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Fire Station (Signed)
by Bukowski, Charles (1920-1994)
- Used
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Bound in red paper soft covers with black endpapers. Front cover printed in black and gold. Covers intentionally protrude about
- Seller
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Annapolis, Maryland, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Santa Barbara: Capricorn Press, 1970. First printing. Wrappers. Octavo. [34] pages. Bound in red paper soft covers with black endpapers. Front cover printed in black and gold. Covers intentionally protrude about 1/2" beyond fore edge of text, and top fore corners (of covers only) are slightly pushed. Clean and bright overall. Near fine.. Black and white drawing by Bukowski. Collection of poems by the King of the Underground. Boldly signed by Bukowski under a printed drawing. Title page is printed on a smaller red sheet that hides the drawing but reveals Bukowski's signature. This first edition consisted of approximately 1,000 copies, issued concurrently with a hardcover edition of 100 copies. <br /> <br /> Ref. KRUMHANSL 34a.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Back Creek Books LLC, ABAA/ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1062
- Title
- Fire Station (Signed)
- Author
- Bukowski, Charles (1920-1994)
- Illustrator
- Black and white drawing by Bukowski
- Format/Binding
- Wrappers. Octavo. [34] pages
- Book Condition
- Used - Bound in red paper soft covers with black endpapers. Front cover printed in black and gold. Covers intentionally protrude about
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First printing
- Publisher
- Capricorn Press
- Place of Publication
- Santa Barbara
- Date Published
- 1970
- Keywords
- signed books, underground, literary, los angeles, autographs, small press, poetry, poems
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction & Literature;
Terms of Sale
Back Creek Books LLC, ABAA/ILAB
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About the Seller
Back Creek Books LLC, ABAA/ILAB
Biblio member since 2006
Annapolis, Maryland
About Back Creek Books LLC, ABAA/ILAB
We buy and sell quality used and out-of-print books, with an emphasis on Americana, Military and Naval History, and Nautical material. But we have many good books in a variety of subjects. We are located in historic Annapolis, Maryland.
Glossary
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- Wrappers
- The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Fore Edge
- The portion of a book that is opposite the spine. That part of a book which faces the wall when shelved in a traditional...
- Fine
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- First Edition
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