FACTOTUM: A NOVEL
Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1975. First Edition. Item #8024
First Printing, cloth issue, one of 750 copies (despite the colophone stating 1,000). Octavo (23.5cm); decorative paper-covered boards and black cloth backstrip, with title label mounted to spine; publisher's original acetate dustjacket; [10],11-205,[7]pp. Gentle sunning to upper board edges, a few tiny and very shallow indentations to upper and lower board edges, else clean internally; Near Fine, lacking the original acetate dustjacket.
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 51b.
Price: $300.00