51. 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.

52. 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].

53. 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].

54. 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.

55. 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].

56. 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].

57. [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.

58. Keener, Frederick M.

English Dialogues of the Dead – A Critical History, An Anthology, and A Check List.

New York / London, Columbia University Press, 1973. 16 cm x 23.5 cm. 302 pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear to dust jacket mainly.

59. 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.

60. 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).