[Counter-Culture] Bukowski, Charles Group of 5 Typed Poems from "Love is a Dog From Hell"

1. me
Los Angeles, California, 1975. One carbon typescript sheet, 11 x 8 1/2 (279 x 216 mm); single-spaced, typed on recto only. Signed and dated by Bukowski at bottom ("Charles Bukowski/1-20-75"); one correction in his hand in fourth stanza; Bukowski's typed Los Angeles address at top left corner. Contemporary creasing; faint residue from now-removed paperclip at center left edge.

Printed on pp. 31-32 in the 1977 Black Sparrow Press first edition.

2. Chopin Bukowski
Los Angeles, California, 1975. Two carbon typescript sheets, 11 x 8 1/2 (279 x 216 mm); single-spaced, typed on rectos only; stapled at top left corner. Signed and dated by Bukowski in green ink on second sheet ("Charles Bukowski/4-15-75"); one letter corrected in ink on first sheet; Bukowski's typed Los Angeles address at top left corner. Contemporary creasing; small stain bottom right corner of each sheet.

Printed on p. 101 in the above.

3. trench warfare
Los Angeles, California, 1975. Two carbon typescript sheets, 11 x 8 1/2 (279 x 216 mm); single-spaced, typed on rectos only; stapled at top left corner. Signed and dated by Bukowski at bottom of second sheet ("Charles Bukowski/7-30-75"); two corrections in his hand in second sheet; Bukowski's typed Los Angeles address at top left corner. Contemporary creasing.

Printed on p. 124 in the above.

4. art
(Los Angeles, California, 1976). Two carbon typescript sheets, 11 x 8 1/2 (279 x 216 mm); single-spaced, typed on rectos only; stapled at top left corner. Signed and dated by Bukowski in brown ink on second sheet ("Charles Bukowski/1-25-76"); Bukowski’s autograph addition at top of first sheet, “Painting of a”, and in final stanza. Soiling in top right corner of each sheet.

Retitled for publication as "artist", and printed on pp. 290-291 in above.

5. longshot
Los Angeles, California, 1976. Two carbon typescript sheets, 11 x 8 1/2 (279 x 216 mm); single-spaced, typed on rectos only; stapled at top left corner. Signed and dated by Bukowski in blue ink at bottom of second sheet ("Charles Bukowski/6-5-76"); three corrections in his hand; Bukowski's typed Los Angeles address at top left corner.

Printed on pp. 180-181 in the above.

A collection of five original carbon typescript poems included in Bukowski's popular anthology of poetry, Love is a Dog from Hell (Black Sparrow Press, 1977). Bukowski wrote these poems during one of the most productive moments in his long and prolific career. They were written during the period when Bukowski met his second wife, Linda Lee Beighle, and the collection traces Bukowski's often volatile past relationships. It was customary at the time for Bukowski to make carbon copies of his work like these, sign and date them, and them send them to his publisher, Black Sparrow Press.

Provenance

From the private collection of Asher D. Atchick, King of Prussia, Pennsylvania