{"title":"Top Shelf Bukowski","description":"\u003cp style=\"margin-bottom: 1em;\"\u003eThe rarest and most significant items in the catalog.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp style=\"margin-bottom: 1em;\"\u003eIf you're here, you probably already know more about Bukowski than most people ever will. You know the difference between a numbered and a lettered copy. You've maybe spent too much money on things your friends and family will never fully appreciate. Welcome.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp style=\"margin-bottom: 1em;\"\u003eThis is where the best items live — manuscripts that almost didn't survive, author copies Bukowski assembled himself, original art, and the rarest Black Sparrow editions. Some of these exist in single digits. Some are the only copy of their kind in the world. All of them earned their place on the top shelf.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp style=\"margin-bottom: 1em;\"\u003eI've been collecting Bukowski for years before I started selling. I know what's here and I know what it means. If you want to talk through any of it, I'm genuinely happy to — not to sell you something, but because this is the conversation I actually enjoy having.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp style=\"margin-bottom: 1em;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/thebukshop.com\/pages\/contact\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eContact Mike\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBrowse everything below — and read the descriptions. Each one has a story.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"another-academy-inscribed-with-drawing","title":"Another Academy: Inscribed with Drawing","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eProduced in May 1970, Another Academy was published for the friends of the Black Sparrow Press in an edition of 250 copies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis copy is not numbered and is signed and inscribed by Bukowski to Bob Rissman with a drawing of three Little Men:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFOR BOB RISSMAN\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWE’RE BOTH WORKING\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFOR THE SAME GUY,\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWE’RE LUCKY BUT\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLET’S NOT MAKE HIM MAD.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCharles Bukowski\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eI didn’t have much luck in trying to research Bob Rissman. The only reference I found was in the University of Arizona Black Sparrow Press archives, which mentions him in connection to John Rissman and a possible publication of four of John’s poems.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn my opinion, Another Academy is one of the most beautiful pieces Barbara Martin and Black Sparrow Press produced for Bukowski. The broadside itself measures approximately 10” x 6” folded twice and tipped inside a mustard color booklet folded in two to make a 5¼” x 3½” pamphlet. It has a gray woodcut paper cover label of an Oscar trophy mounted to the front.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis copy is in Fine condition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCase 3\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Buk Shop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43174775029925,"sku":"","price":650.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0638\/9288\/1573\/files\/IMG_20240207_0059.jpg?v=1710436445"},{"product_id":"as-buddha-smiles-john-martin-s-copy-signed-by-john-martin","title":"AS BUDDHA SMILES: John Martin’s Copy, Signed by John Martin","description":"\u003cp\u003eHere’s another beautiful production by the legendary Bill Roberts and his Bottle of Smoke Press. Bottle of Smoke Press has produced eight Bukowski broadsides since 2003, as well as countless other artists.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublished in 2003, AS BUDDHA SMILES consists of a wrap-around band securing a two-part clear plastic case. The case contains 22 printed cards (title, colophon, and 20 cards of verse) printed on different colors that measure approximately 3.75 x 2.5”. Each card features a different Bukowski quote.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOnly 100 copies were produced, 74 numbered and 26 lettered.This is not one of those.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe colophon states “This is copy John Martin’s Copy”, where the number or letter is for the other copies appeared. See image for formatting. Instead of a suede band like the other copies, Bill created a cork version just for Martin.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI purchased this copy from Scott Harrison, former owner of ABANDONED PLANET BOOKS in San Francisco. ABANDONED PLANET BOOKS specialized in Bukowski works and Scott Harrison is know for selling a large amount of Bukowski manuscripts in the late 1990s.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI purchased this copy before Scott paid a visit to Martin, who signed it. Scott gave me the same price with it signed. Thanks Scott! He’s still doing some Bukowski business here and there, so look out for his offerings,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEven though it’s exquisite, I’m still somewhat surprised how collectable and sought-after this piece has been in recent years. I dare say this is the most collectible now and years to come.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis copy is in Fine condition with a few light scratches on the plexiglass case. If you find yourself a case with no scratches, you’ve found yourself a Unicorn.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCase 8\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Buk Shop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43174911672485,"sku":"","price":750.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0638\/9288\/1573\/files\/IMG_20240128_0031.jpg?v=1710437321"},{"product_id":"paper-on-the-floor-rare-broadside-1960","title":"PAPER ON THE FLOOR -- Rare Broadside (1960)","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAlthough PAPER ON THE FLOOR was included in COFFIN I in 1965, the broadside was actually printed in 1960, along with HIS WIFE, THE PAINTER.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAccording to Krumhansl, 151 copies of PAPER ON THE FLOOR were printed, 150 of which were laid into COFFIN 1 and one used in the offset pasteup for Flower, Fist and Bestial Wail. Its use for Flower, Fist and Bestial Wail explains why it was printed earlier, even though the intention was always to include it in COFFIN 1.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe broadside is composed of a single sheet measuring 11” x 7”, folded once to make a “7 x 5.5” four-page booklet.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis copy is in Fine condition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCase 3\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Buk Shop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43185408376997,"sku":"","price":350.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0638\/9288\/1573\/files\/IMG_20240206_0030.jpg?v=1710503269"},{"product_id":"ole-3-variant-cover-with-hand-colored-title-standard-version-of-issue-flyer-and-one-uncollected-poem","title":"OLE 3: Variant Cover with Hand-Colored Title, Standard Version of Issue, Flyer, and One Uncollected Poem.","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIncluded here is a variant copy of the cover for OLE 3 and a copy of what ended up being the standard issue. It also includes a flyer issued with this issue.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe variant is hand-colored and the only copy I have seen, so I’m not sure how many (if any) were produced this way or the exact reason behind it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe variant has a different cover than the standard issue. More than likely, editor Doug Blazek was toying with some ideas for the cover and ultimately choose not to go with this design.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBlazek also hand-colored the title in the variant.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOne the variant, the price is also listed on the front cover, while the standard has it on the back.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eInside, both copies are identical.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePublished in 1965, Ole 3 is a great issue for Bukowski collectors.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIt features the first and only publication of Charles Bukowski’s poem:\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDrunk Again And Wondering, Wondering\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThere is also an announcement for Bukowski’s upcoming book, Poems Written Before Jumping Out Of An 8 Story Window (It would actually take another two years to come out).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTo finish it off, there’s an advertisement for CONFESSIONS OF A MAN INSANE ENOUGH TO LIVE WITH BEASTS, as well as a plug for Steve Richmond’s Earth Books \u0026amp; Gallery in Santa Monica, California.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAlso included is a flyer that was inserted into all copies of OLE 3. Reminding one of the internet boom, he describes his home base in Bensenville, Illinois, as proof that with the mimeo revolution, a magazine no longer needs to be based in a major city. He goes on to describe OLE 1 and 2 and previews OLE 3 and 4, along with a plug for both William Wantlings DOWN, OFF \u0026amp; OUT AND Bukowski’s CONFESSIONS OF A MAN INSANE ENOUGH TO LIVE WITH BEASTS, both of which were published by Blazek and OLE.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOle was published by Doug Blazek, a fellow poet and early proponent of Bukowski’s work. They were friends and had a lengthy correspondence between 1964 to 1968. As with several other writers, the relationship ended abruptly after their first meeting in person.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBlazek published Bukowski in all eight issues of Ole between 1964 and 1967, and was responsible for Bukowski’s return to prose, publishing the chapbooks CONFESSIONS OF A MAN INSANE ENOUGH TO LIVE WITH BEASTS and ALL THE ASSHOLES IN THE WORLD AND MINE.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe variant is in Near Fine-minus condition with some toning to the covers. The outside of the staples are oxidized, but it’s a very solid copy with a tight spine, more than likely unread.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe standard copy is in Very Good + condition. There is foxing to the front cover and the edges of the interior pages. The rear cover has tonight and the outside of the staples are oxidized. It’s a very solid copy with a tight spine, also unread.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHe flyer has toning on the fold and around the edges, with a few light creases. See pics.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBox 11\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Buk Shop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43217186455717,"sku":"","price":325.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0638\/9288\/1573\/files\/IMG_20240306_0001.jpg?v=1710779171"},{"product_id":"wormwood-review-71-deluxe-edition-signed-by-charles-bukowski-53-60","title":"Wormwood Review 71 -- Deluxe Edition Signed by Charles Bukowski (53\/60)","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePublished in 1978, this is the Deluxe edition of Wormwood 71, named Legs, Hips And Behind. It is signed by Charles Bukowski on cover. On the colophon, it is numbered in letters: “fifty-three”.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe ink and or paper used for this issue was defective and resulted in color discoloration along the spine on almost all copies you’ll find.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis copy is in Very Fine condition with zero color discoloration.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLegs, Hips and Behind is by far the rarest Wormwood Review issue fully dedicated to Charles Bukowski. The deluxe edition, of course, is even more rare, especially in this condition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLegs, Hips and Behind spans 38 pages with 41 Poems, nine of which remain uncollected in any Charles Bukowski books.