BUKOWSKI, Charles (1920-94). The Captain is Out to Lunch and the Sailors have Taken Over the Ship, Santa Rosa, Black Sparrow Press, 1998, large 8vo, boards. FIRST EDITION. NUMBER 128 OF 426 COPIES WITH A PORTRAIT OF THE AUTHOR BY ROBERT CRUMB, SIGNED.

BUKOWSKI, Charles (1920-94).  The Captain is Out to Lunch and the Sailors have Taken Over the Ship. Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 1998. Large 8vo (228 x 150mm). Full-page coloured serigraph [i.e. silk screen print] portrait of the author by Robert Crumb, SIGNED by the artist in pencil, 12 full-page monochrome illustrations by the same artist. Original red cloth-backed coloured pictorial paper boards, printed spine label, blue endpapers, acetate wrapper. Provenance: from the Collection of David Kotthoff. A FINE COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION. NUMBER 128 OF 426 COPIES "HANDBOUND IN BOARDS BY EARLE GRAY EACH CONTAINING AN ORIGINAL SIGNED COLOR SERIGRAPH PORTRAIT OF CHARLES BUKOWSKI BY ROBERT CRUMB."