Search Results: Poetry from Burton Lysecki Books, ABAC/ILAB

Winnipeg: Turnstone Press [0-88801-030-3] 1979. (Staplebound) Very good plus. 31pp. Signed with inscription by the author. The cover is slightly discolored. Publisher series: Turnstone Press Chapbooks 7. (Poetry--Canada, Poetry--Canada).

New York: Thomas Seltzer 1923. (Hardcover) 38pp. Very good in very good dust jacket. The front cover is lightly soiled around the edges, the front and back endpapers are toned, and there is minor edgewear and chipping to the dust jacket. "These poems are by no means mere literary finger-exercises, but have distinctly something to say - and they combine to an unusual degree the vigorous philosophy and keen vitality of the younger generation, with a clear but subtle and exquisitely wrought beauty of form. Robert Wolf is almost the only young man whose poetry displays, in highly masculine terms, the strength and symmetry so sharply exemplified in the work of America's newer women poets". (Poetry).

London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1877, 1st edition. (Hardcover) 148pp plud 2pp. ads. Very good plus. Green cloth with bevelled edges, black borders on the front cover and gilt titles on the spine. Coated grey endpapers. There is spotting on the backs of the endpapers, the front endpapers have a dampstain on the bottom part and there is very light wear at the top and bottom of the spine. (Poetry).

Edmonton: Canadian Authors Association 1970. (stiff paper covers) 88pp. Very good. A previous owner's inscription on the top of the front cover and the covers are lightly creased. "The Edmonton Branch of the Canadian Authors Association is pleased to be able to present the 41st annual Alberta Poetry Yearbook. By September 1, 1970 more than 1000 poems from 232 Canadian poets were received by the Alberta Poetry Contest" - from the Foreword. Book about Contests. Time Period 1970's. Identified on spine as 1970. Locale: Alberta--Canada; Edmonton--Alberta; Prairie Provinces; Western Canada. (Poetry--Canada, Poetry--Canada).

Edmonton: Canadian Authors Association 1966. (stiff paper covers) 78pp. Very good. There is a previous owner's note on the front cover and the bottom of the final page has a small soil mark. "The Edmonton Brance of the Canadian Authors Association is pleased to be able to present the 37th annual Alberta Poetry Yearbook. Of the 1449 poems submitted by 400 Canadian poets, 300 were entered in the Juvenile class" - from the Foreword by June Fritch. Book about Contests. Time Period 1960's. Identified on spine as 1966. Locale: Alberta--Canada; Edmonton--Alberta; Prairie Provinces; Western Canada. (Poetry--Canada, Poetry--Canada).

U.S.A.: Kenyon Press 1941. (Hardcover) 197pp. Very good, no dust jacket. Minor shelf wear, light dampstain on front cover. (Poetry).

New York: Herder and Herder [1971], 1st edition. (Hardcover) Very good in very good dust jacket. 180pp. Minor edgewear to dust jacket. Time Period. Locale: United States. (Poetry, Criticism).

New York: New Directions [1967], 1st printing. (Trade paperback) Very good. 88pp. (Poetry).

London: Gerald Howe 1926, a numbered copy form a limited edition of 105. (Hardcover) 29pp. Near fine, no dust jacket. Bound in vellum and printed on hand-made Fabriano paper. Top edge gilt, ribbon page marker. The boards are slightly splayed. Based on the work of Anacreon. (Poetry).

London: Lawrence & Bullen 1893, Ltd. Ed./1000. (Hardcover) Very good, no dust jacket. 224pp. Frontispiece, ten plates, notes. Some edgewear. "One thousand copies printed for England and America. Illustrations by J.R. Weguelin. Translated by Thomas Stanley. (Poetry).

New York: Holt Rinehart and Winston [1961], 1st edition. (Hardcover) Very good in good dust jacket. 216pp. A lyric commentary on our world of big business. (Poetry, Big Business).

London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner 1907. (Hardcover) Very good, no dust jacket. 384pp. Notes. (Poetry, Heine, Heinrich).

Norwalk: Heritage Press 1971. (Hardcover in slipcase) 117pp. Near fine, no dust jacket. In very good slipcase. Illustrated endpapers, illustrations. The spine is lightly soiled. Also known as Publius Ovidius Naso. Illustration by Eric Fraser. Translated by B.P. Moore. (Poetry, Erotica, Instruction Manual, Sex, Sexuality).

London: Folio Society [1994], 2nd printing. (Hardcover in slipcase) Fine. 96pp. In a fine slipcase. Colored pastedown illustration on the front cover, color frontispiece and color plates. Also known as Publius Ovidius Naso. Illustrations by Grahame Baker. Translated by James Michie. (Poetry).

St. Andrews 1972. (Oversize paper covers) Very good. 50pp. Signed by the author. Illustrated cover. Spine and edges slightly darkened. Foreword by Alexander B. Paterson. Locale:. (Poetry).

London: Henry Frowde 1902. (Limp leather) Very good, no dust jacket. 948pp. Just a shade over 4 inches tall with a gilt decorated spine. Top edge gilt, frontispiece, indices. Light wear to the bottom of the spine, there is a previous owner's name, and a two inch tear along the back hinge at the top. (Poetry).

Berlin: Deutsche Buch-Gemeinschaft 1954. (Leather binding) 1367pp. Near fine, no dust jacket. Grey limp leather with gilt decoration. Top edge gilt, ribbon marker, clear vinyl dust jacket. Edited by Paul Stapf. Text in German Language. (Poetry, Fiction, Poetry).

London: Faber & Faber [1954], 1st edition. (Hardcover) 163pp. Very good in very good dust jacket. The dust jacket has minor edgewear and chipping, there are 2 tiny holes on the front of the dust jacket in the center near the spine and the dust jacket spine is darkened. (Poetry, Friendship).

Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press [1969]. (Hardcover) Very good plus in very good plus dust jacket. 267pp. Bibliography, notes, glossary, index. Book about King Arthur. Time Period 14th Century. Locale:. (Poetry).

New York: MacMillan & Co 1960, later printing. (Hardcover) 504pp. Very good in very good dust jacket. Top edge stained green, illustrations, indices. The dust jacket is price-clipped and the spine is slightly cocked. Illustrations by W.S. Gilbert. (Poetry).