Essays And Literary Criticism from Burton Lysecki Books, ABAC/ILAB

Franklin Center: Franklin Library 1981, Limited edition. (Hardcover) 400pp. Fine, no dust jacket. Brown leather decoratively stamped in gilt with raised bands on the spine. All edges gilt, moire endpapers, ribbon page marker. Publisher series: 100 Greatest Books of All Time. (Essays).

London: Longmans, Green 1874, authorised edition. (Hardcover) 850pp. Very good, no dust jacket. Pebble-grained red colth over red leather spine and corners, with title in gilt and raised bands on the spine. Marbled endpapers and edges, printed in two columns per page, index. Previous owners' names and stamp. Edgeworn. (Essays, Essays).

London: George Bell & Sons 1877. (Leather binding) 512pp. Very good, no dust jacket. A signed binding by Mudie in 3 / 4 red leather, marbled boards and raised bands on the spine. Marbled endpapers, portrait frontispiece, appendix. Previous owner inscriptions. Binding by Mudie. (Essays).

New York: Three Sirens Press [no date]. (Hardcover set) 292, 395, 341, 271, 291, 268pp. Very good, no dust jacket. Pale blue cloth over 3 / 4 navy cloth, with spine decorated in gilt. Marbled edges, marbled endpapers, ribbon page markers. The spines are lightly and rubbed. Unusual to find the set complete. This set… Read more about this item

London: Jonathan Cape 1965. (Mass market paperback) 221pp. Very good plus. "Sir Ernest Barker, reviewing the first edition of The Reader Over Your Shoulder in the Manchester Guardian, said: 'The whole work trends to moral as well as aesthetic consequences. The writing of good English is a moral matter; and the muddle of our… Read more about this item

Cambridge: Belknap Press 1968. (4to) 733pp. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. Indices. The dust jacket is price-clipped and lightly edgeworn with a few small closed tears and a faint dampstain along the top inch of the back cover and back panel. "This book is a collection of English proverbs, sentences, and proverbial… Read more about this item

Pearson Education 978-0-321-54933-4 [978-0-321-54933-4] 2009, 4th Canadian Edition. (Spiral-bound card) 505pp. Near fine, no dust jacket. Glossary, index. Book about American Psychological Association, Formatting & Modern Language Association. (Writing, Essays, Guidebooks, Style, Textbook, Writer's Reference, Writing).

Fort Worth: Harcourt College Publishers [0-15-506617-X] 2002, 6th edition. (Trade paperback) 347pp. Near fine. Index. (Writing, Essays, Guidebooks, Literature, Reference, Style, Textbook, Writer's Reference, Writing).

Chicago: University of Chicago [0-226-81621-4] 1973, 4th edition. (Trade paperback) 216pp. Near fine. Tables, index. (Writing, Essays, Guidebooks, Textbook, Writing).

Syracuse: Syracuse University Press [0-8156-2613-4] 1994, 1st edition. (Trade paperback) 233pp. Fine. Notes, bibliography, index. Based on the work of James Joyce--Portrait of the Artist As a Young Man. (Literary Criticism, Irish Studies, Literary Criticism).

London: Richard Bentley 1869, new edition. (Hardcover) Very good. 468pp. Green leather decoratively stamped in gilt on both covers, the spine, and inner dentelles. All edges gilt, coated yellow endpapers, ribbon page marker, illustrated title page, illustrations, 2 plates. The spine and corners are lightly scuffed and there is a previous owner's inscription on the front… Read more about this item

Winnipeg: Manitoba Writers' Guild [0-9692525-1-X] [1991], 1st edition. (Trade paperback) Near fine. 76pp. (Writing, Handbook).

Girard: Haldeman-Julius [no date]. (stiff paper covers) Near fine. 62pp. Publisher series: Little Blue Book 89. (Essays, Letters, Love).

London: Collins Clear-Type Press [no date]. (Limp leather) Very good. 539pp. Burgundy leather with gilt facsimile signature of Emerson on the front cover. The pages are of India paper. All edges gilt over red, ribbon marker, frontispiece, illustrated title page. There is minor pencil underlining. Illustration by Malcolm Patterson. (Essays, Lectures).

London: MacMillan 1908. (Hardcover) 364pp. Very good, no dust jacket. Frontispiece, notes, index. The spine is lightly worn at the top and bottom. Biography of Charles Kingsley. Edited by Fanny Kingsley. (Essays, Letters).

New York: Grove Press [0-8021-0072-4] [1975], 1st edition. (Hardcover) 184pp. Very good in very good dust jacket. Frontispiece, photographs, appendix, index. Book about Henry Miller. Introduction by Wallace Fowlie. (Essays, Correspondence, Writers).

Don Mills: Longmans Canada [1968]. (Hardcover) 257pp. Very good in good to very good dust jacket. Appendix. The dust jacket has edgewear and chipping and is faded on the spine. (Writing, Playwriting).

London: Victor Gollancz 1948. (Hardcover) Very good, no dust jacket. 286pp. Frontispiece. Edited with introduction by H.N. Brailsford. (Essays).

Stamford: Overbrook Press 1941, an unnumbered copy from a limited edition of 1000. (Hardcover) Very good, no dust jacket. 20pp. Blue patterned boards with paper title label on front cover. The bottom of the spine is lightly worn and there is a small chip from the top of the spine. The complimentary slip is laid in.… Read more about this item

New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich [0-15-144820-5] [1992], 1st edition. (Hardcover) Very good plus in very good plus dust jacket. 114pp. Foreword by Elizabeth Hardwick. Locale: New York; United States. (Essays, Personal Narratives, Writers).