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PLAY THE PIANO DRUNK LIKE A PERCUSSION INSTRUMENT UNTIL THE FINGERS BEGIN TO BLEED A BIT
by Bukowski, Charles
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0876854390
- ISBN 13
- 9780876854396
- Seller
-
Covina, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Santa Barbara, California: Black Sparrow Press, 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. This is Number 82 of 100 copies handbound in boards by Earle Gray, signed by Bukowski, and accompanied by an original silk screen print by the poet. Quintessential Bukoswki, a collection of poems full of lechery and romance. Octavo. Original printed paper-covered boards over a decorative red cloth spine, with a printed paper spine label. A fine copy in the original acetate dust wrapper.
Synopsis
Poems. Originally published: Santa Barbara : Black Sparrow Press, 1979.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Johnson Rare Books & Archives
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 69096
- Title
- PLAY THE PIANO DRUNK LIKE A PERCUSSION INSTRUMENT UNTIL THE FINGERS BEGIN TO BLEED A BIT
- Author
- Bukowski, Charles
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0876854390
- ISBN 13
- 9780876854396
- Publisher
- Black Sparrow Press
- Place of Publication
- Santa Barbara, California
- Date Published
- 1979
- Keywords
- Poetry, Literature, Transgressive Fiction, Los Angeles, Charles Bukowski
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry;
Terms of Sale
Johnson Rare Books & Archives
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About the Seller
Johnson Rare Books & Archives
Biblio member since 2008
Covina, California
About Johnson Rare Books & Archives
Established in 1981, johnson rare books & archives is located in the heart of downtown Covina, about 20 miles east of Los Angeles. Our shop is currently open by appointment Thursday - Saturday from 11am - 6pm (please call ahead) and houses an inventory of some 30,000 titles, ranging from the general second-hand to the truly antiquarian. For more information, visit our website at www.johnsonrarebooks.com or call 1-626-967-1888.
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- Fine
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- Octavo
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- First Edition
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- Spine Label
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