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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?

'Classics' sounds about right. I was at big chain book store yesterday and couldn't find any Bukowski titles at all. Then I noticed that they had a whole bunch, they were on display behind the special orders counter. When I asked em what the deal was, they bluntly told me 'People steal...

Alright, alright. Rough though. Means I lose Dylan's Bring It All Back Home, Highway 61 an Blonde on Blonde. 67 - 77. I gotta have Leonard Cohen's Death of A Ladies Man (77) and Wait's Small Change (76).

I'm with ya all the way. Waits' early years, Springsteen, Cohen, Townes Van Zandt, Neil Young and Gram Parsons. I reckon 65 - 77 is definitely my favorite time for tunes.

Second Story Book. Factotum went for $2,500. That's a pretty cheap price, right?

That's a real beautiful collection. The paintings are amazing. Looks like a lot of it went up for sale a couple of weeks ago

I tried on the combo last year. Ended badly. Don't think I'll go again this year.

This deal just keeps getting better

Thanks Bill, I'll have to take ya up on that offer once this first wave arrives on my door step. I'm in Aus so I'm anticipating it'll be a few weeks. Much appreciated!

Yeah, 3/4! Reckon I'll sit on these for a good while. Sounds like the early copies are pretty damn elusive. I really don't know anything about the rare book market. Looking over some of the threads here, I'm getting that collectable titles are listed on sites like Abebooks for unreasonably...

Yeah, I hope not to collect any of Buk's works without appreciating the content. Fortunately, the Wormwood issues should occupy me a good while an give my bank account a chance to recover. Thanks for the warm welcome