Hail Thee Who Play by McClure, Michael - 1968

Davis, CA: Privately Printed, 1970. First edition. Paperback. Fine. Single sheet exhibition flyer. Completely hand-printed and designed by artist George Herms for an exhibition of his work at the University of California, Davis campus. Flyer announces a series of events including a poetry reading by beat poet Michael McClure, a film entitled Lightwork One by Marilynne Mason and special guest poet Robert Duncan. Flyer measures 8.5 x 11". Folded once for mailing. Comes in original hand-addressed envelope mailed to publisher John Martin and his wife Barbara. Flyer undated, but datestamp on envelope is 1970. Nice piece of beat-era ephemera.

No Place: Arif Press, 1973. First edition. Paperback. Fine. 4to. Limited edition of this poetry volume SIGNED by McClure and INSCRIBED by Wesley Tanner who provides a full page original water-color drawing. One of only thirty copies (this one hand-labeled "Artist Copy") and inscribed by Tanner to Robert Baldock. Fine condition in silk string-tied wrappers. One of the scarcer McClure or Tanner items one is likely to find.

[No place: no publisher, no date]. Unbound. Very Good. Broadside. Measuring 11" x 17". Very good or better with general wear. One of 161 copies Signed by MacAdams. This is number 100. A poem written in honor of the shared October 20th birthdays' of Philip Whalen and Michael McClure. *OCLC* locates one copy; they state it was published in 1996 but we feel the actual date is a bit earlier.

[Los Angeles]: Warner Playhouse, 1968. Unbound. Fine. Poster. Photographically illustrated on thin card stock printed in red, black. Approximately 8½" x 14½". A bit skinned on the verso where tape has been removed, else very near fine. Poster for the 1968 Los Angeles premiere of the play, where it had migrated after productions had been shut down in both New York and San Francisco for the simulated oral sex scene in the play. The cast of the L.A. production were arrested 14 nights in a row. In a letter to Stan Brakhage in September 1968, McClure complained, "I'll have to return to L.A. for the opening of the trial of Beard, which starts September 16." The poster was designed by Wallace Berman, publisher of *Semina* and considered by some as the "Father of Assemblage Art," who also provided the photograph of his bare-breasted wife Shirley seen holding a worn pair of boots which graces the poster. Jim Morrison of The Doors attended the L.A. performance and apparently expressed interest in playing… Read More

Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, 1970. First Edition. Handsome edition of McClure's play, which opened on the second night of the Siege of Berkeley, May 16, 1969. The volume includes the poem "To James B. Rector," to whom the play was dedicated. Rector was killed in Berkeley on "Bloody Thursday" by Alameda County Sheriff deputies on May 19, 1969. Morrow & Cooney 77b. Deluxe Issue, one of 26 lettered copies specially bound, signed by the author with an original illustration, this being copy 'N'. Quarto (30.5cm); full burgundy calf, with titling and decorative elements stamped in gilt on front cover, and title label applied to spine; publisher's original acetate dustjacket; [36]pp. Touch of wear to lower board edges, else Fine in a lightly shelfworn, Near Fine dustjacket.

Davis, CA: Privately Printed, 1970. First edition. Paperback. Fine. Single sheet exhibition flyer. Completely hand-printed and designed by artist George Herms for an exhibition of his work at the University of California, Davis campus. Flyer announces a series of events including a poetry reading by beat poet Michael McClure, a film entitled Lightwork One by Marilynne Mason and special guest poet Robert Duncan. Flyer measures 8.5 x 11". Folded once for mailing. Comes in original hand-addressed envelope mailed to publisher John Martin and his wife Barbara. Flyer undated, but datestamp on envelope is 1970. Nice piece of beat-era ephemera.

San Francisco: Auerhahn Press, 1961. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author. McClure, Michael. DARK BROWN. Signed 1/25cc. First edition. Unpaginated. Fine in full leather with gilt-stamped spine & upper cover. One of only 25 copies [the entire hardbound edition] on Alexandra Japan paper. SIGNED by McClure. An evocative, sensual masterpiece of American poetry. Fine.

[No place: no publisher, no date]. Unbound. Very Good. Broadside. Measuring 11" x 17". Very good or better with general wear. One of 161 copies Signed by MacAdams. This is number 100. A poem written in honor of the shared October 20th birthdays' of Philip Whalen and Michael McClure. *OCLC* locates one copy; they state it was published in 1996 but we feel the actual date is a bit earlier.

Berkeley and Burnaby, Canada: 1972-1974.. A collection of signed contracts and correspondence relative to the sale of McClure's archive to Simon Fraser University, together with annotated lists of the collection.

Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, 1970. First Edition. Handsome edition of McClure's play, which opened on the second night of the Siege of Berkeley, May 16, 1969. The volume includes the poem "To James B. Rector," to whom the play was dedicated. Rector was killed in Berkeley on "Bloody Thursday" by Alameda County Sheriff deputies on May 19, 1969. Morrow & Cooney 77b. Deluxe Issue, one of 26 lettered copies specially bound, signed by the author with an original illustration, this being copy 'N'. Quarto (30.5cm); full burgundy calf, with titling and decorative elements stamped in gilt on front cover, and title label applied to spine; publisher's original acetate dustjacket; [36]pp. Touch of wear to lower board edges, else Fine in a lightly shelfworn, Near Fine dustjacket.