Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 2000. First Edition. Sharp copy of the penultimate volume of Bukowski's posthumously-published poems issued by Black Sparrow Press. Limited Issue, one of 400 numbered copies bound with an original serigraph print, this being copy no.381. Octavo (23.5cm); pictorial paper-covered boards and royal blue cloth backstrip..... More

Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 2000. First Edition. Sharp copy of the penultimate volume of Bukowski's posthumously-published poems issued by Black Sparrow Press. Deluxe Issue, one of 26 lettered copies specially bound with an original silkscreend print tipped in, this being copy 'E'. Octavo (23.5cm); printed paper-covered boards and patterned..... More

Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1979. First Edition. Attractive deluxe edition of Bukowski's last substantial poetry collection of the 1970's. Krumhansl 68a & e. Deluxe Issue, one of 100 numbered copies signed by the author, each with a signed silkscreen print bound in, this being copy no.76. Octavo (23.5cm); illustrated..... More

Glendale, CA: Poetry X/Change, [1968]. First Edition. Stunning copy of this early collection of verse, including "86'd" and "The Hairy Fist and Love Will Die", which has not been collected in any Black Sparrow Press edition of the author's work. Uncommon; we find 2 copies only in the auction record..... More

Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 1994. First Trade Edition. First Printing, cloth issue, one of 1,011 copies. Octavo (23.5cm); pictorial paper-covered boards and black cloth backstrip, with title label mounted to spine; publisher's original glassine dustjacket; [8],9-202,[6]pp. Trivial wear to extremities, hint of foxing to text edges, else Near Fine..... More

Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 1993. First Black Sparrow Press Edition. First Printing, cloth issue, one of 300 copies bound up from HarperCollins sheets. Octavo (23.5cm); printed paper-covered boards and gold cloth backstrip, with title label mounted to spine; publisher's original acetate dustjacket; [xii],497,[5]pp. This copy issued without the signed..... More

Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1990. First Edition. A substantial collection of prose and poetry published to coincide with Bukowski's 70th birthday. Sholom "Red" Stodolsky (1916-1998) operated the Baroque Bookstore in Hollywood, CA from 1972 until his death in 1998. Red was a close friend of Bukowski's, and a great..... More

Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, 1973. First Edition. Attractive copy of Bukowski's first collection of short fiction. This copy lengthily inscribed to William (Bill) J. Whitaker, who from ca.1970 until the press closed down in 2002 represented Black Sparrow as a traveling salesman on the eastern seaboard, going from bookstore..... More

Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1984. First Edition. Attractive broadside printing a poem from the forthcoming collection War All The Time: Poems 1981-1984. Issued as Black Sparrow Press Broadside/Flyer No.13. Krumhansl 88. Broadside (25.25cm x 37.5cm); single sheet of peach stock, printed in black, brown, pink, and red. A Fine..... More

Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 1992. First Edition. Hardcover Issue, one of 103 copies, 19 of which were signed by the author on the title page. Slim quarto (26.75cm); pictorial paper-covered boards; publisher's original unprinted white paper dustjacket; teal endpapers; [4]pp. Fine in a very Near Fine dustjacket, with some..... More

Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1978. First Edition. Attractive copy of this illustrated short story of marital discord, set in a small town in Illinois. For the deluxe issue Bukowski has signed, hand-colored, and extra-illustrated the front cover with different colored markers, a practice he employed with less than a...... 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 Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 1999. 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 applied to spine; publisher's original acetate dustjacket; 309,[5]pp. Faint foxing to text edges, else Near Fine in a lightly rubbed..... More