51. Hitchings, Henry.

The Secret Life of Words – How English Beacame English.

First American Edition. New York, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2008. 16 cm X 23.5 cm. 440 pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

52. Hughes, Ted.

Ted Hughes. Foreword by Jeanette Winterson.

No Place of Print, Produced by the Guardian in association with Faber and Faber, 2008. 12.5 cm x 21 cm. 22 pages. Original softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Clean inside. [Great poets of the 20th century series].

53. Humphreys, Emyr.

Unconditional Surrender.

First Edition. Bridgend, Wales, Seren, Poetry Press Wales Ltd, 1996. 14.5 cm x 22 cm. 156 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

54. Irving, John.

Last Night in Twisted River.

New York, Random House, 2009. 17 cm x 24 cm. 554 pages. Jacket design by Gabrielle Bordwin with a jacket image by Everett Irving. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Deckled edges. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

55. Irving, Washington.

Knickerbocker’s History of New York & Knickerbocker Miscellanies.

New York, P.F. Collier & Son, No Year (c. 1920). 14.5 cm x 20 cm. 450. Frontispiece illustration – engraving entitled ‘Dutch Weight’. Original Hardcover. (Black cloth with embossed decoration on front board – title embossed in gilt on spine.) Very Good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Minor pencil markings on rear endpaper. [The Works of Washington Irving].

56. Irving, Washington.

The Sketch Book, Legends of the Conquest of Spain / [Including the Biography of Irving:] “A Life of Washington Irving” by Richard Henry Stoddard.

New York, London The Co-operative Publication Society, Inc., No date (c. 1920). 14.5 cm x 20 cm. 561 pages. Frontispiece illustration – portrait of Washington Irving dated 1851. Original Hardcover (black cloth with embossed decoration – title embossed in gilt on spine). Good condition with minor signs of external wear. Front board a little shaky. Some minor pencil markings on back free endpaper. [The Works of Washington Irving].

57. Jerome, Jerome K.

Three Men in a Boat – (To say nothing of the Dog). Illustrations by A. Frederics.

First Edition, second state, with “11 Quay Street” on titlepage. Bristol/ London, J.W. Arrowsmith / Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent and Co. Limited, 1889. 8°. 315 Pages plus three nn. pages (Publisher’s Advertisement). Hardcover / Original, publisher’s illustrated cloth with gilt lettering on the Spine. Professionally repaired and strengthened binding in prtective Mylar. Private gift-inscription to mirror of title-page. Minor fraying to last page of text. Rare in this condition with minor staining only and all illustrations in beautiful condition.

58. Johansson, Bertil.

The Adapter Adapted – A study of Sir John Vanbrugh’s comedy “The Mistake” – Its Predecessors and Successors.

Stockholm, Almqvist & Wiksell, 1977. 8°. 75 pages. Softcover. Very good condition. Inscribed by Bertil Johansson to Professor Colin Roderick. [Acta Universitatis Stockholmiensis – XLI].

59. Johnson, Samuel.

The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia. Edited with an Introduction by Geoffrey Tillotson and Brian Jenkins.

London, Oxford University Press, 1971. 13.5 cm x 21 cm. XXX, 145 pages. Illustrated with one photographic black and white reproduction of the title page of the first volume of the first edition, 1759. Original Hardcover (blue cloth with embossed gilt lettering). Name of prewoner on endpaper (tiny entry). Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear with a very few pencil marks in margins. [Oxford English Novels – General Editor: James Kinsley].

60. [Keats, John] Plumly, Stanley.

Posthumous Keats: A Personal Biography.

Advance Reading Copy. New York, W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., 2008. 13.5 x 21cm. 288 pages, with 7 illustrations. Original softcover. Binding beginning to loosen, otherwise in very good condition.

61. Keller, May Lansfield.

The Anglo-Saxon Weapon Names treated archaeologically and etymologically. First Part: Antiquarian Investigation.

Heidelberg, Carl Winter, 1905. 8°. 144 pages. Softcover. Dissertation / Original Thesis from 1905 (NOT the reprint). Library copy. Very good+ condition.

62. Kenner, Hugh.

The Mechanic Muse.

