Flyer for Bud Brown's 1963 film, Gung Ho.
n.p.: Privately published, 1963. Features a photo of a sufer riding a wave. Printed in blue on white stock. As new (8.5" x 5.5"). More
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Broadside of the Month Club 2005.
Pasadena: X-Ray Book Company, 2005. Tall folder containing 12 broadsides of various sizes on different colored stocks. First edition. Limited to 100 numbered copies. Individual broadsides printing previously unpublished material by Charles Bukowski, Ray Bremser, Timothy Leary, Thurston Moore, Billy Childish, Penelope Houston, Buddy Rich, Mike Daily, Geof Huth, Lyn..... More
Aftermath of a Lengthy Rejection Slip.
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
Afternoons into Night.
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
Bukowski Zine, No. 4.
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
I Saw a Tramp Last Night.
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
Mannequins.
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
Open All Night: New Poems.
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
Original color photograph of Bukowski's gravestone taken by his wife Linda.
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
Reach for the Sun: Selected Letters 1978-1994.
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
Under the Influence: A Collection of Works by Charles Bukowski.
Sudbury, MA: Jeffrey Weinberg, 1984. Pamphlet. First edition. Limited to 300 copies. Early, probably the first, comprehensive rare book dealer's catalog devoted to Bukowski. Illustrated with drawings by Buk and photographs of him by Michael Montfort. A couple of minor handling impressions, else fine. More
Ghost of Chance.
NY: High Risk, [1995]. Softbound. "Advance uncorrected proof" in printed glossy wraps. Fine. More
My Education: A Book of Dreams.
[London]: Picador, [1995]. Softbound. Uncorrected proof of the first British edition. Features Charles Burn's excellent illustration of Burroughs on the front cover. Very fine. More
Flower Arranging: A Fascinating Hobby Volume 2.
Atlanta: Coca-Cola Co., 1941. Softbound. First edition. The second of three books on flower arranging by William Burroughs' mother sponsored by the Coca-Cola Company! Illustrated with amazingly kitchy color photos of flower arrangements, some posed with bottles of Coke. Interesting item because her middle name "Lee" was the pseudonym Burroughs..... More
William S. Burroughs: Time Place Word.
Providence, RI: Brown University, 2000. Softbound. First edition. Catalog for an exhibition of Burroughs material at the John Hay Library, Brown University. Illustrated throughout. Essays by Jennie Skerl, John Tytell, and Robert Jackson. Near fine. More
Kookie's Mad Pad b/w Like I Love You.
No place: Warner Brothers, ca. 1960. 45rpm record in picture sleeve with a photo of Edd "Kookie" Byrnes. Edd Brynes was the heartthrob hipster in the cast of the popular '60s TV show "77 Sunset Strip." Mint record in very good plus sleeve with some rubbing to one corner and..... More
Prof. Cab Calloway's Swingformation Bureau.
No place: Cab Calloway Inc., 1939. Small pamphlet (measuring ca. 4.5" x 2.75"). First (and only) edition. Illustrated with charming small drawings. Calloway wrote this as a sequel to his classic "The New Cab Calloway's Cat-ologue: A Hepster's Dictionary" published to great acclaim a year earlier. The purpose of this..... More
Volta, No. 3.
LA: Synaesthesia Press, [2016]. A "magazine" assembled and edited by Jim Camp in the spirit of Wallace Berman's Semina, this issue done in the style of a small, handsomely printed chapbook. The "Busty Pin-ups!" issue devoted to color collages utilizing images of pin-ups. One of 250 numbered copies (of a...... More
LSD: Battle for the Mind.
Glendale, CA: Supreme Recordings, ca. 1966. LP record. Evangelist Willard Cantelon should be given credit for conceding that God can be reached through LSD, though he suggests religion as a more reliable way, not fraught with the perils of a possible "freak-out." However, the real virtue of this album is..... More
The Downtown Luminaries.
[Berlin: Pogo Books, 2018]. Four separate pamphlets bound together. First edition. Essay by Alexa Hunter. Features Carrithers photographs (many in color) of the people who frequented Club 57, one of the most popular clubs in the East Village and party headquarters for the '80s downtown art scene. Photos include familiar..... More
Furious Seasons and Other Stories.
Santa Barbara: Capra Press, 1977. Softbound. First edition. Faint foxing to top edge of text block and a few specks to fore-edge, else very fine and bright. More
The West Bay Dadaist, Vol. 11, No. 5, March 1974.
San Francisco: Trinity Press, 1974. A major publication from the Bay Area Dada scene. Illustrated throughout with photographs, drawings and unusual graphics. Fine (5.25" x 4.25"). More
unbegreiflich aber gewiss (unknowable but certain): A Catalogue of Paintings August 2014-January 2017: Woodcut Edition.
London: BC Studio Editions/L-13 Light Industrial Workshop, 2017. Folio. Hardbound in heavy grey book card, quarter bound in linen with an illustrated plate affixed to the front cover, issued in woodcut dust jacket. First edition. One of 26 lettered copies signed by Childish with an original three-color woodcut dust jacket..... More
''And again you will be gone...''
Kathmandu, Nepal: Bardo Matrix, ca. 1975. Broadside poem. First edition. Decorative design and lettering by Sidney E. Hushour. Woodblock printed in black and red on handmade Nepalese Lokta paper. Small, narrow chip to bottom left margin, else very good plus to near fine. More
Bombay Black.
Kathmandu, Nepal: Bardo Matrix, ca. 1975. Broadside poem. First edition. Illustrated with an elaborate woodblock print by Adrian Brooks. Printed on handmade Lokta Nepalese paper. Very near fine. More