Signed by Charles Bukowski: Laugh Literary And Man The Humping Guns No. 3, Charles Bukowski as Publisher, Poet and Editor

Published in Feb. 1971, this is a signed copy of Laugh Literary And Man The Humping Guns No. 3, the infamous publication in which Charles Bukowski played the roles of publisher, editor and poet.

In 1969, Bukowski and sidekick Neeli Cherry decided they wanted to become publishers. They had a plan where they would sell the majority of the copies to university libraries across the country, a scam Bukowski learned from LouJon Press founder and scammer Jon Edgar Webb.

Only three volumes would be published, this being the third.

One problem Bukowski and Cherry encountered was finding enough good writing. So, in some cases, they gave their own work pseudonyms.

This issue includes the first appearance of the Charles Bukowski short story:
The Time I Knocked Out Ernest Hemingway And Was Discovered As A New Literary Giant

This short story would later be collected in South of No North under the title Class.

There are also four excerpts from letters written by Bukowski to Cherry.

Other poetry contributors include Cheery (who provides a bunch of drawings as well), prison poet Tony Quagliano, Al Masserik, Ben Pleasants, and Steve Richmond.

This copy is in Near Fine-minus condition, with some light toning near the spine and top edge of the covers, a small stain on the top-right front cover, and a small stain around the middle of the back cover. Interior pages are clean, staples are shiny, and binding is solid.

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