Favorite LOOKING Bukowski book?

[zoom man]

yeah 76, hand-lettered by Roger Marcus

 

[nymark]

Yup. That's the one.

 

[HenryChinaski]

Absolutely beautiful.

my favorite looking book would probably be...You get so alone... OR Dangling in the Tournefortia.

also I really really love the cover and art of Bring Me Your Love

 

[Bukfan]

I like "The days run away..." (beautiful letters) and "Women" ( nice Buk drawing). "The Bukowski/Purdy letters" is speciel favorite of mine. The look reminds me of "Post office"...

 

[oneiros]

Hello again people.

Can someone show me the graceousness as to post pics of original black sparrow press buk books? I have just Pulp...

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[HenryChinaski]

a select few

 

[oneiros]

yea. But these look like the Ecco ones I have? (At least most of them). Are they hardcover, is that the thing?

 

[chronic]

The graphic design is basically the same... the difference is tactile and mainly noticable in the quality of the production. For example, Black Sparrow used relatively high-grade acid-free papers for the text block while Ecco uses a cheaper, thinner paper. Ecco uses this slick, plastic-like stock for the covers while BSP used paper similar to a good quality charcoal art paper.

When you hold a BSP book you get the sense that a lot of care went into it's production while Ecco books just feel mass-produced.

 

[mjp]

The Black Sparrow covers were also letterpressed - through the mid 90's anyway - which, to me, is the main thing that sets them apart from the Ecco reprints.