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe poems include:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" data-mce-style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eInflation And All - pg. 81 - 1977\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" data-mce-style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThey Arrived - pg. 81\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" data-mce-style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAn Old Jockey - pg. 82 - manuscript (differs from Black Sparrow book version) - 1977\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" data-mce-style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA Little Sun - pg. 83\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" data-mce-style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Dandy - pg. 84 - circa 1978\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" data-mce-style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSilk Pink Gown, Silk Blue Gown, Silk Purple Gown - pg. 85\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" data-mce-style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBlack - pg. 86\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" data-mce-style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWhere's It At? - pg. 88  1978\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" data-mce-style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Machine - pg. 88 - 1975\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" data-mce-style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMy God - pg. 90\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" data-mce-style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Beautiful Young Girl Walking Past The Graveyard - pg. 91 - 1976\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" data-mce-style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBeers - pg. 92\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" data-mce-style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA Good Show - pg. 92  1977\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" data-mce-style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePanasonic - pg. 93 - manuscript (differs from Black Sparrow book version) - 1977\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" data-mce-style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMen In Urinals - pg. 94\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" data-mce-style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eJob #36 - pg. 95  1977\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" data-mce-style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMy Kind Of Place - pg. 96\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" data-mce-style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Image - pg. 97 - 1977\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" data-mce-style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAnd My Mother Had A Nice Umbrella And Looked Beautiful In The Rain - pg. 98  1977\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" data-mce-style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSmashed - pg. 99  1977\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" data-mce-style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA Love Poem For All The Women I Have Known - pg. 100  1974\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" data-mce-style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eExegesis - pg. 100 - 1977\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" data-mce-style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Finish Of Moby Dick - pg. 102  1977\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" data-mce-style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSad Letters From Up North - pg. 102  1978\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" data-mce-style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWith A Class Lady In A Big Flower Hat - pg. 103\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" data-mce-style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eI Liked Him - pg. 104\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" data-mce-style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWater Bugs - pg. 105 - circa 1978\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" data-mce-style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Yards - pg. 105  1978\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" data-mce-style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e2 Buddies - pg. 106 - 1977\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" data-mce-style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLost Dog - pg. 108 - 1977\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" data-mce-style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Beast - pg. 109 - 1977\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" data-mce-style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHe Uses Unwaxed Dental Floss - pg. 110  1977\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" data-mce-style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOw - pg. 111  1977\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" data-mce-style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTrain Station - pg. 112\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" data-mce-style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLast Try - pg. 113  1978\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" data-mce-style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Big Weight-Lifting Feat - pg. 114  1978\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" data-mce-style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLegs, Hips And Behind - pg. 115\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" data-mce-style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eChilled - pg. 116  1978\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" data-mce-style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Interview - pg. 117 - 1977\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" data-mce-style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRise, Old Purple Snake! - pg. 119 - 1977\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" data-mce-style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFiring Squad - pg. 120 - 1977\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWormwood Review was published by the legendary Marvin Malone (1930-1996). Malone was a pharmacologist, scientific researcher, educator, artist, poetry collector, and editor. Upon arrival to Storrs, Connecticut in 1960, Malone discovered the second issue of Wormwood Review and soon took over the publication as the sole editor, publisher, and designer (alias A. Sypher), producing quarterly issues until his death in 1996.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWormwood Review ran for 144 issues (1959-1997). Christa Malone, Marvin's daughter, co-edited issue 144 after Marvin's death, and released issue 145\/146 as a special tribute issue to Marvin in 1999.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCase 2\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Buk Shop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43225086656677,"sku":"","price":550.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0638\/9288\/1573\/files\/IMG_20240207_0151-Copy_copy.jpg?v=1731280222"},{"product_id":"midwest-3-signed-by-charles-bukowski","title":"Midwest 3 Signed by Charles Bukowski","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePublished in 1961, Midwest No. 3 featured three Bukowski poems that would be collected in Run With The Hunted the following year.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBukowski has signed this copy on the title page. Please note that this is a later signature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis copy is in Near Fine condition with some light toning on the front cover near the spine and both covers having some light general overall wear. Interior pages are clean and spine is solif.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe poems in this issue include:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA Minor Impulse To Complain\u003cbr\u003eMonday Beach, Cold Day\u003cbr\u003eSundays Kill More Men Than Bombs\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMidwest was published by R.R. Cuscaden and Ron Offen. Bukowski appeared in four issues of the magazine between 1961 and 1964.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCuscaden and Offen were early proponents of Bukowski’s work who were co-editors of Odyssey: Explorations in contemporary poetry and the arts from 1958-1959. Vol. 11, No. 1, of the magazine (1959) featured the Bukowski poems I Live Too Near The Slaughterhouse and When Hugo Wolf Went Mad.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCuscaden would publish “Run with the Hunted” in 1962 and Offen (along with Jay Robert Nash) would publish Bukowski’s Cold Dogs in the Courtyard in 1965.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCase 1\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Buk Shop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43226637959333,"sku":"","price":350.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0638\/9288\/1573\/files\/IMG_20240207_0060copy.png?v=1710881533"},{"product_id":"odyssey-magazine-signed-by-charles-bukowski-1959","title":"Odyssey -- Signed by Charles Bukowski (1959)","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ehis is a signed copy of “Odyssey, Explorations in Contemporary Poetry” from 1959. Bukowski also included his classic little man with a bottle. Please note: This is a later signature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePublished in 1959, this issue contains two first appearances of early Charles Bukowski poems:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eI Live Too Near The Slaughterhouse\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWhen Hugo Wolf Went Mad\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eI Live Too Near The Slaughterhouse would not be collected in any books until 2007, when both the title and poem were edited in The People Look Like Flowers At Last.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWhen Hugo Wolf Went Mad would be one of Bukowski’s great early poems, appearing in Longshot Pomes for Broke Players (1961), A Bukowski Sampler (1969), The Days Run Away Like Wild Horses Over The Hills (1969), The Pleasures of the Damned (2007), and Essential Bukowski: Poetry (2016).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOdyssey Magazine was published out of Chicago and co-edited by R.R. Cuscaden and Ronald Offen, two early proponents of Bukowski’s work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCuscaden and Offen were also co-editors of Midwest. Bukowski appeared in four issues of the magazine between 1961 and 1964.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCuscaden would publish Bukowski’s “Run with the Hunted” in 1962, while Offen, along with Jay Robert Nash, would publish Bukowski’s Cold Dogs in the Courtyard in 1965.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis issue also features an important historical essay by Offen reflecting on the new style of poetry was just beginning to take shape.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAnd the Contributors Notes mentions Bukowski as the recent co-editor of Harlequin – the magazine he edited with wife Barbara Frye before they divorced.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis copy has toning around the edges of the covers, some light staining on the rear, and some creases and bumps to the oversized covers. The interior pages also have light toning. All in all, in Very Good ++ condition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCase 1\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Buk Shop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43226676297893,"sku":"","price":375.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0638\/9288\/1573\/files\/IMG_20240207_0036-Copy.jpg?v=1710882597"},{"product_id":"poster-for-bukowski-reading-at-ucla-sunset-canyon-recreation-center-november-20-1973","title":"Poster for Bukowski Reading at UCLA Sunset Canyon Recreation Center, November 20, 1973","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis is a flyer for Bukowski’s reading at the UCLA Sunset Canyon Recreation Center on November 20, 1973.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe reading took place only a few miles from Bukowski’s apartment.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe poster does a nice job with his bio and his works up to that time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis copy is in Very Good ++ condition. There is staining along the left side of the poster and a few others  here and there. There’s a small bump on the lower left and a crease near the middle where is was folded. There are two holes to the right of the top text, which could be from a staple or thumbtacks from hanging on a bulletin board.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eYou’ll find some Bukowski reading posters here and there, but I think what makes this one special is that it was held at UCLA. Bukowski wasn’t a real fan of readings or academic institutions, but I think he probably regarded this one as an accomplishment since he was born and raised in Los Angeles. If only his abusive father had been around to see it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCase 7\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Buk Shop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43229406658725,"sku":"","price":275.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0638\/9288\/1573\/files\/IMG_20240124_0148.jpg?v=1710949043"},{"product_id":"bukowski-s-final-public-reading-poster-for-sweetwater-and-rhino-first-issue-hostage-cd","title":"Bukowski’s Final Public Reading: Poster for Sweetwater and Rhino First Issue Hostage CD","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOne March 31, 1980, Bukowski agreed to do a local reading in Redondo Beach, California, at the Sweetwater Café. No one knew it at the time, maybe not even Bukowski himself, but this would be his final public reading.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe reason behind the reading was to promote the new Bukowski album “Bukowski Reads His Poetry”, which was released by Tacoma records in 1980.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOn this particular night, Bukowski is jovial, actively interacting with the audience while remaining well-collected, even after polishing off a couple of bottles of German wine. He’s sharp, funny, and seems to really enjoy the attention. He enters like a heavy weight and leaves like a champ.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIncluded here is a 14” x 9\" poster promoting the event. It features a classic, but slightly older photograph of Bukowski and lists a $6 admission charge. The poster is in Near Fine condition with a tiny ding on the top edge and a faint crease. It appears never to have been folded. The paper is a little thin, but standard for a promo flyer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAlso included is a copy of the first issue CD recording of the event. Title Hostage, it was release in 1985, by Rhino Records, which was taking off after signing six-year distribution agreement with Capitol Records. The CD is still in the original shrink wrap and has never been opened.