Books and Manuscripts

Los Angeles, California, ca. 1977. Nine typescript sheets, each measuring 11 x 8 1/2 in. (279 x 216 mm); sheets numbered in type at top right corner; Bukowski's typed Los Angeles address in top left corner of each sheet; extensively revised in Bukowski's hand with additions, emendations and deletions in blue and black ink; signed and dated by him on final sheet ("Charles Bukowski/9-25-77"); each sheet creased from contemporary fold; scattered soiling. With an original printed sample cover design used in the Black Sparrow Press publication, with Bukowski's additional decorative flourishes in ink, and signed by him, 7 3/4 x 4 1/2 in. (197 x 114 mm). The trade edition of this book features this same design for its cover, and the limited deluxe edition (only 75 copies) features additional unique ink flourishes similar to this sample.

You Kissed Lilly was published by Black Sparrow Press the year following this typescript, in 1978.