![POEMS AND DRAWINGS [IN] EPOS: A QUARTERLY OF POETRY - INSCRIBED TO JOHN WILLIAM CORRINGTON....](/pictures/thumb/2865.jpg?v=1563426505)
Crescent City, FL: EPOS, 1962. First Edition. Special "Extra Issue" of this Florida-based poetry quarterly, the first such issue published by EPOS dedicated entirely to the work of a single author. A distinguished copy, with a contemporary inscription to poet John William Corrington, with whom Bukowski enjoyed a lengthy, early... 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
San Francisco: City Lights Books, 2008. First Edition. Substantial volume of previously uncollected works by Bukowski, most of which originally appeared in the pages of underground newspapers, literary journals, and adult magazines, dating from his earliest published work through the last decade of his life. The bulk of the print... More
Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, 1971. First Edition. Sharp copy of Bukowski's first novel, an autobiographical work based on his years spent as a postal clerk and mail carrier in Los Angeles. He left his job there when publisher John Martin offered him $100 a week for life if he... More
Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 1999. First Edition. Final volume of Bukowski's selected correspondence, from 1978 leading up the month before his death in 1994. Lettered copies uncommon. Deluxe Issue, one of 26 lettered copies specially bound, this being copy 'Z'. Octavo (23.5cm); printed paper-covered boards and patterned cloth backstrip... More
Detroit: Planet Detroit Chapbooks, 1986. First Edition. A fresh, Fine copy, notably absent any hint of toning. Original tan wrappers, stapled, printed in red and brown. One of 500 copies offered gratis to subscribers of Planet Detroit Poems. Krumhansl 101. More
Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 1988. First Edition. First Printing, one of 600 hardcover trade copies. Octavo; photo-illustrated paper over boards, quarterbound in red cloth with printed spine label; 256 pp, [3]. Some subtle fading and rubbing to board edges, else Near Fine in a Very Good+ acetate dustjacket. Krumhansl 108b. More
Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 1993. First Edition. First volume of the poet's extensive correspondence, with a brief introduction by editor Seamus Cooney. Krumhansl 137d. Limited Issue, one of 300 numbered copies signed by the author, this being copy no.193. Octavo (23.5cm); illustrated paper-covered boards and reddish-brown cloth backstrip, with... More
Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 1990. First Edition. Collection of prose and poetry published to coincide with Bukowski's 70th birthday. Uncommon in the deluxe issue. Krumhansl 114e. Deluxe Issue, one of 26 lettered copies signed by the author, this being copy 'T'. Octavo (23.5cm); printed paper-covered boards and patterned cloth... More
Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 2002. First Edition. Printed in January 2002 as a New Year's Greeting for friends of the Black Sparrow Press. Deluxe Issue, one of 26 lettered copies, this being copy 'J'. Slim octavo (18cm); illustrated paper-covered boards; unprinted white paper dustjacket; [16]pp. Fine in a Near... More
Santa: 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 to... More
Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, 1973. First Edition. Attractive presentation copy of Bukowski's first collection of short fiction, gathering 27 stories. A significant collection, bearing an elaborate contemporary inscription. Krumhansl 45a. First Printing, wrappered issue (4,100 copies). Octavo (23.5cm); printed wrappers; [10],189,[3]pp. Contemporary ink inscription on the dedication page to... 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, 1999. First Edition. Substantial volume of posthumously-published poems, ranging from the 1970's-1990's. Deluxe Issue, one of 26 lettered copies, this being copy 'P'. Octavo (23.5cm); printed paper-covered boards, and patterned cloth backstrip; publisher's original acetate dustjacket; 409,[7]pp. Original serigraph print by Bukowski tipped-in. Fine in... More
Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 1999. First Edition. Substantial volume of posthumously-published poems, ranging from the 1970's-1990's. Limited Issue, one of 400 numbered copies bound with an original serigraph print, this being copy no.254. Octavo (23.5cm); printed paper-covered boards and vertically-ribbed red cloth backstrip; publisher's original acetate dustjacket; 409,[7]pp. Fine... More
[Los Angeles]: Black Sparrow Press, 1973. First Edition. Sharp copy of this early Black Sparrow Press monthly publication, collecting 11 poems. Krumhansl 43. Wrappered Issue, one of 958 copies. Slim octavo (24cm); decorative wrappers, stapled; [16]pp. Hint of sunning to spine-fold, tiny stain to front wrapper, with another one at... More
Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 1986. First Edition. Attractive copy of one of Bukowski's most substantial collections from the 1980's. While we have handled many of the author's typescript poems, we've handled precious few that were chosen to title major collections. Provenance: From the collection of photographer Michael Montfort. Krumhansl... 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
Los Angeles: Laugh Literary, 1971. First Edition. Final issue of this short-lived little magazine dedicated to poetry, prose, and artwork, intended as Bukowski's alternative to the Black Mountain Review. He despised the Black Mountain School, going so far as to reproduce the following manifesto on the cover of Issue No.1... More
New Orleans: Southern Louisiana Media Corp. 1970. Contains Bukowski's poem "I Think of the Little Men," superimposed over a full-page drawing by L.McBride. Front wrapper illustrated by Gilbert Shelton. Tabloid (42cm); illustrated newsprint wrappers; 24pp; illus. Light wear and a few short tears to extremities, creasing to lower left corners... More
Storrs, CT: The Wormwood Review Press, 1968. First Edition. Contains two contributions by Bukowski: "One For Ging, With Klux Top," and "Foornote Upon the Construction of The Masses." With additional contributions by Douglas Blazek, D.R. Wagner, Robert Peters, David McFadden, and others. Dorbin C404-405. One of 600 numbered copies, this... More
![THE MIDATLANTIC REVIEW - VOL.1, NO.1 (SUMMER 1975) - SIGNED [TOGETHER WITH] CORRECTED TYPESCRIPT...](/pictures/thumb/3510.jpg?v=1563426531)
Mamroneck, NY: The Midatlantic Review, 1975. First Edition. Sharp copy of this poetry journal, printing three poems by Bukowski, with contributions by Billy Collins, Ann Menebroker, Ray DiPalma, and Christopher Buckley, et al. "Big Max" would also appear in Bukowski's 1977 collection Love Is A Dog From Hell (pp.142-143). Slim... More
!["NOTES OF A DIRTY OLD MAN" [IN] OPEN CITY - ISSUE 24 (OCTOBER 11-17, 1967). Charles Bukowski,...](/pictures/thumb/316.jpg?v=1563426201)
Hollywood: Open City, 1967. Early "Peace Revolt" issue of John Bryan's popular L.A. underground newspaper, containing an appearance of Bukowski's "Notes of a Dirty Old Man" column. Dorbin D75. Tabloid (44.5cm); illustrated newsprint wrappers; 20pp; illus. Horizontal fold at center, hint of sunning to extremities, else very Near Fine. More
!["NOTES OF A DIRTY OLD MAN" [IN] OPEN CITY - ISSUE 28 (NOVEMBER 10-16, 1967) - SIGNED BY JOHN...](/pictures/thumb/457.jpg?v=1563426221)
Hollywood: Open City, 1967. Suppressed issue of this popular L.A. weekly - one of the few significant issues of the 92 that were published. Contains Drew Pearson's exposé on Ronald Reagan, who was elected Governor of California in January 1967. The cover bears the scandalous headline "IS RONNIE GAY?" directly... More
Winnetka, IL: Sciamachy, 1964. Final issue of this short-lived poetry magazine published between 1960-1964. Contributors include Gil Orlovitz, Ben Tibbs, Emilie Glen, and Robert Chute, et al. Notable for a pair of early appearances by Charles Bukowski - "Fragile!!" and "4:30 A.M." Dorbin C243-244. Quarto (27.75cm); offset printed illustrated wrappers... More