Notes of a Dirty Old Man
San Francisco: City Lights, 1981. Later printing. Paperback. Trade paperbound volume. 255 pp. Stated sixth printing. Collects stories originally published by Essex House. A gorgeous fine copy. Looks unread. More
San Francisco: City Lights, 1981. Later printing. Paperback. Trade paperbound volume. 255 pp. Stated sixth printing. Collects stories originally published by Essex House. A gorgeous fine copy. Looks unread. More
Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo in clear acetate wrapper. 361 pp. New poems by Buk published posthumously by BSP. Patterned cloth spine over paper-covered boards. Letter F of twenty-six specially bound copies each containing an original serigraph by Bukowski tipped in. A fine, as-new copy..... More
Berkeley: Litmus, 1968. First Edition. Paperback. True first edition in stiff card covers. Mild soiling to covers, else a tight clean near fine copy. One of 400 copies in all. More
Dover: Bottle of Smoke Press, 2006. First edition. Loose Sheets. Single stiff sheet of 5 1/2 x 8 1/2" tall. Contains a single poem by Bukowski. Near fine. One of only 26 copies for the friends of John Martin. Scarce later Bukowski ephemera. More
Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 2000. First Edition. Paperback. First printing of this leaflet folding out to show a photograph of Bukowski accompanied by an unpublished poem. Published on August 16, 2000 on the occasion of Buk's 80th birthday. Fine. More
No Place: Wormwood Review Press, 1963. First edition. Loose Sheets. Single 8 1/2 x 11" sheet of paper. Printed on both sides. Internal material made up of pages two and three from the upcoming Wormwood Review no. 11. Includes the Bukowski poem "Same Old Thing, Shakespeare Through Mailer". Fine condition..... More
Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition of this slender poetry volume. One of only 140 copies SIGNED by Bukowski. A fine hardbound edition with decorated cloth spine. Clear acetate wrapper also in fine condition. Extra spine label laid in. One of the author's least common..... More
Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, 1973. First edition. Hardcover. Limited first edition of this early short story collection by the author of Post Office and Ham On Rye. This is number 142 of only 300 hand-numbered and SIGNED copies in special hardbound binding with multi-colored cloth spine. A sharp near..... More
Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 1992. First edition. Hardcover. Slender hardbound quarto. With a notation on the rear board which reads "Published for the friends of the Black Sparrow Press on the occasion of the American Booksellers Convention at Anaheim, California in May 1992. This is an unusual copy in..... More
Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 1990. First edition. Hardcover. Small decorated hardbound volume (4 3/4" wide x 7 1/4" tall). An unpaginated chapbook containing this one long poem by Bukowski. Fine condition. This is copy 115 of 226 hand-numbered and SIGNED copies. Published as A New Year's Greeting From Black..... More
No Place: X-Ray Book Co., No date. First edition. Paperback. Single sheet broadside poem. Measures 8.5 x 5" wide. A single poem. Fine condition. More
San Francisco: Pneumatic Press, 1994. First Edition. Paperback. Issue number two of this eclectic magazine featuring photographs, found objects, poems, drawings and other inserts. One of only two hundred copies. Fine condition. Highest recommendation. More
San Francisco: City Lights Books, 1979. First edition. Cloth. Oblong quarto. Unpaginated. The first of several book collaborations between Bukowski and Montfort. A lovely fine copy in black cloth binding in fine unclipped dustwrapper. Not to be confused with a much later Black Sparrow Press version of this title... More
Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1983. First edition. Paperback. Single sheet of stiff paper, folded once to form a four page booklet. Measures 8 x 5" wide. Includes a color photograph of Bukowski mounted on the front cover. Photo by Michael Montfort. Booklet contains a two page exerpt from the..... More
Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, Various. First edition. Paperback. Stapled wrappers. Twenty eight different "New Titles" catalogs issued by the Black Sparrow Press variously between 1968 and 2000. Each one is generally 6 to 8 pages in length. All in fine condition. The Fall - Winter 1987 catalog has been..... More
Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 1995. First edition thus. Hardcover. Oblong quarto in clear acetate wrapper. Unpaginated. First edition thus with new poems not included in the City Lights Books edition from 1979. With photographs by Michael Montfort. A fine example in fine clear acetate wrapper... More
Sacramento: Runcible Spoon, 1970. First Edition. Paperback. First edition, one of 200 copies in stapled decorated wrappers with silkscreen cover by T. L. Kryss. Contains poems by Bukowski, Blazek, Robert Creeley and more. An uncommon title. Near fine condition. More
Santa Ana: Medina Press, 1983. First Edition. Paperback. Fall/Winter Issue Number 31 of this poetry magazine. A fine copy in decorated stapled wrappers. Includes A Split by Charles Bukowski. Also work by John Thomas, Gerald Locklin, Herman Hesse and many others. Uncommon. More
Eugene: University of Oregon, 1962. First edition. Paperback. Three issues of this literary magazine edited by Edward van Aelstyn. The common denominator of these three issues is that they all contain contributions by Charles Bukowski. All three in very good condition. Published in 1962, 1963 and 1978, respectively... More
Los Angeles: Open City, 1968. First edition. Loose Sheets. Folded tabloid newspaper. 8 pp. A separate section of Open City Magazine of the Arts. This issue edited by Charles Bukowski. With contributions by d. a. levy, Bukowski, Diane Di Prima, Willie and more. Illustrated with some grainy photographs. A very..... More
Tustin: Medina Press, 1984. First Edition. Paperback. Near fine copy in decorated stapled wrappers. Scarce poetry journal featuring Bukowski, John Thomas, Susan Anderson and more. More
No Place: Second Coming Press, 1972. First Edition. Paperback. Volume 1 Number 2 of this small press poetry magazine edited by A. D. Winans. Near fine condition. William Wantling, Al Masarik, Lyn Lifshin, Judson Crews, Greg Kuzma and others join Buk and Ferlinghetti in this issue. More
Denver: Bowery Press, 1971. First Edition. Paperback. Stapled wrappers. 73 pp. Issue number two of this poetry magazine featuring work by Bukowski, Kerouac, Diane Di Prima, Larry Eigner, Kenneth Patchen and others. Also an interview with Ken Kesey. Uncommon. Very good in stapled decorated wrappers. More
London: Penguin Books, 1969. First U.K. Edition. Paperback. First UK edition, the softbound issue of this breakthrough poetry collection which introduced Bukowski to the UK. A lovely near fine copy. More