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Published in March 1970 by Capra Press, this is a hardcover copy of Fire Station. It is one of only 100 hardcover copies that were produced.
Fire Station holds a unique place in the bibliography of Charles Bukowski. Produced in both hardcover and softcover editions “by special arrangement with the Black Sparrow Press”, it can be considered the last of the early Bukowski chapbooks.
Fire Station’s roots are directly tied to The Days Run Away Like Horses Over the Hills, the landmark collection of Bukowski poems published by John Martin and Black Sparrow Press in December 1969. Martin hired Sanford Dorbin to select the poems that appeared in The Days Run Away, all of which previously appeared in small press publications from the late 1950s through the late 1960s. With the help of Bukowski, Dorbin played the pivotal role of tracking down these magazines and collecting the poems for publication.
When The Days Run Away was being finalized, Martin needed to reduce the number of pages to keep the costs in line with its selling price. There was disagreement between Dorbin and Martin on which poems to cut from the book, but in the end Fire Station and eight other poems were cut. These nine poems would go on to be published in Fire Station.
This copy is in Near Fine condition. There is a bump on the upper right that impacts the front and back cover. The spine label has a tiny curl at the end but secure.
Fire Station includes the following poems:
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