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eReview by Mike McGonigal \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e“The San Pedro, California, audience is the hostage referred to in the title of this mid-1980s recording, but clearly they love every minute of it. It's indicative of this infamous, lowlife-lovin' poet's no-nonsense, tough-talking skill that for half the recording the crowd is nearly pissing themselves with laughter. Hostage has to be one of the rowdiest poetry records ever released, which makes sense considering how drunk Bukowski plainly is. The drink never gets in the way of his delivery, the tough, beautiful lines and moronically macho ones always landing on target, on cue. Bukowski delivers odes to dead Roman poets, lands a few good jokes, and--most crucially--offers up a few Raymond Carver-esque glimpses straight into the human soul. No document showcases Bukowski's radiant humor and occasional grace as succinctly as this intoxicating disc.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe reading list for the recording is as followings:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJam\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhat Have I Seen?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTrouble\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEating The Father\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCompetition\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Secret Of My Endurance\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOn The Hustle\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eI Am A Reasonable Man\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Beast\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHemingway\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFan Letter\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Drunk With The Little Legs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTour\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA Poetry Reading\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eShelf 2 and Crate 1\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Buk Shop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43230102421669,"sku":"","price":250.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0638\/9288\/1573\/files\/sw2.jpg?v=1710958781"},{"product_id":"signed-original-drawing-by-charles-bukowski-of-topless-woman-walking-a-dog","title":"Signed Original Drawing by Charles Bukowski of Topless Woman Walking a Dog","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis is an original ink drawing by Charles Bukowski, who has signed it “Buk”.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIt was created on relatively thin paper with perforations on the left edge, indicating it was done on a sketch pad.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe paper size is approximately 8.25” x 5.75”. The image size is approximately 5” x 4.75”.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThere are a couple of barely perceptible wrinkles to the paper, but I’m still going to grade it as Fine.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCase 7\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Buk Shop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43230439440549,"sku":"","price":1200.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0638\/9288\/1573\/files\/IMG_20240124_0168.jpg?v=1710971203"},{"product_id":"barfly-paget-press-editors-uncorrected-typescript-copy-3-5","title":"Barfly: Paget Press Editors Uncorrected Typescript: Copy #3\/5","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis is a special item.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIt’s one of only three Editors proof copies of the screenplay for the book and film Barfly.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis is not one of the usual Advanced Proof copies that are sent out to journalists for review. Rather, it was used internally for partners of the project to review and suggest changes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis copy is hand-numbered #3\/5.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe date is also hand-dated as 13\/9\/84 (Sept. 9, 1984).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis copy is titled JAZZ-SOUP VERSION #1. Later scripts for the film used the JAZZ-SOUP name as well, with different dates used to signify the latest version.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe publication date is identified as LATE FALL 84.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAdditional information is provided on the title page, with the copy # and date also hand-numbered:\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eUNCORRECT TYPESCRIPT\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eEDITORS COPY # 3\/5\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eJAZZ-SOUP VERSION #1\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFROM MICHAEL MONTFORD’S\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e(PHOTOGRAPHER) COPY\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e13\/9\/84\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe title page is otherwise a photocopy with an inscription to Montford with a drawing of a bird and the sun:\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFOR MICHAEL MONTFORT –\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eYOU SEE, ALL THIS DRINKING TURNED TO WRITING.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHank\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCharles Bukowski\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAgain, this inscription and signature are a photocopy, not ink.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFor a Proof copy, this is really well produced. Although it has a comb binding, the marbled covers are beautifully printed on heavy stock. The affixed information and handwriting mentioned above give it a very professional, polished feel. Without the comb binding, the cover and the sheets measure approximately 11” x 8.5”.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis copy is in Fine condition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCrate 2\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Buk Shop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43230995480741,"sku":"","price":450.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0638\/9288\/1573\/files\/IMG_20240124_0160.jpg?v=1776348879"},{"product_id":"charles-bukowski-s-personal-copy-charles-bukowski-a-critical-and-bibliographical-study","title":"Charles Bukowski’s Personal Copy: Charles Bukowski: A Critical and Bibliographical Study","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAlthough there were a few critical analyses of Charles Bukowski’s work in the small presses during the 1960s, this was the first publication devoted completely to the task.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHugh Fox, a fellow poet and early proponent of Bukowski’s work, published this analysis of Bukowski back in 1969, right before Bukowski began to take off.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis is Bukowski’s personal copy, inscribed to him by Fox:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e“I hope you like this one Buk,” Fox writes. “I tried to tell it like it is.”\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHugh,\u003cbr\u003e1969\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlas, Bukowski did not like the book one bit.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn a letter to Carl Weisner (Bukowski’s translator and business agent in Germany) dated August 1, 1969, here’s what Bukowski said, referring to Fox’s book:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e“…really, the worst one was the one done by the prof. the long book – he just went on winding-out the spool of literary criticism as he had been taught to do, and to make it more cajoling complete -- he called the worst poems the best poems, the best ones the worst, and very bothered with the term “surrealism,” I guess something they really jammed into his anus in college.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSo, why didn’t Bukowski throw it in the trash or burn it? He probably kept it around for his own vanity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eConsidering this copy spent at least some time at 5124 De Longpre Avenue, it’s not in terrible shape. The staples were too short, so the staples did not go all the way through the back cover. But all pages are intact by the staples and because the cover was a single sheet that was folded, the cover itself is not detached. There is heavy creasing along the spine with several tears. The creases extend onto the covers and there are a couple of light stains on the rear cover – perhaps made by Bukoski himself. The edge of the final page extends beyond the rear cover and has some sunning and small tears.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRegardless of its condition, this is a true one-of-a-kind document for the Bukowski collector or researcher. It really belongs in an archive.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCrate 2\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Buk Shop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43231785124005,"sku":"","price":400.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0638\/9288\/1573\/files\/IMG_20240124_0108.jpg?v=1711027067"},{"product_id":"special-bukowski-issue-inscribed-by-bukowski-to-liza-williams","title":"Special Bukowski Issue: Inscribed by Bukowski to Liza Williams","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePublished in 1973, Second Coming VOL II, NO III, was dedicated entirely to Bukowski.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis is the Special Charles Bukowski Issue with Poems, Letters, Essays and Short Stories by Bukowski and commentary from friends and associates, including detractors.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis copy is profusely inscribed to then-girlfriend Liza Williams on the inside of the front cover. Bukowski also adds a bit of wisdom:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDEFEAT ND VICTORY\u003cbr\u003eARE THE SAME.\u003cbr\u003eIT’S ALL A MATTER\u003cbr\u003eOF SHADOW AND\u003cbr\u003eSOUND, FEEL GOOD.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLOVE,\u003cbr\u003eCHARLES BUKOWSKI.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOn the opposite title page, Bukowski has added drawings of his little man, the sun, a bird, a flower, and four dogs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIt also appears that Willima added “Liza” between the inscription and wisdom.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLiza Willimas was an on-again\/off-again girlfriend of Bukowski, but mainly served as a foil between himself and Linda King during their tumultuous relationship. Bukowski told King of his relationship with Liza and both women knew about each other.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOne of the things Bukowski enjoyed about Willimas was that she was a very accomplished woman during the late 1960s and 1970s. They met because both wrote for Open City and the LA Free Press. She later became an executive at Island Records and owned a home on Tuxedo Terrace in the Hollywood Hills. She held many parties there with well-known personalities that Bukowski attended, but was not a friendly guest to most, the exception being Robert Crumb.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWhat Bukowski did like to do at the house was lie around all day in bed watching her color television set. The two made a visit to Catalina at Williams’ expense, but Bukowski spent most of the time in their nice hotel room getting drunk and writing while Willimas hit the town. Bukowski wrote about the trip and several other stories involving Willimas before he included her as DeeDee Bronson in his Novel, Women.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis copy has some toning to the covers. The front flap was opened too hard at one point and \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003efeels\u003c\/em\u003e a bit loose, but is solidly secure. Having seen many copies of this issue, I’d grade it Near Fine-minus.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eThis issue captures Bukowski right at the moment he begins to finally get some notoriety for his writing. He’s fighting with Harold Norse who thinks Bukowski sabotaged his career. 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Bukowski has also added four dogs under his name and signed the drawing “Buk”.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis copy also comes with a custom clamshell box.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eYellin was an early collector of Bukowski’s work. Around the time this copy was signed, he was a District Manager at Zodys, a local department store in Los Angeles. Interestingly enough, later on he was the Marketing Director at Sega from 1974 to 1977 when it was in the arcade business.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eI’m assuming he accumulated enough money from that gig to found Lord John Press, considered to be one of the most influential small presses of the time. The press produced limited editions of 150 and 300 copies and were signed by the author. The contents were brief, such as a short story, an essay, a speech, a poem, or an excerpt. Titles included “The State of the Novel” by Walker Percy (in conjunction with Faust Press); “Ill Seen Ill Said” by Samuel Beckett; “The Literature of Exhaustion and the Literature of Replenishment” by John Barth; “Acrobats in the Park” by Eudora Welty; and “A Collection of Reviews” by Ross Macdonald.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eCold Dogs in the Courtyard was produced by Ron Offen and Jay Robert Nash.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eRon Offen co-edited Odyssey magazine, which featured Bukowski in Vol. 11, No. 1, in 1959. He was also a co-editor of Midwest magazine, which featured Bukowski in four issues between 1961 and 1964.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eJay Robert Nash published the Literary Times in Chicago, which started publishing Bukowski’s work in 1963.