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First Edition (#72/426) with Second Serigraph by Charles Bukowski

First Edition (#72/426) with Second Serigraph by Charles Bukowski

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What Matters Most Is How Well You Walk Through the Fire was published by Black Sparrow Press in 1999.

This is the limited-edition version of the book, which includes a color serigraph featuring a drawing by Charles Bukowski. This is #72 of 426 hand-numbered copies and contains 409 pages of Bukowski poems.

This copy is in Fine condition and comes with a second copy of the serigraph that will look great in a frame.

The poems include:

  • My Father And The Bum - pg. 17 -  - 1975
  • Legs, Hips And Behind - pg. 18
  • Igloo - pg. 20 -  - 1978
  • The Mice - pg. 22 -  - circa 1991-1994
  • My Garden - pg. 24 - circa 1972
  • Legs And White Thighs - pg. 25 -  - 1975
  • Mademoiselle From Armentieres - pg. 26
  • My Father's Big-Time Fling - pg. 29
  • The Bakers Of 1935 - pg. 31
  • The People - pg. 35 - circa 1966
  • The Pretty Girl Who Rented Rooms - pg. 36 -  - 1977
  • Too Soon - pg. 38
  • Canned Heat? - pg. 40
  • Pershing Square, Los Angeles, 1939 - pg. 43 - circa 1992
  • Scene From 1940 - pg. 46 -  - circa 1991-1994
  • My Big Moment - pg. 47 -  - 1978
  • Daylight Saving Time - pg. 50 - manuscript - 1972
  • The Railroad Yard - pg. 51 -  - 1978
  • Horseshit - pg. 52
  • Man's Best Friend - pg. 54 - circa 1992
  • The Sensitive, Young Poet - pg. 56
  • Hunger - pg. 58 -  - circa 1991-1994
  • The First One - pg. 61 - 1973
  • The Night I Saw George Raft In Vegas - pg. 63
  • No Title - pg. 65
  • Too Many Blacks - pg. 66
  • White Dog - pg. 68 -  - 1977
  • Blue Beads And Bones - pg. 69 -  - circa 1968-1970
  • Ax And Blade - pg. 71
  • Some Notes On Bach And Hayden - pg. 73
  • Born To Lose - pg. 76 -  - 1972
  • Phillipe's 1950 - pg. 78
  • In The Lobby - pg. 79
  • He Knows Us All - pg. 81
  • Victory - pg. 82 -  - circa 1975-1978
  • More Argument - pg. 84
  • Wind The Clock - pg. 87 -  - circa 1991-1994
  • What? - pg. 88
  • She Comes From Somewhere - pg. 89 -  - 1974
  • Lifedance - pg. 90 -  - 1970
  • The Bells - pg. 91 -  - 1972
  • Full Moon - pg. 93 -  - 1975
  • Everywhere, Everywhere - pg. 94
  • About A Trip To Spain - pg. 95 - 1977
  • Van Gogh - pg. 96 - 1976
  • Vallejo - pg. 98 - 1974
  • When The Violets Roar At The Sun - pg. 99 -  - 1971
  • The Professionals - pg. 100 -  - 1978
  • The 8 Count Concerto - pg. 102 -  - circa 1991-1994
  • An Afternoon In February - pg. 104 -  - 1974
  • Crickets - pg. 106 -  - 1972
  • The Angel Who Pushed His Wheelchair - pg. 108 -  - 1972
  • The Circus Of Death - pg. 111  - circa 1992
  • The Man? - pg. 114
  • Christmas Poem To A Man In Jail - pg. 115
  • Snake Eyes? - pg. 119 - circa 1991-1994
  • My Friends Down At The Corner - pg. 121
  • Smiling, Shining, Singing - pg. 122 - 1972
  • Bruckner - pg. 124
  • This Moment - pg. 126
  • One More Good One - pg. 127
  • Introduction to chapter 2 - pg. 131 -  - 1976
  • You Do It While You're Killing Flies - pg. 133 - circa 1973
  • 12 Hour Night - pg. 134
  • Plants Which Easily Winter Kills - pg. 137
  • The Last Poetry Reading - pg. 139
  • Probably So - pg. 143 -  - 1972
  • Assault - pg. 144 - circa 1972
  • Raw With Love - pg. 148 - 1974
  • Wide And Moving - pg. 150 -  - 1972
  • Demise - pg. 151 -  - 1973
  • The Pact - pg. 153 -  - 1975
  • 75 Million Dollars - pg. 155
  • Butterflies - pg. 157 -  - 1974
  • 4 Christs - pg. 159 -  - 1978
  • $180 Gone - pg. 162
  • The Blue Head Of Death - pg. 164 - circa 1974
  • Young Men - pg. 166
  • The Meaning Of It All - pg. 167 - 1975
  • Guess Who? - pg. 169 -  - 1975
  • I Want A Mermaid - pg. 170 - circa 1975
  • An Unusual Place - pg. 172 - 1975
  • In This City Now - pg. 174 -  - 1975
  • Captain Goodwine - pg. 177 -  - 1975
  • Morning Love - pg. 180 -  - 1977
  • An Old Jockey - pg. 182 -  - 1977
  • Hard Times On Carlton Way - pg. 184 - 1977
  • We Needed Him - pg. 186 -  - 1978
  • Nana - pg. 188 - 1977
