![Item #315 "NOTES OF A DIRTY OLD MAN" [IN] OPEN CITY - ISSUE 6 (JUNE 9-16, 1967). Charles...](https://captainahabsrarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/315.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1562358577)
Los Angeles: N.P., 1967. An early issue of the publication, marking the fourth appearance of Bukowski's "Notes of a Dirty Old Man" column, and a fairly outrageous Don Lewis centerfold spread. Dorbin D57. Tabloid (43.5cm); photo-illustrated wrappers; 16pp; illus. Horizontal fold at center, subtle toning and a few foxed spots..... More
Storrs, CT: The Wormwood Review Press, 1964. First Edition. One of 600 numbered copies, this being copy no.308. Slim octavo (22.75cm); pictorial card wrappers, stapled; 36pp, with a fold-out mimeographed list of books and little magazines at rear. Light wear and a few faint creases to extremities; Near Fine. An..... More
Storrs, CT: The Wormwood Review Press, 1964. First Edition. One of 600 numbered copies, this being copy no.475. Slim octavo (22.75cm); pictorial card wrappers, stapled; 36pp, with a fold-out mimeographed list of books and little magazines at rear. While not called for, this copy has been signed by Bukowski on..... More
Stockton, CA: The Wormwood Review Press, 1974. First Edition. One of 700 numbered copies, this being copy no.323. Slim octavo (21.5cm); illustrated card wrappers, stapled; 40pp; illus. While not called for, this copy has been signed by Bukowski on the front wrapper. Gentle sunning to spine, else very Near Fine..... More
Stockton, CA: The Wormwood Review Press, 1981. First Edition. One of 700 copies (this being copy no.565). Slim octavo (21.25cm); pictorial card wrappers, stapled; 48pp; illus. A Fine copy. Special issue of WR, containing a 20pp section printed on orange stock dedicated to Bukowski's work - Charles Bukowski's Good-By To..... More
Stockton, CA: The Wormwood Review Press, 1981. First Edition. Deluxe Issue, one of 50 numbered copies signed by the author, this being copy no.3. Slim octavo (21.25cm); pictorial card wrappers, stapled; 48pp; illus. This copy bears a full-page inscription on the verso of the front wrapper to John Martin, Bukowski's..... More
Storrs, CT: The Wormwood Review Press, 1962. First Edition. An early issue of Marvin Malone's long-running literary journal, and Bukowski's second appearance in WR, featuring the first appearance of his poems "For Jane" and "The Sharks." A small but significant copy; Icarus was the only outfit to take out ad..... More
Santa Monica: Privately Printed by Steve Richmond, [1966]. First Edition. Bifolium (43cm); single sheet of white stock (22" x 17") offset printed in black, folded once vertically to create a [4]pp tabloid; illus. Signed by Steve Richmond in purple ink at lower front cover. Mild handling along lower front wrapper..... More
Chicago: S.i., 1959. First Edition. Slim octavo (22cm); original pictorial card wrappers, stapled; 40,[2]pp. With a holograph notation by editor R.R. Cuscaden on the title leaf, which corresponds to a brief holograph correction in text: "Note p.5 / We need poems!! / R.R.C." Modest external wear, subtle toning and dust-soil..... More
Placitas, NM: Duende, 1964. Second issue of Larry Goodell's literary journal, each issue being dedicated to the work of one poet. This issue contains poems by A. Fredric Franklyn, associate editor of TRACE and the West Coast US representative for EL CORNO EMPLUMADO. Clay & Phillips p.150-151. Quarto; side-stapled mimeographed..... More
Eugene: Student Publications Board of the University of Oregon, 1957. Octavo, 64 pp. in illustrated wraps. Contains Ken Kesey's earliest commercially published appearance, a story titled 'The First Sunday In September.' A strong associtation copy, inscribed by Kesey at his contribution to the artist Tom Hardy. The inscription is in..... More
New York: Larry Pool / Tompkins Square Press, 1966-1967. First Editions. Two octavo issues (22.75cm-24cm); pictorial card wrappers; [iv],76; [iii],101pp; illus. Wrappers on issue no.1 are gently sunned, as usual, else Near Fine. No.2 has a faint forward lean, some finger-soil along the spine, with a diagonal crease to upper..... More
![Item #5571 "CHIVALRY" - AN EXCERPT FROM INFINITE JEST [IN] GRAND STREET 55 (VOL.14, NO.3 -...](https://captainahabsrarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/5571.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1647302657)
Meriden, CT: D.A.P. / Distributed Art Publishers, 1995. First Edition. Octavo (23cm); pictorial card wrappers; [10],11-255,[9]pp; illus. Signed by David Foster Wallace at his contribution on p.91. Light wear to extremities, with just a hint of sticker residue to lower right corner of front wrapper; Near Fine. A significant issue..... More