Lot 43

BUKOWSKI, Charles (1920-94) - Sanford DORBIN (1932-2014). A Bibliography of Charles Bukowski, Los Angeles, 1969, 8vo, the title with an original portrait of the author [?by the author], boards. NUMBER 28 OF 350 COPIES SIGNED BY BUKOWSKI AND DORBIN. RARE.

Estimate: £250 - £350
Hammer price: £200
Bidding ended. Lot has been sold.

BUKOWSKI, Charles (1920-94) - Sanford DORBIN (1932-2014).  A Bibliography of Charles Bukowski. Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, 1969. Large 8vo (237 x 153mm). Facsimile of the first separate Charles Bukowski publication ("His Wife, the Painter" - Hearse Broadside No. 1), printed in red, tipped-in as a frontispiece, the title printed in red and yellow with an original pen-and-ink portrait of the author [?by the author] (two very faint spots and some very faint staining to the title). Original mustard hessian-backed paper boards by Earle Gray, yellow endpapers, acetate wrapper (small section of lower acetate wrapper torn away). Provenance: from the Collection of David Kotthoff; G. Eisenberg (ex-libris label loosely-inserted). FIRST EDITION. LIMITED TO 400 COPIES, THIS NUMBER 28 OF 350 "HARDCOVER" COPIES SIGNED BY CHARLES BUKOWSKI AND SANFORD DORBIN. RARE.

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