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1987045655Munchen: Albrecht Knaus 1987. Hardcover. Near Fine Condition/Near Fine. Michael Montfort. First German edition signed by Bukowski with a small drawing on the title page. Slight creasing to jacket. Size: Folio. Illustrator: Michael Montfort. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Philosophy; Signed by Author. Inventory No: 045655. Albrecht Knaus hardcover
198830863Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press. 1988. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. No. 75 of 150 copies handbound in boards by Earle Gray numbered and signed by the author. Bound in is an original signed print by the author. This print is a roominghouse room complete with tenant table jug dog curtains rug dresser and television. Taupe backstrip with paper label. Owner's embossed stamp on adverisement page and our price adjusted accordingly otherwise fine in near fine lightly scuffed clear acetate dust jacket. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 225 pp . Black Sparrow Press hardcover
1987045655Munchen: Albrecht Knaus 1987. Hardcover. Near Fine Condition/Near Fine. Michael Montfort. First German edition signed by Bukowski with a small drawing on the title page. Slight creasing to jacket. Size: Folio. Illustrator: Michael Montfort. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Philosophy; Signed by Author. Inventory No: 045655. Albrecht Knaus hardcover books
198830863Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press. 1988. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. No. 75 of 150 copies handbound in boards by Earle Gray numbered and signed by the author. Bound in is an original signed print by the author. This print is a roominghouse room complete with tenant table jug dog curtains rug dresser and television. Taupe backstrip with paper label. Owner's embossed stamp on adverisement page and price adjusted accordingly otherwise fine in near fine lightly scuffed clear acetate dust jacket. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 225 pp . Black Sparrow Press hardcover books
031538London 1974: London Magazines Edition. First London Edition. Octavo. 149 pages. The remarkable book that describes the nightmare of being employed in the U.S. Post Office. Beginning to work during the Christmas Rush where the eagerness to get bodies to sort mail allowed for his less than ideal appearance and his love of alcohol to function. This book became a classic not only in the U.S. but worldwide. Besides his life as a mailman in Los Angeles he deals with the jail-like structure inside but where he was able to mix drinking women poverty tough physical labor with a love for the racetrack. Bound in red cloth spine lettering black previous owner's gift inscription on front free endpaper a near fine bright copy in clipped decorative dust jacket with tiny nick near head Previous owner's inscription on front free endpaper. London Magazines Edition unknown
1988023414Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press 1988. Limited Edition. Octavo. . Limited to 150 copies. The present copy is # 136. signed by Bukowski in the colophon and additionally signed on the original tipped in silkscreen print by Bukowski dated 2-13-88. Bound by Earle Gray in 1/4 gray cloth over paper covered boards in colors of blue yellow and black lettered in white and depicting an apartment building yellow paper spine label lettered in red and black miner shelf rubbing to bottom edge near fine in original acetate dust jacket. Black Sparrow Press unknown
1986023413Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press 1986. Limited Edition. Octavo. Limited to 100 copies with an original signed tipped in silkscreen print signed and dated 7/86. The present copy is #40 signed by Bukowski with a small drawing of a little man and jug. Bound by Earle Gray in 1/4 purple cloth over paper covered boards lettered in light blue light and dark purple with Bukowski's face to upper left presented through gray squares paper spine label lettered and decorated in light and dark purple with gray squares in original acetate dust jacket. Black Sparrow Press unknown
19881287071988. First Edition. Signed. BUKOWSKI Charles. The Roominghouse Madrigals. Early Selected Poems 1946-1966. Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow 1988. Octavo original half yellow cloth with paper spine label original acetate dust jacket. $950.Signed limited first edition number 120 of 400 special hardcover copies signed by the author with his signature sketch of a smoking man holding a bottle along with a flower and a dog.Characterized by its dark tone surprising lyricism and complex use of metaphor this collection of Bukowski's early poems highlights his evolution as a poet and provides an interesting glimpse into ""that wondrous and crazy time those distant hours"" when ""the typewriter was there when the job wasn't and the food wasn't and the rent wasn't."" Published simultaneously with 500 hardcover trade copies and 176 hand-bound copies including signed prints. Krumhansl 108c. A very nearly fine copy with traces of shelfwear to lower edges. hardcover
1969022661Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press 1969. First Edition. Octavo. Limited to 250 copies signed and numbered by the author. The present copy is number 77. Bound in 1/4 lime green cloth over tan paper covered boards lettered in green and orange with yellow decorative rule yellow endpapers paper spine label lettered in dark blue. A fine copy in the publisher's acetate jacket and the publisher's announcement card laid in. Krumhansl 32b. Black Sparrow Press unknown
