It’s not very common to find any City Lights edition of this book in such great condition, but this is also the First Printing and First Edition.
Published by City Lights Books in 1973, The book reprints a series of stories Bukowski wrote for Open City Newspaper of Los Angeles in the late 1960s and ea
The book compiles a series of stories Bukowski wrote for Open City Newspaper of Los Angeles between 1967-1968. It was originally published in book form by Essex House, a Los Angeles publisher of adult books in 1969.
Many people over the years read this book while drinking and used it for a functional coaster and ashtray, but the person who read this book was evidently sober.
There are light creases on the lower and upper left corners of the rear cover, small bumps on all four corners, and light toning to the rear cover.
Overall, Near Fine-minus, only because I’ve handled Fine examples and seen how it looks new.
