Dec 6, 2012 ... Copy #35 of 125 handprinted and SIGNED by the poet from a total edition of 171.
Fine. (#016700) SOLD. 4. BUKOWSKI, Charles. ART.
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To see images of each of these items, please return to our home page and search for Bukowski. That should bring up all the currently available titles with images. 1. BUKOWSKI, Charles. 90 MINUTES IN HELL 33 1/3 rpm Vinyl Record Album. (Santa Monica): (Earth Books), (1977). First Edition. Two 33 1/3 rpm vinyl record albums of Bukowski reading selections from his work, recorded in 1966. Each of the four sides of the album sleeve have black-&-white photographs of Bukowski by Lawrence Robbin. Appears to be Fine. (#016720) SOLD 2. BUKOWSKI, Charles. AN ANSWER TO A CRITIC OF SORTS. n.p., n.d. [1970?]. First Edition. An 8-1/2" x 11" broadside printed on purple paper. Issued with several other broadsides by other poets, not present here. Fine. (#016694) $75.00 3. BUKOWSKI, Charles. WEATHER REPORT. North Cambridge: The Pomegranate Press, 1975. First Edition. Broadside 10" x 22" printed in two colors and illustrated with a reproduction of a drawing by Bukowski at the top of a man reading and drinking with his dog watching. Copy #35 of 125 handprinted and SIGNED by the poet from a total edition of 171. Fine. (#016700) SOLD 4. BUKOWSKI, Charles. ART. Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1977 [December 1976]. First Edition. A miniature book (2" x 2-5/8") handbound by Emily Paine in green silk with marbled endpapers and a hand-lettered vellum label on the front cover; 15 pages. The text is calligraphed by hand throughout by Roger Marcus. Copy #32 of only 50 SIGNED by the author on a blank at the end of the book. Together with a copy of the softcover trade issue of this book and a matchbook issued by Black Sparrow Press that pritns a poem titled "a dead romance" by Bukowski. Fine in a Fine glassine dustwrapper. Other items also Fine. (#016670) SOLD One of the scarcer Bukowski Black Sparrow Press books; this issue precedes the 1977 New Year's greeting book, which was produced in softcover (750 copies) and paper over boards (100 copies). 5. BUKOWSKI, Charles. BEERSPIT NIGHT AND CURSING: THE CORRESPONDENCE OF CHARLES BUKOWSKI AND SHERI MARTINELLI 1960 - 1967. Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 2001. First Edition. Pictorial boards. One of 750 hardcover copies in addition to 526 numbered and lettered copies and an unspecified edition in wrappers. Fine in a Fine glassine dustwrapper. (#016659) $50.00 6. BUKOWSKI, Charles. BEERSPIT NIGHT AND CURSING: THE CORRESPONDENCE OF CHARLES BUKOWSKI AND SHERI MARTINELLI 1960 - 1967. Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 2001. First Edition. Pictorial boards. Copy #37 of 526 numbered and lettered copies with a color serigraph by Bukowski. Fine in a Fine glassine dustwrapper. (#016660) $75.00 7. BUKOWSKI, Charles. BONE PALACE BALLET: NEW POEMS. Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 1997. First Edition. Pictorial boards. Copy #131 of 426 numbered copies handbound in boards by Earle Gray and containing an original color serigraph by Bukowski. Fine in a Fine glassine dustwrapper. (#016655) $125.00 8. BUKOWSKI, Charles. CÓMO SER UN GRAN ESCRITOR = HOW TO BE A GREAT WRITER. (Buenos Aires), (1995). First Edition. Large double-page broadside (17" x 23-1/2" opening to 34" x 47") with Bukowski's well-known poem in facing English and Spanish translation by Federico Ludueña housed in a matching paper folder. Printed in several colors on heavy brown Kraft paper with graphics by Carlos N. Tirabassi. With an essay in Spanish by Jorge Lanata. Of only 100 numbered copies, this is marked "P/A." The only copy we were able to locate, that at Brown University, contains a colored signed print of a drunken man by Ricardo Carpani laid in which is not present here. Attractive and scarce presentation of this often quoted poem. Fine in a Fine folder. (#016686) $450.00 9. BUKOWSKI, Charles. CONFESSIONS OF A MAN INSANE ENOUGH TO LIVE WITH BEASTS. FRAGMENTS FROM A DISORDER SEE: HUMAN RACE. Bensenville, IL: Mimeo Press, 1965. First Edition. Pictorial wraps reproducing a painting by Anna Purcell on the front cover and a drawing by Bukowski on the rear; text printed on different color stock. Stated as limited to no more than 500 copies. Just about Fine. (#016732) SOLD 10. BUKOWSKI, Charles. DARKNESS AND ICE. Arctic Circle: Burn Again Press, 1990. First Edition. Light gray-green boards (8" x 11") with printed paper labels on the front cover and spine. Copy #9 of only 50 numbered copies SIGNED by the author. Laid in is a one-page prospectus for the book. Fine. (#016675) $1,250.00 11. BUKOWSKI, Charles. THE DAYS RUN AWAY LIKE WILD HORSES OVER THE HILLS. Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, 1969. First Edition. Pictorial wraps, one of 1250 copies of the trade edition. There were also 300 hardcover signed copies. Laid in is the scarce prospectus for the book. Near Fine. (#016680) SOLD
