NEW YORK: Lucis Publishing Company, 1944. Second Edition. Hardcover. Details five stages of meditation as a rational practice, allowing controlled and conscious use of the mind and a blossoming of the intuition. 271 pp. Light rubbing to extremities, front and rear boards. Light bumps to all four corners. Moderate creasing... More
San Francisco: twowindows press, 1970. Paperback. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on front endpaper. LIMITED EDITION 1000, with 50 copies in separate bindings signed by author. Red lettering to spine and front of grey covers. Unpaginated. Clean, tight, solid. Introduction by Charles Bukowski. More
Japan: Hokuseido PRESS, [1950] 1974. Sixteenth Printing. Hardcover. Bright beige woven linen over boards, very clean, with clear black lettering to front boards and spines. Title page coffee-stained. Light wear to dustjacket extremities. 379 pp. Single card laid in at the front, Japanese text, as well as a tipped in... More
London: Andrew Darkers Ltd. 1943. First Edition. Pamphlet. An impassioned plea for humanitarian assistance to famine-stricken children in Europe in the midst of World War II. 30 pp. Light pencil to front cover. Corners very lightly bumped. No markings inside. More
Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1981. Paperback. FIRST EDITION. Light soiling to covers. Mild crease to back cover. Tiny closed tear to top of last page. Tan illustrated front cover, red lettering. 281 pp. Clean, tight, bright. The tournefortia is a large tropical tree, ideally suite to the Southern California... More
Los Angeles: Cannon Films, Inc. 1987. Paperback. Official press kit from Barbet Schroeder's film adaptation of Charles Bukowski's original (some might argue) autobiographical screenplay, issued by Cannon Films, and starring Mickey Rourke, Faye Dunaway and others. Bukowski himself describes his screenplay as "an account of several nights in my life... More
Sutton West (CA) and Santa Barbara, CAL: Paget Press, 1984. Illustrated by the author. FIRST THUS. Paperback. First paperback printing. Perfect bound in stiff black paper wrappers of yellow, red and blue on black background. Sharp copy of first edition, paperback issue, with "'little man' drawing, reproduced in red, with... More
Santa Monica, California: Lagoon Video (Distributor), 1987. Cassette. Edited by French filmmaker Barbet Schroeder and Paul Challacombe. Two VHS videotapes, 2-hours each, with a total of 52 short intereviews, Edited from 64 hours of footage, over the three-year period during which Charles Bukowski was writing the screenplay for the autobiographical... More
San Francisco, California: City Lights Books, 1972. FIRST EDITION. Paperback. First printing. One of about only 5000 copies published in April of 1972. Edited by Gail Chiarrello. All first edition points -- $3.95 to back cover, "4-72" to last page of ads. Just a wee bit of sunning to card... More
Santa Cruz, California: Mutant Drone Press, 1984. Softcover. Second Printing. A MINIATURE book, measuring 3 1/16 in. x 3 3/4 in. Wine-colored covers with a black on white rag-edge title label to front. containing a brief excerpt from POST OFFICE -- Bukowski's notorious account of his work as a temporary... More
Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow, 1969. Paperback. Published 26 December 1969, published as a [1970] Near Years to the Friends of the Black Sparrow Press in an edition of 400 copies, 100 of which were signed by author and numbered. NOTE: This copy SIGNED by Bukowski on title page, but NOT... More
Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1991. FIRST EDITION. Staplebound Pamphlet. Printed January 1991 as a New Year's Greeting for the friends of the Black Sparow Press. Staple-bound in taupe. Measures 7 in. x 4.5 in. (l7.8 ll.4 cm.)Printed in black, blue, green and purple across front cover. Robin's Egg blue... More
Santa Barbara, CA: Black Sparrow Press, 1982. Pamphlet. Staplebound pamphlet. Cover shows orange cube (with gold circle) balanced upon its tip over purple rectangle against sky-blue field. Black lettering, and 11-point gilt line across right half of bottom. Red endpapers. Three dimple marks (ball point pen impression?) which extend through... More
