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$45.00Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow, 1994. First edition, numbered issue. [16 pp]. Fine in printed paper-covered boards. No dust jacket as issued. One of 200 numbered copies. Krumhansl 138b.
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$125.00Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow, 1994. First edition, lettered issue. [16 pp]. Fine in printed paper-covered boards and near fine unprinted white dust jacket. One of 26 lettered copies. Krumhansl 138c.
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$65.00[Detroit]: Alternative Press [1970]. First edition. 6 3/8 x 4 inch postcard. Fine. Text printed in black with the bottom edge hand-marbled. Krumhansl 36. -
$35.00Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow, 1995. First edition, undesignated. [16 pp]. Fine in printed paper-covered boards. The colophon calls for 226 numbered and lettered copies; this copy not designated. Krumhansl 142b (not described).
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$100.00Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow, 1995. First edition, lettered issue. [16 pp]. Fine in printed paper-covered boards and unprinted white dust jacket. One of 26 lettered copies. Krumhansl 142c.
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$45.00Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow, 1995. First edition, numbered issue. [16 pp]. Fine in printed paper-covered boards. No dust jacket as issued. One of 200 numbered copies. Krumhansl 142b.
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$750.00Bensenville: Mimeo Press, 1965. First edition. [52 pp]. Very near fine in stapled wrappers with some faint sunning along spine. Cover art from a painting by Anna Purcell. A prose work, the debut of longtime Bukowski character Henry Chinaski. One of 500 copies. Krumhansl 17. -
$75.00[Santa Rosa]: Black Sparrow, 1999. First edition. 9 7/16 x 6 15/16 inch broadside, printed in three colors. Near fine (wrinkled at edges). Stamped "PROOF;" one of a handful thus.
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$15.00Barcelona: Editorial Anagrama (2000). First Spanish edition. 165 pp. Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers. Internal illustrations by R. Crumb.
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$75.00(np): Old Marble Press, 1975. First edition. 11 x 8 1/2 inch broadside, printed in two colors. Very near fine. Krumhansl 52.
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$1,500.00Santa Barbara: Capricorn Press, 1970. First edition. [34 pp]. Fine in paper-covered boards with printed cover and spine labels. Near fine original unprinted red tissue dust jacket with three short edge-tears to the rear panel, where there are also a few light wrinkles. One of 100 copies, the entire hardcover edition. Krumhansl 34b.
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$75.00Düsseldorf: S-Press Tonband Verlag (nd). First edition. 18 pp. Near fine in illustrated wrappers. Presents “a poem for the DMV,” “flying through space,” and “the last person.” A piracy.
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$100.00[Santa Rosa] Black Sparrow (nd). Gathering of four multicolored serigraph prints by Bukowski, used for insertion in his later Black Sparrow titles. Each 9 1/2 x 6 1/2 inches, all fine. A winged insect, “where's the men's room?,” Maurice, and a buxom woman in red.
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$25.00Fremont: Ruddy Duck Press [1984]. First edition, suppressed. [24 pp]. Fine in stapled wrappers. Prints six pieces by Bukowski, along with reproductions of photographs and drawings. The bulk of this edition was destroyed. Krumhansl 92.
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$35.00Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow, 1986. First edition. [12 pp]. Fine in stapled wrappers. The single title poem, issued as a New Year’s greeting by the Press.
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$25.00Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow, (nd). First edition. 17 x 10 1/16 inch broadside, printed in four colors on pale yellow paper. Folded into fourths, else near fine. Black Sparrow Broadside/Flyer No. 8 [but is actually No 9]. Krumhansl 74a.
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$35.00Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow [1982]. First edition. 17 x 10 1/16 inch broadside, printed in four colors on pale yellow paper. Fine. Black Sparrow Broadside/Flyer No. 8 [but is actually No 9]. Krumhansl 74a.