12. BUKOWSKI, Charles. DEAR MR. BUKOWSKI. (Augsburg): (Maro Verlag), (1979). Facsimile Reprint Edition. Contents include a facsimile envelope addressed to the author at "69 Cachinnation Row, Catatonia City," along with a folded "letter" and 10 silksreened cards that answer the question of what Bukowski's typical day is like. Illustrated by the author in red, yellow, blue, green, and black. Fine. (#016671) $250.00 13. BUKOWSKI, Charles. FACE OF A POLITICAL CANDIDATE ON A STREET BILLBOARD [Broadside]. [Santa Barbara]: The Old Marble Press [Black Sparrow Press], 1975. First Edition. An 8-1/2" x 14" broadside printing in black and red of this poem published under a fictitious imprint. This copy is SIGNED by the poet and is uncommon as such. Fine. (#016716) SOLD 14. BUKOWSKI, Charles. FIRE STATION. Santa Barbara: Capricorn Press, 1970. First Edition. Pictorial boards. One of only 100 hardcover copies. Fine in a Fine glassine dustwrapper, lacking the scarce red tissue dustwrapper, if it ever had it. (#016672) $850.00 15. BUKOWSKI, Charles. HOT WATER MUSIC [Broadside]. Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, [1983]. First Edition. A 10" x 17" broadside printed in four colors advertising and printing a short excerpt from Bukowski's new book of short stories. Copy #35 of only 50 SIGNED by the poet. Slight creasing at the top edge. About Fine, never folded. (#016714) $250.00 16. BUKOWSKI, Charles. IF WE TAKE. New Year 1970. [Los Angeles]: Black Sparrow Press, 1970. First Edition. Pictorial wraps. One of 400 copies printed, of which 100 were signed. This copy is SIGNED by the poet on the title page. Fine. (#016691) SOLD 17. BUKOWSKI, Charles. LOVE IS A DOG FROM HELL. Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1977. First Edition. Pictorial boards. Copy #251 of 300 numbered copies SIGNED by the author. Fine in a Fine glassine dustwrapper. (#016669) SOLD 18. BUKOWSKI, Charles. THE NIGHT TORN MAD WITH FOOTSTEPS: NEW POEMS. Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 2001. First Edition. Pictorial boards. One of 1000 hardcover copies in addition to 526 numbered and lettered copies and an unspecified edition in wrappers. Fine in a Fine glassine dustwrapper. (#016653) $75.00 19. BUKOWSKI, Charles. THE NIGHT TORN MAD WITH FOOTSTEPS: NEW POEMS. Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 2001. First Edition. Pictorial boards. Copy #57 of 526 numbered and lettered copies handbound by Earle Gray and containing an original serigraph print by Bukowski. In addition there were1000 hardcover copies and an unspecified edition in wrappers. Fine in a Fine glassine dustwrapper. (#016701) $125.00 20. BUKOWSKI, Charles. THE NIGHT TORN MAD WITH FOOTSTEPS: NEW POEMS. Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 2000. First Edition. Pictorial boards. Copy Y of 26 lettered copies from a total of 176 handbound copies. Fine in a Fine white paper dustwrapper. (#016734) $75.00 21. BUKOWSKI, Charles. OPEN ALL NIGHT: NEW POEMS. Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 2000. First Edition. Pictorial boards. Copy #195 of 426 numbered copies handbound in boards by Earle Gray and containing an original color serigraph by Bukowski. Fine in a Fine glassine dustwrapper. (#016657) $125.00 22. BUKOWSKI, Charles. PIG IN A PAMPHLET 12. [Pittsburgh]: [Pig in a Poke Press], [1985]. First Edition. Small pictorial red wraps with a facsimile drawing and signature on the front cover containing 4 poems by Bukowski. Fine. (#016735) $50.00 23. BUKOWSKI, Charles. POEMS WRITTEN BEFORE JUMPING OUT OF AN 8 STORY WINDOW. (Salt Lake City): (Litmus Press), (1975). New Edition. Pictorial wraps with photographs of Bukowski on the covers. Stated as a first edition with correspondence, second printing. Fine. (#016730) SOLD 24. BUKOWSKI, Charles. REACH FOR THE SUN: SELECTED LETTERS 1978-1994 Volume 3. Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 1999. First Edition. Pictorial boards. One of 750 hardcover copies in addition to 376 numbered and lettered copies and an unspecified edition in wrappers. Small, faint stain to bulked fore-edge of text. Just about Fine in a Fine glassine dustwrapper. (#016656) $60.00 25. BUKOWSKI, Charles. RUN WITH THE HUNTED. A CHARLES BUKOWSKI READER. New York: Harper Collins, (1993). First Edition. Pictorial boards. Copy #55 of 326 numbered and lettered copies SIGNED by the author with an additional drawing by Bukowski. This edition preceded the Black Sparrow Press edition. Near Fine in a Near Fine glassine dustwrapper. (#016742) SOLD
