First Appearance of Afternoons Into Night: #50/100 (2003)

Here’s another beautifully produced broadside by the legendary Bill Roberts and his Bottle of Smoke Press. Bottle of Smoke Press has produced seven Bukowski broadsides since 2003, as well as countless other artists.

Featuring the poem, afternoons into night, the broadside was produced in 2003 out of Leesburg, Virgina. There were 126 copies produced (numbered and lettered), this one being hand-stamped #50.

The broadside consists of two pieces. One stiff piece of brown paper measuring approximately 10.75” x 8.5” folded once, with a drawing by Bukowski printed on the front page, the limitation information on the inside cover, and the Bottle of Smoke imprint of the read cover. The actual broadside is mounted to the third page and measures approximately 8” x 5”.

The poem would later appear in The Pleasures of the Damned (2007).

This copy is in fine condition.

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