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
Toronto: Art-Official, 1973. The "Mondo Nudo" issue. Interview with Robin Page, and more. Some mottling to back cover, small corner chips to front cover, else very good. The scarce original mailing envelope is present. More
Toronto: Art-Official, 1980. The "Special Global Downtown Issue." Contributions by Nino Longobardi, Tom Dean, Jimmy De Sana, Robert Cumming, Kim Gordon, Steven Davey, and others. Some wear to covers, short edge tear to fore-edge of all pages, very good. The scarce original mailing envelope is present. More
[Salt Lake City: Privately published by David Faggioli, 1970]. Oversize comic book with newsprint covers. Psychedelic, underground comic art on counterculture themes. Artists include Rob Brown, Robert Holman, Larry Farrington, Neil Passey, Jim Neilson, et al. Very fine. More
[Norway]: J. W. Cappelens Forlag, [1988]. Hardbound in illustrated boards, issued without dust jacket. First Norwegian edition (originally published in Germany). Illustrated by Matthias Schultheiss. Short stories by Bukowski are the basis for this graphic novel beautifully executed by Schultheiss who accurately portrays Buk's down-and-out lifestyle. Don't worry about the..... 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
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
LA: Black Sparrow, 1968. Softbound. First edition. Limited to 800 copies (there were an additional 75 cloth copies). Some foxing to top edge, barely perceptible touch of fading to spine, else about fine. More
London: Little Lagoon, [ca. 1995]. UK fanzine devoted to Charles Bukowski. Features cartoons, graphics, articles, reviews, a guide to his publications, and more. Price label remnant to front cover, else very near fine. 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, [2007]. Folding broadside poem tipped into a printed folder. First edition. Limited to 26 copies for the friends of John Martin. Nicely printed in black and red on brown textured stock. As new. 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, 2000. Hardbound in acetate dust jacket. First edition. One of 400 numbered copies with an original silk-screen print by Bukowski. Photo postcard of Bukowski laid in. One corner slightly bumped, small indentation to bottom of front board, else fine. 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
LA: Black Sparrow, 1966. Broadside poem. First edition. Limited to 27 numbered copies signed by Bukowski (of a total edition of 30), this being copy No. 4. Of the 30 copies some are in institutional libraries---others haven't survived the passage of years---and when a survivor does surface it's inevitably in..... More
Washington: Black Sun Press, 1946. Folio. Broadside poem. First edition. Bukowski's first separately published work. Originally issued in Black Sun Press' Portfolio 111, but here offered separately. Minor edge-wear and a few minute edge tears to right edge, else near fine. More
Sudbury, MA: Jeffrey Weinberg, 1984. Pamphlet. First edition. Limited to 300 copies. Early, probably the first, comprensive rare book dealer's catalog devoted to Bukowski. Illustrated with drawings by Buk and photographs of him by Michael Montfort. Minute tap to corner, else fine. More
[LA]: Choke Publications, 1977. Oblong 12mo. Pamphlet. First edition. Photographs and texts document Burden's B-Car project where he designed, built, and tested a one passenger car that would achieve speeds over 100 miles per hour while maintaining 100 miles per gallon fuel efficiency. As new and scarce thus... More
Chicago: Burley, Cross, & Co., [1959]. Softbound (only issued softbound). First edition. Illustrated with drawings. A collection of short stories (in some cases adapted from fairy tales or literary classics) written entirely in beatnik slang. An amazing tour de force of hip lingo, one of the two most important books..... More
n.p.:n.p., [1965]. Burroughs is standing on a fire escape in N.Y.C. in the sixties. He's wearing a suit, tie, and fedora, and is in the process of taking a puff on his cigarette. He's looking directly into the camera with a deadpan, stoned, classic Burroughsian look. A shot that epitomizes..... More