26. BUKOWSKI, Charles. SCREAMS FROM THE BALCONY. SELECTED LETTERS 1960-1970. Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 1993. First Edition. Pictorial boards. New, still in shrinkwrap. (#016658) $60.00 27. BUKOWSKI, Charles. A SIGNATURE OF POETRY. [Toronto]: (Letters), (1987). First Edition. Printed wraps with a printed signature of the poet on the front cover. Copy #12 of only 67 copies printed of this small, 20-page illustrated chapbook that prints 6 poems originally published in 1963. Fine. (#016692) SOLD 28. BUKOWSKI, Charles. TALKING TO MY MAILBOX [Broadside]. Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1984. First Edition. A 10" x 15" broadside printing a poem from WAR ALL THE TIME: POEMS 1981-1984. Of a total of 2000 copies printed this is Copy #76 of only 100 that were SIGNED by the poet. An uncommon issue of this broadside. Faint creases from folding. Near Fine. (#016715) $300.00 29. BUKOWSKI, Charles. THIS. Andernach: Burn Again Press, 1990. First Edition. Light green boards with printed paper labels on the front cover and spine. Copy #41 of only 50 numbered copies SIGNED by the author. Fine. (#016674) $1,250.00 30. BUKOWSKI, Charles. WAR ALL THE TIME: POEMS 1981 - 1984. Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1987. First Edition. Second Printing. A reading copy but for the unsigned fancy dark blue leather binding on it with an inset on the front cover using various color leathers. Near Fine. (#016663) $150.00 31. BUKOWSKI, Charles. WE'LL TAKE THEM: SPARROW 72. (Santa Barbara): Black Sparrow Press, September 1978. First Edition. Pictorial wraps. The last issue of SPARROW. SIGNED by Bukowski on the title page. Fine. (#016690) SOLD 32. BUKOWSKI, Charles. WHAT MATTERS MOST IS HOW WELL YOU WALK THROUGH THE FIRE. Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 1999. First Edition. Pictorial boards. Copy #360 of 426 numbered and lettered copies handbound in boards by Earle Gray and containing an original color serigraph by Bukowski. Fine in a Fine glassine dustwrapper. (#016654) $125.00 33. BUKOWSKI, Charles. WHAT MATTERS MOST IS HOW WELL YOU WALK THROUGH THE FIRE. Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 1999. First Edition. Pictorial boards. One of 750 trade copies in addition to 426 numbered and lettered copies and an unspecified edition in wrappers. Fine in a Fine glassine dustwrapper. (#016703) SOLD 34. BUKOWSKI, Charles. YOU GET SO ALONE AT TIMES THAT IT JUST MAKES SENSE. Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 1986. First Edition. Pictorial boards. Copy #330 of 400 numbered copies SIGNED by the author who adds his trademark drawing of a small man with a bottle. Fine in a Near Fine glassine dustwrapper with a wrinkle on the spine. (#016668) SOLD 35. BUKOWSKI, Charles. YOU KISSED LILLY. Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1978. First Edition. Pictorial boards with a corduroy spine. Copy #21 of 200 numbered copies SIGNED by the author from a total edition of only 275 copies. Fine in a Very Good, lightly soiled white dustwrapper. (#016673) $500.00 36. BUKOWSKI, Charles (COONEY, Seamus [editor]). LIVING ON LUCK: SELECTED LETTERS 1960s -1970s. VOLUME 2. Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 1995. First Edition. Pictorial boards. One of 1000 hardcover copies in addition to 200 signed copies and an unspecified edition in wrappers. Fine in a Fine glassine dustwrapper. (#016661) SOLD 37. BUKOWSKI, Charles (James W. JOHNSON). NOT QUITE BERNADETTE. Compton, CA: Greybeard Press, 1990. First Edition. Large Folio (17-1/2" x 20") bound in full blue denim clamshell style. Book and binding designed and produced for Greybeard Press by noted book artist Joe D'Ambrosio. Text on leaves of various abstract shapes. Illustrated with 9 mezzotints by James W. Johnson, each SIGNED, numbered, and titled in pencil in the lower margin. Copy #50 of only 75 copies SIGNED by both the author and the artist on the colophon page. Rare and spectacular production of this short story by Bukowski, virtually unobtainable. Fine example of one of Bukowski's scarcest books. (#016666) $3,500.00 38. BUKOWSKI, Charles (Michael MONTFORT). BUKOWSKI PHOTOGRAPHS 1977-1991. (Hollywood): Bukskin Press, 1993. First Edition. Folio (14" x 16") handbound by Earle Grey in white boards with a color photograph of Bukowski on the front cover. Illustrated with tipped-in photographs by Michael Montfort. Copy #22 of only 74 copies SIGNED by both the author, who adds a drawing, and the photographer on the colophon page. Fine. (#016667) $1,000.00 39. BUKOWSKI, Charles (Michael MONTFORT). HORSEMEAT. Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1982. First Edition. Folio (11" x 14-1/2") handbound by Earle Grey in pictorial boards with a color photograph of Bukowski on the front cover. Illustrated with tipped-in color photographs by Michael Montfort. Copy #76 of only 125 copies SIGNED by both the author and the photographer on the colophon page. Scarce prospectus laid in. Fine. (#016698) SOLD
