Estimate: | £250 - £350 |
Hammer price: | £240 |
BUKOWSKI, Charles (1920-94). Hollywood. A Novel. Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, April 1989. Large 8vo (228 x 152mm). Monochrome photographed portrait of the author by Michael Font (one leaf [pp.215/216] creased from top to bottom not affecting legibility, probably a printing flaw). Original burgundy cloth-backed pictorial boards, the upper cover with a Martini cocktail and the Hollywood sign, printed paper label on spine, pinkish grey endpapers, acetate wrapper. Provenance: from the Collection of David Kotthoff. A FINE COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION. NUMBER 398 OF 500 "SPECIAL HARDCOVER COPIES" NUMBERED AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR WITH AN ORIGINAL SELF-PORTRAIT SKETCH BENEATH HIS SIGNATURE. Krumhansl 112c.