BETTING ON THE MUSE: POEMS & STORIES - DELUXE EDITION, SIGNED
by Bukowski, Charles
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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Stephenson, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 1996. First Edition. Substantial volume of poems and stories, the first released by Black Sparrow following Bukowski's death in 1994. The lettered issue is uncommon. Krumhansl 150d. Deluxe Issue, one of 26 lettered copies specially bound and signed by the author (next to the drawing of a small dog), this being copy 'N'. Octavo (23.5cm); pictorial paper-covered boards and patterned cloth backstrip, with title label mounted to spine; publisher's original acetate dustjacket; [12],13-402,[6]pp. Fine in a lightly-rubbed, Near Fine dustjacket.
Synopsis
Previously published: Santa Rosa, Calif. : Black Sparrow Press, 1996.
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- Bookseller
- Captain Ahab's Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2660
- Title
- BETTING ON THE MUSE: POEMS & STORIES - DELUXE EDITION, SIGNED
- Author
- Bukowski, Charles
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Black Sparrow Press
- Place of Publication
- Santa Rosa
- Date Published
- 1996
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Captain Ahab's Rare Books
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About Captain Ahab's Rare Books
Founded in 2010, Captain Ahab's Rare Books specializes in first editions of literature, genre fiction, film-related books and ephemera, zines, manuscript and archival material.
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- Octavo
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- First Edition
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- Fine
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- Cloth
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