New York / Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1987. 14 cm x 21.5 cm. 136 pages. Original Hardcover with the rare illustrated dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Near new. Some ephemera inside cover including a leaf from publisher noting this book as an advance copy (dated November 27, 1986).

63. Landor, Walter Savage / Bradley, William.

The Early Poems of Walter Savage Landor. A study of his development and debt to Milton.

London, Bradbury, Agnew & Co., (1914). 13.7 cm x 21 cm. 121 pages. Hardcover / Professionally, recently rebound in pale grey cloth, preserving the original wrapper. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. A few notes and marks on title pages in pencil.

64. Langland, William.

The Vision of William concerning Piers the Plowman. According to the version revised and enlarged by the author ca. A.D. 1377. Edited by the Rec. Walter W. Skeat.

Tenth, revised edition. Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1962. 11,5 cm x 17 cm. XLVIII, 216 pages. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with some minor signs of external wear. From the library of swiss – american – irish poet Chuck Kruger.

65. [Lawrence, D.H. / Fitzgerald, F. Scott / Miller, Henry / Thomas, Dylan / Plath, Syliva / Tytell, John.

Leben, Liebe, Leidenschaft. D.H. Lawrence, F.Scott Fitzgerald, Henry Miller, Dylan Thomas, Sylvia Plath. Fünf Portäts Aus dem Amerikanischen von Ebba D. Drolshagen.

Zurich, Arche, 1993. 14.5 cm x 22 cm. 429 pages. Illustrated with five black-and-white portrait photographs. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

66. Lily Tuck.

Interviewing Matisse or The Woman Who Died Standing Up.

First Edition. New York, Alfred A Knopf, 1991. 15 cm x 22 cm. 148 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket and deckled edges. Jacket Design by Chip Kidd. Author photograph by Bill Hayward. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

67. Lind, Jakov.

Numbers.

London, Jonathan Cape, 1972. Octavo. 172 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. First British edition of the second part of his autobiography. Inscribed / signed by Jakov Lind.

68. Lind, Jakov.

Travels to the Enu.

New York, St. Martin’s, 1982. Octavo. 125 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. First edition of this brief satirical novel, Lind’s first novel to be composed in English. A fine copy in dust jacket. This copy signed and inscribed by Lind to American novelist Harold Brodkey.

69. Lind, Jakov / [Harold Brodkey Association].

The Inventor.

New York, Braziller, 1988. Octavo. 144 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. First edition of this work composed in English. Inscribed / signed by Lind to American novelist Harold Brodkey.

70. Luce, Alice H. (from Boston)

The Countess of Pembroke’s Antonie.

Weimar, Emil Felber, 1897. 8°. 119 pages. Softcover. Dissertation / Original thesis. Library copy. Excellent condition.

71. Lyttelton, George / Hart-Davis, Rupert / Hudson, Roger (Editor).

The Lyttelton Hart-Davis Letters: A Selection. Correspondence of George Lyttelton and Rupert Hart-Davis 1955-1962.

London, John Murray, 2001. 14.5 cm x 22.5 cm. XV, 368 pages. Original hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Loosely inserted preower’s notes and pencil markings on several pages. Otherwise clean inside with solid binding.

72. [Meredith, George] Photiadès, Constantin.

George Meredith – His Life, Genius and Teaching, from the French of Constantin Photiadès rendered into English by Arthur Price.

London, Constable & Company, 1913. Octavo. 253 pages. Hardcover / Original blue publisher’s cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Some foxing ! Otherwise in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

73. Muldoon, Paul.

Madoc. A Mystery.

London, Boston, Faber and Faber, 1990. 12.5cm x 19.5 cm. 261 pages. Cover illustration: ‘Rushes Through the Middle, a Brave’ by George Catlin. Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

74. Muldoon, Paul.

The Annals of Chile.

First Edition. London, Boston, Faber and Faber, 1994. 12.5 cm x 19.5 cm. 189 pages. Softcover. Cover painting by Dermot Seymour. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear with a bookplate on front free endpaper.

75. Nabokov, Vladimir.

The Enchanter – His Long Lost Novel. Translated by Dmitri Nabokov.

London, Picador, published by Pan Books, 1987. 14 cm x 22.5 cm. 127 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Jacket painting – F Vallatton, 1913. Author photograph – Philip Halfman. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Minor inscription by previous owner on front pastedown.

