The Buk Shop
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This bootleg chapbook contains the poem, What A Man I Was , by Charles Bukowski.
The poem first appeared in Gallows No. 1 (1959), but was later reprinted in Caterpillar No. 8 in 1969. For whatever reason, the chapbook credits Caterpillar with a copyright mark.
The bootleg imprint is listed as “S Press Tonband Verlag" out of Dusseldorf Germany. Not much is known about who was actually behind the series of Bukowski chapbooks bearing the imprint. According to Wikipedia “S Press Tonbandverlag was a publisher of experimental literature , Beat poetry , and concrete poetry.” But it seems unlikely the press itself was behind these chapbooks bearing the name.
This is a nice chapbook with stiff covers and high-quality paper (including end pages).
This copy is in Near Fine condition with some light creases along the staples. It measures approximately 7.5” x 5.5”.
In my years of collecting. I’ve only seen these chapbooks a handful of times over the years. A nice addition for a Bukowski completist.
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