41.
GIDE, André.
Persephone.
NY: Gotham Book Mart, 1949.

First US edition. 20 pp. Very near fine in marbled paper-covered boards with gilt-stamped cloth spine. Printed by the Banyan Press. One of 500 numbered copies on Rives paper. Translated from the original French by Samuel Putnam.
$45

42.
GUSTON, Philip.
Collected Writings, Lectures, and Conversations.
Berkeley: University of California Press (2011).

First edition. Small 4to. xiii + 328 pp. Fine in full black cloth. No dust jacket, as issued. Edited by Clark Coolidge. Introduction by Dore Ashton. Illustrated with b&w photographs and reproductions.
$45

43.
HALSEY, Alan.
Lives of the Poets.
Hereford: Five Seasons Press, 2009.

First edition. 187 pp w/index & dates. Fine in fine dust jacket. Includes eighteen lives by Martin Corliss-Smith. One of 324 (of 350) copies. Original prospectus laid in.
$25

44.
HALSEY, Alan.
The Text of Shelley’s Death.
Stoke Prior: Five Seasons Press (1995).

First edition, numbered & signed issue. 82 pp w/sources. Very near fine in illustrated wrappers. One of 200 numbered copies SIGNED by Halsey.
$45

45.
HARRISON, Jim.
The Big Seven: A Faux Mystery.
NY: Grove Press (2015).

First edition. 341 pp. Fine in very near fine dust jacket. SIGNED by Harrison. Via his Detective Sunderson, Harrison tackles the seven sins. A follow-up to his 2011 novel THE GREAT LEADER.
$125

46.
HEANEY, Seamus.
Finders Keepers: Selected Prose 1971–2001.
London: Faber and Faber (2002).

First edition. x + 416 pp. Fine in near fine dust jacket with light sunning to spine. Brandes & Durkan A79a.
$40

47.
HEANEY, Seamus.
Stepping Stones read by Seamus Heaney.
London: Faber & Faber/Penguin (1995).

First edition. Cassette tape in the original packaging. Fine. Heany reads. Brandes & Durkan G7.
$35

48.
HEINECKEN, Robert.
1984: A Case Study in Finding an Appropriate TV Newswoman (A CBS Docudrama in Words and Pictures).
Los Angeles: Robert Heinecken (1985).

First edition. 4to. [16 pp]. Small bend to front cover, else very near fine in stapled wrappers. The morfing of TV news readers to discover the ideal visage. That’s Connie Chung and Bill Kurtis on the cover.
$35

49.
HIGGINS, Dick.
The Journey: eight colored scenes.
(np): Left Hand Books (1992).

First edition. 4to. 30 pp. Near fine in stapled wrappers. Cover drawing by Mirko Gabler. “The Journey is a collage of parlor game, Renaissance pageant, broken record, crazy wisdom, wild west show and fluxus feedback.”
$25

50.
HUIDOBRO, Vicente.
Arctic Poems.
Santa Fe & Palma de Mallorca Desert Review Press 1974.

First edition. 87 pp. Near fine in illustrated wrappers. Original Spanish poems with facing English translations by William Witherup and Serge Echeverria. INSCRIBED by Witherup on the front free endpaper, “for Douglas Blazek / at the / Dance Palace Reading / Oct 15, 1989 /William Witherup.”
$45

51.
KERR, Philip.
Field Grey.
London: Quercus (2010).

First edition. 468 pp. Very slight lean to spine, else fine in fine dust jacket. SIGNED by Kerr on the title page. “A Bernie Gunther Thriller.”
$45

52.
KUPFERBERG, Tuli and Sylvia Topp. eds.
Swing: Writings by Children 4.
NY: Birth Press Publications (1961).

36 pp. Near fine in stapled wrappers. Guest editorial by Leonard Darvin. In addition to writings by children, includes photos of the famous when young, vintage ads directed toward youth, “found” yearbook inscriptions,and more. A May 1964 Birth Press “list of publications” accompanies.
$50

53.
[LARKIN, Philip].
Order of Service in Memory of Philip Arthur Larkin CH, CBE 1922–1985.
London: Westminster Abbey, 1986.

First edition. 15 pp. Near fine in stapled wrappers. Includes Larkin’s “Love Songs in Age,” “Church Going,” and “An Arundel Tomb.”
$75

54.
[LARKIN, Philip]. Lewis, Jenny.
Poetry in the Making: Catalogue of an Exhibition of Poetry Manuscripts in the British Museum April – June 1967.
London: Turret Books (1967).

First edition, numbered & signed issue. 68 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. Contributions by C. Day Lewis, T.C. Skeat, and Philip Larkin. One of 100 numbered copies SIGNED by Larkin, C. Day Lewis, Skeat, and Jenny Lewis. A pamphlet, Poetry in the Making: Seven page “Illustrative Material” booklet laid in, along with an advertisement for poetry readings by Betjeman, Blunden, Fuller, Hughes, Logue, Macbeth, and Stevie Smith at the British Museum to coincide with the “Poetry in the Making” exhibition. Bloomfield B7.
$450

55.
LEARY, Timothy.
The Game of Life.
Culver City: Peace Press (1979).

First edition. Small 4to. 288 pp w/notes. Near fine in illustrated wrappers. Boldly INSCRIBED by Leary inside the front cover, “To Lucy / you are wonderful / and.... / Love / Timothy Leary.” Volume V of the Future History Series.
$125

56.
[LEARY, Timothy]. Di Prima, Diane and Allen Ginsberg.
Timothy Leary Defense Fund.
NY: Timothy Leary Defense Fund, 1966.

11 x 8 ½ inch flyer. Near fine with a light bend toward the bottom. An appeal to raise funds to contest the punishment meted out to Leary for possessing a half ounce of marijuana.
$75

57.
LEIRIS, Michel.
Nights as Day, Days as Night.
Hygiene: Eridanos Press (1987).

First US edition. xxviii + 169 pp. Fine in very near fine dust jacket. Ribbon place marker bound-in. Translated from the original French by Richard Sieburth. Foreword by Maurice Blanchot. “A diary of over a hundred short dreams composed over the course of four decades.” The Eridanos Library 3.
$50

58.
MAC LOW, Jackson.
36th Light Poem in Memoriam Buster Keaton.
London & NY: Permanent Press (1975).

First edition. [4 pp]. Near fine in stapled wrappers with sunned extrems. One of 275 copies, issued as Number Five in the Permanent Press series on the occasion of Mac Low’s first English tour. Dated (5/29/75) and INSCRIBED by Mac Low to the Antins, “For Ely & David / with love & admiration / & hope for many more / talkings, tapes, etc. (& for my borrowed mss, back) / Jackson / London.”
$75

59.
MALANGA, Gerard.
Three Diamonds.
Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow, 1991.

First edition, numbered & signed issue. 216 pp. Fine in printed paper-covered boards with cloth spine and printed label. Fine acetate dust jacket. One of 125 numbered copies SIGNED by Malanga.
$50

60.
McCLURE, Michael.
Hail Thee Who Play.
Los Angeles: Black Sparrow, 1968.

First edition, deluxe numbered & signed issue. 11 pp. Fine in printed paper-covered boards with cloth spine and printed label. Near fine acetate dust jacket with two short edge tears. One of 75 numbered copies SIGNED by McClure with an original drawing tipped-in. Morrow & Cooney 38b.
$100

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