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Charles Bukowski Robert Crumb. There's No Business. Black Sparrow Pr, 1984.

Price: US$9.88 + shipping

Condition: New

Description: 4th printing edition. 16 pages. 10.43x7.48x0.08 inches. In Stock.

Seller: Revaluation Books, Exeter, United Kingdom

Bukowski, Charles. There's No Business. Black Sparrow Press, 1984.

Price: US$12.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Pink pictorial wraps. Spine a little tanned. Clean throughout.

Seller: Bearly Read Books, Sudbury, MA, U.S.A.

Charles Bukowski Robert Crumb. There's No Business. Black Sparrow Pr, 1984.

Price: US$12.71 + shipping

Condition: New

Description: 4th printing edition. 16 pages. 10.43x7.48x0.08 inches. In Stock.

Seller: Revaluation Books, Exeter, United Kingdom

Bukowski, Charles. There's No Business. Black Sparrow Press, Santa Barbara, CA, 1984.

Price: US$15.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: First paperback edition, has sunning along the spine with offsetting to the cover edges, short cross creases to the spine, areas of soiling to the covers, and bumps to the spine ends and corners. Overall, a solid, tight, Good only copy.

Seller: Fahrenheit's Books, Denver, CO, U.S.A.

Bukowski, Charles. There's No Business. Black Sparrow Press, Santa Barbara, 1984.

Price: US$15.75 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Pink wrappers. 17 pp. Illustrated by R. Crumb. Slight imperfections along top front edge. Photos on request. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall

Seller: Valley Books, AMHERST, MA, U.S.A.

Bukowski, Charles and Robert Crumb (illustrator). There's No Business (Broadside / Flyer #12). Black Sparrow Press, 1984.

Price: US$25.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Promotional Flyer. 17 x 10 inches. Printed in red/black on pink paper. VERY GOOD. With creases to top corners. Without other creases, bumps, chips or tears. With slight wear from handling. Not marked and very clean and bright. All items carefully wrapped and sent boxed.

Seller: Tree Frog Fine Books and Graphic Arts, Beaverton, OR, U.S.A.

BUKOWSKI, Charles.. Broadside announcing publication of There's No Business.. Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow, 1984., 1984.

Price: US$30.00 + shipping

Description: Broadside. First edition. Printed in orange and black on pink stock. Features an illustration by R. Crumb. Published as Broadside Flyer No. 12. Folded twice as issued since these were laid into copies of the book, else very fine.

Seller: Skyline Books, Forest Knolls, CA, U.S.A.

BUKOWSKI, Charles and R. Crumb.. There's No Business.. Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow [1984]., 1984.

Price: US$35.00 + shipping

Description: 10 x 17 inch illustrated broadside, printed in three colors on pink paper. Two old folds, else fine. Reproduces a Crumb drawing from the book, and provides ordering information. Broadside/flyer No. 12.

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

Bukowski, Charles & Robert Crumb. There's No Business. Black Sparrow Pr, Santa Rosa, CA, 1984.

Price: US$40.00 + shipping

Condition: New

Description: Covered in Mylar; B and w illus.; 7.75 X 0.25 X 10.75 inches; 17 pages

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

Bukowski, Charles. There's No Business. First Softcover Edition. Illustrated By R. Crumb. 1984. Black Sparrow Press, Santa Barbara, 1984.

Price: US$42.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: First softcover edition. Illustrated by R. Crumb. Black Sparrow Press. Fine copy in illustrated wrappers.

Seller: sonalsorises, los angeles, CA, U.S.A.

BUKOWSKI, Charles and R. Crumb.. There's No Business.. Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow [1984]., 1984.

Price: US$45.00 + shipping

Description: 10 x 17 inch illustrated broadside, printed in three colors on pink paper. Crease to one lower corner, else fine. Reproduces a Crumb drawing from the book, and provides ordering information. Broadside/flyer No. 12.

