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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- Used - Fine
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- Fine
- Edition
- 1st Edition
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- 1982
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- Hardcover
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Mission Viejo, California, USA
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$4,250.00
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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. All books… Read more about this item Item Price
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Ham on Rye; A Novel
by Bukowski, Charles
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- Used - Fine in original clear plastic jacket.
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- First Edition
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- 1982
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Los Angeles, California, USA
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$1,500.00
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Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1982. First Edition. Fine in original clear plastic jacket.. 8vo, 283pp; cloth-backed pictorial boards. One of 750 hardcover trade copies (there were also 350 numbered and signed hardcover copies), this one has been signed by Bukowski on the title page. Item Price
$1,500.00

Ham on Rye
by Bukowski, Charles
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- Used
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- Third Printing
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- 1983
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- Softcover
- ISBN 10
- 0876855583
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Rockville, Maryland, USA
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$22.50
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Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1983. Third Printing. Softcover. Octavo, 283 pages. In Good condition. Paperback binding. Spine beige with yellow, red, and blue horizontal lines and blue and red lettering. Covers has moderate age toning with slight soiling and minor edge wear with small crease to rear tail fore corner. Text block have foxing to edges. Third Printing.… Read more about this item Item Price
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Ham On Rye
by Bukowski, Charles
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- Used - About Fine
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- Wraps
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- First Thus. 5th or later Printing
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- 2002
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- Trade Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0876855575
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Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
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$10.41
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New York: Ecco, 2002. First Thus. 5th or later Printing. Trade Paperback. About Fine/Wraps. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First by this publisher, later printing. Trade PB in illustrated wraps. About Fine w/soil front cover, else Fine and unmarked. Coming of age autobiography.283pp.
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Ham On Rye
by Charles Bukowski
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- Used - Fine
- Edition
- First Edition 1st Printing
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- 1982
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- Hardcover
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Mississauga, Ontario, CAN
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$1,250.00
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Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1982. First Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine. First USA Edition/First Printing. Hardcover. Fine book in a fine acetate dust jacket. One of 750 trade edition copies. Signed and inscribed by the author on the front flyleaf along with an author drawing of his little man with a… Read more about this item Item Price
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by Bukowski, Charles
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- Used - Near Fine
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- Very Good
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- Signed Limited First Edition
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- 1982
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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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 about this item Item Price
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Ham On Rye
by Bukowski, Charles
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- near fine
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- First and Limited Edition
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- 1982
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- Hardcover
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Walnut Creek, California, USA
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$5,500.00
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Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1982. First and Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine/near fine. Bukowski, Charles. One of 100 (126 total) signed/numbered hardcover copies with original artwork, octavo size, 287 pp., signed at colophon. 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… Read more about this item Item Price
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Ham on Rye
by Bukowski, Charles
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- Used - Very Good
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- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 1841951633
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GORING BY SEA, West Sussex, GBR
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$3.88
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Paperback. Very Good. Item Price
$3.88

Ham on Rye
by Bukowski, Charles
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- Used - Near fine
- Edition
- 1st
- Published
- 1982
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0876855583
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Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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$1,080.00
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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 Charles Bukowski
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- Used - very good
- Jacket Condition
- no dustjacket
- Published
- 2002
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0876855575
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- 1
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Edmonton, Alberta, CAN
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$16.00
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New york: Ecco, 2002. paperback. very good/no dustjacket. 8vo. pp.283 Item Price
$16.00

Ham on Rye
by Bukowski, Charles
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- Used - Good
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 1841951633
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GORING BY SEA, West Sussex, GBR
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$3.88
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Paperback. Good. Item Price
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Ham on Rye.
by Charles Bukowski.
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- Used - Near Fine with no dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- Published
- 1982
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0876855591
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- 1
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Santa Monica, California, USA
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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 about this item Item Price
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Ham on Rye
by Bukowski, Charles
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- Signed Limited First Edition
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- 1982
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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$2,200.00
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Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1982. Signed Limited First Edition. First edition, first printing. Signed by Charles Bukowski, #43 of 350 handnumbered copies in the limited issue. 283, [5] pp. Bound in publisher's illustrated boards with yellow cloth backstrip, paper spine label. Fine in the original acetate sleeve, lightly rubbed and clouded. One of the hard-drinking Los Angeles poet/novelist's… Read more about this item Item Price
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Ham On Rye
by Charles Bukowski
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- Used - Good
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- 1982-09
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- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0876855575
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HOUSTON, Texas, USA
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$12.45
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Black Sparrow Press, 1982-09. Paperback. Good. Item Price
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Ham On Rye
by Bukowski, Charles
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- Limited Edition
- Published
- 1982
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- Hardcover
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Beverly Hills, California, USA
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$2,500.00
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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. Item Price
$2,500.00

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Ham On Rye
by Charles Bukowski
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- New Book
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- Later Edition
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- 2015
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- Softcover Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 1782116664
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West End, Queensland, AUS
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$13.37
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Edinburgh: Cannongate, 2015. Later Edition. Softcover Paperback. New Book. 20cm x 13cm. xii, 349 pages. Pictorial wrappers. Shipped Weight: .28 kilos. ISBN/EAN: 9781782116660. BZDB407 Fiction; EAN: 9781782116660 Charles Bukowski Ham On Rye Item Price
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Ham on Rye
by Bukowski, Charles
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- limited
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- 1982
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- Hardcover
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Beverly Hills, California, USA
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$3,000.00
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Black Sparrow Press, 1982. limited. hardcover. fine. Signed limited edition, 1/350. Book in fine condition. Comes in supplied slipcase. Item Price
$3,000.00

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Ham on Rye
by Bukowski, Charles
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- Used - Very Good+
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- Near Fine
- Edition
- Signed Limited First Edition
- Published
- 1982
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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$2,000.00
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Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1982. Signed Limited First Edition. Very Good+/Near Fine. First edition, first printing. Number 290 of a limited 350 copies signed by Charles Bukowski. Very Good+ with light shelf wear, heavy foxing to the top edge and lightly to the fore edge. In a lightly rubbed unprinted acetate jacket. One of the hard-drinking Los… Read more about this item Item Price
$2,000.00

Ham on Rye: A Novel
by Bukowski, Charles
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- New
- ISBN 10
- 006117758X
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Bensalem, Pennsylvania, USA
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$29.69
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Ham on Rye: A New Novel by Charles Bukowski (broadside/flyer).
by BUKOWSKI, Charles.
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- First edition.
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- (nd).
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Berkeley, California, USA
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$25.00
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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. Item Price
$25.00