196231004Crescent City: Epos A Quarterly of Poetry. 1962. First Edition; First Printing. Softcover. Wraps issued as Extra Issue of Epos in 1962 and sent free to subscribers c. 500 copies. This copy shows wear along the top edge for the wallet edges and 2 light shadowings on rear wrap near spine. There is also a "Community Center" stamp at the head of the front wrap and at the top of the Title/Contents page but very good to near fine otherwise. Dorbin cites this item as A2 in his Bibliograph of Charles Bukowski but Krumhansl cites it as No. 7. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 26 pp . Epos, A Quarterly of Poetry paperback
196231004Crescent City: Epos A Quarterly of Poetry. 1962. First Edition; First Printing. Softcover. Wraps issued as Extra Issue of Epos in 1962 and sent free to subscribers c. 500 copies. This copy shows wear along the top edge for the wallet edges and 2 light shadowings on rear wrap near spine. There is also a "Community Center" stamp at the head of the front wrap and at the top of the Title/Contents page but very good to near fine otherwise. Dorbin cites this item as A2 in his Bibliograph of Charles Bukowski but Krumhansl cites it as No. 7. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 26 pp . Epos, A Quarterly of Poetry paperback books
198730867Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press. 1987. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. No 46 of 140 copies handbound in boards by Earle Gray numbered and signed by the author director Barbet Schroeder and the two leads Faye Dunaway and Mikey Rourke. Pattered backstrip with paper label. Fine copy in near fine clear acetate dust jacket with light scuffing. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 85 pp . Black Sparrow Press hardcover
198730867Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press. 1987. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. No 46 of 140 copies handbound in boards by Earle Gray numbered and signed by the author director Barbet Schroeder and the two leads Faye Dunaway and Mikey Rourke. Pattered backstrip with paper label. Fine copy in near fine clear acetate dust jacket with light scuffing. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 85 pp . Black Sparrow Press hardcover books
194431005New York: Story Magazine Inc. 1944. First Printing. Periodical. Wraps Bukowski's first appearance in print possibly following a story in Write magazine never seen very good with a few small corner creases and with rubbing at the edges and folds. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 104 pp . Story Magazine, Inc. unknown
194431005New York: Story Magazine Inc. 1944. First Printing. Periodical. Wraps Bukowski's first appearance in print very good with a few small corner creases and with rubbing at the edges and folds. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 104 pp . Story Magazine, Inc. unknown books
024018Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press 1982. First Edition. Octavo. Limited to 350 copies. The present copy is #98. 283 2 pp numbered. Bukowski's Chinaski in Ham on Rye slips into drunken self-destructive behavior that leads at the end of the book to the implication that he will eventually become homeless. As Bukowski's stories and poems slowly became sought after he was usually in need of financial help until the end of his life when he was paid to give readings to major universities. Bound in ¼ goldenrod cloth over pictorial paper covered boards lettered and ruled in blue red yellow and gray paper spine label in cream paper with lettering in red and blue blue endpapers in the original acetate dust jacket. A fine copy. Krumhansl #74d. Black Sparrow Press unknown
199031078Arctic Circle: Burn Again Press Black Sparrow Press. 1990. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. No 35 of only 50 copies numbered and signed by Bukowski. A fine copy in boards with paper labels on front board and spine. This copy lacks the clear acetate dust jacket. Krumhansl 118. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall . Burn Again Press (Black Sparrow Press) hardcover books
19791287041979. First Edition. Signed. BUKOWSKI Charles. Play the Piano Drunk Like a Percussion Instrument Until the Fingers Begin to Bleed a Bit. Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press 1979. Octavo original half red cloth original acetate dust jacket. $1750.First limited signed hardcover edition number 49 of 100 copies handbound in boards by Earle Gray illustrated with an original signed silkscreen of a Bukowski drawing and additionally signed by Bukowski on the limitation page.First edition: Collected poems from some of the peak writing years of cult hero and ""laureate of American lowlife"" Charles Bukowski Time. ""Bukowski's writings presented a vision of America starkly different from other celebratory accounts of post-World War II prosperity. Barflies whores and vengeful managers populated his pages. But at the same time he made the down-and-out crapulous life seem romantic"" ANB. This is number 49 of 100 handbound copies featuring an original silkscreen by Bukowski signed ""Buk"" tipped in as issued also signed in full by the poet on the limitation page. A paperback issue a trade hardcover issue 500 copies and an unillustrated numbered signed issue 300 copies appeared in the same year. Fogel 63b. Krumhansl 68e. Minor fading to endpapers. A very nearly fine copy in the original acetate jacket. paperback
