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Bukowski, Charles. Open All Night: New Poems. Black Sparrow Press, Santa Rosa, 2000.
Price: US$19.95 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 361pp, portrait of the author at rear, stiff printed wraps, light general wear, overall a clean, bright copy.
Seller: Legacy Books II, Louisville, KY, U.S.A.
Bukowski, Charles. Open All Night. Santa Rosa, CA, U.S.A.: Black Sparrow Press, 2000.
Price: US$24.95 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: A near fine copy in a pictorial wraps. Stated 1st edition. Slight wear to pictorial covers; Initials to top corner of front cover; remainder line to bottom page block edge. 8vo., 361 pages. Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng Language: eng
Seller: The Warm Springs Book Company, Fremont, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Description: Published by Black Sparrow in 2000. This cover was never used or folded. As new.
Seller: Skyline Books, Forest Knolls, CA, U.S.A.
Bukowski, Charles. Open All Night. Black Sparrow Press, 2000.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 361 p. Audience: General/trade. A posthumous Bukowski publication. Pulled from the archives of unpublished Bukowski papers. Very good. A near fine copy. Straight and tight. Light shelf wear with slight soiling to edges. First edition. First Edition, First Printing.
Seller: Outrider Book Gallery, Lacey, WA, U.S.A.
Price: US$25.67 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First impression of the first UK paperback edition - a PBO. With a six page introduction by Roddy Doyle specially written for this edition. The book was originally published in the USA by Black Sparrow Press in 1982. ***Very good in colour-illustrated card covers. Edges of wrappers slightly rubbed. No creases or tears. Corners sharp. Covers clean. There is a small indentation to the back cover edge, affecting the last few pages. There are reading creases to the spine which is slightly curved from reading. Internally also very good with no inscriptions. Spine tight. ***318 pages. 215 mm x 130 mm. ***'"Ham on Rye" follows the path of legendary barfly Charles Bukowski's alter-ego Henry Chinaski through the turbulent years of high school and college and into the beginning of a long and successful career in alcoholism. "Ham on Rye" is Charles Bukowski's fourth novel and the most moving of all his books, dealing with his early years in Los Angeles, and in particular with his difficult relationship with his father. The novel begins against the backdrop of an America devastated by the Depression and takes the Chinaski legend up to the bombing of Pearl Harbour. ***"This Rebel Inc edition marks the first UK publication of what is arguably Bukowski's finest work and has a specially commissioned introduction by Roddy Doyle." ***"A scorching account of a childhood, an adolescence, a life of ugliness, pain, escape, alcohol, loneliness. Often it's funny - often it's disturbing - Ham on Rye is a powerful book." Roddy Doyle [Quote and review taken from the back cover] ***'Henry Charles Bukowski [Aug 16, 1920 - Mar 9, 1994] was a German-born American poet, novelist, and short story writer. His writing was influenced by the social, cultural, and economic ambience of his home city of Los Angeles. His work addresses the ordinary lives of poor Americans, the act of writing, alcohol, relationships with women, and the drudgery of work. Bukowski wrote thousands of poems, hundreds of short stories and six novels, eventually publishing over 60 books. The FBI kept a file on him as a result of his column Notes of a Dirty Old Man in the LA underground newspaper Open City. Bukowski published extensively in small literary magazines and with small presses beginning in the early 1940s and continuing on through the early 1990s. As noted by one reviewer, "Bukowski continued to be, thanks to his antics and deliberate clownish performances, the king of the underground and the epitome of the littles in the ensuing decades, stressing his loyalty to those small press editors who had first championed his work and consolidating his presence in new ventures such as the New York Quarterly, Chiron Review, or Slipstream." Some of these works include his "Poems Written Before Jumping Out of an 8 Story Window", published by his friend and fellow poet Charles Potts, and better known works such as "Burning in Water, Drowning in Flame". These poems and stories were later republished by John Martin's Black Sparrow Pres as collected volumes of his work. Regarding Bukowski's enduring popular appeal, Adam Kirsch of The New Yorker wrote, "the secret of Bukowski's appeal [is that] he combines the confessional poet's promise of intimacy with the larger-than-life aplomb of a pulp-fiction hero." Since his death in March 1994, Bukowski has been the subject of a number of critical articles and books about both his life and writings, despite his work having received relatively little attention from academic critics in the United States during his lifetime. In contrast, Bukowski enjoyed extraordinary fame in Europe. ***A nice copy of the first UK edition of this classic work by Bukowski - published as a paperback original. Surprisingly uncommon. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc.
