Sampler by Bukowski Charles (20 results)

First Edition. Softcover. 7pp article by Glenn Esterly with 1pp Bukowski Sampler. Paul McCartney cover. 40pp. Pages slightly tanned, small chip missing to fore-edge of front cover, folding crease, otherwise about V.g.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Faintly soiled covers.

Wraps. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 77pgs, nice copy with slight signs of wear.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Charles Bukowski (illustrator). Second Edition. Staplebound. Text and illustrations by Charles Bukowski. purple-colored wraps. Very clean, tight copy. Paperback Original. Several introductory pieces which originally appeared in the 1969 first edition were eliminated, and added to this second edition was "The Way The Dead Love", a novel excerpt. A wee bit of creasing to last few pages and rear card cover, and one dog-eared page. 77 pp.

2 Bll., 77 S. mit Illustrationen. 2. Auflage 2nd edition (zuerst 1969 bei Quixote Press) Mit Zeichnungen von Charles Bukowski. Herausgegeben von Douglas Blazek (Gebrauchsspuren und leichtem Knick auf Umschlagvorderseite und den ersten beiden Seiten, insgesamt aber gut erhalten. Copy with a little wear to front cover and first two, three pages, all in all good condition). Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 400 Gr.8°. 21 x 14 cm. Orig.-Karton.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 2nd Edition. A Bukowski Sampler: 46 Early Charles Bukowski Poems and Excerpt from First Unpublished Novel This is the second edition of "A Bukowski Sampler", edited by Doug Blazek and published by Druid Books out of Madison, Wisconsin, in 1971. It is 77 pages long and contains 46 Charles Bukowski Poems and several drawings. But what makes this chapbook really fascinating is a five-page excerpt from Charles Bukowski's first attempt at a novel, "The Way the Dead Love", which was never published. This copy is in Near Fine ++ condition. While it looks like a touch of sunning to the spine, it's really just the ink on the paper having been stretched when the cover was folded to make a booklet. Contents A Rambling Essay On Poetics And The Bleeding Life Written While Drinking A Six-Pack (Tall) - pg. 9 - circa 1965 The Way the Dead Love pg.20 The Tragedy Of The Leaves - pg. 25 - circa 1960 I Cannot Stand Tears - pg. 25 - circa 1958 To The Whore Who Took My Poems - pg. 26 - circa 1960 The State Of World Affairs From A 3rd Floor Window - pg. 27 - circa 1960 The Life Of Borodin - pg. 27 - circa 1958 No Charge - pg. 28 - circa 1960 A Literary Romance - pg. 29 - circa 1961 The Day It Rained At The Los Angeles County Museum - pg. 30 - circa 1960 The Race - pg. 31 The House - pg. 32 - circa 1963 Sundays Kill More Men Than Bombs - pg. 34 - circa 1961 The Priest And The Matador - pg. 34 - circa 1961 Old Man, Dead In A Room - pg. 36 - circa 1961 3:30 A.M. Conversation - pg. 37 - circa 1961 I Am Visited By An Editor And A Poet - pg. 38 - circa 1961 Hello, Willie Shoemaker - pg. 39 - circa 1960 The Best Way To Get Famous Is To Run Away - pg. 41 - circa 1961 Conversation In A Cheap Room - pg. 42 - circa 1960 The Day I Kicked A Bankroll Out The Window - pg. 43 - circa 1959 When Hugo Wolf Went Mad - pg. 45 - circa 1959 The Loser - pg. 45 - circa 1960 What Seems To Be The Trouble, Gentlemen? - pg. 46 - circa 1962 Thank God For Alleys - pg. 47 Experience - pg. 48 - circa 1963 I Have Lived In England - pg. 49 - circa 1963 Layover - pg. 50 - circa 1956 The Hairy Hairy Fist, And Love Will Die - pg. 50 - circa 1966 Beerbottle - pg. 54 Red And Gold Paint - pg. 55 Poverty - pg. 56 I Met A Genius - pg. 56 - circa 1967 The Genius Of The Crowd - pg. 57 I Think Of Mice Cooling It - pg. 60 - circa 1965 View From The Screen - pg. 61 - circa 1965 Sing To Gods Or Kangaroos - pg. 62 - circa 1965 When The Berry Bush Dies I'll Swim Down The Green River With My Hair On Fire - pg. 63 - circa 1965 Fuzz - pg. 64 - circa 1965 Seahorse - pg. 65 - circa 1965 Mama - pg. 66 - circa 1965 Machineguns, Towers And Timeclocks - pg. 67 - circa 1965 Good Morning, Brother, How Are You? - pg. 69 - circa 1965 Something For The Touts, The Nuns, The Grocery Clerks And You - pg. 70 - circa 1965 Don't Come Around But If You Do - pg. 74 - circa 1965 Farewell, Foolish Objects - pg. 75 - circa 1965 Box 29.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 2nd Edition. Revised edition of the Quixote Press edition (1969)with illustrations by the Buk. FINE in purple wrappers with red endpapers. Note one tiny spot to rear cover.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. SOFT COVER IN VERY GOOD CONDITION, 2 STAPLES HAVE RUST, 79 pages. Tan cover version.