Santa Barbara, CA: Black Sparrow Press, 1982. Pamphlet. Staplebound pamphlet. Cover shows orange cube (with gold circle) balanced upon its tip over purple rectangle against sky-blue field. Black lettering, and 11-point gilt line across right half of bottom. Red endpapers. 3 or 4 very tiny spots to top rear. Tiny... More
Santa Barbara, CA: Black Sparrow Press, 1979. First Edition. Pamphlet. Hand-sewn pamphlet in stiff gray paper wrappers. Yellow endpapers. Measuring 8.25" x 5.25" (21 13.3 cm.). Published January 1979 as a New Year's Greeting to the friends of the Black Sparrow Press. Just a bit of shelwear, edgewear and corner-thumbing... More
Minneapolis, MN: Goldermood Rainbow Press, 1981. Bookslinger. Broadside. BROADSIDE. First Edition. 1 poem on 1 sheet, 6 1/2 x 4 1/2 in. (16 1/2 X 11.4 CM.) Stiff black paper, with printing in shaded white. SIGNED BY BUKOWSKI, IN WHITE AT BOTTOM. One of 1,000 copies, published in May of... More
Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1984. FIRST EDITION. Staplebound Pamphlet. Printed February 1984 as a New Year's Greeting for the friends of the Black Sparow Press. Staple-bound in yellow paper-covered boards measuring 6" x x 4 ". Double title page. 6 unpaginated leaves, printed in black, pink and green across... More
Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1984. FIRST EDITION. Staplebound Pamphlet. Printed February 1984 as a New Year's Greeting for the friends of the Black Sparow Press. Staple-bound in yellow paper-covered boards measuring 6" x x 4 ". Double title page. 6 unpaginated leaves, printed in black, pink and green across... More
Santa Barbara, California: Black Sparrow Press, 1988. Hardcover. First edition, hardcover, numbered, signed, with an original silkscreen print -- 87/l50, plus Bukowski's signature and a little drawing on limitation page at rear. Transparent archival mylar cover. Shelf rubbing along top and bottom edges. More
Santa Barbara, California: Black Sparrow Press, 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition copy, numbered and SIGNED by the author, of which this copy is #142 of 400 copies published on November 16th,1984. Gray paper label on spine printed in black and blue. Orange endsheets. Red and gold false headband. Variation... More
Storrs, Connecticut (USA): Wormwood Review, 1977. Paperback. Prose Poem by Bukowski, who, interestingly, was the most frequently published poet in Wormwood Review, appearing in 97 issues. 12-page center section of poems by Lin Lifshin. Also poems by Carl Larsen and others. Light blue card covers, faintly stamped "Public Library, Mill... More
1970. Paperback. Bukowski photo on the cover, A SIXTEEN-PAGE interview with Charles Bukowski, conducted by William J. Robson and Josette Bryson, as well as a poem ("Looking for the Giants"), and full page photograph of Buk with the interviewer. Also, a fabulous poem -- "A Talisman for the New Year"... More
Ellensburg, WA: Vagabond, 1973. Bukowski, Charles. FIRST EDITION. Paperback. STAPLEBOUND. Age-tanning to lightly stained covers. Pages tanned. Illustrated front cover design, by Cindy Bennett, shows large black numeral "6" with Poets in neon orange in center and surrounded by poets names in white. 71 pp with list of Vagabond publications... More
Edinburgh: R. Clark, P. Anderson and A. Brown, 1784. Leather-bound. Original brown calf, measuring 7.0" x 4.25" x 1.25". Rubbing and wear to extremities, with corners bumped and a two-inch separation at front board near bottom. Five raised bands, six compartments, with contrasting spine label, triple-ruled in gilt. Text 324... More
Los Angeles, California: Wetzel Publishing Co. 1945. Stated First Edition. Hardcover. "...the experiences of a transcontinental bus driver and his passengers". Inscribed and SIGNED to an apparent colleague and friend, front free endpaper. Dustjacket torn and chipped at edges with lower half of rear flap missing, and lower third of... More
