BUKOWSKI, Charles (1920-94). Poems Written Before Jumping out of an 8 Story Window, Glendale, California, Poetry X/Change, [1968], square 8vo, illustration by the author, original pictorial wrappers. FIRST EDITION. RARE.

BUKOWSKI, Charles (1920-94).  Poems Written Before Jumping out of an 8 Story Window. Glendale, California: Poetry X/Change, [1968]. Square 8vo (209 x 157mm). Double-page centrefold illustration by the author printed in orange, with printed signature "BUK '68". Original stiff pictorial wrappers with a photographed self-portrait, wearing a gas mask, by P. David Horton. Provenance: from the Collection of David Kotthoff. FIRST EDITION of one of the author's scarcest collections. RARE. Dorbin A12: "Small edition, limitation unknown."