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThis is the only book in which Bukowski chose his own poems. Although they were all published in magazines prior to the book, in his intro Bukowski claims the poems were all rejected prior to being published – hence the name, “Cold Dogs in the Courtyard.” He actually goes on to list the editors who rejected them – all publishers of his previous books. But as Bukowski scholar Abel Debritto points out in his book “King of the Underground”, it was a false accusation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThis copy is in Near Fine condition with a few light creases on the covers from the stapled binding, a small bump on the lower right that impacts the interior pages, and some overall slight general wear.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eCold Dogs in the Courtyard brought together 13 poems that first appeared in separate issues of 11 small press magazines. They include:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul style=\"margin-top: 0in;\" type=\"disc\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;\"\u003eWhat Seems To Be The Trouble, Gentlemen? - pg. 5 - circa 1962\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;\"\u003eImbecile Night - pg. 6 - circa 1962\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;\"\u003eTo A Lady Who Believes Me Dead - pg. 8 - circa 1962\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;\"\u003eThank God For Alleys - pg. 9\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;\"\u003eExperience - pg. 10 - circa 1963\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;\"\u003eThe Death Of A Roach - pg. 12 - circa 1959\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;\"\u003eIt's Nothing To Laugh About - pg. 14 - circa 1960\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;\"\u003eSuicide - pg. 16 - circa 1961\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;\"\u003eFace While Shaving - pg. 17 - circa 1961\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;\"\u003eExistence - pg. 18 - circa 1963\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;\"\u003eI Have Lived In England - pg. 20 - circa 1961\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;\"\u003e2 Outside, As Bones Break In My Kitchen - pg. 21 - circa 1962\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;\"\u003eLayover - pg. 22 - circa 1956\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eCase 1 and Shelf 1\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Buk Shop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43232383533221,"sku":"","price":1900.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0638\/9288\/1573\/files\/IMG_20240207_0098-Copy.jpg?v=1713471714"},{"product_id":"longshot-pomes-for-broke-players-inscribed-by-bukowski-with-signed-original-drawing-1962","title":"Longshot Pomes for Broke Players: Inscribed by Bukowski with Signed Original Drawing (1962)","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePublished in 1962 by 7 Poets Press out of New York, Longshot Pomes for Broke Players is one of Charles Bukowski’s most collectible books.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMaking this copy even more collectable is that it’s an inscribed association copy with an original drawing signed by Charles Bukowski.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIt is in Near Fine-minus condition with several small, light stains to the covers and interior pages. I have done my best to capture them in the photographs. Please Note: I only took one picture of the stains on the interior pages, the largest. That and another small stain are on the edges of about 10 pages of the book.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eExcluding the LouJon Press books, Longshot is the most beautifully designed early chapbook. The covers are printed on thick, textured stock and the front features an iconic Bukowski drawing. The interior pages are made of high-quality paper and are held together by three heavy-duty staples.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis copy is inscribed to Jack and Ruth Hirschman with the date and time. Bukowski also added a detailed drawing of a vase with flowers, a typewriter, a bottle, and an ashtray with burning cigarette.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe inscription reads:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"\u003eFOR JACK and RUTH HIRSCHMAN –\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTHIS 2\u003csup data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003end\u003c\/sup\u003e BOOK OF POEMS\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWHICH STILL WANDERS\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBUT SO DOES\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFREEDOM.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"\u003eSure,\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCharles Bukowski\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e10-7-63\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e7:35 p.m.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJack Hirschman was a professor of English at the University of California, Los Angeles from 1959-1966. (Ray Manzarek was once a student.) He was also a fellow poet, painter and collagist who exhibited around Venice Beach. In the 1970s and 1980s, he is credited with keeping the poetry scene alive in Venice and was included in Bukowski’s Anthology of L.A. Poets in 1972. If there were a “Keep Venice Weird” t-shirt in the 1980s, Hirschman probably would have been on it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAlthough Jack Hirschman did get a blurb in the Los Angeles Times to promote It Catches My Heart in Its Hands, Ruth Hirschman probably had a more influential role in Bukowski’s career – or at least his legacy. In a July 1, 1963, letter to Jon and Louise Webb (founders of LouJon Press), Bukowski wrote:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e“I will send you a tape of a poetry reading of mine I made on my machine and which was broadcast over KPFK in August 1962. Of course, they deleted a lot of vulgarity, had to, so it is not quite the same thing I sent them. They asked me to come to their studios, which is like asking me to go to church with a hangover, so instead I mailed them what I had made in my room among the beercans, and they accepted it and played it over the air. Jack Hirschman's wife runs the literary and drama end of KPFK. Anyhow, when the thing finally came on over the radio ... at 11:15pm ... I was drunk and did not hear it, but somebody retaped it off the radio and I was able to hear it afterward.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBukowski’s earliest known recording, “Poetry of Charles Bukowski” is still available on CD from KPFK at a very reasonable price.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLongshot Pomes for Broke Players is considered to be Charles Bukowski’s second true chapbook. It was produced and edited by Carl Larsen, an early proponent of Bukowski’s work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCarl Larsen published three magazines in the late 1950s and early 1960s. His first magazine was Existaria, published out of Hermosa Beach in Southern California. Bukowski appeared in Existaria No. 7 in 1957, only his 13\u003csup data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e appearance in any literary magazine.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHis second periodical was RongWrong. It was published quarterly for five issues in New York during the early 1960s. Bukowski appeared in Rong Wrong issues No.1, No. 2, and No. 4 between 1961 and 1962.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHis final magazine was Brand X, which ran for 12 issues in 1962. Bukowski was featured in Brand X issues No. 1 and No. 5.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWhile he was still producing RongRong, 7 Poets Press started issuing chapbooks. Longshot Pomes for Broke Players was number 3 in the series.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe 26 Pomes include:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBring Down The Beams - circa 1959\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCandidate Middle Of Left-Right Center - circa 1961\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eConversation In A Cheap Room - circa 1960\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDeath Wants More Death - circa 1957\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHello, Willie Shoemaker - circa 1960\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLetter From The North - circa 1960\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eParts Of An Opera, Parts Of A Guitar, Parts Of Nowhere\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePoem For Personnel Managers - circa 1957\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePrayer For Broken-Handed Lovers - circa 1960\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRiot - circa 1960\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSo Much For The Knifers, So Much For The Bellowing Dawns - circa 1960\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Ants - circa 1961\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Best Way To Get Famous Is To Run Away - circa 1961\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Day I Kicked A Bankroll Out The Window - circa 1959\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Japanese Wife - circa 1960\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Life Of Borodin - circa 1958\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Loser - circa 1960\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe State Of World Affairs From A 3rd Floor Window - circa 1960\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Sun Wields Mercy - circa 1960\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Tragedy Of The Leaves - circa 1960\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTo The Whore Who Took My Poems - circa 1960\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTruth's A Hell Of A Word - circa 1961\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWhat A Man I Was - circa 1959\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWhen Hugo Wolf Went Mad - circa 1959\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWhere The Hell Would Chopin Be? - circa 1960\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWinter Comes In A Lot Of Places In August - circa 1959\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCase 6\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"The Buk Shop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43233232224421,"sku":"","price":9500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0638\/9288\/1573\/files\/IMG_20240208_0030-Copy_copy.jpg?v=1738607794"},{"product_id":"inscribed-with-original-drawing-by-charles-bukowski-poems-and-drawings-1962","title":"Inscribed with Original Drawing by Charles Bukowski: Poems and Drawings (1962)","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePublished in 1962 by EPOS magazine, Poems and Drawings was billed as an “Extra” issue, but most consider it to be Charles Bukowski’s sixth book.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis copy belonged to Stanley Kurnick, who ran a poetry workshop at a local Unitarian Church. Frances Dean Smith, mother of Bukowski’s only child Marina, attended the workshops regularly -- to the annoyance of Bukowski. Kurnick would later be the hapless subject of the Bukowski poem “A Note Upon A Workshop Instructor With Tiny Hairs Under His Chin” – where he is identified as Ramsey instead of Stanley.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis copy of the book was most likely part of Kurnick’s personal belongings, which were found on an L.A. sidewalk in 1996 with a large collection of manuscripts, including 68 poems by Bukowski.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe inscription reads:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"\u003eTo Stanley Kurnick\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePoems from a jail-bird,\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCharles Bukowski\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eInterestingly, the inscription is in cursive, which was unusual for Bukowski who usually used block writing in all caps.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBeneath is a unique drawing of Bukowski’s Little Man behind bars.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis copy is in Very Good ++ condition with a heavy crease along the front spine and a lighter vertical crease down the middle of the back cover that impacts the pages in the book, but not the inscription page. There is some toning to the outside and inside of the covers, and small creases and bumps to the oversized covers. Interior pages are clean and quite bright and white.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eEPOS: A Quarterly of Poetry was a journal edited by Evelyn Thorne and Will Tullos out of Cresent City, Florida. The first issue appeared in Fall 1949 and was published until the 1970s. Bukowski would appear in 12 issues of EPOS between 1959 and 1970.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWhile Bukowski respected the editors for publishing consistently on time compared to other small presses, he didn’t care for the poems they published. The poems in the early issues of EPOS have a slightly different style, with Bukowski attempting to fit in to get published.