  • Poor Mimi - pg. 189 -  - 1972
  • A Boy And His Dog - pg. 192 - 1977
  • The Dangerous Ladies - pg. 194 -  - 1977
  • Sloppy Love
  • Winter
  • Hollywood Ranch Market - pg. 204 -  - 1978
  • Rape - pg. 207 -  - 1978
  • Gone Away - pg. 211 -  - 1978
  • Note Left On The Dresser By A Lady Friend - pg. 213 -  - 1977
  • Legs - pg. 215 -  - 1978
  • The Artist - pg. 217 - circa 1973
  • Revolt In The Ranks - pg. 219  - circa 1991
  • Life Of The King - pg. 221
  • The Silver Mirror - pg. 223 -  - 1975
  • Hunchback - pg. 225 -  - 1976
  • Me And Capote - pg. 227
  • The Savior: 1970 - pg. 230
  • La Femme Finie - pg. 233 -  - 1972
  • Beast - pg. 234
  • Artistic Selfishness - pg. 236 -  - 1972
  • My Literary Fly - pg. 237 -  - 1971
  • Memory - pg. 239
  • Carlton Way Off Western Ave. - pg. 241 -  - 1976
  • At The Zoo - pg. 243 - circa 1973
  • Coke Blues - pg. 244 - 1976
  • Nobody Home - pg. 245
  • Woman In The Supermarket - pg. 247 -  - 1973
  • Fast Track - pg. 249 -  - 1972
  • Hanging There On The Wall - pg. 251 - circa 1991-1992
  • The Hookers, The Madmen And The Doomed - pg. 253
  • Looking For Jack - pg. 255 -  - circa 1968-1970
  • Apprentices - pg. 257 -  - 1974
  • 38,000 To One - pg. 259 - 1974
  • A Touch Of Steel - pg. 261 -  - 1976
  • Brown And Solemn - pg. 263
  • Time - pg. 264 -  - 1976
  • Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen - pg. 266 - circa 1967
  • The Way It Works - pg. 268
  • Bright Lights And Serpents - pg. 270 - 1975
  • Mean And Stingy - pg. 272 -  - 1975
  • $100 - pg. 274 - 1974
  • This Particular War - pg. 276 -  - 1976
  • German Bar - pg. 277
  • Floor Job - pg. 278 - 1976
  • The Icecream People - pg. 280 - circa 1973
  • Like A Cherry Seed In The Throat - pg. 282 -  - 1975
  • The Ordinary Cafe Of The World - pg. 285 -  - 1972
  • On Shaving - pg. 287
  • School Days - pg. 291 - 1973
  • Neither A Borrower Nor A Lender Be - pg. 293
  • Sometimes Even Putting A Nickel Into A Parking Meter Feels Good - pg. 297 -  - 1975
  • Mahler - pg. 299
  • Fellow Countryman - pg. 300
  • The Young Man On The Bus Stop Bench - pg. 303 - 1977
  • Computer Class - pg. 305
  • Image - pg. 309
  • The Crunch (2) - pg. 312
  • I'll Send You A Postcard - pg. 315 -  - 1975
  • Bravo! - pg. 316 -  - 1977
  • Downtown - pg. 318 -  - 1977
  • The Blue Pigeon - pg. 320 -  - 1975
  • Combat Primer - pg. 321
  • Thanks For That - pg. 323
  • They Arrived In Time - pg. 324
  • Odd - pg. 326 -  - circa 1991-1994
  • An Interlude - pg. 328
  • Anonymity - pg. 330 -  - 1978 - circa 1978
  • What's It All Mean? - pg. 332 -  - 1978
  • One-To-Five - pg. 333
  • Insanity - pg. 337 - 1978
  • Farewell My Lovely - pg. 339
  • Comments On My Last Book Of Poesy - pg. 341 - circa 1989
  • A Correction To A Lady Of Posey - pg. 343
  • Beethoven Conducted His Last Symphony While Totally Deaf - pg. 346
  • On The Sidewalk And In The Sun - pg. 348 - 1972
  • What Do They Want? - pg. 350
  • I Hear All The Latest Hit Tunes - pg. 352
  • Am I The Only One Who Suffers Thus? - pg. 354
  • On Lighting A Cigar - pg. 358
  • The Cigarette Of The Sun - pg. 361
  • To Lean Back Into It - pg. 363
  • Dog Fight 1990 - pg. 365
  • I Used To Feel Sorry For Henry Miller - pg. 367 -  - circa 1991-1994 - circa 1992
  • Locked In - pg. 369
  • Wasted - pg. 372
  • Sunday Lunch At The Holy Mission - pg. 374
  • Slaughter - pg. 375
  • A Vote For The Gentle Light - pg. 377 -  - circa 1991-1994
  • Be Alone - pg. 379 -  - 1976
  • I Inherit - pg. 381 - circa 1992
  • Another Day - pg. 384
  • Tabby Cat - pg. 386 -  - 1976
  • The Gamblers - pg. 388 -  - 1979
  • The Crowd - pg. 389
  • Trouble In The Night - pg. 391
  • 3 Old Men At Separate Tables - pg. 393 - circa 1994
  • The Singer - pg. 395 -  - 1976
  • Stuck With It - pg. 397 - circa 1993
  • Action On The Corner - pg. 400 -  - 1978
  • No Guru - pg. 402 -  - 1974
  • In This Cage Some Songs Are Born - pg. 404
  • My Movie - pg. 405 -  - 1979
  • A New War - pg. 407 - circa 1993
  • Roll The Dice - pg. 408 -  - circa 1991-1994
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