[Counter-Culture] Bukowski, Charles Group of 5 Volumes of Collected Poetry

1. Love is a Dog From Hell: Poems 1974-1977
Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1977. First and limited edition, #260/300 numbered copies signed by Bukowski. 8vo. 307 pp. Original quarter purple cloth over tan paper-covered boards, printed in various colors, original printed paper spine label; all edges trimmed; blue endpapers; in acetate dust-jacket. Krumhansl 60c

2. War All The Time: Poems 1981-1984
Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1984. First and limited edition, #14/400 numbered copies signed by Bukowski. 8vo. 280 pp. Original quarter blue cloth over grey paper-covered boards, printed in various colors, original printed paper spine label; all edges trimmed; orange endpapers; in acetate dust-jacket. Krumhansl 89c

3. The Roominghouse Madrigals: Early Selected Poems 1946-1966
Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 1988. First and limited edition, #8/400 numbered copies signed by Bukowski, with an additional doodle by him of a man below his signature. 8vo. 256 pp. Original quarter yellow cloth over yellow paper-covered boards, printed in various colors, original printed paper spine label; all edges trimmed; dark blue endpapers; in acetate dust-jacket. Krumhansl 108c

4. The Last Night of the Earth Poems
Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 1992. First and limited edition, #79/225 numbered copies signed by Bukowski and with a signed and dated silkscreen print by Bukowski bound in following title-page. 8vo. 405 pp. Original quarter red cloth over red and black paper-covered boards, original printed paper spine label; all edges trimmed; slate blue endpapers; in acetate dust-jacket. Krumhansl 129d

5. Bone Palace Ballet
Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 1997. First and limited edition, #63/426 numbered copies with an original color serigraph by Bukowski bound in following title-page. Original quarter grey cloth over grey and red paper-covered boards, printed in various colors, original printed paper spine label; all edges trimmed; red endpapers; in acetate dust-jacket. Krumhansl 153c

Provenance

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