76. [Nabokov, Vladimir] Rampton, David.

Vladimir Nabokov – A Critical Study of the Novels.

Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1984. 13.5 cm x 21.5 ccm. X, 233 pages. Softcover. Cover design by Jan van de Watering with a cover photograph of Vladimir Nabokov in Montreux, 1968. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

77. Nicolson, Nigel / [ Vita Sackville-West].

Portrait of a Marriage [Vita Sackville-West and Harold Nicolson].

New York, Athenaeum, 1973. 14 cm x 24 cm. CI, 250 pages. Original Hardcover. Some minor signs of foxing. Otherwise in excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

78. [Olson, Charles] Clark, Tom.

Charles Olson – The Allegory of a Poet’s Life.

New York, London W.W. Norton & Company, 1991. 17 cm x 24 cm. XI, 403 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Jacket design Jay J. Smith. Cover photography of Charles Olson Goliard Press. Leading edge deckled. Very good, actually in excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

79. Ondaatje, Michael.

Divisadero.

First Edition. New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 2007. 15 cm x 22 cm. 273 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Deckled Edges. Jacket design by Carol Devine Carson. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

80. Pater – Downes, David Anthony.

The Temper of Victorian Belief. Studies in the Religious Novels of Pater, Kingsley, and Newman.

New York, Twayne Publishers. 1972. 8°. 159 Pages. Hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Very good condition.

81. Pearson, Michael.

Imagined Places – Journeys Into Literary America. With photographs by John Lawrence and Joel Mednick.

Jackson (Mississippi), London, University of Mississippi, 1991. 16 cm x 23.5 cm. XIX, 323 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Front cover of dustjacket: detail from ‘Breaks the Blank Day’, a painting by Lynn Green Root. Author photo by Bob Firek. Very fine condition with only minor signs of external wear.

82. Poe, Edgar Allan.

Complete Poems.

New York, New Jersey, Gramercy Books, 1992. 14.5 cm x 21.5 cm. 128 pages. Jacket illustration of a portrait of Edgar Allan Poe from the Bettman Archives, Inc. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

83. [Powys, Llewelyn] Foss, Peter J.

A Bibliography of Llewelyn Powys.

London / New Castle, British Library / Oak Knoll Press, 2007. 8°. XII, 292 pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket. Signed by the author on the titlepage. Additionally inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper. Excellent condition (close to new).

84. [Puttnam, David] Norman, Diana.

The Morning Gift.

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1985. 8°. 285 pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket. Front endpaper missing. Beautifully inscribed and signed by Diana Norman to producer David Puttnam: “The only thing of value i can give you – a sample of my own blood, sweat + tears – With my best Love – Diana”. From the personal library of producer David Puttnam.

85. Quiller-Couch, Arthur.

Cambridge Lectures.

London / New York, J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd. / E.P. Dutton & Co. Inc., 1948. 11 cm x 18 cm. V, 312 pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. [Everyman’s Library No. 974].

86. Rousseau, George S./Rudenstine, Neil L.

English Poetic Satire – Wyatt to Byron.

New York a.o., Pinehart Editions, 1972. 8°. XVI, 599 pages. Original paperback. Very good condition.

87. Runcie, James.

Sidney Chambers and The Shadow of Death.

First Edition. London / Berlin / a.o., Bloomsbury, 2012. 14 cm x 22.5 cm. 392 pages. Original Hardcover with the rare illustrated dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Excellent condition. Out of print. [The Cranchester Mysteries (Volume 1 of 6)]

88. Shakespeare – Cox, John D.

Shakespeare and the Dramaturgy of Power.

Princeton, University Press, 1989. 8°. XVIII, 282 pages. Original hardcover. Library copy with usual stamps and ugly markings on the edge and binding. Inside NO underlinings or highlightings.

