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. The Wedding Limited Edition 1986 Signed by Charles Bukowski #39/40 Copies!. Brown Buddha Books, 1986.

Price: US$2475.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: This book is in Very Good condition. There are no signatures, bookplates, or markings of any kind. The pages are free of any foxing. This is the Limited Edition, #39 of only 40 copies signed by its author Charles Bukowski and the photographer Michael Montfort. The book comes with a custom made clamshell case. A rare find in any condition.

Seller: The Lion's End, Antiquarian Books, North Miami, FL, U.S.A.

Bukowski, Charles (text); Montfort, Michael (photographs). THE WEDDING - LIMITED EDITION, SIGNED. Brown Buddha Books, San Pedro, 1986.

Price: US$4500.00 + shipping

Description: One of 40 numbered copies specially bound and signed by the author and photographer, this being copy no.28. Quarto (28.5cm); decorative paper-covered boards, with color photograph of the Bukowski's mounted to front cover; publisher's original acetate dustjacket; [6],7-27,[5]pp; with 11 color photographs by Michael Montfort mounted throughout the text. Fine in a Fine dustjacket. Handsome edition, produced in small numbers to commemorate Bukowski's marriage to Linda Lee Beighle. "Of these 40 copies, six were given to the Bukowski's to distribute to their friends; these six copies each had a corrected (from Beigle to Beighle) colophon tipped in; the remaining 34 copies contain the original colophon. Also in these six copies the photograph of Linda mending Bukowski's clothing on p.16 has been replaced with a photograph of the bride and groom dancing" (Krumhansl 97, p.112).

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

Bukowski, Charles; Montfort, Michael. The Wedding. Brown Buddha Books, San Pedro, 1986.

Price: US$5000.00 + shipping

Condition: As New

Description: First edition. Publisher's paper covered boards, in original acetate, with 11 photos tipped in taken by Michael Montfort documenting Bukowski's wedding to Linda Beighle. One of an entire edition of 40 copies, this one is out of series and labeled "file copy," signed by both Bukowski and Montfort on the limitation page. First issue with the bride's name misspelled in the colophon as "Beigle" and the photograph of her kneeling to mend Bukowski's pants, which was later replaced after her objections by an image of the couple dancing. A Fine copy, nearly flawless. Listed in Al Fogel's list of top 20 rarest Bukowski, with the added scarcity of being a file copy.

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