Screams From The Balcony: Selected Letters 1960-1070

Bukowski, Charles. Screams From the Balcony: Selected Letters 1960-1970. Edited by Seamus Cooney. Black Sparrow Press. Santa Rosa. 1993. Signed by the author with an original silkscreen. One of 26 lettered copies. Hand bound by Earle Gray. Fine condition with no marks or stains. Binding is sound and covers are clean. 9.5 X 6.5 (24 X 16.5). By the author, frontice illustration; title page; publisher's page; original silkscreen; signed and doodled by Bukowski; [2]; Editor's Note; Half-title; [1]; pp.9-361; [1]; index to letters; colophon page, signed and lettered "I"; photo of Bukowski; author note; [1]. Bright yellow endpapers.

A collection of letters which chronicle Bukowski's path through his first days as a poet, through his resignation from the postal service and pursuit of literary success. Bukowski details his days, navigating his pursuit of occupational freedom through a thick veil of his own vices, namely drinking and gambling. Bukowski documents his hard drinking and poverty to editors and fans throughout the early days of his career. In the raw style that he is known for, Bukowski makes no apology for his lifestyle but merely details it as fact. In time, success begins to befall the author, but this does not provide the purity or security that one might expect.