40. (BUKOWSKI, Charles; BRAUTIGAN, Richard; et. al.). X-RAY MAGAZINE No. 6. San Francisco: X-Ray Book Co., Winter 1996. First Edition. Card covers with mylar overlays and a Surebind (plastic post) binding, 7" by 8 1/2", with various items laid or tipped in. Copy #184 of 200 numbered copies of a total edition of 226 of this creative annual publication edited by Johnny Brewton. Contains three poems by Bukowski. Fine. (#016725) SOLD 41. (BUKOWSKI, Charles; GINSBERG, Allen; LEARY, Timothy, et. al.). X-RAY MAGAZINE No. 5. San Francisco: Pneumatic Press, Winter 1995. First Edition. Card covers with mylar overlays and a Surebind (plastic post) binding, 7" by 8 1/2", 92 pages with three laid-in cards, two fold-outs, and six tipped-in items. Copy #122 of 200 numbered copies of a total edition of 226 of this creative annual publication edited by Johnny Brewton. Contains three poems and reproductions of drawings by Bukowski. Fine. (#016723) SOLD 42. BUKOWSKI, Charles; LAMANTIA, Philip; NORSE, Harold. PENGUIN MODERN POETS 13. (Harmondsworth): Penguin Books, (1969). First Edition. Pictorial wraps. There was also a hardcover edition. This collection of poems introduced these American poets to the United Kingdom market. SIGNED by Bukowski on the title page. Near Fine. (#016689) SOLD 43. (BUKOWSKI, Charles; SELBY, Hubert; et. al.). X-RAY MAGAZINE No. 7. San Francisco: X-Ray Book Co., Fall 1998. First Edition. Card covers with mylar overlays and a Surebind (plastic post) binding, 7" by 8 1/2", with various items laid or tipped in. Copy #129 of 200 numbered copies of a total edition of 226 of this creative annual publication edited by Johnny Brewton. Contains a small broadside poem by Bukowski as well as a small color photograph of the poet by Michael Montfort. Fine. (#016724) SOLD 44. (BUKOWSKI, Charles). "20 Tanks from Kasseldown" in PORTFOLIO III. (Washington DC): Black Sun Press, 1946. First Edition. Printed folder containing 31 broadsides, numbered 1 to 28, with 29 ["Book Reviews" by Selden Rodman] unnumbered (as issued), plus "Cover Leaf" and "Foreleaf," including "20 Tanks from Kasseldown," Bukowski's first separately published work, preceding by almost 20 years FLOWER, FIST AND BESTIAL WAIL. Other broadsides by Henry Miller, Kay Boyle, Jean Genet, Harry Crosby, Hans Richter, and others. Of the 1000 copies produced many have been broken up over the years. This is a complete set. Near Fine in a Near Fine folder with light wear. (#016676) $600.00 45. (BUKOWSKI, Charles). THE BELOIT POETRY JOURNAL. Volume 8, #2. (Beloit, WI): Beloit College, (1958). First Edition. A little magazine, stapled, 36 pages. Contains the poem "Treason" by Bukowski as well as poems by Philip Larkin, Kingsley Amis, and others. Near Fine. (#016728) SOLD 46. (BUKOWSKI, Charles). BLITZ: Two issues: #1 and #3. [Lagrand, OR]: [Blitz/Mad Virgin], [1964]. First Edition. A little magazine, stapled, 8-1/2" x 11". Issue #1 contains three poems by Bukowski--"86'd," "On Going Out to Get the Mail," and "Spain Sits Like a Hidden Flower in My Coffeepot"--as does issue #3--"40 cigarettes," "a dirty joke," and "The Rock." Some aging of paper. Very Good. (#016727) SOLD 47. (BUKOWSKI, Charles). BLUE AND WHITE: HIGH SCHOOL YEARBOOK from Los Angeles High School 1939. Los Angeles, 1938 and 1939. First Edition. Three hardcover volumes covering the Winter of 1938 and the Summer and Winter of 1939, Bukowski's senior year. Includes a total of 5 images and mentions of Bukowski. His contribution to his senior class picture (all students needed to begin each line with "U S A": "U sually likes to fish/S erves as a member of Officers' Club/A nticipates going to L.A.C.C." Also pictures of Corporal and later Sargeant Bukowski in uniform. Light wear, writing by class members throughout. Very Good. (#016740) $450.00 48. (BUKOWSKI, Charles). COFFIN I. Eureka, CA: Hearse Press, n.d. [1964]. First Edition. Printed folder containing 42 broadsides of various sizes published between 1960 and 1964 and included here in together for the first time. Contains three small broadsides by Bukowski: "The Old Man on The Corner," "His Wife the Painter," and "Waste Basket," as well as the leaflet, "The Paper on the Floor." Other contributors include Henry Miller. Fine in a Fine folder. (#016677) $2,000.00 In a letter from editor E.V. Griffith about this work that was sold with another copy, he stated: “The correct number of items in the COFFIN portfolio is 41, but it is listed in some dealers’ catalogs as containing less. I suspect that the disparity is because two muchsought- after items---Fielding Dawson’s ‘The Canoe’ and Larry Eigner’s ‘God/ but the silence grows’-- are sometimes filched from the portfolio by dealers and sold seperately.” 49. (BUKOWSKI, Charles). A Collection of @300 Pieces, Mostly Small Press Magazines with Appearances by Charles Bukowski. various: various, various. First Edition. Approximately 300 pieces, mostly consisting of small press magazines but with a few books and audio pieces included as well, all containing Bukowski appearances or in some way related to Buskowski. The dates range from the late 1950s to the early 21st century, with most of them probably falling in the 1970s and 1980s. An opportunity to
