It Catches My Heart in its Hands: New & Selected Poems 1955-1963.

New 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.