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HOT WATER MUSIC
by Bukowski, Charles
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very good/Very good
- ISBN 10
- 0876855982
- ISBN 13
- 9780876855980
- Seller
-
Covina, California, United States
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About This Item
Santa Barbara, California: Black Sparrow Press, 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. This is copy W of 126 (26 lettered and 100 numbered) signed by Charles Bukowski, with an original painting by the poet tipped in after the title page.
The stories in Hot Water Music dash around the worst parts of town - a motel room stinking of sick, a decrepit apartment housing a perpetually arguing couple, a bar tended by a skeleton - and depict the darkest parts of human existence. It is an important collection that establishes Bukowski's minimalist style and thematic oeuvre.
Octavo. Handbound by Earle Gray in tan paper-covered boards over a decorative cloth spine, with a printed paper spine label. Light soiling along the edges. The original acetate dust wrapper is a trifle rubbed, with a minor crease to the rear flap; otherwise very good.
The stories in Hot Water Music dash around the worst parts of town - a motel room stinking of sick, a decrepit apartment housing a perpetually arguing couple, a bar tended by a skeleton - and depict the darkest parts of human existence. It is an important collection that establishes Bukowski's minimalist style and thematic oeuvre.
Octavo. Handbound by Earle Gray in tan paper-covered boards over a decorative cloth spine, with a printed paper spine label. Light soiling along the edges. The original acetate dust wrapper is a trifle rubbed, with a minor crease to the rear flap; otherwise very good.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Johnson Rare Books & Archives
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 74640
- Title
- HOT WATER MUSIC
- Author
- Bukowski, Charles
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Jacket Condition
- Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0876855982
- ISBN 13
- 9780876855980
- Publisher
- Black Sparrow Press
- Place of Publication
- Santa Barbara, California
- Date Published
- 1983
- Keywords
- Literature, Poetry, Los Angeles, Transgressive Fiction, Dirty Realism, Original Art
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Johnson Rare Books & Archives
Biblio member since 2008
Covina, California
About Johnson Rare Books & Archives
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