Adrian Harrington

Career

Harrington has been a regular consultant on rare books for Millers Price Guide, and has been interviewed on book-related matters by the British Broadcasting Corporation, the Daily Mail and Australian Television

Adrian Harrington was established in the King"s Road, Chelsea in 1971, moving to a location in Kensington Church Street in 1997. In 2014, he acquired the historic Hall"s Bookshop in Tunbridge Wells and relocated to their premises. He deals in English Literature, first editions and general antiquarian books, and specialises in authors Winston Churchill, Arthur Conan Doyle, Graham Greene, J.K.Rowling and, particularly, Ian Fleming.

Also attending were Doug Redenius, President of the Ian Fleming Foundation, and IFF directors David A.Reinhart and Dave Worrall, and biographer of Ian Fleming Andrew Lycett.

The Adrian Harrington bookshop has also been used to film the 2005 literary-based comedy drama Mistress Palfrey at the Claremont, starring Joan Plowright and Rupert Friend.

In recent years Adrian Harrington has been a stockist and distributor for Queen Anne Press publications.

Achievements

• He has exhibited at major international book fairs in America, Canada, Hong Kong, Britain and Ireland, and between 2000-2010 Harrington was the Chairman of Britain"s leading rare book event, the summer American Bar Association Book Fair at Olympia, London, which, during his tenure, has been host to opening speakers including authors Jacqueline Wilson, Lynda Louisiana Plante, Joanna Lumley, Bob Geldof, Jeremy Paxman, Andrew Marr, Barry Humphries, Frederick Forsyth and former Poet Laureate Sir Andrew Motion.