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$75.00Belfast: Winter Wind Press (1988). First edition. Folding card, 8 1/4 x 6 inches, closed. Fine. A 1986 color drawing by Bukowski of three kids making a snowman. One of 1000 copies. Original mailing envelope accompanies.
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$20.00Seattle: Spankstra Press (2001). First edition. Single 8 1/2 x 11 inch sheet folded into thirds. Fine. One of 50 copies for “John Martin and Friends.” Entire issue of Spread here comprised of Bukowski's poem.
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$125.00Stockton: Wormwood Review Press (1984). Volume 24, number 3. [44 pp]. Fine in stapled wrappers. One of 630 (of 700) numbered copies. Entire issue comprised of Bukowski’s poems. Cover art by Bukowski. Krumhansl 91. -
$45.00Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow [1983]. First edition. 15 x 11 inch broadside, printed in four colors. Two old folds, else near fine. Broadside/Flyer No. 10. Krumhansl 80a.
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$75.00[Santa Ana]: Rancho Santiago College, 1994. First printing of this edition (originally published as a New Year’s Greeting by Black Sparrow Press in 1969). 11 x 5 inch broadside. Fine. One of 200 numbered copies issued as a tribute to Bukowski on his death. Not in Krumhansl.
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$75.00[Los Angeles]: Black Sparrow, (1970). First edition. [8 pp]. Near fine in sewn wrappers with toning along spine. A single poem, issued as a New Year’s Greeting for friends of the press. One of 300 copies. Krumhansl 31a.
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$125.00[Los Angeles]: Black Sparrow, (1970). First edition. [8 pp]. Fine in sewn wrappers. A single poem, issued as a New Year’s Greeting for friends of the press. One of 300 copies. Krumhansl 31a. -
$20.00Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow, 1989. First edition. [12 pp]. Light offsetting to front cover, else fine in stapled printed wrappers. A single four page poem issued as a New Year's Greeting by the Press. Krumhansl 111a.
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$15.00Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow, 1991. First edition. [12 pp]. Fine in printed stapled wrappers. A single poem, issued as a New Year's Greeting by the Press. Krumhansl 120a.
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$2,000.00New Orleans: Loujon Press, 1963. First edition. Small 4to. 97 pp. Light bump to one upper corner, else very near fine in printed wrappers. Introduction by William Corrington. A letterpress extravaganza. One of 777 copies. Dated 8-3-63 and SIGNED by Bukowski. Additionally INSCRIBED by Bukowski in two ink colors, “My poems / and / your life, / Let’s / Have / Fun. / Charles / Bukowski / 4-17-63.” Laid into this copy is a letterpress facsimile of a Bukowski letter to the Webbs and a holograph note from Jon Webb to Marvin Malone, “Dear Marvin - Busy binding - can only do 3 an hour, hundreds to do. Fabulous praises coming in, the book’s just starting to go out. If by chance you want 1, or 2, more - let you have them for 3.50 each. Best Jon Webb.” Gypsy Lou Series No. 1. Krumhansl 12. -
$75.00Düsseldorf: S-Press Tonband Verlag (nd). First edition. 5 pp. Covers a bit rumpled, else very good plus in illustrated wrappers. Cover artwork a drawing by Bukowski. His long poem, with a photograph of him departing the Frankfurt airport.
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$20.00Paris: Grasset (1999). First French edition. 210 pp. Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers. Internal illustrations by R. Crumb.
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$500.00London: London Magazine Editions, 1974. First edition. 205 pp. Fine in very near fine dust jacket. SIGNED by Bukowski on the the title page. Thirty-one short stories. -
$5,000.00NY: 7 Poets Press [1962]. First edition. [44 pp]. Fine in stapled wrappers. Original mailing envelop present, addressed to Marvin Malone (Wormwood Review) with the return label for Carl Larsen, the book’s editor and publisher. Krumhansl 8. -
$35.00[Los Angeles]: Black Sparrow, 1973. First edition. 14 3/4 x 8 3/4 inch illustrated broadside, printed in three colors. Fine. Krumhansl 44.