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Charles Bukowski. Betting on the Muse: Poems & Stories. Black Sparrow Pr, 1996.

Price: US$12.99 + shipping

Condition: New

Description: 4th printing edition. 416 pages. 8.50x5.50x0.25 inches. In Stock.

Seller: Revaluation Books, Exeter, United Kingdom

BUKOWSKI, Charles.. The Laughing Heart.. Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow,, 1996.

Price: US$15.00 + shipping

Description: [16 pp]. Fine in printed stapled wrappers. Collects "betting on the muse," "the luck of the word," "that rare good moment," and "the laughing heart." Krumhansl 146a.

Seller: Jeff Maser, Bookseller - ABAA, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

Bukowski, Charles. Betting on the Muse: Poems and Stories. Black Sparrow Press, 1996.

Price: US$17.97 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.45

Seller: ThriftBooks-Dallas, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.

Bukowski, Charles. Betting on the Muse: Poems and Stories. Black Sparrow Press, 1996.

Price: US$17.97 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.45

Seller: ThriftBooks-Atlanta, AUSTELL, GA, U.S.A.

Bukowski, Charles. Betting on the Muse: Poems & Stories. Brand: Black Sparrow Books, 1996.

Price: US$24.80 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Recounts the life of Henry Chinaski, an indolent blue-collar intellectual, and his male and female friends, in a series of poems and stories

Seller: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, U.S.A.

Charles Bukowski. Betting on the Muse: Poems & Stories. Black Sparrow Pr, 1996.

Price: US$26.55 + shipping

Condition: New

Description: 4th printing edition. 416 pages. 8.50x5.50x0.25 inches. In Stock.

Seller: Revaluation Books, Exeter, United Kingdom

Bukowski, Charles. Betting on the Muse: Poems Stories. Brand: Black Sparrow Books, 1996.

Price: US$30.88 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description:

Seller: LibraryMercantile, Humble, TX, U.S.A.

Bukowski, Charles.. Betting on the Muse. Poems & Stories.. Black Sparrow Press, Santa Rosa, 1996.

Price: US$40.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: First Printing. A Fine copy in grey green and red wrappers, the paperbound issue. 402pp. Q18557

Seller: Compass Rose Books, ABAA-ILAB, Kensington, CA, U.S.A.

Bukowski, Charles. Betting on the Muse. Black Sparrow Press, Santa Rosa, Ca., 1996.

Price: US$45.00 + shipping

Condition: New

Description: Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 416 p. Audience: General/trade. First Softcover Edition, First Printing. FINE softcover book in illustrated wraps, as issued. PRISTINE. Title page is in color, as is the requirement for a Black Sparrow Press first printing. NEW, Been in storage since 1996.

Seller: Nelsons Books, Chazy, NY, U.S.A.

Charles Bukowski. Betting on the muse poems & stories. Black Sparrow Press, Santa Rosa, 1996.

Price: US$50.00 + shipping

Condition: New

Description: New in mylar jacket; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 402 pages

Seller: Treehorn Books, Santa Rosa, CA, U.S.A.

Bukowski, Charles. Betting on the Muse. Black Sparrow Press, 1996.

Price: US$50.00 + shipping

Condition: As New

Description: Publisher: Black Sparrow Pr., Santa Rosa, 1996. FINE- in pictorial wraps, as issued. First Softcover Edition, First Printing. Beautiful copy.

Seller: Glands of Destiny First Edition Books, Sedro Woolley, WA, U.S.A.

Bukowski, Charles. Betting on the Muse: Poems and Stories. Black Sparrow Press, Santa Rosa, CA, 1996.

Price: US$59.95 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: First Trade Edition, Fifth Printing, 1996. Fine contents and binding; clean and tightly bound.The unprinted acetate dust jacket shows extremely slight rubbing to gloss, otherwise fine.

Seller: Bookworks, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.

Bukowski, Charles. Betting on the Muse: Poems Stories. Brand: Black Sparrow Books, 1996.

Price: US$71.47 + shipping

Condition: New

Description:

Seller: LibraryMercantile, Humble, TX, U.S.A.

Bukowski, Charles. Betting on the Muse. Black Sparrow Press, Santa Rosa, 1996.

Price: US$85.00 + shipping

Condition: New

Description: First edition. 1st edition 1st printing with color title page.

Seller: Nelsons Books, Chazy, NY, U.S.A.

BUKOWSKI, Charles. Betting on the Muse: Poems & Stories. Black Sparrow Press, Santa Rosa, 1996.