19721286091972. First Edition. Signed. BUKOWSKI. Mockingbird Wish Me Luck. Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press 1972. Octavo original half brown cloth. $1950.Signed limited first edition of this poetry collection number 68 of 250 copies signed by Bukowski.""Bukowskis writings presented a vision of America starkly different from other celebratory accounts of post-World War II prosperity. Barflies whores and vengeful managers populated his pages. But at the same time he made the down-and-out crapulous life seem romantic"" ANB. Also issued in a trade edition and another limited edition of 60 copies signed by Bukowski and with an original drawing by him. Krumhansl 41c. Fine condition. hardcover
19861287081986. First Edition. Signed. BUKOWSKI Charles. You Get So Alone at Times That It Just Makes Sense. Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press 1986. Octavo original half violet cloth original acetate dust jacket. $2200.Signed limited first edition number 34 of only 100 special copies handbound in boards by Earle Gray and featuring an original signed silkscreen print of an illustration by Charles Bukowski additionally signed by Bukowski on the limitation page.In this collection of poetry an aging Bukowski looks back on his childhood recounting some of its most poignant moments in his characteristic style. Bukowskis work is a natural culmination of the ongoing revolt against formalism the academic and the intellectual that has periodically energized American poetry since its inception His effects are primarily narrative and involve the collision of his own gruff funny idiomatic voice with the random incidents of his daily life Hamilton 76. Published simultaneously with a paperback issue 500 hardcover trade copies and 401 hardcover signed copies. The colophon cites ""126 numbered copies"" but the actual numbering states ""34/100"" and Krumhansl agrees with 100 copies. Krumhansl 100d. A very nearly fine copy with minor spotting to text block edges. paperback
031539Andernach: Burn Again Press 1990. Limited Edition. Thin Octavo. Limited to 50 copies. The present copy is #29 signed by Charles Bukowski. Bound in original light green paper covered boards paper labels to upper board and spine green end sheets. A fine copy in original clear acetate dust jacket. Krumhansel #116. Burn Again Press unknown
023387Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press 1984. Limited Edition. Octavo. 280pp. unopened. Limited to 126 copies numbered copies signed by the author. The present copy is #65 and with a small drawing of the Bukowski character on the limitation page and with an original painting by the author signed BUK. Handbound by Earle Gray in 1/4 black and gray patterned cloth spine over gray paper covered boards lettered in red orange gray blue and yellow spine label black with blue separating lines orange endpapers. Three tiny spots to upper edge otherwise near fine in original clear acetate dust jacket. Black Sparrow Press unknown
023386Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press 1983. Limited Edition. Octavo. . Limited to 100 copies. The present copy is #48 signed and numbered along with original art by Bukowski bound in after title page with paper guard present. This is a collection of short stories of everyday life; people places and of course partying drinking women sex and more. A fine bright copy bound in 1/3 maroon cloth decorated in blue over cram paper covered boards lettered and decorated in black pink blue yellow purple and orange in the original clear acetate dust jacket very lightly rubbed a light sprinkling of foxing to front fore-edge of leaves. Black Sparrow Press unknown
031629Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press 1977. Limited Edition. Octavo. #36 of 75 copies signed by Bukowski and with an original watercolor painting of the dog from Hell with tissue guard. Alternating between tough and gentle sensitive and gritty Bukowski lays bare the myriad facets of love its selfishness its narcissism its randomness its mystery and its misery. Ultimately its true joyfulness endurance and redemptive power. It was later made into Crazy Love a documentary on Bukowsky which he Sean Penn Madonna Elliot Gould and his wife watched in its premier September 1987. He regarded it as the most accurate media portrayal of his poetry. Bound in 1/4 brown white green and red flecked patterned corduroy cloth over pictorial paper covered boards depicting a Gargoyle in brown lettering in red black brown and red within a turquoise frame. A fine copy. Krumhansl 6d. Black Sparrow Press unknown
31211Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press. 1977. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Handbound handlettered 1 of 50 numbered and signed by the author. Lettered calligraphically in green ink over a blue circular design. Handbound in green silk cloth covered boards . A white vellum label hand-lettered by Roger Marcus mounted on the front cover. Marbled endpapers. In unprinted glassine dust jacket. Krumhansl 57.; 2 1/8 x 2" 6.6 x 5.1cm; Unpaginated pp . Black Sparrow Press hardcover