Seller: Orlando Booksellers, Lincoln, United Kingdom
Bukowski, Charles.. Open All Night. New Poems.. Black Sparrow Press, Santa Rosa, California, 2000.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Printing. One of an unstated number of copies bound in stiff light grey printed wrappers, red endpapers. Posthumous collection. 361pp. Fine. Q12393
Seller: Compass Rose Books, ABAA-ILAB, Kensington, CA, U.S.A.
Bukowski, Charles. Open All Night, New Poems. Black Sparrow Press, Santa Rosa, Ca, 2000.
Price: US$36.05 + shipping
Description: Octavo. 361pp., colophon and short bio and photograph of Ch;arles Bukowski. These poems were written between 1970 and 1990, and are part of an archive that Charles Bukowski left to be published after his death. Bound in pictorial paper wraps lettered and decorated in red, blue and yellow, light toning to spine. A sharp cornered near fine copy.
Seller: Alcuin Books, ABAA/ILAB, Scottsdale, AZ, U.S.A.
BUKOWSKI, CHARLES. OPEN ALL NIGHT new Poems. BLACK SPARROW PRESS, SANTA ROSA, CA., 2000.
Price: US$49.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: owner's label, crease to front cover.
Seller: Gian Luigi Fine Books, albany, NY, U.S.A.
Bukowski, Charles. Open All Night New Poems. BLACK SPARROW PRESS, SANTA ROSA, 2000.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: DATE PUBLISHED: 2000 EDITION: 361
Seller: Princeton Antiques Bookshop, Atlantic City, NJ, U.S.A.
Charles Bukowski. Open All Night:New Poems. Black Sparrow Press, 2000.
Price: US$52.00 + shipping
Description: near fine Trade paperback. First printing.
Seller: GRAHAM HOLROYD, BOOKS, webster, NY, U.S.A.
Bukowski, Charles. Open All Night: New Poems. Black Sparrow Press, Santa Rosa, CA, 2000.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: One of a 1000 hardcover trade copies.
Seller: The Book Shelf, Salem, OR, U.S.A.
Bukowski, Charles. Open All Night: New Poems. Black Sparrow Pr, 2000.
Price: US$90.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Black Sparrow Pr October 2000 Binding: Hardcover 293 OF 426 NUMBERED AND LETTERED COPIES WITH A SERIGRAPH PRINT BY BUKOWSKI $NRP
Seller: Visible Voice Books, Cleveland, OH, U.S.A.
BUKOWSKI, Charles.. Open All Night: New Poems.. Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow, 2000., 2000.
Price: US$90.00 + shipping
Description: Hardbound in acetate dust jacket. First edition. One of 400 numbered copies with an original silk-screen print by Bukowski. Photo postcard of Bukowski laid in. One corner slightly bumped, small indentation to bottom of front board, else fine.
Seller: Skyline Books, Forest Knolls, CA, U.S.A.
Charles Bukowski. Open All Night: New Poems. Black Sparrow Press, 2000.
Price: US$95.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Deluxe edition with serigraph print by Charles Bukowski at the front. Numbered at the back, number 335 of 426 deluxe copies. Text is unmarked; pages are bright. Binding is tight and square. Covers are ever so slightly edgeworn. No dust jacket, as issued. 361pp.
Seller: Grey Matter Books, Hadley, MA, U.S.A.
Bukowski, Charles.. Open All Night: New Poems.. Black Sparrow, 2000.
Price: US$95.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: A Fine copy in Acetate dust jacket. Bukowski left behind a vast archive of manuscripts, from which this seventh posthumous book of verse has been drawn. The thick volume includes plenty of casual anecdotes, fiery catalogues of others' woes, and dejected musings on his own persistent drinking, sometime poverty, and mood swings. First Printing of the First Trade Edition.