Price: US$125.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: First edition, clothbound trade issue, limited to 1000 copies. Octavo. 405pp. Quarter cloth and paper-covered boards. Spine has small, faint soil mark at heel and crown, else a fine, bright copy in publisher's unprinted acetate dust jacket; jacket is slightly rubbed, else fresh and bright.

Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.

BUKOWSKI, Charles.. Betting on the Muse: Poems & Stories.. Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow,, 1996.

Price: US$200.00 + shipping

Description: 4to. 405 pp. Fine in comb-bound wrappers. Stamped 'PROOF' on the front cover in red ink. Review slip laid in. One of 13 numbered copies initialed by the book's publisher, John Martin.

Seller: Jeff Maser, Bookseller - ABAA, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

Charles Bukowski. Betting on the Muse: Poems & Stories. Black Sparrow Press, Santa Rosa, 1996.

Price: US$250.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: Clean unmarked copy, like new. One of 1000 hardcover trade copies.

Seller: The Book Shelf, Salem, OR, U.S.A.

BUKOWSKI, Charles. BETTING ON THE MUSE : POEMS & STORIES. Black Sparrow Press, 1996.

Price: US$292.54 + shipping

Description: First edition, first printing. Clean unmarked copy, like new. One of 1000 hardcover trade copies in publisher's original acetate dust jacket.

Seller: Surrey Hills Books, Cranleigh, United Kingdom

Bukowski, Charles. Betting on the Muse: Poems & Stories. Black Sparrow Press, 1996.

Price: US$388.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: Betting on the Muse Author: Charles Bukowski Publication: Black Sparrow Press, Santa Barbara, 1996 Edition: First Edition, Limited Issue Binding: Hardcover Condition: A Fine copy in a Fine, publisher’s original acetate dust jacket. Description: ONE OF ONLY ONE THOUSAND HARDCOVER TRADE COPIES OF THIS CLASSIC POETRY COLLECTION BY CHARLES BUKOWSKI!! First edition, Limited Issue in Fine condition with incredible gray cloth-covered boards and publisher’s original acetate dustjacket in Fine condition (see photos). 402pp. Store Description Welcome to Allen’s Rare Books. Each book in our inventory has been personally inspected, exhaustively described and photographed to meet the standards of the discerning collector. We encourage prospective customers to contact us with any questions. Terms of Sale We accept all major credit cards via the AbeBooks Shopping Cart. Customers have 30 days to return a purchased volume(s) which do not meet their original description or are otherwise unsatisfactory. We are proud to offer free shipping on all standard (octavo) sized volumes. Shipping Shipping costs are based on books weighing 2.2 lbs. or 1 KG. If your book order is heavy or oversized, we may contact you to let you know extra shipping is required. Each order is packed with the utmost care to ensure safe arrival.

Seller: Allen's Rare Books, El Monte, CA, U.S.A.

Bukowski, Charles. Betting on the Muse. Black Sparrow Press, Santa Rosa, 1996.

Price: US$495.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: First Printing. Signed/Limited Edition. Number 149 of 226 copies signed by Bukowski. A very sharp copy of this scarce edition. Book is protected in the original clear acetate dustjacket. All books are carefully wrapped and shipped in a box.

Seller: Cahill Rare Books, Mission Viejo, CA, U.S.A.

Bukowski, Charles. Betting on the Muse. Black Sparrow Press, Santa Rosa, 1996.

Price: US$850.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: First edition. Signed limited edition. Number 59 of 226 copies signed by Charles Bukowski and handbound by Earle Gray. Title label on spine is slightly lifting, and there are several small, faint marks to textblock edge, though still Fine in publisher's lightly rubbed acetate jacket.

Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.

Bukowski, Charles. BETTING ON THE MUSE: POEMS & STORIES - DELUXE EDITION, SIGNED. Black Sparrow Press, Santa Rosa, 1996.

Price: US$850.00 + shipping

Description: Deluxe Issue, one of 26 lettered copies specially bound and signed by the author (next to the drawing of a small dog), this being copy 'N'. Octavo (23.5cm); pictorial paper-covered boards and patterned cloth backstrip, with title label mounted to spine; publisher's original acetate dustjacket; [12],13-402,[6]pp. Fine in a lightly-rubbed, Near Fine dustjacket. Substantial volume of poems and stories, the first released by Black Sparrow following Bukowski's death in 1994. The lettered issue is uncommon. Krumhansl 150d.

Seller: Captain Ahab's Rare Books, ABAA, Stephenson, VA, U.S.A.