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Charles Bukowski. Fire Station. Capricorn Press, Santa Barbara, CA,, 1970.

Price: US$140.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: First edition. One of 1000 copies printed. Red wrappers. Black lettering. Very good plus copy. Light fading along the top of back panel. A whited out spot at blank front end paper. See photos.

Seller: Rob Warren Books, Richmond, VA, U.S.A.

Charles Bukowski. Fire Station. Capricorn Press, 1970.

Price: US$150.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: tall case.

Seller: Moe's Books, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

Charles Bukowski. Fire Station. Capricorn Press, Santa Barbara, 1970.

Price: US$175.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Clean unmarked copy, some fading to front cover otherwise fine. One of a 1000 copies in wraps, Krumhansl 34a.

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

Bukowski, Charles. Fire station. Capricorn Press, 1970.

Price: US$200.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: Red wrappers with wear to edge. Small cut corner on upper right front cover. Text block solid and tight seeming unread and likely rarely opened. Complete with 4 by 6 inch title page insert covering an illustration by Buk himself. Contains a little atomic bomb as the final poem, as featured in 90 minutes in hell. Possibly underwritten by Hank Chinaski. Preceded by the days run away like wild horses over the hills.

Seller: Bridgeburg Books, Fort Erie, ON, Canada

Bukowski, Charles.. Fire Station. Poems.. Capricorn Press, 1970.

Price: US$225.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: A Near Fine copy in illustrated paper wraps. This is one of only 1000 copies in paper wraps. The nine poems in this early small press publication represent Bukowski in his prime.

Seller: Gregor Rare Books, Langley, WA, U.S.A.

Bukowski, Charles. Fire Station. Capricorn Press, Santa Barbara, CA, 1970.

Price: US$300.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: 8vo. Unpaginated (36pp.). Original red wrappers printed in gilt & black. The bound-in title page is printed on a smaller sheet of red deckle edged paper. Illustrated with a full-page drawing by Bukowski. Edition limited to 100 copies. Trace of binder's (?) glue on rear cover, otherwise a fine, as new copy. There was also a hardcover edition of this work that was also limited to 100 copies.

Seller: ERIC CHAIM KLINE, BOOKSELLER (ABAA ILAB), Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.

BUKOWSKI, Charles. Fire Station. Capricorn Press, Santa Barbara, 1970.

Price: US$375.00 + shipping

Description: 8.75 x 6 inches. [36] pages. One full-page illustration by Buk. Title printed on smaller deckle-edged red paper. Original printed wrappers, deckle edges. FIRST EDITION, first printing. A book of nine poems. Designed, printed, and bound by Noel Young and Graham Mackintosh. Issued simultaneously with an issue of 100 hardcover copies. Fine

Seller: Riverrun Books & Manuscripts, ABAA, Ardsley, NY, U.S.A.

Bukowski, Charles.. Fire Station. Poems.. Capricorn Press, 1970.

Price: US$375.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: A Fine copy in illustrated paper wraps. This is one of only 1000 copies in paper wraps. The nine poems in this early small press publication represent Bukowski in his prime.

Seller: Gregor Rare Books, Langley, WA, U.S.A.

BUKOWSKI, CHARLES. Fire Station. Santa Barbara Capricorn Press 1970, 1970.

Price: US$450.00 + shipping

Description: First Edition. Paperbound. Fine copy in printed wrappers. This copy belonged to the bookÕs printer Graham Mackintosh with documentation laid in. The book is in fine condition. Graham MackintoshÕs press work bibliography reads like a who's who of latter twentieth century fine publishing: Black Sparrow, Oyez, Capra, Capricorn, Cadmus, Scrimshaw (among a score or more other literary houses). Then there is, of course, Graham MackintoshÕs own influential White Rabbit Press, a basis and force for todayÕs best poetry. For over forty years Graham Mackintosh has made distinguished contributions to American literary and art publishing as publisher, printer, type designer, book designer, editor, and as a writer on printing. His impact can be seen from the early nineteen-sixties at the modern renaissance of poetry in its hungry, revolutionary days of mimeo chapbooks through the revival of fine press and letterpress printing, and it continues to this day. Graham Mackintosh met seminal poet Jack Spicer in 1954. During the time Mackintosh served in the United State Marine Corps, the two continued to correspond. Upon his discharge from the service, Mackintosh enrolled in the Arts Program at San Jose State College and then transferred to University of California at Berkeley where he worked with Jack Spicer on The Linguistic Atlas of the Pacific Coast. Upon graduating, Mackintosh created his first While Rabbit publication in 1962, and continued to seriously study the arts of printing and design, His desire to learn pulled him from the Bay area for a time to Los Angeles to study with the legendary Saul Marks at the Plantin Press. As Graham MackintoshÕs reputation grew and he won printing and design awards, so did the list of distinguished publishers who sought him out to create books for them.