89. Shakespeare, William.

Collection of 9 interesting publications of literary criticism and history regarding William Shakespeare. The collection includes: 1. Brents Stirling – The Shakespeare Sonnet Order (1968) / 2. Katharine Cooke – A.C.Bradley and his influence in Twentieth-Century Shakespeare Criticism (1972) / 3. Nichol Smith – Eighteenth Century Essays on Shakespeare. Second Edition (1963) / 4. Walter Whiter – A Specimen of a commentary on Shakespeare – Being the text of the first (1794) edition revised by the author and never previously published. edited by Alan Over – Completed by Mary Bell (1967) / 5. Kenneth Muir – Shakespeare – The Comedies. A Collection of critical Essays. Edited by Kenneth Muir. Englewood Cliffs, 1965 / 6. Peter Quennell – Shakespeare the poet and his background (1963) / 7. S.C.Sen Gupta – Shakespeare’s Historical Plays (1964) / 8. Anne Righter – Shakespeare and the Idea of the Play (1964) / 9. Bertrand Evans – Shakespeare’s Tragic Practice (Clarendon Press, 1979)//

Berkeley / Los Angeles and others, University of California Press (and other publishing houses), c. 1968 – 1975 8°. c. 2000 pages. All volumes in hardcover. All titles are former library copies with ugly red markings on edges and bindings. Inside very good. More images upon request.

90. [Shakespeare, William] Brown, Richard Danson / Johnson, David.

A Shakespeare Reader: Sources and Criticism. Shakespeare: Text and Performance.

United Kingdom, Palgrave Macmillan, 2000. 23.4cm x 15.7cm. XV, 330 pages. With 2 illustrations. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

91. [Shakespeare, William]Wills, Gary.

Witches & Jesuits. Shakespeare’s Macbeth.

New York, Oxford, The New York Public Library, Oxford University Press, 1995. 15 cm x 22 cm. VIII, 223 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Very fine condition with only minor signs of external wear.

92. Snow, C.P.

Corridors of Power.

First Edition. London, Macmillan & Co., 1964. 12.5 cm x 19.5 cm. VIII, 408 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

93. Stein, Gertrude.

A Stein Reader – Gertrude Stein. Edited with an Introduction by Ulla E. Dydo.

Evanston, Illinois, Northwestern University Press, 1993. 15.5 cm x 23.5 cm. XIV, 624 pages. Softcover. Cover portrait – ‘Gertrude Stein’ by Pablo Picasso 1906, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (Bequest of Gertrude Stein). Cover Design Rich Hendel. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

94. Stone, Harry.

Fairy Tales and Ogres : Dickens’ Imagination and “David Copperfield”.

Detroit, Wayne State University Press, 1964. 8°. 7 Pages (pp. 24-30). Stapled blue wrappers (softcover). Good condition. Some rust marks from staples. “DICKENS” and “Sincere regards, HS” (Harry Stone) written in pen on front cover. Some text markings. [Offprint from: “CRITICISM, a Quarterly for Literature and the Arts, Vol.VI, No.4, 1964.]

95. Sutcliff, Rosemary.

Dragon Slayer: The Story of Beowulf. With drawings and cover design by Charles Keeping.

London, Penguin Books / The Bodley Head, 1972. 11 x 18cm. 108 pages, with black and white illustrations throughout. Original softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. [A Puffin Book].

96. Swift, Jonathan.

Gulliver’s Travels. Illustrated by Hans Baltzer and edited by Elaine Moss.

Second Impression. Originally published by Kinderbuchverlag, Berlin W8. London, Constable Young Books Ltd. 1964. 21.5 cm x 30 cm. 176 pages. Generously illustrated in colour throughout. Original Hardcover with black-and-white illustration on front cover and title on spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Some slight damage to corners (bumped).

97. Swinnerton, Frank.

Reflections From A Village.

London, Hutchinson & Co., 1969. 14 cm x 22 cm. 196 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

98. Taylor, D. J..

After the War – The Novel and English Society since 1945.

London, Chatto & Windus, 1993. 16 cm x 24 cm. XXVI, 310 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Jacket illustration by Jeff Fisher. Author-photograph to rear dustjacket-flap by Andy Rott. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

99. Thomas, Alan.

The Director.

London, Victor Gollancz, 1958. 12.5 cm x 19 cm. 256 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Some foxing to the page edges. Otherwise very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

100. Trollope, Anthony.

The Warden.

London, The Folio Society, 1976. 15 cm x 23 cm. 234 pages. Original hardcover with original slipcase. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.