acquire a large group of Bukowski material in one fell swoop and containing many interesting and hard-to-come-by pieces. Very Good to Fine. (#016743) SOLD 50. (BUKOWSKI, Charles). EARTH #1. Santa Monica: Earth Books & Gallery, 1965. First Edition. A little magazine, stapled, with a pictorial front cover. Contains two early poems by Bukowski--"freedom" (reprinted from OLE 1) and his 14-page narrative poem printed on different color stock titled "Rimbaud be Damned: I Have Withstood 99,000 Seasons In Hell And I Still Look Down Into This Glass Wondering, Wondering." Near Fine and quite uncommon. (#016709) $75.00 51. (BUKOWSKI, Charles). THE EARTH ROSE 1. FUCK HATE. (Santa Monica): (Earth Rose Press), [@1968]. First Edition. A Meat Poetry Tabloid consisting of a single printed sheet folded to make four 11" x 17" pages. Features two poems by Bukowski: "Freedom" and "True Story." Suffice it to say that not many copies survived the protest where it was distributed in West Los Angeles. Many protesters were arrested, and the broadsides were seized, banned, and summarily destroyed by the Los Angeles Police Department for its tabloid-style headline and for its anti-Vienam poetry and messages. Crease from being folded; old price in red ink at the upper right corner and faint dampstain in left corner. Very Good and uncommon. (#016708) SOLD 52. (BUKOWSKI, Charles). THE EIGHT PAGER. A Happening In 8 Parts. Series One, Part Three. (Niagara): (Press Today), (1966). First Edition. A little magazine consisting of stapled mimeograph of 14 multi-colored pages with text on one side only. Contains work by Bukowski, Margaret Randall, Gene Fowler and others. "Not for sale availiable for love only and impossible to subscribe to." Final blank page detached. Very Good. (#016693) $50.00 53. (BUKOWSKI, Charles). EPOS. A QUARTERLY OF POETRY. Two issues: Volume 2, #6 and Volume 3, #7. (Crescent City, FL): Epos, Winter 1959 and Summer 1965. First Edition. Two issues of this little magazine, stapled, 28 pages. The 1959 issue contains the poem "The Death of a Roach" and the later issue contains "4:30 A.M.," both by Bukowski. Near Fine. (#016729) SOLD 54. (BUKOWSKI, Charles). EXISTARIA: A Journal of Existant Hysteria. Hermosa Beach, CA: Existaria, Sept. - Oct. 1957. First Edition. A little magazine, stapled. Contains three poems by Bukowski, a very early appearance. Fine. (#016726) SOLD 55. (BUKOWSKI, Charles). GRAPEVINE. Fayetteville, AR: Grapevine Publishing Co. Inc., 1975. First Edition. Periodical in newspaper format. Contains an article "Bukowski Reads Tonight" and 2 poems by Bukowski--"ice for the eagles" and "What a Man I Was." SIGNED on the front cover by the poet. Typical aging of newsprint with wear at crease where it was folded. Good and quite uncommon. (#016679) $300.00
56. (BUKOWSKI, Charles). Handmade POSTER for Bukowski's First Known Poetry Reading. [Los Angeles], [1969]. First Edition. A hand-lettered poster @11" x 11" in black, red, and green inks for Bukowski's first known public readings at The Bridge bookstore, Los Angeles, on December 19 and 20, 1969. The text reads: "Charles Bukowski will give his first public demolition poetry reading at the Bridge," along with the address and dates. Accompanied by a handwritten letter dated 1994 from Bukowski's bibliographer, Sanford Durbin, describing in detail how acquired the poster at the time. In part: "At intermission I went out in the alley to pee; as I walked back in I saw someone peeing under a light; it was Hank. He looked at me & said kinda wimpy, 'Hi Neeli.' -- How many were there -- the Bridge, N. Kenmore? Maybe 50? A bar? a night spot? -- Maybe the sign was in front, maybe I saw it walking from the Bridge back to his place. On a utility pole. Sure I want it, down it came." Tears along edges, jagged, but without loss of any words. Very Good and an exceptional artifact from Bukowski's career, the only known example. (#016718) $4,500.00 57. (BUKOWSKI, Charles). HEARSE: A VEHICLE USED TO CONVEY THE DEAD #2. (Eureka): (Hearse Press), (1958). First Edition. A little magazine, stapled. Contains a very early poem by Bukowski--"Some Notes of Dr. Klarstein"--published 2 years later in Bukowski's first book FLOWER, FIST AND BESTIAL WAIL. Near Fine and quite uncommon. (#016710) SOLD 58. (BUKOWSKI, Charles). KOFF 3. (New York): (Consumptive Poets League), (1978). First Edition. A little magazine consisting of stapled mimeograph of 35 pages with text on one side only and a large black-and-white foldout photograph. Contains three poems by Bukowski but more interestingly, the poet is depicted in the nude as Mr. February in the magazine's foldout of male calendar nudes. Very Good. (#016697) SOLD 59. (BUKOWSKI, Charles). LARGE PHOTOGRAPH OF BUKOWSKI WITH HIS NAKED GIRLFRIEND. n.p., (1974). A large (13-1/2" x 11") photograph of a clothed Bukowski lying next to a naked woman with his hand on her genitals. The photographer's name on the verso has been erased though the 12-74 date remains. Fine. (#016699) SOLD
