Ham On Rye
by Bukowski, Charles
Ham on Rye is a 1982 semi-autobiographical novel by American author and poet Charles Bukowski. Written in the first person, the novel follows Henry Chinaski, Bukowski’s thinly veiled alter ego, during his early years. Written in Bukowski’s characteristic crude, straightforward prose, the novel tells of his coming-of-age in Los Angeles during the Great Depression.
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Ham on Rye
by Bukowski, Charles
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- Cahill Rare Books
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- 1982
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- Fine
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- 1st Edition
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Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1982 Book. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. First Printing. This is copy number 56 of 100 deluxe numbered copies signed by Bukowski in the colophon. The abstract oil painting with heavy paint signed by Bukowski is protected with a tissue guard. Book is protected in a custom cut clear mylar cover..
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Ham On Rye
by Bukowski, Charles
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- Bookbid Rare Books
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- 1982
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- Limited Edition
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Black Sparrow Press, 1982. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Signed Limited Edition with drawings by the author. One of 350 copies; this is #226. Book in fine condition. Housed in a custom-made slipcase.
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Ham on Rye.
by Charles Bukowski.
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- Waverley Books
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- 1982
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- Near Fine with no dust jacket
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- First Edition; First Printing
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- 9780876855591
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$2,500.00
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Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press.. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1982. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0876855591 . SIGNED limited edition. Copy# 53 of 350 signed & numbered. This copy has a drawing by Buk of a dog and an old man with a jug on the colophon. Near fine in yellow quarter cloth and pictorial boards… Read more
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Ham on Rye
by Bukowski, Charles
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- Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
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- 1982
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- Near Fine
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- Signed Limited First Edition
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$2,000.00
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Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1982. Signed Limited First Edition. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition, first printing. Number 333 of a limited 350 copies signed by Charles Bukowski. Near Fine with light shelf wear, in a lightly rubbed unprinted acetate jacket with a 2-inch split at a flap fold. One of the hard-drinking Los Angeles poet/novelist's best known… Read more
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Ham on Rye (Signed Limited Edition)
by Charles Bukowski
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- Schwabe Books
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- 1982
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- Very Good
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$1,200.00
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Black Sparrow Press, 1982. Hardcover. Very Good. . Limited edition copy #290 of 350, SIGNED by the author with a doodle on the limitation page. In a clear acetate dust jacket. Near pristine with some foxing on the top edges.
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Ham on Rye
by Bukowski, Charles
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- 1982
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Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1982. 1st . Paperback. Near fine. Copy sent out for review, review slip pasted to front cover.
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Ham on Rye
by Bukowski, Charles
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- 1982
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- First Edition
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Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 283 pp. Black cloth with yellow printed paper covered boards, paper spine label. First edition, first printing; one of 750 copies of the trade hardcover issue. Very Good. Light bumping to edge of boards, fading to spine cloth. In publisher's acetate jacket, which is lightly rubbed and… Read more
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Ham on Rye
by Bukowski, Charles
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Black Sparrow Press. Collectible - Good. Santa Barbara, CA: Black Sparrow Press, 1982. 1st edition. 8vo paper. Pictorial paper wraps with color title page. 283pp. Near Very Good book. Spine darkened. Bottom corner of front cover creased. Stray ink mark on cover and small stain on spine. (Alcoholics, Autobiographical Fiction) Inquire if you need further information.
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Ham on Rye
by Bukowski, Charles
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- Griffin Books
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- 1982-07-01
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- Very Good
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- Twenty-Sixth Printing
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Black Sparrow Pr, 1982-07-01. Twenty-Sixth Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. 1982 Black Sparrow Press first trade edition, yellow paper illustrated boards over black cloth spine with paper label (shows light sun fade)all under clear acetate jacket. Tight and unmarked. Please email for photos.
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Ham on Rye
by Bukowski, Charles
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Black Sparrow Pr. Used - Good. Item in good condition. Textbooks may not include supplemental items i.e. CDs, access codes etc...
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Ham on Rye
by Charles Bukowski
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- 1998
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HarperCollins Publishers, 1998. Hardcover. Acceptable. Disclaimer:A readable copy. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. Pages can include considerable notes-in pen or highlighter-but the notes cannot obscure the text. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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Ham on Rye
by Charles Bukowski
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Black Sparrow Pr. Hardcover. GOOD. Spine creases, wear to binding and pages from reading. May contain limited notes, underlining or highlighting that does affect the text. Possible ex library copy, will have the markings and stickers associated from the library. Accessories such as CD, codes, toys, may not be included.
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Ham on rye: A novel
by Bukowski, Charles
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- 2001-01-01
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Canongate, 2001-01-01. Paperback. New. New.
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Ham On Rye
by Bukowski, Charles
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- 2002-05-31
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Harper Collins, 2002-05-31. Paperback. New. New.
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HAM ON RYE: BROADSIDE/ FLYER NO.8 (9)
by Bukowski, Charles.
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- 1982
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SANTA BARBARA: BLACK SPARROW PRESS.. 1982. Printed Sheet. Promotional BROADSIDE. (17" x 10") Fine on a single yellow sheet printed in blue, yellow, red & black. (Neatly folded in quarters) Suitable for framing. Actually Broadside Flyer/No.9 (B); 17" X 10" .
