardback cloth binding in pictorial dust-jacket with no price to front flap - copies without a printed price were intended for export. A fine copy in jacket. When an officer of the British Security Service is murdered in Switzerland, James Bond becomes involved in a deadly game of hide and seek. He follows a sinister shadow across the world, from Athens to Milan, Singapore, the USA and ultimately to EuroDisney.

London: Hodder and Stoughton. 1996. [Spy thriller ] FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp.213. An exceptional copy, with an original watercolour illustration from the jacket artist David Scutt to flyleaf, with his 'chop' stamp and signature. Publisher's blue cloth hardback cloth in a pictorial dust-wrapper. A fine copy, housed in a bespoke blue leather-spined clamshell box with fleece lining. John Gardner's final James Bond novel, which was published as 'Cold Fall' in America. Gilbert, Jon; Ian Fleming: The Bibliography, page 613.

London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1993. [Spy thriller] FIRST EDITION, SIGNED by the author, bibliographer's copy. Royal octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.190; [2], blank. Publisher's cloth in pictorial dust-wrapper priced £10.95 to flap. A clean, fine copy. Virtually as new. An original novel starring Ian Fleming's James Bond. From the collection of Ian Fleming bibliographer Otto Penzler, purchased by ourselves at Swann Auctions in 2010, with auction lot slip tucked in. Penzler's Mysterious Press published John Gardner's 1984 novel The Garden of Weapons. A fine association. Gilbert, Jon; Ian Fleming: The Bibliography, page 613.

Hodder & Stoughton, 1992. Octavo. Publisher's black cloth lettered in gilt, in a pictorial dust jacket priced at £14.99. Date stamp to verso dust jacket. A fine copy, in near-fine dust jacket, rubbed, top corner of front panel slightly worn. First edition, first impression, signed by the author on the title page. 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. Gilbert, page 613; The Schøyen Collection No. 342.

London: Jonathan Cape and Hodder and Stoughton, 1986. [James Bond novel] FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY TO HIS PUBLISHER, inscribed and signed twice. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.192. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the dust-jacket illustrated by Trevor Scobie, priced at £8.95. Author's inscription to the flyleaf; To My Dear Dear Friends / Carolyn & Otto / John (underline). With further full signature to title page. Fine throughout. Presented to Otto Penzler and his wife Carolyn. Penzler's Mysterious Press published John Gardner's 1984 novel The Garden of Weapons. A fine association. BMC No.1 [1984] p.4-13 'James Bond Revivals'. Gilbert, Jon; Ian Fleming: The Bibliography, page 613.