60. (BUKOWSKI, Charles). LAUGH LITERARY AND MAN THE HUMPING GUNS. Three issues: Volume 1, #1 - 3. (Los Angeles): (Laugh Literary), (1969 - 1971). First Edition. Three issues, all published, of this little magazine, stapled. The only magazine edited by Bukowski, assisted by Neeli Cherry. Near Fine. (#016731) SOLD 61. (BUKOWSKI, Charles). LITERARY TIMES: "Here's What I Say." A Special Interview Edition. (Chicago): Literary Times, December 1964. First Edition. Periodical in newspaper format. Contains interviews with Bukowski (very early), as well as Hemingway, Bellow, Albee, Chet Baker, and others, all pictured on the front cover. Typical aging of newsprint. Near Fine. (#016684) SOLD 62. (BUKOWSKI, Charles). THE NEW CENSORSHIP. The Monthly Journal of the Next Savage State: Two issues. Denver: The New Censorship, 1991 and 1992. First Edition. These two issues are both dedicated to the poems and drawings of Charles Bukowski. EACH issue has been SIGNED by Bukowski on the front cover. Fine. (#016739) SOLD 63. (BUKOWSKI, Charles). NOMAD #1. Culver City/London: Nomad/Villiers Publications Ltd., 1959. First Edition. A little magazine, stapled, consisting of 32 pages wth stiff covers, the front illustrated. Contains a very early appearance by Bukowski of 4 poems. About Fine. (#016705) SOLD 64. (BUKOWSKI, Charles). OLE. Five Issues plus OLE ANTHOLOGY. Bensenville, IL/Wood Dale, IL/Glendale, CA: Open Skull Press, 1965 - 1967. First Edition. Five issues of this little magazine, stapled and perfectbound, along with the OLE ANTHOLOGY, edited by Douglas Blazek and all with essays or poems by Bukowski. Includes issues 2, 3, 4, 6, and 8. Near Fine. (#016737) SOLD 65. (BUKOWSKI, Charles). THE OUTSIDER: A Complete Set of #1 - #5. New Orleans/Tucson: Loujon Press, 1961 - 1969. First Edition. The first three issues of this little magazine in pictorial wraps with Issue 4/5 hardcover with glassine dustwrapper. Contributions by Bukowski, William Burroughs, Henry Miller, Allen Ginsberg, Robert Creeley, Jean Genet, Gary Snyder, Kenneth Patchen, Michael McClure, Diane Wakowski, Harold Norse, Larry Eigner, Anselm Hollo, and many others. Scarce to find a complete run of this important and attractive publication. Near Fine. (#016738) SOLD 66. (BUKOWSKI, Charles). PHOTOGRAPH OF BUKOWSKI IN HIS HOLLYWOOD APARTMENT DRINKING A BEER. n.p., (1974). An original photograph, the image 6-3/4" x 4-1/2" on a 10" x 8" on photographic stock of Bukowski seated in his Hollywood apartment holding a beer. The photographer's name, Lawrence Robbin, is stamped on the verso with an ink notation in an unknown hand giving the name and address of someone in Germany. Fine. (#016711) SOLD 67. (BUKOWSKI, Charles). POETRY NOW. Vol 1, No. 6. (Eureka, CA): (E.V. Griffith), (1974). First Edition. Periodical in newspaper format. Contains 4 poems by Bukowski--"Two Horsecollars", "The First Love", "Your Own Toilet", and "The Strangest Sight You Ever Did See"--as well as an interview with the poet by William Childress. SIGNED on the front cover by the poet. Typical aging of newsprint. Very Good. (#016678) SOLD 68. (BUKOWSKI, Charles). SATIS #5 SPRING/SUMMER 1962. Newcastle-upon-Tyne: Malcolm Rutherford, 1962. First Edition. A little magazine, stapled, consisting of 28 pages wth stiff covers. Contains two early poems by Bukowski--"A 350 dollar Horse and a hundred dollar Whore" and "What seems to be the trouble, Gentlemen?"--along with a 7-page critical study of Bukowski's work by R. R. Cuscaden. Near Fine. (#016706) SOLD 69. (BUKOWSKI, Charles). SIMBOLICA #19. (San Francisco): (Press Today), [1960]. First Edition. A little magazine in stenciled format; 46 pages. Illustrated wtih photographs of the contributors including Bukowski who contributes "Portions from a Wine-stained Notebook," a long rambling dialogue, forerunner to his "Notes of a Dirty Old Man" column in OPEN CITY. Aging to text, spine reinforced with masking tape. Fragile but Good and scarce. (#016696) SOLD 70. (BUKOWSKI, Charles). STORY MAGAZINE. Volume XXIV, #106. AFTERMATH OF A LENGTHY REJECTION SLIP. New York: Story Magazine, Inc., March - April 1944. First Edition. Printed wraps. Bukowski's very first appearance in print at the age of 24, preceding his first book (IT CATCHES MY HEART IN ITS HANDS, 1963) by 19 years. In an interview in the last year of his life, Bukowski said, "I can remember my first major publication, a short story in Whit Burnett's and Martha Foley's Story magazine, 1944. I had been sending them a couple of short stories a week for maybe a year and a half. The story they finally accepted was mild in comparison to the others. I mean in terms of content and style and gamble and exploration and all that. Got another story accepted about that time in Carese Crosby's portfolio and after that, I packed it in. I threw away all the stories and concentrated upon drinking. I didn't feel that the publishers were ready and that although I was ready, I could be readier and I was also disgusted with what I read as accepted front-line literature. So I drank and became one of the best drinkers anywhere, which takes some talent also." Spine sunned, as usual for this publication, but a clean, tight, Near Fine copy. (#016733) SOLD
