The Pill Versus the Springhill Mine Disaster: The Selected Poems 1957-1968. by Brautigan, Richard - 1968.

London:: WH Allen,, 1981.. First Printing of the First UK Edition. A Fine tight copy in a Fine, unclipped dust jacket. A factotum is a hired hand, an outcast and a loner. One of Charles Bukowski's best, this beer-soaked, deliciously degenerate novel follows the wanderings of aspiring writer Henry Chinaski across World War II-era America. Deferred from military service, Chinaski travels from city to city, moving listlessly from one odd job to another, always needing money but never badly enough to keep a job. His day-to-day existence spirals into an endless litany of pathetic whores, sordid rooms, dreary embraces, and drunken brawls, as he makes his bitter, brilliant way from one drink to the next. Charles Bukowski's posthumous legend continues to grow. Factotum is a masterfully vivid evocation of slow-paced, low-life urbanity and alcoholism, and an excellent introduction to the fictional world of Charles Bukowski. This is Bukowski's unique take on being down and out in America.

Santa Barbara:: Capricorn Press,, 1970.. First Printing of the First Edition. A Fine copy in illustrated paper wraps. This is one of only 1000 copies in paper wraps.. The nine poems in this early small press publication represent Bukowski in his prime.

Phoenix:: Purring Press,, 1994.. Second Edition. The 2nd edition after a first edition of 50 copies. A Fine copy in illustrated blue paper wraps, staple bound. This is 1/100 copies signed by Linda King. King was an intimate of Bukowski's and an artist on her own creating a famous bronze bust of Bukowski. She is also one of the prototypes in the Buk's novel "Women."

Philadelphia::: Centaur Press,,, 1934... First Printing of the First US Edition. A Near Fine tight copy with two lightly bumped corners in a Near Fine glassine tissue Jacket. This collection of seventeen essays by the author of Winesburg, Ohio features pieces on: Meeting Ring Lardner, Death on a Winter Day, Gertrude Stein, A Man's Mind, Margaret Anderson: Real--Unusual, and Prize Fighters and Authors to name but a few. A very uncommon copy of an uncommon Anderson title.

New York::: Scribners,,, 1969... First Printing of the First US Edition. A Near Fine copy with previous owner sticker removed from the flyleaf in a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket. These five works grew, of course, out of Hemingway's considerable experience of the Spanish war as a correspondent for the North American Newspaper Alliance and as a participant in filming "The Spanish Earth." More specifically, they grew from adventures in and around besieged Madrid--particularly in the Hotel Florida and in a bar called Chicote's. The book is unified, then, in time, place, and action. It is unified even more by the dominating presence of the author, who is to be found alive on every page. That presence slants the focus, but also gives the book its sharp distinction. This is immediate, unmistakable Hemingway. This collection contains Hemingway's play "The Fifth Column", and the four stories "The Denunciation", The Butterfly and the Tank", "Night Before Battle" and "Under the Ridge". Despite his fascination… Read More

London:: WH Allen,, 1981.. First Printing of the First UK Edition. A Fine tight copy in a Fine, unclipped dust jacket. A factotum is a hired hand, an outcast and a loner. One of Charles Bukowski's best, this beer-soaked, deliciously degenerate novel follows the wanderings of aspiring writer Henry Chinaski across World War II-era America. Deferred from military service, Chinaski travels from city to city, moving listlessly from one odd job to another, always needing money but never badly enough to keep a job. His day-to-day existence spirals into an endless litany of pathetic whores, sordid rooms, dreary embraces, and drunken brawls, as he makes his bitter, brilliant way from one drink to the next. Charles Bukowski's posthumous legend continues to grow. Factotum is a masterfully vivid evocation of slow-paced, low-life urbanity and alcoholism, and an excellent introduction to the fictional world of Charles Bukowski. This is Bukowski's unique take on being down and out in America.

New York:: Viking,, 1964.. First Printing of the First US Edition. A Near Fine copy with a previous owner inscription on the flyleaf in a Near Fine, price-clipped 1st issue dust jacket with light edgewear to the spine. This is the quintessential Northwest novel in its depiction of the Oregon landscape and its influence on the lives independent loggers who resist the imposition of unions on their lives. Using a variety of voices and multiple points of view, Kesey has created one of the richest story-telling experiences ever.

Augsburg:: Maro Verlag,, 1979.. First German Edition. A fine copy of this edition of the original Black Sparrow limited edition of 50 copies that is now extremely rare. This German edition in English is slightly smaller than the American edition and was issued in about 100 copies. The facsimile envelope is addressed to the author at "69 Cachinnation Row, Catatonia City." Package contains a folded "letter" and 10 silkscreened cards that answer the question of what Bukowski's "typical day" is like. Illustrated by the author in red, yellow, blue, green & black silkscreened artwork illustrated by Bukowski.

New York:: Liveright,, 1931.. First Printing of the First Edition. A Very Good plus copy with previous owner name on the flyleaf in a Very Good plus dust jacket that has shallow chipping to the head & heel of spine. Uncommon in any kind of jacket. "This little book (of essays)...is an attempt to express in story form, partly in broken verse, partly in opinions ...a growing conviction that modern man is losing his ability to retain his manhood in the face of the modern way of utilizing the maching and that what hope there is for him lies in women." From Anderson's introduction.

Phoenix:: Purring Press,, 1994.. Second Edition. The 2nd edition after a first edition of 50 copies. A Fine copy in illustrated blue paper wraps, staple bound. This is 1/100 copies signed by Linda King. King was an intimate of Bukowski's and an artist on her own creating a famous bronze bust of Bukowski. She is also one of the prototypes in the Buk's novel "Women."