Weissner Carl Foreword (2 results)

First Edition. One of 35 numbered copies (from a run of 65), this being copy no.3. Eight preliminary and four terminal leaves (11" x 12.75"), with text letterpress printed in red, black, and blue, together with 18 bifolium gatherings, each containing a letterpressed poem, with an original black & white photograph on the opposing page. All housed in an iridescent maroon Asahi cloth clamshell case, titled in black and metallic red, with a black & white photograph of Bukowski inset behind a die-cut window on the front cover. Contents Fine. Clamshell case is very Near Fine, with one very faint bump at upper front corner; slipcase is shelfworn and slightly scuffed, but sound; Very Good+. An exquisitely produced monster of a publication, printing 18 previously unpublished Bukowski poems, coupled with photos Joan Gannij's "Hank & Georgia" series. While not called for, a previous owner has laid into this copy a photocopy of Bukowski's typescript poem "American Literature II" which appears in this volume, bearing Bukowski's holograph signature in black pen at lower margin, dated 7-28-80. Debritto A177. …

Condition: Fine. New York: Kunst Editions, [2001]. First Edition, Limited to 35 copies of which this is no. 28. Large quarto (36.5cm); sheets loose as issued and housed in dark crimson silk clamshell box and black card slipcase, upper clamshell panel lettered in red and black with photographic portrait of Bukowski in plexiglass window; unpaginated, including eighteen unpublished Linda Lee and Charles Bukowski poems accompanied by mounted photographic plates. Slipcase a bit scuffed, else a Fine example.…