Seller: James Pepper Rare Books, Inc., ABAA, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.

Bukowski, Charles. Fire Station. Capricorn Press, Santa Barbara, 1970.

Price: US$1250.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: First Printing. Limited to 1000 copies in Printed Wraps. Signed by Charles Bukowski. Prospectus laid in. Book is protected in a custom cut clear mylar cover. All books are carefully wrapped and shipped in a box.

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

Bukowski, Charles. Fire Station. Capricorn Press, Santa Barbara, 1970.

Price: US$1500.00 + shipping

Description: First edition, first printing, hardcover issue. One of only a hundred copies thus. Unpaginated. Bound in publisher's black boards with paper labels. Near Fine, tiny stain to front label, otherwise in great shape. Krumhansl 34b.

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

BUKOWSKI, Charles.. Fire Station.. Santa Barbara: Capricorn Press,, 1970.

Price: US$1500.00 + shipping

Description: [34 pp]. Fine in paper-covered boards with printed cover and spine labels. Near fine original unprinted red tissue dust jacket with three short edge-tears to the rear panel, where there are also a few light wrinkles. One of 100 copies, the entire hardcover edition. Krumhansl 34b.

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

Bukowski, Charles. Fire Station. Capricorn Press, Santa Barbara, 1970.

Price: US$1500.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: First Printing. One of 100 unnumbered hardcover copies printed. Bound in black boards with a paper spine label. Very scarce hardcover edition. Book is protected in a custom cut clear mylar cover. All books are carefully wrapped and shipped in a box.

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

Bukowski, Charles (1920-1994). Fire Station (Signed). Capricorn Press, Santa Barbara, 1970.

Price: US$1725.00 + shipping

Description: Collection of poems by the King of the Underground. Boldly signed by Bukowski under a printed drawing. Title page is printed on a smaller red sheet that hides the drawing but reveals Bukowski's signature. This first edition consisted of approximately 1,000 copies, issued concurrently with a hardcover edition of 100 copies. Ref. KRUMHANSL 34a. Bound in red paper soft covers with black endpapers. Front cover printed in black and gold. Covers intentionally protrude about 1/2" beyond fore edge of text, and top fore corners (of covers only) are slightly pushed. Clean and bright overall. Near fine.

Seller: Back Creek Books LLC, ABAA/ILAB, Annapolis, MD, U.S.A.

Bukowski, Charles. FIRE STATION - INSCRIBED TO CARL WEISSNER. Capricorn Press, Santa Barbara, 1970.

Price: US$2500.00 + shipping

Description: First Printing, wrappered issue, one of 1,000 copies. Octavo (22.5cm); stiff red wrappers, with titling and a fireman's pole stamped in black and gilt on spine and front cover; [36]pp; illus. Inscribed by the author on the first blank page: "For Carl Weissner - my buddy in the Fatherland. Charles Bukowski. July First / 1970." A Fine copy. A major association copy of this collection of early verse, inscribed just a few months following publication. Carl Weissner (1940-2012) was German author, publisher, translator, and counterculture figure, noted for his translations of William S. Burroughs, Allen Ginsberg, Andy Warhol, J.G. Ballard, Harold Norse, and others. He enjoyed a long-time friendship with Bukowski, acting as his major translator in Germany, and helping to cement his literary legacy in his native country. Krumhansl 34a.

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

BUKOWSKI, Charles. FIRE STATION. Capricorn Press, Santa Barbara, 1970.

Price: US$3250.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: One of 100 unnumbered hardbound copies, SIGNED BY CHARLES BUKOWSKI on the title page, though not called for by the publisher.

Seller: Euclid Books, Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.

Bukowski, Charles. Fire Station. Capricorn Press, Santa Barbara, 1970.

Price: US$3500.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: First Printing. One of 100 unnumbered hardcover copies printed. Although not called for, this copy is signed by Bukowski with his little man & jug drawing. Bound in black boards with a paper spine label. Very scarce signed hardcover edition. Book is protected in the original mylar cover. All books are carefully wrapped and shipped in a box.

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