Pictorial Wraps. Condition: Very Good. Second Edition. SECOND EDITION, with slight changes. The three editions were published 1969, 1971, & 1973 respectively. The 1969 first edition was published by Quixote Press, the second & third editions were published by Druid Books. The third edition was actually a second printing of the second edition. Several changes were made in this second edition: many of the introductory pieces were deleted, and added was "The Way the Dead Love", a novel excerpt which first appeared in Congress and which the editor originally had intended to include. The drawings are by Bukowski. Edited by Douglas Blazek. The wraps were coloured orange (1st), purple (2nd), & cream (3rd). Staplebound in original purple printed wraps with Bukowski illustrations to cover, red endpapers. Original price $1.75 printed to front cover. Very mild handling wear, otherwise a very nice clean softcover copy. 77pp. Uncommon.

paperback. Condition: Good. Good: A book that has been read but is in good condition. Very minimal damage to the cover including scuff marks, but no holes or tears. The dust jacket for hard covers may not be included. Binding has minimal wear. The majority of pages are undamaged with minimal creasing or tearing, minimal pencil underlining of text, highlighting of text, writing in margins. No missing pages.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 2nd Edition. A Very Good plus copy in cream-colored, illustrated wraps; sticker residue on the rear cover. This Bukowski selection features poems and excerpts from some of his stories. 96 pages. 2nd Edition (though stated 3rd printing).

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 2nd Edition. A Fine tight copy in Fine blue illustrated paper covers. This sampler features "A Few Notes on this Book to Confuse You and Essentially tell you Nothing," "A Rambling Essay on Poetics and the Bleeding Life Written while Drinking a Six-Pack (Tall)," an episode of Notes of a Dirty Old Man, a five-page excerpt from "The Way the Dead Live" an unfinished novel as well as a large selection of Buk's poetry.

Stapled Wrappers. Condition: As New. Second Edition. A Very Fine copy in stapled purple wrappers, as issued. 77pp. An edited version of the 1st edition which appeared in 1969. Q21338.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. A fine softcover copy in stiff stapled wrappers. First Edition. A very nice, clean and tight copy. = WE BOX AND SHIP ALL BOOKS WITH USPS TRACKING. = WE HAVE BEEN BUYING AND SELLING USED BOOKS FOR OVER 34 YEARS.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Signed and inscribed by the author at first page. Soiling to edges and center to last pages and folding to lower corner of pages 57-60; otherwise, pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is tight. Text block has one spot of foxing to top edge, but is otherwise clean and unmarked. Soiling to rear cover, bur front cover remains clean and bright with light creasing to corners and light rubbing to ends of spine.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Here are all three of the different printings of this collection of works by and about Charles Bukowski. The first printing in the orange cover by the Quixote Press; the second printing (in the blue cover) and the third printing brought out by Douglas Blazek with numerous changes to the content of the first printing.

Condition: Very Good. Bukowski, Charles; Blazek, Douglas Madison, WI 1969 Binding: Trade Paperback In very good + condition.

1st. A collection of poems, essays, and illustrations by the author edited by Douglas Blazek. One of 400 in paper wrappers.

First Edition. First Printing, one of ca.400 copies. Small quarto (23.5cm); pictorial card wrappers, stapled; 80pp; illus. Signed by editor and contributor Douglas Blazek on the front endpaper, and additionally inscribed by him on the upper title page: "Here's one for you an unusual copy (you'll understand as you thumb through) / Believe it to be the only one / Douglas Blazek. Trivial wear, tiny nick to wrappers at base of spine, else very Near Fine. An important, early compilation of Bukowski's work, culled from the pages of little magazines and early publications; in addition to a selection of Bukowski's poetry, the Sampler contains an introduction by Douglas Blazek and appreciations by Al Purdy, Steve Richmond, William Wantling, and Don Cauble, et al. A possibly unique copy, with the text complete, but with several pages bound upside-down and out of sequence an oddity for the seasoned collector. Dorbin A14; Krumhansl 30.

First Edition. First Printing, one of ca.400 copies. Small quarto (23.5cm); pictorial card wrappers, stapled; 80pp; illus. With an early inscription on the title page from Bukowski to Seamus Cooney: "To Seamus Cooney Uh huh, Charles Bukowski / 3-6-71." Gentle sunning along the spine, else very Near Fine. An important, early compilation of Bukowski's work, culled from the pages of little magazines and early publications; in addition to a selection of Bukowski's poetry, the Sampler contains an introduction by Douglas Blazek and appreciations by Al Purdy, Steve Richmond, William Wantling, and Don Cauble, et al. An excellent association copy inscribed to editor and poetry scholar Seamus Cooney, who during his decades-long friendship with the poet was responsible for editing the three volumes of Bukowski's Selected Letters, as well as a collection of correspondence with Al Purdy (The Bukowski/Purdy Letters, 1964-1974). The inscription, while brief, conveys a real sense of ease and familiarity in their relationship. Dorbin A14; Krumhansl 30.