Winterthur, Switzerland: Birken-Halde Verlag, 2006. First Edition. Quarto; black and white printed paper-covered boards; dustjacket; 216pp; illus. Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket that has mild rubbing at the spine ends, some minor corner wear, and two short edge tears. Boldly signed by the Brazilian pop artist in black Sharpie..... More
Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, 1968. First Edition. Limited Issue, one of 2 special copies designated "Presentation Copy" and signed by the poet on the colophon. Octavo (25cm); coarse green cloth with title label mounted to spine, publisher's original acetate dustjacket; [10],11-57,[7]pp. Gentle sunning to spine and upper board edges..... More
Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, 1968. First Edition. Wrappered issue, one of 250 numbered copies (numbered 51-300), this being copy no.284. Quarto (29cm); printed sheets, hand-sewn into letterpress printed card wrappers; [ii],[4],5-15,[3]pp; illustrated throughout by Sherril Jaffe. Trivial wear and faint creasing to yapped edges, with faint foxing to right..... More
Cagnes-sur-Mer: Roving Eye Press, 1931. First Edition. Self-published volume of experimental writing by Brown (b. Robert Carlton Brown II), an American expatriate author and publisher involved in the inter-war avant-garde scene in France. A groundbreaking publication, conceived by Brown after publishing an essay titled "The Readies" in Transition in 1930..... More
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1932. First Edition. A superb copy of the second Detective Stephen Harper mystery, a "yellow peril" novel set in New York City. The novel has everything going for it: death, dope, detection, and torture, all set in the streets of Chinatown. And for the record (we'll..... More
Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1856. First American Edition. Octavo (18.75cm); dark brown vertically-ribbed cloth, with titling and decorative elements stamped in gilt and in blind to spine and covers; [ii],vi,351,[3]pp. Spine ends gently nudged, softening to corners (though still sharp), with a few small rubbed spots to cloth, and some..... More
Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 1988. First Edition. Deluxe Issue, one of 26 lettered copies specially bound and signed by the author, this being copy 'O'. Octavo (18cm); decorative paper-covered boards; [12]pp. A Fine copy. Autobiographical poem, issued as a New Year's Greeting for Friends of the Black Sparrow Press..... More
San Francisco: City Lights Books, 2010. First Edition. First Printing, a trade paperback original. Octavo (23cm); pictorial card wrappers; [viii],ix-xviii,275pp. A Fine, unread copy. The second volume of Bukowski's uncollected stories and essays, edited and with a generous introduction by David Stephen Calonne. More
N.p. The Grenfell Press / Blackrose Editions, 1983. First Separate Edition. Fine press edition reprinting the full text of Bukowski's first appearance in print, published in the March/April, 1944 issue of Whit Burnett's Story magazine. Krumhansl 85. Limited Issue, one of 150 numbered copies signed by the author, this being..... More
Bensenville, IL: Open Skull Press, 1966. First Edition. A humorous, early foray into prose, chronicling (in painful detail) the account of the author's hemorrhoid operation and hospitalization, which kept him away from work for several months. Uncommon signed. Krumhansl 23; Dorbin A10. One of ca.400 copies. Slim octavo (21.5cm); mimeographed..... More
Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, 1968. First Edition. Bukowski's first book published by Black Sparrow Press, a collection of early poems describing L.A. and Hollywood as cold and inhospitable. A truly scarce volume in the first state; the second state featured a corrected black and white title label applied to..... More
Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, 1968. First Edition. Bukowski's first book published by Black Sparrow Press, a collection of early poems describing L.A. and Hollywood as cold and inhospitable, containing a marvelous and lengthy inscription, composed two weeks after publication, to poet John Thomas Idlet (1930-2002). Bukowski and Thomas maintained..... More
Sutton West & Santa Barbara: The Paget Press, 1984. First Edition. Bukowski's script commissioned by director Barbet Schroeder, filmed with Mickey Rourke and Faye Dunaway and released in 1987. A superb association copy inscribed to Bukowski's long-time friend, American actor and film director Sean Penn, and his wife Madonna. In..... More
Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 1996. First Edition. Substantial volume of poems and stories, the first released by Black Sparrow following Bukowski's death in 1994. The lettered issue is uncommon. Krumhansl 150d. Deluxe Issue, one of 26 lettered copies specially bound and signed by the author (next to the drawing..... More
Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 1994. First Edition. Deluxe Issue, one of 26 lettered copies specially bound in boards, this being copy 'D'. Slim octavo (21cm); decorative paper-covered boards; publisher's unprinted white paper dustjacket; [16]pp. Fine in a very Near Fine dustjacket, with a few tiny tears. New Year's Greeting..... More
Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 1997. First Trade Edition. First Printing, cloth issue, one of 750 copies. Octavo (23.5cm); pictorial paper-covered boards and black cloth backstrip, with title label mounted to spine; publisher's original acetate dustjacket; 363,[5]pp. Faint foxing to right edge of textblock, else Near Fine in a lightly..... More
Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 1997. First Edition. Substantial volume containing posthumously-published poems. Krumhansl 153d. Deluxe Issue, one of 26 lettered copies specially bound with an original silkscreend print tipped in, this being copy 'Y'. Octavo (23.5cm); printed paper-covered boards and patterned cloth backstrip, with title label applied to spine;..... More
Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 1988. First Edition. A one hour film of this very early poetry reading, only the fourth in Bukowski's career, made when he hit the road for the first time and flew to the Bellevue Community College in Washington. The reading was filmed by students using..... More
Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, 1974. First Edition. An early collection, gathering work from It Catches My Heart In Its Hands, Crucifix in a Deathhand, and At Terror Street and Agony Way, along with new poems written during the early 1970's. Krumhansl 46d. Deluxe Issue, one of five specially designated..... More
Chicago: Literary Times - Cyofeth Publications, 1965. First Edition. Lovely copy of this collection, featuring poems which previously appeared in the pages of little magazines like Outsider, Epos, The Naked Ear, Targets, San Francisco Review, Impetus, Sciamachy, and Quicksilver, et al. Gathered together here for the first time, with a...... More
Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 1995. First Edition. Printed in January 1995 as a New Year's Greeting for friends of the Black Sparrow Press. Krumhansl 142c. Deluxe Issue, one of 26 lettered copies, this being copy 'Z'. Slim octavo (22.5cm); illustrated paper-covered boards; unprinted white paper dustjacket; [16]pp. Fine in..... More
Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1981. First Edition. A substantial collection of poems from the early 1980's, a particularly fertile period, during which Bukowski produced a sizable amount of work. Krumhansl 71b. First Printing, trade issue, one of 750 copies. Octavo (23.5cm); illustrated paper-covered boards and navy blue cloth backstrip..... More
Sutton West & Santa Barbara: The Paget Press, 1986. First Edition. Scarce edition of this delightful short story, fully illustrated by the author. The present copy bound in a cloth variant not noted by the bibliographer, and, though not called for, the author has added a drawing of his signature..... More
Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, 1969. First Edition. Bukowski's first full-length book of poetry published by Black Sparrow Press, an important collection, and something of a retrospective of his work to date. Many of these poems dealt with his grief over the death of Jane Cooney Baker, his first wife..... More
Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1975. First Edition. Bukowski's second novel, following his alter-ego Henry Chinaski through post-WW2 America as he blows through a series of dead-end jobs. Basis for Bent Hammer's 2005 film adaptation, starring Lili Taylor, Marisa Tomei, and an appropriately sleazy Matt Dillon. Krumhansl 51d. Deluxe Issue..... More