Seller: Gregor Rare Books, Langley, WA, U.S.A.
Bukowski, Charles. Open All Night: New Poems. Black Sparrow Press., Santa Rosa, CA, 2000.
Price: US$99.95 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Trade Edition, First Printing, Black Sparrow Press, 2000. Fine contents, binding and unprinted acetate dust jacket, appear unread. A very fine copy.
Seller: Bookworks, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
Bukowski, Charles. OPEN ALL NIGHT: NEW POEMS. Black Sparrow Press, Santa Rosa, 2000.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Description: Limited Issue, one of 400 numbered copies bound with an original serigraph print, this being copy no.23. Octavo (23.5cm); pictorial paper-covered boards and royal blue cloth backstrip, with title label mounted to spine; publisher's original acetate dustjacket; [16],17-361,[7]pp. HInt of finger-soil to lower edge of textblock, else Fine in a lightly rubbed, Near Fine dustjacket. Sharp copy of the penultimate volume of Bukowski's posthumously-published poems issued by Black Sparrow Press.
Seller: Captain Ahab's Rare Books, ABAA, Stephenson, VA, U.S.A.
Charles Bukowski. Open All Night. Black Sparrow Press, 2000.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Charles Bukowski - Open All Night: New Poems. Black Sparrow Press (2000). Hardcover. First Edition. Limited. This is copy #117 of 400 numbered copies handbound in boards by Earle Gray each containing an original serigraph print by Charles Bukowski. Fine copy in a Near Fine glassine jacket as issues flawed by smallish horizontal cut at front. A stunning Black Sparrow production. See image.
Seller: Savage Lotus Books, ATHENS, GA, U.S.A.
Bukowski, Charles. Open All Night: New Poems. Black Sparrow Press, 2000.
Price: US$124.95 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Limited, Deluxe First Edition, 2000. A Fine and unread copy, handnumbered #113/426 and published with an original Bukowski serigraph print tipped-in. The transparent acetate dust jacket remains fine.
Seller: Bookworks, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
Price: US$133.84 + shipping
Description: 8vo, 361pp, containing original serigraph print by Bukowski. A near fine hardback copy bound in original handbound pictorial boards by Earle Gray. These poems are part of an archive of unpublished work that Charles Bukowski left to be published after his death.
Seller: Sainsbury's Books Pty. Ltd., Camberwell, VIC, Australia
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: A very fine copy in original mylar cover. One of 400 copies with original serigraph print. Copy number 170. A very nice copy in like new and unread condition. Included with book is a birthday card published by Black Sparrow on the occasion of Bukowski's 80th birthday.
Seller: Booklegger's Fine Books ABAA, Park Ridge, IL, U.S.A.
Charles Bukowski. Open All NIght - Limited Edition. Black Sparrow Press, California, U.S.A., 2000.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Near fine in the original acetate dust jacket. Number 55 of 400 limited edition copies hand bound in boards by Earl Gray, each containing an original serigraph print by Charles Bukowski.
Seller: James Graham, Bookseller, ABAA, Palm Desert, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 8vo in clear acetate wrapper. 361 pp. New poems by Buk published posthumously by BSP. Patterned cloth spine over paper-covered boards. Letter F of twenty-six specially bound copies each containing an original serigraph by Bukowski tipped in. A fine, as-new copy.
Seller: Derringer Books, Member ABAA, Avon, CT, U.S.A.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Description: Deluxe Issue, one of 26 lettered copies specially bound with an original silkscreend print tipped in, this being copy 'E'. Octavo (23.5cm); printed paper-covered boards and patterned cloth backstrip, with title label applied to spine; publisher's original acetate dustjacket; 361,[7]pp. Fine in a Fine dustjacket. Though not called for, laid in is a Fine copy of Remembering Hank On His 80th Birthday, a photo-illustrated pamphlet issued on the occasion of Bukowski's 80th birthday, containing the poem "Magical Mystery Tour." Sharp copy of the penultimate volume of Bukowski's posthumously-published poems issued by Black Sparrow Press.
Seller: Captain Ahab's Rare Books, ABAA, Stephenson, VA, U.S.A.