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Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Madison, WI: Quixote Press, (1969)., (1969). Very good. - Small quarto, 9-5/16 inches high by 7 inches wide. Softcover, bound in pictorial orange stapled wrappers with gray endpapers. The covers are slightly soiled and the bottom front corner of the front wrapper is lightly creased. [iv] & 80 pages with a few textual illustrations. Very good. First edition, first printing. An early compilation of Bukowski's writings. With an introduction by Douglas Blazek and appreciations by Darrell Kerr, William Wantling, Al Purdy, Rich Mangelsdorff, Steve Richmond, Walter Lowenfels and Don Cauble.
Seller: Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd., Cadyville, NY, U.S.A.
BUKOWSKI, Charles.. A Bukowski Sampler.. Madison: Quixote Press (1969)., 1969.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Description: 80 pp. Near fine in stapled orange wrappers with a light bend to the lower right front corner. Edited by Douglas Blazek, with his introduction. Krumhansl 30.
Seller: Jeff Maser, Bookseller - ABAA, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
Bukowski, Charles; DOUGLAS BLAZEK EDITOR. A Bukowski Sampler. U.S.A.: Quixote Pr, 1969.
Price: US$169.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: SOFT COVER IN VERY GOOD CONDITION, 2 STAPLES HAVE RUST, 79 pages. Tan cover version.
Seller: Bingo Books 2, Vancouver, WA, U.S.A.
Charles Bukowski. A BUKOWSKI SAMPLER. Quixote Press, Madison, Wisconsing, 1969.
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 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.
Seller: Booklegger's Fine Books ABAA, Park Ridge, IL, U.S.A.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Description: 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.
Seller: Captain Ahab's Rare Books, ABAA, Stephenson, VA, U.S.A.
Bukowski, Charles.. A Bukowski Sampler. Three Volumes. Quixote Press 1969-83, 1969.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 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.
Seller: Gregor Rare Books, Langley, WA, U.S.A.
Price: US$2800.00 + shipping
Description: 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.
Seller: Captain Ahab's Rare Books, ABAA, Stephenson, VA, U.S.A.