71. (BUKOWSKI, Charles). TARGETS. A QUARTERLY OF POETRY. #10. [Sandia Park, NM]: W. L. Garner, June 1962. First Edition. A little magazine, stapled, 31 pages. Contains three poems by Bukowski: "Have You Ever Pulled a Lion's Tail," "Imbecile Night," and "A Poem Is a City." Near Fine. (#016736) SOLD 72. (BUKOWSKI, Charles). Untitled 33 1/3 RPM VINYL RECORD ALBUM. n.p.: (Ascot), (2 April 1968). First Edition. A 33 1/3 rpm vinyl record album with a white center label simply titled "Charles Bukowski. Poetry" on side A and "Steven Richmond. Poetry" on the B side. Bukowski reads 5 poems. Never distributed commercially. The date and publisher are imprinted in the blank center groove. Housed in a plain paper sleeve. Appears to be Fine, and a scarce early recording of Bukowski's poetry. (#016719) $600.00 73. (BUKOWSKI, Charles). WORMWOOD REVIEW: A Collection of 10 Issues Containing Appearances by Charles Bukowski. Storrs, CT/Stockton, CA: The Wormwood Review Press, 1963 - 1988. First Edition. A little magazine, stapled, with a pictorial front cover.These 10 issues all contain contributions by Bukowsk. Each issue is one of 500, 600, or 700 copies. No other magazine, except for OPEN CITY, rivalled WORMWOOD REVIEW for the number of appearances by Bukowski. Bibliographer Al Fogel called this publication "the cornerstone magazine of the 60's that literally launched Bukowski's career." Near Fine. (#016741) SOLD 74. (BUKOWSKI, Charles). WORMWOOD REVIEW: A Collection of 89 Issues Comprising the Complete Run with Appearances by Charles Bukowski. Storrs, CT/Stockton, CA: The Wormwood Review Press, 1962 - 1967. First Edition. A little magazine, stapled, with a pictorial front cover.These 89 issues contain all of Bukowski's appearances, from his first in 1962 to his last in 1997. Each issue is one of 500, 600, or 700 copies. No other magazine, except for OPEN CITY, rivalled WORMWOOD REVIEW for the number of appearances by Bukowski. Bibliographer Al Fogel called this publication "the cornerstone magazine of the 60's that literally launched Bukowski's career." Issue #29 is INSCRIBED and SIGNED by Hank in 1968. Near Fine and difficult to assemble today. (#016721) $1,500.00 75. (BUKOWSKI, Charles). BUKOWSKI LIVES! n.p.: Black Sparrow Press, n.d.. First Edition. A 12" x 17" poster with a blackand-white photo of a smirking Bukowski in a chair and a list of titles on a red field at thebottom. Creases from folding. Very Good. (#016685) $35.00 76. (BUKOWSKI, Charles). OPEN CITY: A Substantial Run of 68 Issues Including Issue #2 (MAY 12-18, 1967) Featuring the First Appearance of Bukowski's"NOTES OF A DIRTY OLD MAN" Column. Los Angeles: Open City, 1967 - 1968. First Edition. Periodical in newspaper format. The total run of the publication was 92 issues. There are 68 issues present here with an extra copy of #8. The issues present here contain Bukowski's "NOTES OF A DIRTY OLD MAN" Column, including its first appearance. In addition there are many other fascinating pieces giving a glimpse of the cultural times including but not limited to a lengthy interview with Johnny Cash about his recent visit to Folsom Prison, excerpts from Bob Dylan's first book TARANTULA, Eldridge Cleaver on the Black Panthers, and more. Typical aging of newsprint with some wear and tear. Very Good and quite uncommon to obtain such a long run. (#016681) SOLD 77. (BUKOWSKI, Charles). POSTER for an Early Poetry Reading. [San Francisco]: City Lights Poets Theater, [1975]. First Edition. A 14" x 14" black-and-white poster for a reading by Bukowski depicting the poet in profile smoking a cigarette. In part: City Lights Poets Theater/Bukowski reads his Poetry/Saturday May 31 8pm/Telegraph Hill Gym/555 Chestnut (nr Mason). Small piece of tape at one corner. Near Fine. (#016682) $150.00 78. (BUKOWSKI, Charles). POSTER for an Early Poetry Reading. [San Francisco]: City Lights Poets Theater, [1972]. First Edition. A 12" x 18-1/4" blue tinted poster for a reading by Bukowski depicting the poet facing mostly forward. In part: City Lights Poets Theater/Bukowski reads Bukowski/Poetry & Prose/8:30/Sept. 14/Telegraph Hill/Neighborhood Assoc./555 Chestnut. A little wrinkling. Near Fine. (#016683) $300.00