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

Bukowski, Charles & R. Crumb.. There's No Business. Another Incredible New Short Story by Charles Bukowski with Dynamic Illustrations (Once Again) by R. Crumb. [Broadside].. Black Sparrow Press, Santa Barbara. Broadside/Flyer No. 12., 1984.

Price: US$45.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 10 inches x 17 in., broadside printed on a thin, pink paper in orange, violet and black inks, with a reproduction of a R. Crumb drawing. Shows a central, vertical fold, and a central, horizontal fold. This is a single sheet, printed broadside, not a copy of the book.

Seller: Peter Keisogloff Rare Books, Inc., Brecksville, OH, U.S.A.

Bukowski, Charles (Robert Crumb illust.). There's No Business. Black Sparrow Santa Barbara 1984, 1984.

Price: US$46.40 + shipping

Description: 1st edition pictorial wrappers Very Good large octavo 17pp., b/w pls., Some slight signs of damp o/w nice copy

Seller: Andrew Barnes Books / Military Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

Bukowski, Charles.. THERE'S NO BUSINESS: BROADSIDE/FLYER NO.12. BLACK SPARROW., SANTA BARBARA, 1984.

Price: US$100.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: Promotional BROADSIDE. (9 3/4" X 17") Fine on a single printed sheet, folded in quarters. Illustration by R. Crumb. Suitable for framing.

Seller: WAVERLEY BOOKS ABAA, Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.

Charles Bukowski. There*s No Business. Black Sparrow Pr, 1984.

Price: US$147.34 + shipping

Condition: New

Description: New

Seller: dsmbooks, liverpool, United Kingdom

Bukowski, Charles; Robert Crumb [Illustrator]. There's No Business. Black Sparrow Press, Santa Barbara, 1984.

Price: US$175.00 + shipping

Description: First edition, trade issue. 17, [3] pp. Bound in publisher's pink paper-covered boards with purple cloth backstrip, paper spine label. Fine in original acetate wraps, slightly cloudy with age and lightly worn.

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

Bukowski, Charles; Robert Crumb [Illustrator]. There's No Business. Black Sparrow Press, Santa Barbara, 1984.

Price: US$175.00 + shipping

Description: First edition, trade issue. 17, [3] pp. Bound in publisher's pink paper-covered boards with purple cloth backstrip, paper spine label. Fine in original acetate wraps, slightly cloudy with age and lightly worn.

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

Bukowski, Charles:. There`s no Business. Illustrations b y R. Crumb.. Santa Barbara, Black Sparrow Press,, 1984.

Price: US$311.84 + shipping

Description: 17 S., 1 Bl. mit 6 Zeichnungen von Robert Crumb. Nr. 218 von 426 im Druckvermerk von Bukowski und Crumb signierten Exemplaren (leidliches Exemplar, durchgehend etwas fleckig). Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 1111 4°. Orig.-Halbleinen mit einer farbigen Deckelzeichnung von Crumb.

Seller: Antiquariat Ulrich Heider, Köln, Germany

Bukowski, Charles. There's No Business - Signed Limited Edition. Black Sparrow Press, Santa Rosa, California, U.S.A., 1984.

Price: US$400.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: Fine in its original acetate sleeve, number 245 of 426 copies hand bound in boards by Earle Gray, each signed by Charles Buowski and the illustrator R. Crumb.

Seller: James Graham, Bookseller, ABAA, Palm Desert, CA, U.S.A.

Bukowski, Charles (story); Crumb, R. (illustrations). THERE'S NO BUSINESS - LIMITED EDITION, SIGNED. Black Sparrow Press, Santa Barbara, 1984.

Price: US$450.00 + shipping

Description: Limited Issue, one of 400 numbered copies signed by the author and illustrator, this being copy no.52. Quarto (27.5cm); pictorial paper-covered boards and purple polka-dot patterned cloth backstrip, with title label mounted to spine; publisher's original acetate dustjacket; [6],7-17,[3]pp; illus. Gentle sunning to board edges (particularly on the front cover), spine label gently sunned; Very Good+ to Near Fine, lacking the original acetate dustjacket. Terrific story about the final act of a washed-up comic, illustrated throughout in Crumb's trademark style. There's No Business was the third of four projects Bukowski collaborated on with Crumb during his lifetime. Krumhansl 87c.

