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The Bluebird broadside was issued for friends of the Black Sparrow Press on the occasion of the San Francisco Bay Area Book Festival in 1991.
Supposedly 3,000 copies of the broadside were printed, but it’s one of the rarer Black Sparrow broadsides, perhaps because the poem is so popular. The broadside measures approximately 9.5” x 13”.
There was no signed edition of this broadside, but Bukowski has signed this copy.
It came from estate of Red Stodolsky, owner of Baroque Book Store and a close friend of Charles Bukowski. Bukowski would go by Red’s shop regularly and the two would go to lunch at Musso & Frank Grill. But first Bukowski would sit and sign a pile of books for Red to sell.
This copy is in Near Fine-minus condition with a light crease on the upper left and another light horizontal crease near the line “and it’s nice enough to” in the poem.
Designed by Barbara Martin and printed by Graham Mackintosh.
One of Bukowski’s most quoted poems.
Crate 1
I ordered this for my mum, who loves Buk so much that he was a household name in our house growing up. She has all of his works (apart from post office which she lent out and was never returned). I wanted to treat her to something special and this shop is the very place to get the perfect gift for her. It was shipped the same day and arrived to the UK and was delivered in less than a week. I’m extremely impressed and my mum is thrilled to have something which he has held and signed. sending so much love to The Buk Shop team.
Thank you so much for the thoughtful note and picture of his grave. I will cherish it until the day I die<3
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