79. (BUKOWSKI, Charles). POSTER for an Early Poetry Reading. San Francisco: SF Art Commission, [1973]. First Edition. An 8-1/2" x 14" illustrated poster for a reading by Bukowski with WIlliam Stafford on December 6 at the San Francisco Museum of Art. Also included is the January 1974 issue of POETRY FLASH ELEVEN, a single legal-sized sheet of paper printed on both sides, containing a detailed review of this reading concentrating on Bukowski's boorish behavior on stage. Creases from folding, small tear at the bottom without loss. Near Fine. (#016695) $250.00 80. (BUKOWSKI, Charles) (MONTFORT, Michael). 10 SIGNED PHOTOGRAPHIC REPRODUCTIONS from SHAKESPEARE NEVER DID THIS. [Santa Rosa]: [Black Sparrow Press], [1995]. First Edition. A collection of 10 photographs by Michael Montfort removed from Bukowski's book SHAKESPEARE NEVER DID THIS. Each photograph has been SIGNED by Bukowski who adds a drawing to one. Fine. (#016704) $2,000.00 81. (BUKOWSKI, Charles) (MONTFORT, Michael). 2 LARGE SIGNED PHOTOGRAPHS from the CARLTON WAY SUITE. Los Angeles: Focus, 1982 [1993]. First produced in 1982 as a portfolio of 12 photographs with an intended edition of 50. In fact only 2 sets were produced then due to lack of interest at the set price. In 1993, at the bequest of The Abandoned Planet Bookstore, 3 other sets were produced making a total of only 5 published. These 2 photographs (16" x 20") have each been SIGNED by Bukowski and Montfort and are numbered 3/50. In addition, Bukowski has annotated each photograph in red ink. The images are: 1) Bukowski seated in his apartment before a table full of alcohol remnants and wildly gesturing captioned "Living the Good Life" and 2) Bukowski lying down in a cemetery before a grave stone captioned "Just Kidding." Laid in is a letter from the bookseller explaining how he got Montfort to print these photographs and Bukowski to sign them in the hospital where he was dying of leukemia. Fine. (#016712) $3,000.00 82. (BUKOWSKI, Charles) James W. JOHNSON. EN SUITE ETCHINGS from NOT QUITE BERNADETTE. [Compton, CA]: Greybeard Press, [1990]. First Edition. A suite of 11 Large Folio (17" x 18") mezzotints by James W. Johnson, each SIGNED, numbered, dated "89," and titled in pencil in the lower margin from an edition of 165 copies. These were issued separately from the short story in book form, one of Bukowski's scarcest publications. Fine. (#016713) $1,500.00 83. [BUKOWSKI, Charles] GANNIJ, Joan Levine. THE CRUELTY OF LOVELESS LOVE. New York: Kunst Editions, (2001). First Edition. Photographs and Text by Joan Levine Gannij. Forward by Carl Weissner. Consisting of 12 leaves, printed on rectos only and 18 paper folders each containing a mounted monochrome photograph with a letterpress poem on facing page. Folio (11" x 123/4") housed in a burgundy satin-covered clamshell case (12-1/4" x 14-3/4") with a photographic inset of Bukowski on the front. Copy #11 of 35 copies for sale from a total edition of 65 copies. An exquisite production juxtaposing poems previously unpublished in book form with photographs taken by Gannij in the 1970s and rediscovered following Bukowski's death. Fine in a Fine black cardboard slipcase in the original shipping bag. (#016665) $1,000.00 84. [BUKOWSKI, Charles] KRUMHANSL, Aaron. A DESCRIPTIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE PRIMARY PUBLICATIONS OF CHARLES BUKOWSKI. Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 1999. First Edition. Pictorial boards. Copy #343 of 376 handbound copies (there were also 750 hardcover trade copies) with a previously unpublished broadside poem by Charles Bukowski loosely laid in. Fine in a Fine glassine dustwrapper. (#016662) SOLD 85. [BUKOWSKI, Charles] KRUMHANSL, Aaron. A DESCRIPTIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE PRIMARY PUBLICATIONS OF CHARLES BUKOWSKI. Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 1999. First Edition. Pictorial boards. Copy #137
of 376 handbound copies (there were also 750 hardcover trade copies). Without the previously unpublished broadside poem by Charles Bukowski loosely laid in. Fine in a Fine glassine dustwrapper, but lacking the broadside poem. (#016702) SOLD 86. [BUKOWSKI, Charles] PRICE, Ken. HEAT WAVE. Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Graphic Arts, 1995. First Edition. Folio (12" x 14-3/4") bound in pictorial cloth and housed in the original plexiglass slipcase and box with a cd of Bukowski reading his poetry. Copy #101 of 170 handbound copies (there were also 26 lettered copies) SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page and containing 15 Original Serigraph Prints, 4 of which have been numbered and SIGNED by the artist. Fine in a Fine plexiglass slipcase and a close to Fine box. (#016664) SOLD 87. [BUKOWSKI, Charles] PURDY, Al. LAMENT FOR BUKOWSKI [Broadside]. Northville, MI: Sun Dog Press, 1997. First Edition. A 10-1/2" x 15-1/2" broadside printing Purdy's tribute to Bukowski and illustrated with several images of the poet. Copy #3 of 126 copies SIGNED by Purdy. Slight bumping to corners. About Fine. (#016717) $60.00
