Grass Valley, CA: X-Ray Book Co., 2018. A magazine in a bag. Plastic bag with cardboard header containing various pamphlets, broadsides, and art objects with appearances by Johnny Brewton, Mark Mothersbaugh, Ernst Richter, Jim Camp, Mark Faigenbaum, and many others. Limited to 100 numbered copies. As new... More
n.p.: Privately published, 2014. Brewton (using the pseudonym "Skillet Marimba") created this collage for publication in Kut-Uup! No. 1, a periodical designed and published by him devoted to collage art. Features an intriguing image of a seated man in a 40's-style suite with a schematic where his head should be..... More
[Dana Point, CA: Bruce Brown, 1963]. Pamphlet advertising films available from Bruce Brown's company BBF. First edition. Lists films such as Brown's "Slippery When Wet," "Barefoot Adventure," "Surf Crazy," and featuring a pre-release mention of his classic "The Endless Summer." Features photographs of surfers and articles on surfing by Brown..... More
n.p.: Privately published, 1961. Single quarto sheet folded to make 4 pages. Cover illustration of a surfer riding a wave while it demolishes civilization---the back cover advertises Greg Noll surfboards. Signed by Noll below his ad. Inside there are advertisements for surf photos and other items offered for sale. Some..... More
n.p.: Privately published, 1962. The show was a three-day celebration of surf culture featuring surf movies, exhibits, surf bands (including the Nomads and the Righteous Brothers), "50 Bathing Beauties" as part of the Miss Surf-O-Rama contest, and more. Printed in black, yellow, and red against a white background. Small, soft..... More
Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow, 1984. Small 4to. Hardbound in acetate dust jacket. First trade edition. Limited to 400 copies. Illustrations by R. Crumb. Illustrated broadside/flyer printing an excerpt from the book laid in. Fine. More
LA: Black Sparrow Press, 1969. Hardbound in acetate dust jacket. First edition. Bukowski's first bibliography, and still an excellent reference for his early appearances. One of 350 numbered copies signed by Bukowski and Dorbin. Tipped-in is a facsimile of Bukowski's second separate publication, a broadside printing "His Wife, The Painter."..... More
Ventura: X-Ray Book Co., 2003. Thirteen individual 5" x 7" color photographs of Charles Bukowski by Michael Montfort enclosed in a cardboard box with printed label. Candid photos spanning 1979-1992, including shots of Buk at the track, drinking with bums, on the toilet, and more. Each photo is in a...... More
Tucson: Loujon Press, 1969. Edited by Jon and Lou Webb. The hardbound issue, limited to 500 copies in pictorial boards and fragile tissue dust jacket. A double issue featuring a large section devoted to Kenneth Patchen. Contributions by Bukowski, Ginsberg, Dick Higgins, Allan Kaprow, Meltzer, di Prima, Norse, and many..... More
Dover, DE: Bottle of Smoke Press, [2006]. 8vo. Broadside poem. First edition. Limited to 26 copies for the friends of John Martin. Nicely printed in black and olive on white textured stock. As new. More
n.p.: Blackrose Editions, 1983. Broadside poem, folded as issued, printed on four sides. First separate printing of Bukowski's first appearance in print originally published in Story magazine. One of 150 numbered copies signed by Bukowski (of a total edition of 176). Handsomely printed by the Grenfell Press. Very fine... More
Leesburg, VA: Bottle of Smoke Press, [2003]. 8vo. Small broadside poem tipped into a maroon printed folder with a cover illustration by Bukowski. First separate printing. One of 26 lettered copies, this being copy "A" (from a total edition of 126). Fine. More
Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow, 1991. Broadside poem. First edition. Published for the friends of the Black Sparrow Press on the occasion of the San Francisco Bay Area Book Festival. As new. More
n.p.:n.p., [1994]. Small single sheet folded to make four pages. Issued in 1994 by Green Hills Mortuary in Palos Verdes to announce the time and place of Bukowski's funeral. Also features the first separate printing of a section of Buk's poem, "If We Take." A small number of copies were..... More
n.p.: Bottle of Smoke Press, [2009]. Small poetry card. First edition. Issued in an edition of 700 copies for friends of the press. Printed in black and red on white textured stock. As new (5.5" x 4.25"). More
Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow, 1995. Hardbound in acetate dust jacket. First edition. One of 200 numbered copies signed by the author. Fine. More
n.p.: Bottle of Smoke Press, [2009]. 8vo. Broadside poem. First edition. Limited to 26 copies for the friends of John Martin. Nicely printed in black on yellow textured stock. As new. More
n.p.: Bottle of Smoke Press, [2009]. 8vo. Broadside poem. First edition. A broadside issued for the friends of John Martin. The regular issue was limited to 26 copies on yellow stock, however this special copy is printed in black on thick brown card stock as a gift for John Martin..... More
n.p.:n.p., [1994]. A close-up of Buk's granite grave marker with the following words engraved: "Henry Charles Bukowski Jr. / Hank / 'Don't Try' / 1920-1994" with a small image of a boxer in fighting stance. This print was sent by Linda to John Martin, perhaps she sent a few others..... More
[Glendale, CA: Poetry X/Change, 1968]. Pamphlet. First edition. A fine, bright white copy (pin-head-size speck of wear). More
London: London Magazine Editions, 1973. Hardbound in dust jacket. First British edition of Bukowski's first novel. Top corners very slightly bumped, else fine and bright. More
Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow, 1999. Hardbound in acetate dust jacket. First edition. One of 350 numbered copies with an original silk-screen print by Bukowski. Fine. More
Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow, 1990. Hardbound in acetate dust jacket. First trade edition, one of 1000 copies. Signed by Bukowski (though not called for). Buk has also added a small drawing of a man with a bottle. Red title lettering on spine label almost completely faded, one corner slightly bumped..... More
[Gottingen: Expanded Media Editions, 1973]. Softbound. First edition thus. Fine. (Bilingual English/German text.). More
