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Price: US$1100.00 + shipping
Description: 8vo. 232pp. One of 300 signed and numbered case bound copies; this being #260. Orange papered covered boards with blue cloth backstrip and paper spine label. Hardcover in mylar jacket. Light fading to the front board, small stain to the top; short closed tear to the rear panel of the mylar, else a Near Fine copy
Seller: Alta-Glamour Inc., Seattle, WA, U.S.A.
Price: US$1100.00 + shipping
Description: Limited Issue, one of 300 numbered copies specially bound and signed by the author, this being copy no.282. Octavo (23.75cm); printed paper-covered boards and coarse royal blue cloth backstrip, with title label mounted to spine; publisher's original acetate dustjacket; [ii],[xiv],15-232,[10]pp. Faint, tiny stain to lower right margin of p.[v], else Fine in a lightly rubbed dustjacket. A substantial selection of Bukowski's best work from the late 1950s-early 1970s. Many of these poems first appeared in It Catches My Heart in Its Hands, Crucifix in a Deathhand, and At Terror Street and Agony Way. Krumhansl 46c.
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.
Bukowski, Charles. Burning in Water, Drowning in Flame. Black Sparrow Press, 1974.
Price: US$1200.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Copy #170 of 300 numbered copies signed by Charles Bukowski. A near fine copy in blue cloth over orange boards, paper spine label and original clear plastic jacket (spotting to top edge; plastic jacket has some tiny flaws to edges).
Seller: Arundel Books, Seattle, WA, U.S.A.
Bukowski, Charles. Burning in Water Drowning in Flame. Black Sparrow Press, Santa Barbara, 1974.
Price: US$1750.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: SIGNED/LIMITED EDITION of 300 copies. A superb copy. This copy is authentically SIGNED by Charles Bukowski. This FIRST ISSUE book, bound in the ORIGINAL publisher's boards is in wonderful shape with slight wear to the panels. The pages are exceptionally clean with NO marks or bookplates in the book. Overall, a beautiful copy SIGNED by the author with the acetate dustjacket present. We buy SIGNED Bukowski First Editions.
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.
Price: US$3500.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition. #32 of limited 50 numbered copies with an original painting by Bukowski tipped in, signed by him on the limitation page, and hand bound by Earle Gray. Fine. In original acetate jacket with detached chip to back panel. An important poetry collection of the hard-drinking L.A. poet, signed and with his original artwork.
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Bukowski, Charles. Burning in Water, Drowning in Flame. Black Sparrow Press, Los Angeles, 1974.
Price: US$4000.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. One of limited 50 numbered copies with an original painting by Charles Bukowski tipped in, signed by Bukowski on the limitation page, and hand bound by Earle Gray. Lean to spine, and light water affect to bottom edge of front pages, else Fine. In acetate jacket with one short tear near spine joint, and light rubbing. An important poetry collection of the hard-drinking L.A. poet, signed and with his original art work.
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
BUKOWSKI, Charles. Burning in Water, Drowning in Flame. Black Sparrow Press, Los Angeles, 1974.
Price: US$4500.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition, trade issue in wrappers. Octavo. Original printed wrappers. Slightly soiled, tiny tears at spine ends, a very good or better copy. The Dedication Copy of this collection of Bukowski's poems, Inscribed beneath the printed dedication, "for Steve Richmond," the poet has written: "To the most human and gentle and living person that I know. Charles Bukowski, 6-30-74." Also signed by Steve Richmond.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.