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Living on Luck: Selected Letters, 1960s-1970s, Volume 2, (Limited 1 of 1, from John Martin to Lee Hendrix)
by Bukowski, Charles and Seamus Conney
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Scottsdale, Arizona, United States
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About This Item
Santa Rosa, Ca: Black Sparrow Press, 1995. Limited Edition. Octavo. 283 pages. Limited #1 of 1. Postcard laid in from John [Martin] publisher of Black Sparrow Press to Lee [Hendrix] typed: March 3, 1996, Dear Lee,? This is the best I can do! A "one copy of one" edition (see colophon page in back). Thanks for your interest and support down through the years! Colophon page: written in red ink "Lee's copy 1/1, JM" with pastedown signed plate of Charles Bukowski. BUK has passed away a year earlier, but he often would spend time in the Either/Or where Lee was the co-owner along with Richard Roland. She often would proofread the BUK copies and was a great supporter in their shop which had many of the "little magazines" and small editions of offbeat poetry. A fine copy bound in 1/4 red cloth over colorful pictorial paper covered bords, lettering red and black, paper spine label lettered in red and black, in its original acetate dust jacket.
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- Bookseller
- Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 031626
- Title
- Living on Luck: Selected Letters, 1960s-1970s, Volume 2, (Limited 1 of 1, from John Martin to Lee Hendrix)
- Author
- Bukowski, Charles and Seamus Conney
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited Edition
- Publisher
- Black Sparrow Press
- Place of Publication
- Santa Rosa, Ca
- Date Published
- 1995
- Keywords
- Either/Or Hermosa Beach; Lee Hendix; John Martin, Black Sparrow; Bukowski and Hermosa Beach
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Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
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Scottsdale, Arizona
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