GoldLove folio 1 by Liza Williams – Photos, Drawings and a Poem

This is a folio with loose pages laid into a folded cover. The photographs are of Williams and the drawings and poem are by Williams. This is supposedly #69 of 500 copies, but I’ve not seen another.

Liza 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.

0One 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.

What 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.

This copy is in Near Fine condition with a small tear to the folder.

Box 32