BUKOWSKI, Charles (1920-94). "Old". The original file copy of the poem in the form of a computer print-out, 47 lines on 2 sheets of A4, SIGNED "Charles Bukowski, 12-29-91"; with another similar. Please see the full description below.

BUKOWSKI, Charles (1920-94).  "Old". The original file copy of the poem in the form of a computer print-out, 47 lines in 5 stanzas, printed on the rectos only of 2 sheets of A4, SIGNED "Charles Bukowski, 12-29-91", with minor annotations in the poet's hand (for instance, "Cont[inue]. same stanza" at the foot of the first sheet). Included with the poem is a formal letter with the printed heading "The Abandoned Planet Bookstore ... San Francisco", dated March 4, 2002, guaranteeing the poem's authenticity and stating: "Sold to [name of purchaser, redacted in our illustration]. The manuscript/file copy of Charles Bukowski's poem, 'old'. This poem Bukowski, [sic] signed, dated and mailed in for publication. The date, hand writing and signature are ORIGINAL and in Charles Bukowski's OWN HAND. This was the copy sent by him for consideration for publication. I will guarantee its authenticity." The letter is signed by the bookstore's proprietor, Scott Harrison. The poem was apparently unpublished, at least in its present form. With Charles Bukowski's poem "the condition book", the original file copy of the poem in the form of a computer print-out, 22 lines, in one stanza, printed on the recto only of one sheet of A4, SIGNED "Charles Bukowski, 11-10-92", with another formal letter of authentication from "The Abandoned Planet Bookstore" which states, "... This is computer printed but this was the copy that Bukowski sent in for publication. This was the normal manner in which Bukowski submitted his work at the time ... To my knowledge, this was the only copy of this poem signed and dated by Charles Bukowski", dated January 20, 2004, and signed by Scott Harrison. "The condition book" was first published in issue 132 of the Wormwood Review (1993). (5)