LEVI, Peter. The Gravel Ponds. Poems. [London:] Andre Deutsch, [1960]. 8°. Half title. Original tan paper boards, dust-jacket with price of 10s 6d unclipped (head of backstrip frayed, small stain on lower wrapper). FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, the front free endpaper inscribed with initials, “A[nthony] H[obson] P[eter] L[evi], corrections to come.” With 13 other books by the same author: Water, Rock and Sand (Philadelphia, Dufour Editions, 1962), The Shearwaters (Oxford, Clive Allison, [1965]), Fresh Water, Sea Water (London, The Black Raven Press, [1966]), Pancakes for the Queen of Babylon ([Northwood], Anvil Press Poetry, [1968] ONE OF 50 COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, Death is a Pulpit (1971) ), Life is a Platform (1971), Five Ages (1978), Private Ground (1981), The Echoing Green (1983), Shakespeare's Birthday (1985), For Nikos Gatsos (1992), The Rags of Time (1994) and Reed Music (1997); ALL PRESENTATION COPIES to Anthony Hobson.