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn addition to the ink drawing, there are also three printed drawings, two of which are also quite different in style from other Bukowski drawings. They have an almost antiquity feel in their composition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe works in Poems and Drawings include:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"\u003eWith Vengeance Like A Tiger Crawls - pg. 4 - circa 1961\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"\u003eThe Kings Are Gone - pg. 6 - circa 1961\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"\u003eI Have Lived In England - pg. 7 - circa 1961\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"\u003eGoldfish - pg. 9 - circa 1961\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"\u003eOn Going Back To The Street After Viewing An Art Show - pg. 10 - circa 1961\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"\u003eSuicide - pg. 12 - circa 1961\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"\u003eRose, Rose - pg. 14 - circa 1961\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"\u003eBull - pg. 16 - circa 1961\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"\u003eWhere They So Fondly Go - pg. 18 - circa 1961\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"\u003eSpite - pg. 19 - circa 1961\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"\u003eLove \u0026amp; Fame \u0026amp; Death - pg. 21 - circa 1961\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"\u003eThe Gift - pg. 22 - circa 1961\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"\u003eA Word On The Quick And Modern Poem-Makers - pg. 24 - circa 1961\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"\u003eThe Miracle - pg. 26 - circa 1961\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCase 1\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"The Buk Shop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43233347829925,"sku":"","price":2100.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0638\/9288\/1573\/files\/IMG_20240207_0042-Copy_copy.jpg?v=1729007968"},{"product_id":"signed-by-charles-bukowski-poems-written-before-jumping-out-of-an-8-story-window-1968","title":"Rare First Edition Chapbook Signed by Charles Bukowski:  Poems Written Before Jumping Out of an 8 Story Window (1968).","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePublished in 1968 by Litmus Press, this is a signed copy of Poems Written Before Jumping Out of an 8 Story Window by Charles Bukowski. It’s a period signature and Bukowski has signed it neatly with a nice marker on the title page.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis copy is unread, so the binding is nice and tight. There are a couple of scratches in the middle of the face on the cover, starting at the rear bottom of the helmet going down just below the nose. This could simply been part of the printing process. Small white spots are common on other copies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe covers are bright, but there’s some very light toning here and there, mostly near the spine. There is also a tiny bump on the bottom of the spine.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOverall, I’d grade this Near Fine.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePoems Written Before Jumping Out of an 8 Story Window was printed by Litmus Press in 1968. Litmus was the brainchild of Charlie Potts who had published Bukowski in Litmus magazine. He also was the promoter of the 1974 Underwater Poetry Festival, which Bukowski headlined.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePoems Written Before Jumping Out of an 8 Story Window was limited to 400 copies and contains 18 poems, four of which were never collected in the Black Sparrow books. There is also a very nice centerfold featuring a printed drawing for the poem “Cows in Art Class”.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThese poems were written prior to 1965. The book was originally supposed to be published by Blitz\/Mad Virgin Press in 1965, but the project stalled until it was finally published by Litmus three years later.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe poems in the chapbook include:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOne Night Stand\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSleep\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHangover And Sick Leave\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eKite String\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Blackbirds Are Rough Today\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBig Bastard With A Sword\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Millionaire\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e86'D\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCows In Art Class\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWeary Curls The Worm\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Beast - pg. 22\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMercy, Wherever You Are, Come Running In To Grab Me In Your Good Arms\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePoem For The Future\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThermometer\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSinging Is Fire\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRed Violets Boiling\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFreedom: The Unmolested Eagle Of Myself\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Hairy Hairy Fist, And Love Will Die\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKite String, Weary Curls The Worm, Poem For The Future, and Red Violets Boiling have yet to be published again.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCase 1\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Buk Shop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43233415430309,"sku":"","price":575.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0638\/9288\/1573\/files\/8copy.png?v=1711070332"},{"product_id":"signed-and-inscribed-by-charles-bukowski-to-doug-blazek-the-curtains-are-waving-and-people-walk-through-the-afternoon-here-and-in-berlin-and-in-new-york-city-and-in-mexico-1967","title":"Signed and Inscribed by Charles Bukowski to Doug Blazek: The Curtains Are Waving and People Walk Through the Afternoon Here and in Berlin and in New York City and in Mexico (1967)","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis is an inscribed copy of The Curtains Are Waving and People Walk Through the Afternoon Here and in Berlin and in New York City and in Mexico.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBukowski inscribed this copy to Doug Blazek, the editor of the legendary OLE magazine and the publisher of Bukowski’s first two books of prose, Confessions of a Man Insane Enough to Live with Beasts and All the Assholes in the World and Mine.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBukowski has also signed his name to the colophon page.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIt’s also signed on the colophon and hand-numbered 50 out of 122 numbered copies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBukowski and Blazek considered themselves friends and had a lengthy correspondence between 1964 to 1968. But as with several other writers and editors, the relationship ended abruptly after they first met in person. The inscription indicates the fallout had already begun:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFor Doug Blazek –\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWe had a wire\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003egoing through to the\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003esun. I don’t think\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eit’s either rusted, cut\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eor finished. When they\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ebury my as in the\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003echarity graveyard, drop\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ea tiny tear.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBuk\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBlazek published eight issues of OLE, all of which featured Bukowski. In a way, OLE started where the Outsider left off, in terms of giving exposure to underground poets. Even if the magazine was primitively produced on mimeo, the quality of the writing itself set a standard for the period, rivaling only Marvin Malone’s Wormwood Review.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWhile the cover for this chapbook is striking, it was printed on elegant, but thin paper. There is noticeable rippling on the bottom edge, a light, very minor crease on the top right front oversize cover, and tiny bumps on the remaining covers. There’s also a light spot on the rear cover that is more visible on the last white blank page. It doesn’t impact the colophon page. I’m going to be conservative and rate it Near Fine-minus.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCase 1\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Buk Shop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43235362341029,"sku":"","price":3500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0638\/9288\/1573\/files\/449816_xlg.jpg?v=1778090433"},{"product_id":"signed-by-bukowski-and-al-fogel-under-the-influence-contributor-copy-1-12","title":"Signed by Bukowski and Al Fogel: Under the Influence, Contributor Copy (1\/12)","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePublished by the legendary Jeffrey Weinberg of Water Row books, this is a very special copy of Under the Influence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIt is signed by Charles Bukowski (with his classic Little Man with a Bottle) and legendary Bukowski collector and bibliographer Al Fogel. It is of 12 Contributor Copies that were “bound in leather and marble boards by Tabula Rasa Press, Los Osos, CA.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSigned or not, this is undoubtedly the finest catalog ever produced of Charles Bukowski’s work. It lists 335 Bukowski works with period prices from 1984.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBut this “catalog” is much, much more than a listing of books.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCharles Bukowski not only approved of the catalog, but contributed to it with four full-page original drawings and the first appearance of the poem, About A Non-Typing Night. The poem is printed in the form of a hand-written facsimile. There are also nine photographs by Bukowski’s personal photographer, Michael Montfort.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIt also includes an introduction by Fogel, which will make you want to be a Bukowski collector yourself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTipped in is a postcard size cut-out from the cover featuring Bukowski’s photograph.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn all versions, only 300 copies were produced.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis copy is in Fine condition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCase 2\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Buk Shop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43236570136741,"sku":"","price":1800.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0638\/9288\/1573\/files\/IMG_20240212_00191.jpg?v=1778091074"},{"product_id":"charles-bukowski-1963-signed-letter-to-harry-with-american-turf-magazine-1966","title":"Charles Bukowski 1963 Signed Letter to “Harry” with American Turf Magazine (1966)","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eI don’t know who Harry was, but Bukowski sure didn’t think much of his system for playing the horses.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBukowski dated this letter “Mid July, ‘63” and only lists “L.A.” as the origin of the letter. However, Bukowski had recently moved from his longtime 1623 North Mariposa Avenue address to 5126 1\/4 DeLongpre Avenue. Bukowski was now to become a father and he and Frances Smith needed more space for the soon-to-arrive Marina Bukowski, his only child. It was a temporary stop until they moved into Bukowski’s infamous 5124 DeLongpre Avenue apartment the following February.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis letter comes with a copy of the July 1966 issue of American Turf Monthly. It contains the poem “No. 6”. It was Bukowski’s only appearance in a horse racing magazine, This is a very scarce, much prized magazine for Bukowski collectors for obvious reasons.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAfter Bukowski submitted No. 6, he received a letter from Joseph Conte, editor of American Turf at the time. Bukowski responded to Conte in a letter dated “Late April, 1966”:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e“sure, if you can ram the #6 poem through, I’ll take a year’s subscription., I’m hooked on horses but rather mathematically, playing with odds and systems, experiments. I’ve found that the further away you can get from a racing form the better chance you have. One system is based ENTIRELY UPON INDEX NUMBERS and shows continuous profit. The other is based entirely UPON THE ODDS LISTED IN THE RACING FORM AND THE ODDS ON THE TRACK PROGRAM. Both systems work, in short, because they reverse to an \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eextreme\u003c\/em\u003e everything the public does or wants. The only problem is getting up your guts to play the things…”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAfter publication, Bukowski sent another letter to Conte on June 12, 1966, describing in vivid detail what would become a common theme about the track in future poems and writings:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e“…got the July issue and #6 poem, looks fine, and think it will fit some of your readers. but the horse-poems just don’t come anymore – just the madness of the crowd, that whole body of many-legged, headed, cocked and cunted, wailing and greedy and angry animal. also suicidal. a hell of a gang. and the insiders shove it to them and collect – deliberate 5 pound overweights, first time starters, fillies against colts, bandages, bleeders, class jumps, the works. they jam it to them like bayonets and take away the money. whatever the crowd has learned changes and no longer becomes true – first they ruin the price and 2\u003csup data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003end\u003c\/sup\u003e they are manipulated against. enough lecture…”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn terms of condition, the letter is heavily toned on the typed side, and for some reason not on the rear. It looks like it may have been laid into a book. It is signed “Buk” in thin black ink and the typing paper is cheap in quality and now fragile. But that’s what Bukowski used back then.