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I know, I know. Can you imagine my disappointment when it arrived and I noticed the 50 cents price on the cover? I felt quite the fool...

Thanks, it was the larger than usual sketch that got me on this one. Adam, I'm glad you bowed out when you did!

Thanks Bill. Yep, this is the 68 edition. I think the second edition was from 75. Have you seen Bukowski make a correction to a published book before? I'm surprised that he would even notice such a small detail...

I just bought a signed copy of Poems Written Before Jumping... off eBay. On leafing through the book, I noticed that there was a correction made on page 33. The poem is 'The Hairy Hairy Fist, And Love Will Die'. I'm wondering whether this was made by Bukowski or someone else. It seemed a bit odd...

'Then one day I pulled a book down and opened it, and there it was. I stood for a moment, reading. Then like a man who had found gold in the city dump, I carried the book to a table. The lines rolled easily across the page, there was a flow. Each line had its own energy and was followed by...

You gotta be kidding me. This copy can be yours for a mere $360 from good old Heroes Bookshop. http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=15112655529&searchurl=x%3D0%26y%3D0%26sts%3Dt%26kn%3Dbukowski%26vci%3D962073

I thought it was a bit rough giving the dog a black eye too. Bukowski wouldn't do that to an animal.

Happened upon this one on ebay. I'm no expert but this looks like a pretty obvious forgery. Not only does the signature look wrong (it has a 32 in it to start with), but why would Hank inscribe an 80s paperback to John Martin? It's a BSP book from the 60s, just doesn't make any sense. And even...

I've come across plenty of bits and pieces in returned library books. Cash and cheques being the most welcome. Never use a $20 bill to mark your page.

Can you teach your kids to say "I am God, I put those lights in the sky!" instead?

Fortunately, I work at a library. I'd be happy to put in some overtime and catalogue em. Call it $10,000?

I took it for a rat. It's got some killer whiskers. Whatever it is, it's better looking than the gal in the second photo.

Noticed this copy of Play the Piano... on ebay. I'm no expert but it looks like a pretty terrible forgery. Thoughts?

More importantly, does Tin Tin attract criminals?