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

BUKOWSKI, Charles.. There's No Business.. Black Sparrow Press, Santa Barbara., 1984.

Price: US$454.84 + shipping

Description: First edition. Quarto. 17 pages. Pictorial boards. A story illustrated by Robert Crumb. A partnership made in Heaven (or probably some other place).One of 416 copies signed by the author and the illustrator.Fine. Not issued in dustwrapper.

Seller: Peter Ellis, Bookseller, ABA, ILAB, London, United Kingdom

Charles Bukowski and R. Crumb. There's No Business. Black Sparrow Press, 1984.

Price: US$490.00 + shipping

Condition: As New

Description: Publisher: Black Sparrow Pr, Santa Barbara, 1984.Special Limited Edition. FINE hardcover book in FINE acetate dust-jacket. SIGNED by both Robert Crumb and Charles Bukowski and numbered 337/426. As new. Unread. Pristine.

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

Charles Bukowski and R. Crumb. There's No Business. Black Sparrow Press, 1984.

Price: US$500.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: Fine copy in hardcover with fine acetate jacket. Signed by Crumb and Bukowski and numbered 269/426.

Seller: Jackson Street Booksellers, Omaha, NE, U.S.A.

Charles Bukowski and R. Crumb. There*s No Business. Black Sparrow Press, 1984.

Price: US$518.94 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Very Good

Seller: dsmbooks, liverpool, United Kingdom

Charles Bukowski. There's No Business. Black Sparrow Press, Santa Barbara, California, 1984.

Price: US$575.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: First edition, hardcover, numbered and signed issue. Limited edition, one of 408 copies signed by author and illustrator were published March 28, 1984: 400 copies numbered 1-400 plus 8 copies, 7 marked Presentation Copy" and 1 marked "File Copy" this is copy number 27 signed on the colophon by Charles Bukowski and R. Crumb. Krumhansl 87c. Photos on request.

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

Bukowski, Charles and R. Crumb, Illustrator. There's No Business. Black Sparrow Press, Santa Barbara, CA, 1984.

Price: US$875.50 + shipping

Description: Quarto. Limited to 426 numbered and signed by R. Crumb and Charles Bukowski. The present copy is number 155. 17 pages illustrated by R. Crumb. The story of Manny, who was a comedian working at one of the lounges at the Sunset Hotel in Vegas for four decades but never hit it big. Bukowski states "still he didn't have a pot to puke in". His career is sinking, what can he do? A fine copy bound in 1/4 purple cloth with black dots, over pink pictorial paper covered boards depicting Manny in a blue-green suit with letters and decorations in orange, yellow and purple, orange endpapers, pink paper spine label lettered in black, in original clear acetate jacket.

Seller: Alcuin Books, ABAA/ILAB, Scottsdale, AZ, U.S.A.

Bukowski, Charles (story); Crumb, R. (illustrations). THERE'S NO BUSINESS – DELUXE ISSUE, SIGNED. Black Sparrow Press, Santa Barbara, 1984.

Price: US$1750.00 + shipping

Description: Deluxe Issue, one of 26 lettered copies specially bound, each signed by the author and illustrator, this being copy 'U'. Quarto (27.5cm); pictorial paper-covered boards and patterned cloth backstrip, with title label mounted to spine; publisher's original acetate dustjacket; 17,[3]pp; illus. Fine in a lightly rubbed, Near Fine dustjacket. Terrific story about the final act of a washed-up comic, illustrated throughout in Crumb's trademark style. There's No Business was the third of four projects Bukowski collaborated on with Crumb during his lifetime. Krumhansl 87d.

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

Bukowski, Charles. War All the Time; Poems 1981-1984. Black Sparrow Press, Santa Barbara, 1984.