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe copy of American Turf Monthly Vol. 20, No. 240, is in nice, solid shape. The colors are vivid still and the binding is solid. There are faint wrinkles to the covers and some light staining and toning to the rear cover.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eI’d grade it Near Fine-minus. 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It is hand is hand-number #50\/100 and signed by Charles Bukowski on the colophon.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTo me, the painting looks like a red dog attacking a black cat, but I get high a lot.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBoth the book and the painting are in Fine condition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTournefortia noun\u003c\/strong\u003eTour·ne·for·tia ˌtu̇rnəˈfȯrshēə, -rtēə\u003cbr\u003e: a large genus of tropical trees and shrubs (family Boraginaceae) having alternate leaves and terminal cymes of small flowers and a fruit that is a fleshy or spongy 4-celled drupe\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 80px;\"\u003eMerriam-Webster Dictionary\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFile Box 1 and Case 5\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Buk Shop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43238550601893,"sku":"","price":2200.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0638\/9288\/1573\/files\/446967_xl.jpg?v=1711228770"},{"product_id":"lettered-deluxe-edition-with-signed-painting-1-26-hot-water-music-by-charles-bukowski","title":"Hot Water Music: Lettered Deluxe First Edition with Signed Painting by Charles Bukowski (1\/26), w\/ Signed Announcement and Prospectus","description":"\u003cp\u003eHot Water Music by Charles Bukowski -- Lettered Deluxe Edition with Signed Painting (1\/26), Signed Announcement and Prospectus.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublished in 1983 by Black Sparrow Press, Hot Water Music is a larger collection of short stories, mainly published in 1972 to 1973 when he was doing his Notes of a Dirty Old Man column for weeklies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a lettered copy of the Deluxe edition and comes with an original painting by Charles Bukowski. This copy is hand-numbered copy “Z” and is signed by Bukowski on the colophon. The painting is signed “BUK” and is a portrait of monkey-looking figure that’s probably a man. There were a total of 125 copies with paintings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis copy also comes with a signed copy of Fall\/Winter 1983 Black Sparrow Press catalog, which features the announcement for the book.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFinally, it comes with the prospectus for the book, which features an excerpt. It is in fine condition but folded twice as issued.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe book and painting are both in Fine condition, as well as the catalog.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe short stories are as follows:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLess Delicate Than The Locust - pg. 11 - circa 1973\u003cbr\u003eScream When You Burn - pg. 17 - 1971\u003cbr\u003eA Couple Of Gigolos - pg. 25 - 1974\u003cbr\u003eThe Great Poet - pg. 31\u003cbr\u003eYou Kissed Lilly - pg. 35\u003cbr\u003eHot Lady - pg. 41 - 1973\u003cbr\u003eIt's A Dirty World - pg. 47 - 1968\u003cbr\u003e900 Pounds - pg. 51 - 1973\u003cbr\u003eDecline And Fall - pg. 57\u003cbr\u003eHave You Read Pirandello? - pg. 63 - 1973\u003cbr\u003eStrokes To Nowhere - pg. 67 - 1973\u003cbr\u003eSome Mother - pg. 75 - 1973\u003cbr\u003eScum Grief - pg. 81 - 1973\u003cbr\u003eNot Quite Bernadette - pg. 87 - 1972\u003cbr\u003eSome Hangover - pg. 93 - 1974\u003cbr\u003eA Working Day - pg. 99 - 1972\u003cbr\u003eThe Man Who Loved Elevators - pg. 107\u003cbr\u003eHead Job - pg. 113 - 1973\u003cbr\u003eTurkeyneck Morning - pg. 121 - 1975\u003cbr\u003eIn And Out And Over - pg. 125\u003cbr\u003eI Love You, Albert - pg. 131 - 1973\u003cbr\u003eWhite Dog Hunch - pg. 137 - circa 1973\u003cbr\u003eLong Distance Drunk - pg. 145 - 1974\u003cbr\u003eHow To Get Published - pg. 149 - 1973\u003cbr\u003eSpider - pg. 155\u003cbr\u003eThe Death Of The Father I - pg. 161 - 1974\u003cbr\u003eThe Death Of The Father II - pg. 167 - 1974\u003cbr\u003eHarry Ann Landers - pg. 171 - circa 1974\u003cbr\u003eBeer At The Corner Bar - pg. 175 - 1974\u003cbr\u003eThe Upward Bird - pg. 179 - 1974\u003cbr\u003eCold Night - pg. 185 - 1975\u003cbr\u003eA Favor For Don - pg. 189 - 1974\u003cbr\u003ePraying Mantis - pg. 195 - 1973\u003cbr\u003eBroken Merchandise - pg. 199\u003cbr\u003eHome Run - pg. 205 - circa 1983\u003cbr\u003eFooling Marie - pg. 215 - circa 1983\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFile Box 1 and Case 5\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Buk Shop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43238595821733,"sku":"","price":2700.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0638\/9288\/1573\/files\/450596_xl.jpg?v=1711228757"},{"product_id":"signed-pastel-drawing-with-two-additional-signatures-the-days-run-away-like-wild-horses-over-the-hills-1969","title":"The Days Run Away Like Wild Horses — Unique Pastel Drawing Added by Bukowski (1970)","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePublished in 1969 by Black Sparrow Press, The Days Run Away Like Wild Horses Over the Hills was the second Bukowski book published by Black Sparrow Press, the first being At Terror Street and Agony Way in 1968.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis is an extraordinary copy of the book. On the dedication page, Bukowski added an exquisite abstract drawing in paster colors of green, pink and purple. He also signed and dated the drawing:\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBUK\u003cbr\u003e   -- 70\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe size of the drawing is approximately 3.5” x 4”.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAlthough there was an edition of 50 copies signed by Charles Bukowski with an original signed illustration, this is one of 250 copies of the regular signed edition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn addition to the colophon page where it is hand-number 218 out of the 250 copies, Bukowski has added his signature to the title page and dated it 8-23-70.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis copy is in Near Fine condition with a bump on the top right cover and a corresponding bump on the rear cover.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis copy also comes with the uncommon two-side prospectus which is in Near-Fine + condition with miniscule bumps on two corners.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe dedication “for jane” refers to Jane Cooney, who he met at the Glenwood bar on South Alvarado Street in 1948. The two “Barflys” lived together on and off until 1955. Sometime after Bukowski’s first wife Barbara Frye divorced him in March 1958, Bukowski and Cooney got back together. Sadly, she died from alcohol poisoning in January 1962. Some say, she was the only woman Bukowski truly loved.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis copy was more-than-likely a gift to someone special but is not inscribed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFile Box 1 and Case 5\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Buk Shop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43241456140453,"sku":"","price":2750.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0638\/9288\/1573\/files\/IMG_20240214_00191.jpg?v=1777758222"},{"product_id":"signed-by-charles-bukowski-essex-house-notes-of-a-dirty-old-man","title":"Signed by Charles Bukowski: Essex House Notes of a Dirty Old Man","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Essex House edition of Bukowski’s classic Notes of a Dirty Old Man was published in 1969, five years earlier than the City Lights version, making it the true first edition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBukowski signed this copy on the title page below his name. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eEssex House was short-lived (1968-1969) publishing imprint based in Los Angeles that specialized in highbrow erotica. A subsidiary of Milton Luros's Parliament News, it was one of the best of many new publishing houses that sprang up after the U.S. Supreme Court finally permitted open publishing of adult fiction. Edited by Brian Kirby, many Essex House novelists were young serious writers (several of them poets) who used scenarios drawn from science fiction and fantasy as the basis for their stories.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAlthough Essex House published mass market editions, whatever didn’t sell was destroyed to make room on the shelf for new books, leaving very few of Essex House Notes of a Dirty Old Man copies on the market today.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis copy is in Near Fine + condition and is unread. The covers are very white and bright, unlike most copies you’ll find for sale. There is very light wear to the covers, with a very light crease to the bottom right of the front cover, and a bit of wear to the top right. The dark blue bar on the back cover shows light edgewear and the spine has a very small bump on the bottom.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSigned or not signed, this is the finest copy I’ve handled to date.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCase 8\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Buk Shop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43242350018725,"sku":"","price":950.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0638\/9288\/1573\/files\/IMG_20240327_0001.jpg?v=1711544944"},{"product_id":"women-second-edition-revised-true-first-printing-of-bukowski-s-work","title":"Women Second Edition, Revised: True First Printing of Bukowski’s Work","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThere has been controversy in recent years about Black Sparrow Press founder John Martin editing Charles Bukowski’s work after his death.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn reality, Martin and Bukowski had several dust ups on Martin’s editing while Bukowski was still alive. The most notable incident involved the novel Women, which resulted Martin being forced to issue a new edition of the book without his edits.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis is the “Second Edition, Revised” version of the novel, which was published over a year later on March 20, 1979. It eliminates all of the edits John Martin had made, restoring the text to its original form. 400 copies were issued.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn a March 15, 1979, letter to Gerald Locklin, Bukowski provides context for the revised edition being issued:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\"On Women, a little tragedy there. Prefer you keep it fairly quiet. Like you know, I tell John Martin [BSP head] to go ahead and correct my grammar but this time he went too far. I should have read the proofs more carefully but I am lazy. Shit man. I guess he thinks I can't write. He threw shit in. Like I like to say, \"he said,\" she said.\" That's enough for me. But he threw stuff in, like \"he retorted,\" \"he said cheerfully,\" \"I shrugged,\" \"she seemed to be sore.\" Shit it goes on and on...There's even one place where a woman had on a green dress and he put her into a blue dress. At least he didn't change her sexual organs. Think of playing with Faulkner like that? Anyhow, I climbed him pretty hard for it and so the 2nd edition will read on the back page somewhere: \"second edition, revised.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eI his groundbreaking work, “A Descriptive Bibliography of the Primary Publications of Charles Bukowski”, Aaron Krumhansl outlined the changes:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNote: During editing of this novel John Martin changed a few words and altered punctuation. Bukowski caught these changes and wanted the text revised [see Cherkovski's Hank p. 262]. After the book went through the first printing, a second revised printing was issued with changes to the following pages:\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e10, 12, 14-21, 23, 25, 26, 27, 28, 30-46, 48, 50-54, 56, 57, 59-63, 65, 66, 69, 71-74, 76-80, 82-84, 88, 90, 91, 93, 94, 96, 100, 103-106, 113, 137, 141, 174, 178, 183, 194, 198, 200, 201, 204, 206, 210, 222, 226, 230, 232, 234-241, 253, 255, 276, 285, 286, 289.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eUnfortunately the corrected version contained mistakes on pp. [3], [4], 203 and 251. These pages were reprinted and inserted in some of the paper wrapper copies. The cloth revised edition was published with complete corrected sheets.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUnfortunately, Martin did not use a color title page in the revised edition.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis copy is in Fine condition. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFile Box 1\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/ol\u003e","brand":"The Buk Shop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43244771999909,"sku":"","price":425.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0638\/9288\/1573\/files\/IMG_20240323_0023.jpg?v=1711375317"},{"product_id":"signed-by-charles-bukowski-penguin-modern-poets-13-1969","title":"Signed by Charles Bukowski: Penguin Modern Poets 13 (1969)","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePublished in 1969, Penguin Modern Poets 13 was Bukowski’s first work published by a major publishing house and introduced him to a mainstream audience of readers. In letters from the time, Bukowski is much more excited about being published by Penguin than his first book with Black Sparrow Press, At Terror Street and Agony Way.