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Santa Rosa ::: Black Sparrow Press,,, 1994... Limited Edition. A Fine unread copy in Acetate dust jacket. This is one of 100 hardcover copies numbered and signed by the author. This is the first book-length critical and scholarly assessment of Bukowski's work and takes a close look at his poetry and fiction. Although Harrison's writings on Bukowski's poetry and fiction are scholarly, they are hardly unpartisan, adopting an almost strident tone in arguments that the late poet's work remains unjustly unappreciated. Harrison argues consistently if not always convincingly, Bukowski has been ignored by academics and anthologists in part because he doesn't fit neatly into a genre and in part because his subject is the working class. Harrison presents Bukowski as a ``social lyricist'' and ``a proletarian poet'' who saw life in America as deadening, routinized, and whose achievement was to make poetry out of his refusal to buy into the American Dream. Harrison is at his most helpful when tracing the literary… Read More

Santa Rosa ::: Black Sparrow Press,,, 1994... First Trade Edition. A Fine unread copy in Acetate dust jacket. This is the first book-length critical and scholarly assessment of Bukowski's work and takes a close look at his poetry and fiction. Although Harrison's writings on Bukowski's poetry and fiction are scholarly, they are hardly unpartisan, adopting an almost strident tone in arguments that the late poet's work remains unjustly unappreciated. Harrison argues consistently if not always convincingly, Bukowski has been ignored by academics and anthologists in part because he doesn't fit neatly into a genre and in part because his subject is the working class. Harrison presents Bukowski as a ``social lyricist'' and ``a proletarian poet'' who saw life in America as deadening, routinized, and whose achievement was to make poetry out of his refusal to buy into the American Dream. Harrison is at his most helpful when tracing the literary and popular influences in Bukowski's work, from the Surrealists and… Read More

Sutton West:: Paget Press,, 1984.. First Printing of the First Canadian Edition. A Fine copy in a lightly rubbed mylar dust jacket. This Canadian edition is the true First Printing, preceding the US edition by 3 years.

Santa Barbara::: Black Sparrow,,, 1975... First Printing of the First US Trade Edition. A Fine copy in an Acetate dust jacket. This is one of 1000 Trade copies. This is one of Charles Bukowski's best novels; in this beer-soaked, novel we follow 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.

Santa Barbara:: Black Sparrow Press,, 1982.. A Very Good plus, unfolded promotional broadside with an excerpt from Ham on Rye; title faded out but the rest of the text is bright. Broadside/flyer #8 [9].

Berkeley::: Headstone Press,,, 1972... First Printing of the First US Edition. A Near Fine copy in wraps. This copy is Signed by Harold Norse who is interviewed in this issue. There are also 4 poems by Bukowski: Louis-Ferdinand Destouches, Death, Winterlost, poems by Lawrence Ferlinghetti, and All the Sacred Christs that Never Arrive.

London:: London Magazine,, 1974.. First Printing of the First UK Edition. A Fine copy in a Near Fine bright dust jacket with a touch of fading to the spine. These twenty-nine short stories were originally published in paperback by City Lights Books as "Erections, Ejaculations...." and appear here in the only hardcover edition of this collection.

Eugene:: Northwest Review,, 1977.. First Printing of the First Edition. A Near Fine copy. First Printing. This issue includes the Bukowski poem "462-0614," (which has not been published in book form) and the twenty-page Marc Chenetier interview with Bukowski.

[Bukowski, Charles] Richmond, Steve. Spinning Off Bukowski. Northville: Sun Dog Press, 1996. First Printing of the First US Edition. ISBN: 0941543102. A Fine copy in paperback binding. There was no hardcover edition. Richmond, a poet himself, was a close friend of Bukowski's and here writes about that friendship and the impact that Buk had on him as a man and a writer. Spinning Off Bukowski is a fast-paced memoir of the life of Charles Bukowski written by Steve Richmond, a friend of Bukowski's for 30 years. In vivid prose, Richmond brings the man and writer to life, powerfully, intimately, and frankly.

Homeland :: Edward L. Smith,, 1991.. First Printing of the First Edition. A Fine copy in wraps. "Sure" is a journal devoted to Charles Bukowski. It began as "The Charles Bukowski Newsletter," and the first issue was published in May, 1991. Over the years it has gone through some changes. Originally the thin zine-like journal was put out three time per year but recently the format has changed. It is now much thicker and published annually. With its eclectic mix of photos, posters, poems by Bukowski and about Bukowski, articles about the man and about the man's work, sure, is an excellent resource for Bulowski scholars as well as regular Bukowski fans.

Ojai:: Edward L. Smith,, 1993.. First Printing of the First Edition. A Fine unread copy in wraps staple bound. "Sure" is a journal devoted to Charles Bukowski. It began as "The Charles Bukowski Newsletter," and the first issue was published in May, 1991. Over the years it has gone through some changes. Originally the thin zine-like journal was put out three time per year but recently the format has changed. It is now much thicker and published annually. With its eclectic mix of photos, posters, poems by Bukowski and about Bukowski, articles about the man and about the man's work, sure, is an excellent resource for Bulowski scholars as well as regular Bukowski fans.

Venice :: Lapis Press,, 1988.. First Printing of the First US Edition. A Fine tight unread copy in a Fine bright dust jacket. The author (a long-time friend of Bukowski) has written a series of anecdotal profiles on ten important writers including--besides Bukowski-- John Wieners, James Broughton, Philip Lamantia, Bob Kaufman, Allen Ginsberg, William Everson, Gregory Corso, Harold Norse and Lawrence Ferlinghetti.

Venice ::: Lapis Press,,, 1988... First Paperback Printing. A Fine copy in self-wrap paperback binding. The author (a long-time friend of Bukowski) has written a series of anecdotal profiles on ten important writers including--besides Bukowski-- John Winers, James Broughton, Philip Lamantia, Bob Kaufman, Allen Ginsberg, William Everson, Gregory Corso, Harold Norse, and Lawrence Ferlinghetti. Cherkovski chose these particular authors because each, like Whitman, has taken "his own road" and had little to do with what was thought acceptable in mainstream American culture during the 1940's and 1950's. As in his highly acclaimed biography Bukowski: A Life, Cherkovski draws on personal encounters and his own reactions to individual poems in order to create biographical portraits that are at once enlightening and full of life.