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Charles Bukowski. Clean, crisp, limited edition (500) stapled softcover in fine condition. . Fine. Soft cover. 1965.

Chicago: Literary Times - Cyfoeth Publications, 1965. First Edition. First edition. 23 pp. Bound in publisher's stapled tan wraps. Very Good+ with light staining and toning to wraps. One of only 500 copies of Buk's only self-published chapbook, comprised of "overlooked (or looked-over and shunned)" poems.

Chicago: The Literary Times and Cyfoeth Publications, 1965. A fine copy with nearly imperceptible toning along wrapper edges. 8.25 x 5.5 inches. 23 pages, with an extra copy of the sheet containing pages 5/6 and 19/20 laid in. Stapled as issued in printed wrappers reproducing a sketch by Betsy Milam, photo portrait of Bukowski on rear wrapper. FIRST EDITION, one of 500 copies of this early collection of Bukowski verse. Includes Buk's "foreward" and thirteen poems he felt had been "overlooked (or looked-over and shunned" by those people who, for reasons unknown to society, publish collections of poesy." Krumhansi 16.

Literary Times / Cyfoeth Publications, 1965. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Almost as new copy of this scarce fragile early Bukowski. Slight rubbing and browning to wrappers; slight internal browning to edges; tiny spine title hand-lettered (almost invisibly). 23 pages. Contains 13 poems in all, plus Bukowski's 'foreward' (sic) and acknowledgments. Krumhansl #16; one of approximately 500 copies, published in the summer of 1965 (and lacking the later emendation to the 'author's edition' making this the true first issue). Provenance: From the library and with the small neat ink signature at head of title page of noted Los Angeles poet and editor (of ONTHEBUS, etc.) Marcus (Jack) Grapes, a long-time correspondent and publisher of Charles Bukowski, who was also a fellow Loujon Press author (see OUTSIDER 4 / 5 in which they both appear). Some of the work in this rare collection was drawn from OUTSIDER, making this a particularly nice association… Read More

Chicago: Literary Times and Cyfoeth Publications, 1965. Book. Fine. Printed Wraps. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. First Printing. Signed by Bukowski on the title page. Limited Edition of 500 copies. Saddle stitched in stiff beige printed paper wrappers. A beautiful copy. One of Bukowski's scarcest items. Book is protected in a clear mylar cover. All books are carefully wrapped and shipped in a box..

Chicago: Literary Times / Cyfoeth Publications, 1965. First Edition. Near Fine. First edition. Signed and inscribed by Charles Bukowski in the year of publication on the title page. 23 pp. Stapled tan wraps. Near Fine with a tiny spot of light soiling to the front cover. One of only 500 copies of Buk's only self-published chapbook, comprised of "overlooked (or looked-over and shunned)" poems.

Chicago: Literary Times - Cyfoeth Publications, 1965. Author's Edition. Near Fine. First edition. Copy number 3 of 5 [from an edition of 500] of Bukowski's private "Author's Edition," with a typescript signed by Bukowski stapled in at the center. According to Aaron Krumhansl, "As late as the early 1970s Bukowski still retained multiple copies of this title. At some point he created a small private 'Author's Edition' by tipping in or binding in at the center staple either an original signed illustration or a signed typescript poem. Not less than three nor more than five such copies were created." This copy in particular is mentioned by Krumhansl as the Polak copy. 23 pp. Stapled tan wraps. Near Fine, faint waves to wraps. Bukowksi's only self-published chapbook, comprised of "overlooked (or looked-over and shunned)" poems.

Chicago: Literary Times - Cyofeth Publications, 1965. First Edition. Lovely copy of this collection, featuring poems which previously appeared in the pages of little magazines like Outsider, Epos, The Naked Ear, Targets, San Francisco Review, Impetus, Sciamachy, and Quicksilver, et al. Gathered together here for the first time, with a foreword by Bukowski. An early work that is seldom encountered with any sort of meaningful inscription. Krumhansl 16; Dorbin A7; Fogel 16. One of 500 copies. Slim octavo (21cm); letterpress printed sheets stapled into illustrated wrappers (offset printed); 23,[1]pp. A Fine copy.