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis copy is signed by Charles Bukowski on the title page. Please note that this is a later signature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis copy is in great shape. Unlike most copies, the interior pages are white and bright. With most copies, the interior pages are toned with age because of the cheap paper used. The black covers show some edgewear and overall wear, but not like the majority of copies out there. There is a crease on the upper write corner, but its impact on the interior pages is minimal. The title page with the signature has a few a faint wrinkles. Overall, in solid Near Fine condition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBukowski shares this volume with Philip Lamantia and Harold Norse. There are 25 previously published Bukowski poems in the volume, taking up over a third of the book:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe list of poems include:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eI Cannot Stand Tears - pg. 11\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCrucifix In A Death Hand - pg. 12\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Sunday Artist - pg. 14\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA Nice Day - pg. 15\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Twins - pg. 17\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDinner, Rain and Transport - pg. 19\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Priest And The Matador - pg. 21\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSunflower - pg. 22\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOld Man, Dead In A Room - pg. 24\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Day It Rained At The Los Angeles County Museum - pg. 26\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCounsel - pg. 28\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Loss, The Loss, The Loss - pg. 30\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Sun Wields Mercy - pg. 32\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eI Am With The Roots Of Flowers - pg. 35\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLove And Fame And Death - pg. 37\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThey, All Of Them, Know - pg. 38\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eConfession For Those Who Do Not Breathe At Funerals - pg. 42\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eI Wait In The White Rain - pg. 44\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSway With Me - pg. 46\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA Report Upon The Consumption Of Myself - pg. 47\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA Farewell Thing While Breathing - pg. 49\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eI Write This Upon The Last Drink's Hammer - pg. 50\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWhen The Berry Bush Dies I'll Swim Down The Green River With My Hair On Fire - pg. 55\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eI Was Born To Hustle Roses Down The Avenues Of The Dead - pg. 57\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSomething For The Touts, The Nuns, The Grocery Clerks And You... - pg. 59\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCase 8\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"The Buk Shop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43244840157349,"sku":"","price":950.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0638\/9288\/1573\/files\/IMG_20240207_0066_copy.jpg?v=1754594087"},{"product_id":"dec-23-1964-charles-bukowski-letter-to-the-webbs-and-signed-crucifix-with-drawing","title":"Dec. 23, 1964 , Charles Bukowski Signed Letter to the Webbs and Signed Full-Page Inscription and Drawing in Crucifix in a Deathhand","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDuring the first half of the 1960s, Bukowski had a prolific correspondence with the Webbs, sometimes on a daily basis, as they produced Bukowski’s first true Books, It Catches My Heart In Its Hands (1963) and Crucifix in a Deathhand (1965).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn this short note to the Webbs from Dec. 23, 1964, Bukowski included two (unknown) poems, and describes being exhausted from his job at the Post Office, but getting little sleep because of construction near his apartment. He also mentions fellow poet and correspondent Al Purdy sending him a copy of Irving Layton's A Red Carpet for the Sun, which was published in 1959.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBut the most curious (almost humorous) part of the letter is in the second paragraph where Bukowski mentions that he doesn’t remember sending them his classic poem, Something For The Touts, The Nuns, The Grocery Clerks And You. This would become one of Bukowski’s most famous works, appearing in six Bukowski books, one anthology, and seven recordings from readings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe letter is paired with a very special copy of Crucifix in a Deathhand, where the poem first appeared. Like many copies, the one is signed and dated 3-16-65, but also contains a large sketch of his famous little man sitting in a chair, smoking a cigarette, and holding a copy of (presumably) the book, CB. Below the drawing are the words, “THE QUARTER NEW ORLEANS AMERICA AND SO FORTH –“. With the signature and inscription included, it measures approximately 3.5’ x 8.5”.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe letter also comes with the original envelope, posted on Dec. 23, with Bukowski’s trademark AIR MAIL addition, this time in blue marker. It was opened a little roughly from the top, slicing through the tape Bukowski used to seal the envelope.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe books itself is in Near Fine + condition. The letter is folded twice and is signed Buk in red ink. It has some ripples to the paper and slight toning from age.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCrucifix Case and case 5\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Buk Shop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43245281149093,"sku":"","price":2700.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0638\/9288\/1573\/files\/20240323_110634_1.jpg?v=1711677228"},{"product_id":"rare-copy-of-it-catches-my-heart-in-its-hands-signed-twice-by-bukowski-with-two-drawings-and-one-quotation-on-rare-white-paper-stock","title":"Rare Copy of It Catches My Heart in Its Hands: Signed Twice by Bukowski with Two Drawings and Inscription On Rare White Paper Stock","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIt Catches My Heart in Its Hands was produced by Jon and Louise Webb, founders of LouJon Press. It was printed on an old sheet-fed press and bound in their tiny apartment in New Orleans in 1963. Unlike the Bukowski chapbooks that came before, this was a true book and an incredible book at that.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis incredibly beautiful book is every bit a piece of art as the poetry itself. It was hand-printed on thick paper stock of various colors, dispersed with tissues and hand-bound with a cork-lined cover. The detail, the printing methods, the craftsmanship, and the pure insanity it took to create the book was as unparalleled then and as it is today\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWhat actually makes this copy rare is the white, heavy stock page on which Bukowski has added a quotation. This page is absent in “regular” copies of the book. Instead, on the “regular” copies, Bukowski’s signature and date appears on the first blank page, which is purple.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWhy Jon Webb stopped sending Bukowski the white pages for signing is unknown. Perhaps he couldn’t afford the white paper stock for all copies and started sending him the purple pages to sign.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOn the white page on this copy, Bukowski has done a drawing of a man holding a heart in his hand in red ink. He also signs his name and date in red ink. The date is 10-27-63. The following quotation in silver ink starts above the drawing and finishes below the signature and date: \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eyour heart\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eand\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e         my\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e                 hand –\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003elet’s not\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e    just\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e    masturbate --\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this copy, Bukowski has also added his signature and a drawing of his classic Little Man and a Bottle on the purple page where just the signature would normally appear. This page is dated 5-26-63, so Bukowski drew this much earlier than the white page. At some point, the white and purple pages were inserted into the copy together.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis copy has the orange\/red color block over the title and the turquoise lines on the cork cover, but other colors were used on these copies as well. The wrap-around jacket underneath the cork is on white paper (some are yellow). I’ve heard from more than one person that the ones with the turquoise lines are also rarer, but that’s not the case in my experience, so don’t buy a copy just for that.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis copy also comes with the uncommon letterpress sheet that is a facsimile of the  letter he sent to the Webbs upon receiving the first copy of the book on November 23, 1963. The sheet measures 10.5” x 8” and is folded once, with the deckled edge sticking out above the portion of the sheet paper below it. The other three pages are blank.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe letterpress sheet is in Fine condition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn addition to publishing two Bukowski books, Jon and Louise “Gypsy Lou” Webb published four issues of The Outsider magazine, which became \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ethe\u003c\/em\u003e standard for poetry journals at the time. No other publication attracted nearly the talent that appeared in its pages and the production value of the magazine itself was unrivaled. Bukowski appeared in all four issues, with a large collection of poems in Outsider 1 (1961) and as the named “Outside of the Year” in Outsider 3 (1963), featuring Bukowski on the cover and a large center section.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFile Box 1 and Case 5\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Buk Shop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43245422706853,"sku":"","price":2100.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0638\/9288\/1573\/files\/IMG_20240214_0015.jpg?v=1711399141"},{"product_id":"flyer-for-bukowski-reading-at-new-mexico-university-produced-by-loujon-press","title":"Flyer for Bukowski Reading at New Mexico University: Produced by LouJon Press","description":"\u003cp\u003eAfter leaving New Orleans, Jon and Gypsy spent Jon’s remaining years dragging their press, two dogs, and their belongings in circles around Arizona and Mexico, sometimes returning to New Orleans for short periods. They looked for their new Eden and never found it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAround the time of Bukowski’s reading at the University of New Mexico May 15, 1970, they were somewhere around, exactly where is anyone’s guess. In any case, LouJon printed this Flyer for Bukowski’s reading. I seem to recall Jon Webb had some connection to the university, but I can’t recall.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis would be the last Bukowski work that LouJon Press would produce. By this time, Bukowski had distanced himself to a certain degree, still sending a letter now and then, but now thinking of them as needy in-laws who he kept at arm’s-length. He wasn’t alone. Many old friends dreaded finding another down-on-their-luck letter in the mailbox from the Webbs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe classic Outsider banner style is used for Bukowski’s name at the top of the flyer. Above his name is a quote by Henry Miller, and between his first and last name is the Bukowski quote:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Sexual intercourse is kicking death in the ass while signing.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThat should get the kids riled up…\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNext is a reproduction of a classic Bukowski photograph, reminiscent of a mug shot of him at some sort of asylum after electro-shock therapy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe rest of the text is as follows:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"\u003eworld-famed poet, critic and story-teller\u003cbr\u003ewhose \u003cstrong\u003enotes of a dirty old man\u003c\/strong\u003e has so far sold 250,000\u003cbr\u003ecopies, \u0026amp; whose \u003cstrong\u003eall the assholes in the world \u0026amp; mine\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003ebeserked the establishment to billy-club screams of out\u003cbr\u003erage - likewise his 16 other books, and 2000 poems in 191\u003cbr\u003e“little” magazines and underground newspapers\u003cbr\u003eWILL READ\u003cbr\u003e(“Nope, doubt if I'll do THE FUCK MACHINE…\u003cbr\u003enot coming here to upstage our lovable Lenore)\u003cbr\u003eFriday, 8 p.m. May 15, at\u003cbr\u003eThe Kiva\u003cbr\u003eThe University of New Mexico Campus\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt's a hell of a great bookend for the LouJon\/Bukowski alliance, regardless of their relationship at the time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis copy is in Near-Fine-minus condition, but better than any other copy I’ve seen. It is p\u003cspan\u003erinted by letterpress on 9 x 13 inch textured stock.