Hot Water Music by Charles Bukowski with Painting and Prospectus (#30/100)

Published in 1983 by Black Sparrow Press, Hot Water Music is a larger collection of short stories, mainly published between 1972 to 1973 when he was doing his Notes of a Dirty Old Man column for weeklies.

This is copy #30/100 and comes with an original abstract oil painting by Charles Bukowski. The painting is signed “BUK” and it is also signed by Bukowski on the colophon. 

This copy comes with the prospectus for the book, which features an excerpt. It is in fine condition but folded twice as issued.

The book is in Fine condition, but there is a crease on the bottom-right of the painting (not affecting the painting itself). There are no creases on the opposite pages of the painting, so it was mishandled prior to being bound into the book, perhaps by Bukowski himself.

The short stories are as follows:

Less Delicate Than The Locust - pg. 11 - circa 1973
Scream When You Burn - pg. 17 - 1971
A Couple Of Gigolos - pg. 25 - 1974
The Great Poet - pg. 31
You Kissed Lilly - pg. 35
Hot Lady - pg. 41 - 1973
It's A Dirty World - pg. 47 - 1968
900 Pounds - pg. 51 - 1973
Decline And Fall - pg. 57
Have You Read Pirandello? - pg. 63 - 1973
Strokes To Nowhere - pg. 67 - 1973
Some Mother - pg. 75 - 1973
Scum Grief - pg. 81 - 1973
Not Quite Bernadette - pg. 87 - 1972
Some Hangover - pg. 93 - 1974
A Working Day - pg. 99 - 1972
The Man Who Loved Elevators - pg. 107
Head Job - pg. 113 - 1973
Turkeyneck Morning - pg. 121 - 1975
In And Out And Over - pg. 125
I Love You, Albert - pg. 131 - 1973
White Dog Hunch - pg. 137 - circa 1973
Long Distance Drunk - pg. 145 - 1974
How To Get Published - pg. 149 - 1973
Spider - pg. 155
The Death Of The Father I - pg. 161 - 1974
The Death Of The Father II - pg. 167 - 1974
Harry Ann Landers - pg. 171 - circa 1974
Beer At The Corner Bar - pg. 175 - 1974
The Upward Bird - pg. 179 - 1974
Cold Night - pg. 185 - 1975
A Favor For Don - pg. 189 - 1974
Praying Mantis - pg. 195 - 1973
Broken Merchandise - pg. 199
Home Run - pg. 205 - circa 1983
Fooling Marie - pg. 215 - circa 1983

File Box 3 and Case 5