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Ham on rye: A novel
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Ham on Rye
by Bukowski, Charles
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- 2000-01-01
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Black Sparrow, 2000-01-01. Paperback. Good. 1.1024 8.2677 5.3543.
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Ham on Rye: A Novel [Paperback] [2007] (Author) Charles Bukowski
by Bukowski, Charles
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- 2007-02-27
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Ham on Rye: A Novel [Paperback] [2007] (Author) Charles Bukowski
by Bukowski, Charles
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Ham On Rye
by Bukowski, Charles
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- Bonita
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HAM ON RYE: A NEW NOVEL (BROADSIDE/FLYER NO.8)
by Bukowski, Charles
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- Captain Ahab's Rare Books
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- 1982
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- First Edition
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$45.00
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Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1982. First Edition. Prospectus for Bukowski's autobiographical fourth novel, reproducing a humorous excerpt from the book. Issued as Broadside/Flyer No.8 (but actually No.9). Krumhansl 74a. Original broadside, with text printed in four colors on yellow stock, measuring 25.5cm x 43.25cm (10" x 17"). Two old folds smoothed-out, else Fine.
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Ham on Rye: A New Novel by Charles Bukowski (broadside/flyer).
by BUKOWSKI, Charles.
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Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow, [1982].. First edition.. 17 x 10 1/16 inch broadside, printed in four colors on pale yellow paper. Fine. Black Sparrow Broadside/Flyer No. 8 [but is actually No 9]. Krumhansl 74a.
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Ham On Rye
by Bukowski, Charles
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Black Sparrow Press. Used - Good. Good condition. Slightly dampstained. (great depression, coming of age, autobiography)
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Ham on Rye: A Novel
by Bukowski, Charles
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Ham on Rye
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Black Sparrow Press. 1994, 18de druk, 288pp, paperback, gebruikssporen aan kaft
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Ham On Rye [Paperback] Bukowski, Charles
by Bukowski, Charles
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- 2002-05-31
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Harper Collins, 2002-05-31. Paperback. Good. General use wear but has no markings. Ships promptly.
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Ham on Rye
by Charles Bukowski
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Ham on Rye
by Bukowski, Charles
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- 2002
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New York, NY: Ecco Press, 2002. Trade paperback. 1 Very good. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 288 p. Audience: General/trade. Tub 117 Novels
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Ham on Rye
by Charles Bukowski
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Ham on Rye
by Charles Bukowski
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Ham on Rye: A New Novel by Charles Bukowski (broadside/flyer).
by BUKOWSKI, Charles.
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Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow,, (nd).. First edition.. 17 x 10 1/16 inch broadside, printed in four colors on pale yellow paper. Folded into fourths, else near fine. Black Sparrow Broadside/Flyer No. 8 [but is actually No 9]. Krumhansl 74a.
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Ham on Rye: A Novel
by BUKOWSKI, CHARLES
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Ham on Rye
by Charles Bukowski
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- 2001-07-05
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Rebel Inc Classic, 2001-07-05. Paperback. Good.
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Ham on Rye
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- 2007
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Ham On Rye
by Charles Bukowski
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Ham on Rye: A Novel
by Bukowski, Charles
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- 2014
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Ham on Rye
by Bukowski, Charles
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- 2002
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Ecco, 2002. Bukowski, Charles. Ham on Rye … Read more
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Ham on Rye: A Novel
by Bukowski, Charles
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Ham on Rye
by Bukowski, Charles
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- Minotavros Books
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- 2001
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- Fine
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Edinburgh: Canongate, 2001. Soft cover. Fine. 8vo. Paperback, xii, 318pp. Light soil on rear cover and slight rubbing to edges o/w about fine.
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STANDARD CATALOG OF CORVETTE 1953-2001
by GUNNELL, JOHN
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IOLA, WI: KRAUSE PUB., 2001. 1ST . PAPERBACK. VG+. LARGE PAPERBACK FORMAT.
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Ham on Rye: A Novel
by Bukowski, Charles
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Ham On Rye (Canons)
by Bukowski, Charles
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- 2015-06-04
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Canongate Canons, 2015-06-04. Paperback. New. 2.2081 cent in x 19.1878 cent in x 12.5888 cent in.
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Ham On Rye
by Bukowski, Charles
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- 2002
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New York: Ecco, 2002. First Thus. 5th or later Printing. Trade Paperback. Near Fine/Wraps. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First by this publisher, later printing. Trade PB in illustrated wraps. Near Fine. Book curled, else Fine and unmarked. Coming of age autobiography.283pp.
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Ham on Rye: A Novel
by Bukowski, Charles
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- 2001
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Canongate, Edinburgh . New York . Melbourne, 2001. Reprint. Softcover. Very Good Condition. introduction by Roddy Doyle. Colour illustrated card cover with black, white and pale green coloured titles to the front panel and white and black coloured titles to the backstrip. The author's fourth book and most autobiographical, dealing as it does with his… Read more
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Ham On Rye
by Charles Bukowski
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- 1982-09
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Black Sparrow Press, 1982-09. Paperback. Good.
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Ham on Rye: A Novel
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Ham on Rye: A Novel
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Ham on Rye: A Novel
by Bukowski, Charles
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Ham on Rye
by BUKOWSKI, Charles
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- 2015
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Canongate, 2015. B format paperback. Fine.. Soft Cover. Fine.
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Ham on Rye: A Novel
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