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125. LEARY, Timothy. The Game of Life. (Culver City): (Peace Press) (1979). Volume V of the Future History Series. Writings by Leary (mostly), using the Tarot deck as a recurring metaphor/explication. Robert Anton Wilson is credited with the "Historical and Scholarly Scripts." Inscribed by Leary in 1993. Quarto. Owner blindstamp to first page and small label removal abrasion there; pages darkening; still near fine in wrappers which have been laminated to protect them.
126. LEARY, Timothy. Flashbacks. Los Angeles: Tarcher (1983). Leary's autobiography. Owner blindstamp to flyleaf and title page and offsetting to front endpages from a newspaper ad for a Leary film laid in; near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
127. LEARY, Timothy. Info-Psychology. Santa Monica: Falcon Press, 1987. Third printing of this revision of the 1977 Exo-Psychology. Subtitled "A Manual on the Use of the Human Nervous System According to the Instructions of the Manufacturers." Another in Leary's volumes that attempts to make a "scientific" case for the insights provided by psychedelic drugs, and attempts to view those insights in the context of overall human evolution in a seemingly "scientific" manner. Inscribed by the author in 1993 with "thanks for the memories." Near fine in wrappers.
128. LEARY, Timothy. The Politics of Ecstasy. Berkeley: Ronin (1990). The first Ronin edition of this 1968 collection of essays comprising Leary's manifesto on the psychedelic experience. Leary was the most high-profile advocate of the value of the LSD experience, and in these essays he makes his case in as straightforward a manner, and as mainstream a vehicle, as he ever did. Inscribed by the author in 1993. Minor spine crease, near fine in wrappers.
129. LEARY, Timothy. Timothy Leary's Greatest Hits, Volume 1. Studio City: Kno Ware, 1990. Monographs, 1980-1990. A seemingly self-produced collection of essays: ringbound sheets produced by a Los Angeles couple's desktop publishing program in 1990. Scarce: there is no indication of how many of these were done, but it is doubtful it had any widespread distribution, rather it seems more akin to the "print-on-demand" phenomenon that has become commonplace now, nearly two decades later. Signed by the author. Near fine.
130. LEARY, Timothy. Chaos and Cyber Culture. Berkeley: Ronin (1994). Edited by Michael Horowitz, Leary's bibliographer, among other things. "Guest appearances" by William Gibson, William S. Burroughs, David Byrne and Winona Ryder. Like most of Leary's other publications after the 1960s, this is a highly visual text with numerous illustrations -- photographs, drawings, etc. Inscribed by Leary in the year of publication. Quarto; near fine in wrappers.
131. (LEARY, Timothy). Timothy Leary's Mind Mirror Manual. (Los Angeles): (Futique) (1988). A manual for Leary's life simulation game. Signed by Leary. With small instructional blurb by Thomas Pynchon on the use of the F9 key. Unbound pamphlet; fine. One sheet laid in has initials in an upper margin. Scarce, especially signed.
132. LE CARRÉ, John. Call for the Dead. NY: Walker (1962). The first American edition of Le Carré's first book, which introduced George Smiley. Signed by the author. This is the correct first American edition, with a white dust jacket printed in red, black and purple, not the ubiquitous later book club edition that is often mistaken for a first. Slight spine lean, else a fine copy in a very good dust jacket with small edge chips; a split front flap has been professionally mended.
133. LEE, Harper. To Kill a Mockingbird. (NY): HarperCollins (1999). The first printing of the 40th anniversary edition of her Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, which was made into an Academy Award-winning film. Reprints the foreword by Lee that appeared in the 35th anniversary edition in 1995. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Both anniversary editions went into multiple printings; first printings are uncommon.
134. (LEE, Harper). GILLASPY, Mary. To Kill A Mockingbird. Reproducible Activity Book. (Logan): (Perfection Form) (1990). A workbook on teaching Lee's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, through a thorough examination of characters, structure, style, and themes. 160 pages, with a brief biography of Lee. Issued in the Portals to Literature series. Quarto. Unused; a little corner wear; near fine in wrappers.
135. LEHANE, Dennis. Mystic River. (NY): Dark Alley (2003). Later printing of a paperback reprint of his 2001 breakthrough book, the basis for the acclaimed movie starring Sean Penn and directed by Clint Eastwood. Inscribed by the author "with all my best wishes." Fine.
136. LEHANE, Dennis. Coronado. (NY): Morrow (2006). Five short stories and a play; his first collection of short pieces after several highly praised novels. Inscribed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
137. (Lesbian Fiction). RULE, Jane. This is Not For You. NY: McCall (1970). The first American edition of the second novel by the author of The Desert of the Heart, a contemporary classic of lesbian fiction. Fine in a very near fine dust jacket with only mild fading to the spine lettering. A very nice copy.
138. (Lesbian Fiction). SARTON, May. Mrs. Stevens Hears the Mermaids Singing. NY: Norton (1974). A reissue of perhaps her best-known novel, first published in 1965. Signed by the author. This edition has a new introduction by Carolyn Heilbrun, a noted writer on feminist issues. Fine in a very good, price-clipped dust jacket with wear at the corners and an open tear at the upper front spine fold.
139. LOPEZ, Barry. Looking in a Deeper Lair: A Tribute to Wallace Stegner. Eugene: Lone Goose (1996). A limited edition, the deluxe issue, of this Pushcart Prize-winning essay about Stegner, based on a talk given in 1995. There were 150 softcover, numbered copies and 29 deluxe, boxed hardcover copies with an intaglio print by Suellen Larkin: 3 were artist's copies, and 26 were lettered copies. This is one of 26 lettered copies, signed by Lopez. Attractively designed, printed and bound by Sandy Tilcock of Lone Goose Press. Fine. Perhaps Lopez's scarcest limited edition; it was sold out at publication and few copies have come on the market since, a number of them having been sold to institutions.
140. LURIE, Alison. Foreign Affairs. NY: Random House (1984). The uncorrected proof copy of this novel that was a surprise winner of the Pulitzer Prize. Near fine in wrappers. Uncommon.
141. LYTLE, Andrew. The Velvet Horn. NY: McDowell, Oblensky (1957). The most famous novel by this Tennessee writer who was one of the key figures of the Agrarian movement in literature, along with Robert Penn Warren and Allen Tate. This book won the National Book Award. Inscribed by the author: "To ___ ___ - With a common bond/ Andrew Lytle/ Boulder 1958." Near fine in a near fine, price-clipped dust jacket with several small but internally tape-mended edge tears.