Search Results: At Terror Street and Agony Way by Charles Bukowski

Ellipsis London Press Ltd, 2000. 1. Hardcover. Very Good. Very Good; Double audio CD set in the original case; Light shelfwear to the case; Both CDs are in excellent condition; 2000, Ellipsis London Press; "At Terror Street and Agony Way," by Charles Bukowski.

Title and author's name printed on separate sheet pasted to front cover, small stains to one leaf at front and two leaves at rear, some soiling and wear to wrappers.

Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, 1968. His first book with Black Sparrow Press, one of 800 copies in wrappers as listed at the colophon, one of 747 copies in the second state red wrappers with a white title label on the front cover. There were also 75 signed hardbound copies. Near Fine, 3/8" closed tear top edge front cover at spine fold, spine a hint of sunning, slight turning at corners due to oversized wrappers. Internally clean, bright and unmarked, a quite attractive copy. . First Paperback Edition. Printed Wrappers. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, 1968. First Edition. Paperback. Near Fine. The first edition in wrappers of this early Black Sparrow collection. A lovely near fine copy in bound red wrappers. Yapped edges of covers ever so slightly worn. One of 747 copies printed. This is one of the copies with the corrected paper label afixed to the front cover.

Los Angeles:: Black Sparrow Press,, 1968.. First Printing of the First Paperback Edition. A Very Good plus copy of this 2nd state of the paperback issue where the misspelling on the front cover has been corrected with a white label. According to Krumhansl there were only 18 copies of the 1st state with the misprint and 747 copies of the 2nd state. There were also 75 hardcover copies. There is a touch of wear to spine. There are no names or markings to text. 89 pages. In this early collection of poems, Bukowski revisits some of his earlier subjects, but instead of his previous surrealistic mode his work explodes with verbal pyrotechnics shedding a fresh light on his own version of the "lower depths."

Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, 1968. First Edition. Very Good. First edition. Signed by Charles Bukowski, inscribed, "poems - what the hell," to a former owner in the year of publication. Bound in publisher's second state red wraps with a white title label on the front cover. Very Good, wraps worn (especially at yapped edges), title label rubbed. Dampstain to rear cover, and light bleeding along the bottom edge of several pages with a larger stain to the front free end paper. One of 800 wrapper-bound copies issued alongside 75 hardbound; rare signed.

Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, 1968. First Edition. Bukowski's first book published by Black Sparrow Press, a collection of early poems describing L.A. and Hollywood as cold and inhospitable. A truly scarce volume in the first state; the second state featured a corrected black and white title label applied to the front wrapper, in a run of 747 copies. Krumhansl 27a; Dorbin A11; Morrow & Cooney 30a. Wrappered Issue, First State, one of 18 copies with "Street" mis-spelled "Sreet" on the front wrapper. Octavo (21.75cm); red wrappers, with titling and border printed in black; [8],89,[3]pp; illus. Publisher's black and white title label with corrected spelling laid in. Tiny tear to right edge of rear wrapper, else a fresh, Fine copy.

Los Angles: Black Sparrow,, 1968.. First edition, deluxe numbered & signed issue.. 89 pp. Fine in full cloth with printed spine label. No dust jacket, as issued. Designed and printed by Graham Mackintosh. one of 75 numbered copies SIGNED by Bukowski with an original multi-colored watercolor illustrations SIGNED, “Buk” pasted-onto the third leaf, as issued. The first hardcover book from both the Press and Bukowski. Krumhansl 27c.

Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, 1968. First Edition. Octavo. #6 of 75 copies, signed and numbered, and with an inscription on flyleaf: "For Lee Rolland (wife of Richard Roland co-owners of Either/Or Books Shop, Hermosa Beach) direct from Terror Street, Charles Bukowski, 5-7-68". This copy is in a mixed state: While it does contain the original tipped in painting by Bukowski, a double tan paper spine label printed lengthwise in red and the colophon has Bukowski's name above the colophon and with the number 6 in red below the colophon, it also contains the Zinc cuts used for the blind stampings of an excerpt of a Bukowski letter ("l.a. Sunday August 20 hello Mike...."), excerpted from a letter to Michael Forrest. The excerpts read from tail to head, on the verso of the third leaf, recto of the title page and the recto of the last leaf. Zinc cuts were also used for blind stampings of illustrations by Bukowski located on the sixth leaf (verso of the half-title) and the leaves between pp. 42-43 and pp.… Read More

Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, 1968. First Edition. Bukowski's first book published by Black Sparrow Press, a collection of early poems describing L.A. and Hollywood as cold and inhospitable, containing a marvelous and lengthy inscription, composed two weeks after publication, to poet John Thomas Idlet (1930-2002). Bukowski and Thomas maintained a close friendship between 1965-1971; Thomas was one of the few poets whose company Bukowski could stand, and Bukowski thought enough of his work to call him "the best unread poet in America." During the years of their friendship, Thomas recorded many of his conversations with Bukowski during their visits; after Bukowski's death in 1994, Thomas and his then-wife Philomene Long published the recordings under the title Bukowski in the Bathtub: Recollections of Charles Bukowski. A superb contemporary association copy of an early, significant collection. Krumhansl 27b; Dorbin A11. Wrappered Issue, Second State, one of 747 copies with publisher's label with… Read More