Price: US$5000.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: One of 126 signed/numbered hardcover copies with original artwork, octavo size, 283 pp. Charles Bukowski (1920-1994) was "a prolific underground writer who used his poetry and prose to depict the depravity of urban life and the downtrodden in American society. A cult hero, Bukowski relied on experience, emotion, and imagination in his work, using direct language and violent and sexual imagery" (n.b., from the web site of the Poetry Foundation). As much as he achieved popular acclaim during his lifetime, his reputation and following have only increased after his death. In addition to being an author, Bukowski was also an artist: he painted on 6" by 9" paper "with thick layers of acrylics, oil paint, watercolors, pastels, crayons, pens - whatever was at hand. They were sent to Black Sparrow [whose editor, John Martin, was a friend of Bukowski's] where they were bound into special hardcover first editions of his books" (n.b., from the web site of Bukowski [dot] net). This volume, "War All the Time" is one of Bukowski's "notable later poetry collections" (n.b., quote from the online Encyclopedia Britannica). As a reviewer wrote on the web site "Library Thing", the collection contains "easily Bukowski's greatest horse race poem, 'Horsemeat', [and it] stands out in Bukowski's poetic constellation." This volume is no. 93 of 100 numbered copies with original artwork (there were also twenty-six lettered copies), this a whirling abstract work in bright coloures with thickly-applied strokes, which could be a window pane.or. ___DESCRIPTION: Black cloth decorated shelfback, paper spine label with black lettering, grey paper over boards with multi-coloured lettering and the author's name in blue lettering on the front, a few small coloured decorations on the rear board, orange endpapers, title page in red, blue and orange; octavo size (9.25" by 6.25"), pagination: [1-10] 11-280, [1, colophon, signed by Bukowski in black ink] [1, blank] [1, black and white photograph of Bukowski with bio]. In a dust wrapper of clear acetate from the publisher. ___CONDITION: Fine overall, the boards clean other than a light, stray speck, straight corners without rubbing, a strong, square text block with solid hinges, the interior is clean and bright, and entirely free of prior owner markings; a couple of extremely small and light stray marks on the top edge of the text block; overall a fine, bright copy. In an acetate dust wrapper, near fine with light overall marks and a bit of soil. ___POSTAGE: International customers, please note that additional postage may apply as the standard does not always cover costs; please inquire for details. ___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA, ILAB, and IOBA and we stand behind every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have, we are here to help.

Seller: Swan's Fine Books, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA, Walnut Creek, CA, U.S.A.

Bukowski, Charles (story); Crumb, R. (illustrations). THERE'S NO BUSINESS - PRESENTATION COPY, WITH INVERTED SIGNATURES. Black Sparrow Press, Santa Barbara, 1984.

Price: US$8500.00 + shipping

Description: Limited (Cloth) Issue, one of seven copies marked "Presentation Copy" and signed by the author and the illustrator on the colophon. Quarto (27.5cm); pictorial paper-covered boards and purple polka-dot patterned cloth backstrip, with title label mounted to spine; publisher's original acetate dustjacket; 17,[3]pp; illus. A unique copy, where Crumb has signed Bukowski's name on the colophon in his usual fine-point pen, and Bukowski has signed Crumb's in black felt-tipped pen. Gentle sunning and some scattered foxing to upper board edges, title label faded a few shades, else Near Fine in a lightly rubbed, Near Fine dustjacket. Terrific story about the final act of a washed-up comic, illustrated throughout in Crumb's trademark style. There's No Business was the third of four projects Bukowski collaborated on with Crumb during his lifetime. In a letter to the last owner (which is laid into this copy), Black Sparrow Press publisher John Martin relays the following regarding this copy: "I sent the printed colophons first to Crumb in France. About half way through the job Crumb playfully signed that one sheet with Hank's name. I didn't notice that, and sent the sheets to Hank to sign. When Hank came to that sheet, he responded by playfully signing Crumb's name instead of his own. Hank and Crumb genuinely admired one another." A unique "A" item from the press. Krumhansl 87c (see note on p.102).

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