signed first edition Small 8vo
1986 · Santa Barbara, CA
by Bukowski, Charles
Santa Barbara, CA: Black Sparrow Press, 1986. First edition, limited issue, one of 226 copies total (this is #12), inscribed on the half title. Small 8vo. Peach paper boards, printed in blue, brown, and silver; string bound; aqua endpapers. First edition, limited issue, one of 226 copies total (this is #12), inscribed on the half title. Small 8vo. Inscribed. Printed by Black Sparrow Press in January 1986 as a New Year's greeting for friends of the house, each book was numbered in autograph and signed by Bukowski on the colophon, and contained the poem, "Gold in Your Eye." Bukowski additionally inscribed this copy on the half title with a small comic sketch at bottom: "For Mo and Julia - / I write 'em. You move 'em. One's no good without the other. / My thanks, / Charles Bukowski / [doodle]
(Inventory #: 370198)