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

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

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

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..... 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: 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

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. 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

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

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

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

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

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