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt’s printed on a elegant paper for a flyer and has a decent weight to it. The mixture of fonts, spacing, quotes, use of caps, etc., are all signature LouJon, even if they may be getting outdated by 1970.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf you look at the accompanied pics closely, there is a crease on the bottom right corner, a bump on the upper right corner, and a straight-line crease under “Henry Miller” that may be difficult to see. There’s a faint crease under “Of New” on the bottom edge. 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Unlike the Bukowski chapbooks that came before, this was a true book and an incredible book at that. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis incredibly beautiful book is every bit a piece of art as the poetry itself. It was hand-printed on thick paper stock of various colors, dispersed with tissues and hand-bound with a cork-lined cover. The detail, the printing methods, the craftsmanship, and the pure insanity it took to create the book was as unparalleled then and as it is today\u003cbr\u003eWhat actually makes this copy rare is the white, heavy stock page on which Bukowski has added an \u003cspan\u003eaphorism.\u003c\/span\u003e This page is absent in most copies of the book. Bukowski’s signature and date usually appears on the first blank page, which is purple.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhy Jon Webb stopped sending Bukowski the white pages for signing is unknown. 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Printers are just that way (except for the fellow who did this bit, haha).\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eAnyway, we finally got the invitations straight and we had stacks of them and Linda suggested we each do a little drawing on each of them and I never realized she knew so many people, and then there were enclosures, envelopes within envelopes, stamps outside and in, pieces of tissue paper, addresses to be addressed, all of which, of course, my wife-to-be took care of.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThe photographs in this book were taken by Michael Montfort, Bukowski’s long-time photographer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThe photographs are not printed. Rather, they are individual original photographs tipped into the book.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThe three photographs by Red Stoldosky measure 3.5” x 4.5”. One of the photographs was the basis of a drawing by Robert Crumb that was used for a limited-edition print published by Jeffrey Weinberg of Water Row Books.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThe book is in Near Fine + condition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eCrate 2, Case 7\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Buk Shop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45803151360165,"sku":null,"price":2750.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0638\/9288\/1573\/files\/IMG_20250806_0025copy.jpg?v=1754603618"},{"product_id":"the-cruelty-of-loveless-love-11-35-w-bukowski-photographs-and-poems","title":"The Cruelty of Loveless Love (#11\/35) w\/ Bukowski Photographs and Poems","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003ePublished by Kunst Editions in 2001, The Cruelty of Loveless Love is a striking folio consisting of 18 paper folders, each containing a mounted monochrome photograph with a letterpress poem on the facing page.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eOnly 35 copies were available for sale, this copy being 11\/35. There were also 25 copies marked H. C. and reserved for the Black Sparrow Press and the contributors.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThe photographs were taken by Joan Levine Gannij and printed by hand from the original negatives. There is a foreword by Carl Weissner (Bukowski’s long-time agent, friend, and German translator), with an introduction and poem by Gannij.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eOver the years, the picture of Bukowski posing with a woman in front of his refrigerator has become perhaps the most iconic photograph of Bukowski. This is in large part because of the woman posing with him. Her name was Georgia Hubbard and you really couldn’t have picked a better prop for Bukowski during this time period.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThere are several variations of Bukowski posing with Hubbard in the portfolio. Gannij also presents a well-written, powerful essay about Hubbard’s presence at the shoot that day.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThe portfolio consists of 12 leaves printed on rectos only, and 18 paper folders each containing a mounted monochrome photo with a letterpress poem on the facing page. The poems are by both by Linda Lee and Charles Bukowski.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThe poems are handset in 10-point, reproducing Typewriter (Broadface) No 721, resembling as close as possible the typeface of Bukowsky's typewriter when he wrote these poems. The poems had not been previously published and were provided by John Martin of Black Sparrow Press.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eAll of the contents are housed in a Burgundy red Thai silk-covered clamshell case measuring approximately 12.25” x 14.75”, with a photographic insert of a monochrome photograph of Bukowski on the cover. The box is housed in an unprinted hard black slipcase that shows some inevitable wear. The outer box was somewhat cheaply made with cardboard and is not part of the design. It was simply included to protect the primary box and its contents and it has certainly accomplished its mission here.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThe box and its contents are all in fine condition with the box having a small loose\/hanging string on the lower front.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eCrate 3\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Buk Shop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45825011908773,"sku":null,"price":900.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0638\/9288\/1573\/files\/20240214_174749_a7cc3b35-6ca6-4bf2-a98a-81958a85afe1.jpg?v=1755453121"},{"product_id":"coffin-1-signed-letter-and-portfilio-featuring-charles-bukowski-s-first-standalone-work","title":"Coffin 1 – Signed Letter and Portfilio Featuring Charles Bukowski’s First Standalone Work","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003ePublished in January 1965 by G.V. Griffith and his HEARSE Press, Coffin 1 is a very important early portfolio that features four Bukowski broadsides, including “His Wife, The Painter”, Bukowski’s first separately published work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThis copy includes a short letter to publisher E.V Griffith from Bukowski dated December 31, 1964.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThe very short letter is notable for several important reasons:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eBukowski happily responds to Coffin finally being published (after years in the making)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eBukowski informs Griffith he has moved from his Mariposa address to De Longpre Avenue, where he would emerge from a complete unknown to a rock star in the Los Angeles community.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eBukowski informs Griffith of his upcoming book from LouJon Press, Crucifix In A Deathhand\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eBukowski, true to himself, tells Griffith he has to keep the letter short so he can hit the liquor store before he has to show up for work.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThe letter has a few light creases, but it’s as white and bright as the day it was mailed, including the envelope. I seriously doubt there is a letter from this period in this condition, even in university archives.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBut back to Coffin:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eHEARSE Press would eventually publish Bukowski’s first book, “Flower, Fist and Bestial Wail”, but it took over two years and Bukowski became very distraught waiting. Griffith eventually stopped responding to Bukowski’s inquiries about the book’s progress, driving Bukowski crazy because he had already told people it was coming out over-and-over and even purchased advertising for the book.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eTo help Bukowski off the ledge, in August 1960, Griffith distributed 50 copies of “His Wife, The Painter”.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e“Flower, Fist and Bestial Wail” would be published two months later.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eIn addition to His Wife The Painter, Coffin 1 also includes three other broadsides: The Paper on the Floor (one sheet folded twice to make a booklet), Waste Basket, and The Old Man on the Corner\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eHis Wife The Painter, The Paper on the Floor, and Waste Basket are all in Fine condition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThe Old Man on the Corner shows light toning to the top and bottom portions of the broadside. There is also a crease on the upper left corner. I had another copy of Coffin where the toning on this broadside looked nearly identical, so maybe it just comes from aging.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThe reported number of broadsides in Coffin 1 have varied between 41–44 in copies I’ve seen before. This one includes 42, all in Near Fine to Fine condition. One or two may be Near Fine-minus. The other contributors include Judson Crews, Fielding Dawson, Larry Eigner, Eric Gill, E. V. Griffith, John Barkley Hart, Carl Larsen, Mason Jordan Mason, Henry Miller, Gil Orlovitz, James Preuss, George Scarbrough, Raymond Souster, Ben Tibbs, George Thompson, Mildred Tolbert and James L. Weil.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eOperating out of Eureka, California, Griffith also published Hearse Magazine, starting with \u003ci\u003eHEARSE 1\u003c\/i\u003e in 1957. Bukowski appeared in \u003ci\u003eHEARSE 2\u003c\/i\u003e in 1958 and would appear in nine issues between 1958 to 1972.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThe magazine went on hiatus after 1961. As Griffith would later recall:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e“I let HEARSE lapse in 1961, because of other obligations. In 1969, two things\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003ehappened which brought me back to publishing again. In culling some old files, I  found a hefty envelope of unpublished Charles Bukowski poems, which Bukowski  had apparently sent me some time previously (the postmark-date was not readable), but which I had filed away and forgotten. Among these manuscripts was the long poem 'The Days Run Away Like Wild Horses Over the Hills'. I wrote Bukowski, asking if this poem was still available, and saying that reading  the poem made me itch to start publishing again. He replied that the poem was still unpublished, and that if I wanted it for HEARSE, I could have it.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eCase 4.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Buk Shop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45834414456997,"sku":null,"price":2950.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0638\/9288\/1573\/files\/IMG_20250608_0001_1_copy.jpg?v=1755814686"},{"product_id":"story-magazine-march-april-1944-the-first-literary-appearance-by-charles-bukowski","title":"The First Literary Appearance by Charles Bukowski: Story Magazine March-April 1944","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Helvetica',sans-serif; color: #333333; background: white;\"\u003eThe issue featured “Aftermath of a Rejection Slip”,Charles Bukowski’s \u003c\/span\u003efirst fictional appearance in a literary magazine.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eAlthough Bukowski was disappointed that the story was placed in the End Pages section, the story actually appears on page 2, opposite the masthead.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThis copy is in Near Fine-minus condition with a bit of sunning and wear to the front and back covers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Helvetica',sans-serif; color: #333333; background: white;\"\u003eWhit Burnett (August 14, 1899 – April 22, 1973) was an American writer and writing teacher who founded and edited the literary magazine Story. In the 1940s, Story was an important magazine in that it published the first or early works of many writers who went on to become major authors. Not only did Burnett prove to be a valuable literary birddog for new talent, but Story remained a respectable though low-paying (typically $25 per story) alternative for stories rejected by the large-circulation slick magazines published on glossy paper like Collier's or The Saturday Evening Post or the somewhat more prestigious and literary slick magazines such as The New Yorker. While Story paid poorly compared to the slicks and even the pulps and successor digest-sized magazines of its day, it paid better than most of, and had similar cachet to, the university-based and the other independent \"little magazines\" of its era.1. Printed wraps, 9 1\/4 x 6 7\/8 inches. Very good --- near fine (mild edgewear; mild sunning, spine; binding tight and pages clean). From Beat Scene\/Transit Magazine interview by Kevin Ring (1994): Ring: \"Can you recall the first thing you had published and how you felt about it?\" Bukowski: \"No, I can't recall. Can remember my first major publication, a short story in Whit Burnett's and Martha Foley's Story magazine, 1944. I had been sending them a couple of short stories a week for maybe a year and a half. The story they finally accepted was mild in comparison to the others. 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