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Burning in Water, Drowning in Flame
by Bukowski, Charles
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition. One of limited 50 numbered copies with an original painting by Charles Bukowski tipped in, signed by Bukowski on the limitation page, and hand bound by Earle Gray. Lean to spine, and light water affect to bottom edge of front pages, else Fine. In acetate jacket with one short tear near spine joint, and light rubbing. An important poetry collection of the hard-drinking L.A. poet, signed and with his original art work.
Synopsis
Charles Bukowski is one of America's best-known contemporary writers of poetry and prose, and, many would claim, its most influential and imitated poet. He was born in Andernach, Germany, and raised in Los Angeles, where he lived for fifty years. He published his first story in 1944, when he was twenty-four, and began writing poetry at the age of thirty-five. He died in San Pedro, California, on March 9, 1994, at the age of seventy-three, shortly after completing his last novel, Pulp (1994).
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Details
- Bookseller
- Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 180224001
- Title
- Burning in Water, Drowning in Flame
- Author
- Bukowski, Charles
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Black Sparrow Press
- Place of Publication
- Los Angeles
- Date Published
- 1974
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry; Art;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2010
Portland, Oregon
About Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
Burnside Rare Books specializes in literary first editions and works of cultural and historic significance. We are located in Portland, Oregon and welcome visitors by appointment.
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