some of the stuff...
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bospress.net
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How Many Lettered and Presentation copies do you have? Jeez. Very, VERY nice!
Bill
Bill
ROC
It is what it is
Hey Bill
25 or so lettered or presentation editions. 2 with oil paintings, 3 or 4 with inscriptions (not to me!).
Many of the other pieces - some not pictured - are one-off editions of 50, 75 or 100. It's a strange feeling being the 'custodian' of this stuff.
My favourites are still the two Loujon books though. Nothing compares with the look and feel of those books.
I started reading Buk in '86 and started collecting in '89. I wish I'd had a better job back then, as I could have bought some of these pieces a hell of a lot cheaper.
Two of the pieces in the collection are yours - Afternoon into Night (lettered O) and As Buddha Smile (#58). So thanks to you!
25 or so lettered or presentation editions. 2 with oil paintings, 3 or 4 with inscriptions (not to me!).
Many of the other pieces - some not pictured - are one-off editions of 50, 75 or 100. It's a strange feeling being the 'custodian' of this stuff.
My favourites are still the two Loujon books though. Nothing compares with the look and feel of those books.
I started reading Buk in '86 and started collecting in '89. I wish I'd had a better job back then, as I could have bought some of these pieces a hell of a lot cheaper.
Two of the pieces in the collection are yours - Afternoon into Night (lettered O) and As Buddha Smile (#58). So thanks to you!
bospress.net
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That is true! I have one lettered and I was happy to get that one. I can't imagine having them all in presentation/lettered....
Bill
Bill
ROC
It is what it is
my faves
I had the silkscreen prints from '63 and '65 mounted in the clamshell cases to suit the publication dates of the Loujon books.
'Book people' are amazing - The cases were made in the US... I ordered them online. They were sent to me with a note saying "pay if you are happy with them. Send them back if not". I have also placed deposits on Buk titles worth big bucks only to have them appear in the mail days later. When queried, the bookseller responded "well you're going to pay for them eventually - you might as well have them now".
Of course I paid in both cases.
Beautiful people.
Hey -notice 'sreet' for 'street' - 1 0f 18!! :D !!
I had the silkscreen prints from '63 and '65 mounted in the clamshell cases to suit the publication dates of the Loujon books.
'Book people' are amazing - The cases were made in the US... I ordered them online. They were sent to me with a note saying "pay if you are happy with them. Send them back if not". I have also placed deposits on Buk titles worth big bucks only to have them appear in the mail days later. When queried, the bookseller responded "well you're going to pay for them eventually - you might as well have them now".
Of course I paid in both cases.
Beautiful people.
Hey -notice 'sreet' for 'street' - 1 0f 18!! :D !!
impressions
pic #4
five books standing"”
stars... spirals... blues... yellows...
grays... sea-greens...the
black sparrow with its
tail of pride
in the bright coral
of the snail;
pride of ownership"”the guardian
of
pure, raw
genius; the lamp of peace from
China or Japan...
a warm, brown star...
wood like silk to the fingers
under five books standing"”
words read, or ready
come home.
pic #4
five books standing"”
stars... spirals... blues... yellows...
grays... sea-greens...the
black sparrow with its
tail of pride
in the bright coral
of the snail;
pride of ownership"”the guardian
of
pure, raw
genius; the lamp of peace from
China or Japan...
a warm, brown star...
wood like silk to the fingers
under five books standing"”
words read, or ready
come home.
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the only good poet
One retreat after another without peace.
thanks for sharing those - a pleasure to see. i presume collectors of the rare and limited editions have duplicate, less rare BS copies for reading? a rather ingenuous question, probably...
beautiful. thanks for the pics.
ROC
It is what it is
Only one or two actually. I'm just really careful with the rare and limited editions. My wife is not interested in them and she will tell visitors (if I'm not there to tell them) not to touch.
I notice your avatar - how old?
Did you notice mine in the silver frame?
5 weeks old and he's already captured my heart in his hands.
the only good poet
One retreat after another without peace.
she will be 3 months on the 21st of this month: kate elizabeth
yes, i did see the picture and i wondered...
i wish US all the best...
yes, i did see the picture and i wondered...
i wish US all the best...
mjp
Founding member
That is indeed an impressive collection. How long did it take to put it together?
If you ever want to scan the cover of "TERROR SREET" I could add it to the misc section of the site. I've never been able to get a good image of that (Bill, can you imagine setting and letterpressing that without catching the typo? Ha.).
If you ever want to scan the cover of "TERROR SREET" I could add it to the misc section of the site. I've never been able to get a good image of that (Bill, can you imagine setting and letterpressing that without catching the typo? Ha.).
bospress.net
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Hi,
Yes, I have made mistakes but nothing quite like this. Once, I misspelled a word in a title. I printed 250 broadsides, and then noticed it. I had to make the change and reprint them all. I put the errors in my archives....
Best,
Bill
Yes, I have made mistakes but nothing quite like this. Once, I misspelled a word in a title. I printed 250 broadsides, and then noticed it. I had to make the change and reprint them all. I put the errors in my archives....
Best,
Bill
ROC
It is what it is
Been collecting since '89 but seriously in the last ten years or so.
I'm sure my story starts like everyone else's here; I was given a book of 20th Century poetry in which were 4 by Buk. They were the stand outs. I knew little of the tradition of poetry - the desire to learn having been knocked out of me in secondary school. He just immediately appealed to me. So I set about looking for a book store in Melbourne (Australia) that sold books of poetry. I bought a copy of Dangling... and skipped every uni class that day reading and re-reading it.
I then bought everything I could lay my hands on.
After a few years I started to pay attention to the limitation page (I think it was Hot Water Music - 1/1000 where I first noticed it).
Since then I've spent large amounts of $ and energy searching for and buying his works in the rarest and/or best state possible.
When I find (and can afford to buy) a 1/26 or presentation copy, I sell my existing copy so I'm not without the words.
It's a real weakness... I swear if I got a pay rise I would keep everything else as it is and put the money towards this -
http://cgi.ebay.com/BUKOWSKI-Charle...5QQihZ018QQcategoryZ29223QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
No hesitation :eek: :rolleyes: :D
I'm sure my story starts like everyone else's here; I was given a book of 20th Century poetry in which were 4 by Buk. They were the stand outs. I knew little of the tradition of poetry - the desire to learn having been knocked out of me in secondary school. He just immediately appealed to me. So I set about looking for a book store in Melbourne (Australia) that sold books of poetry. I bought a copy of Dangling... and skipped every uni class that day reading and re-reading it.
I then bought everything I could lay my hands on.
After a few years I started to pay attention to the limitation page (I think it was Hot Water Music - 1/1000 where I first noticed it).
Since then I've spent large amounts of $ and energy searching for and buying his works in the rarest and/or best state possible.
When I find (and can afford to buy) a 1/26 or presentation copy, I sell my existing copy so I'm not without the words.
It's a real weakness... I swear if I got a pay rise I would keep everything else as it is and put the money towards this -
http://cgi.ebay.com/BUKOWSKI-Charle...5QQihZ018QQcategoryZ29223QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
No hesitation :eek: :rolleyes: :D
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the only good poet
One retreat after another without peace.
hey, boab, you better watch your little boy with the crayons as he grows...you might wake one morning to find an original bukowski drawing...:D
nice inheritance!
chronic
old and in the way
This is my nightmare. My six year old is probably past that, but my two year old (whom we should have named Destructo) can tear a room apart in a minute flat. Nothing is safe from this kid... but short of boxing everything up, I have no other place to keep my books. I can picture myself walking in to the room to a pile of mutilated Bukowski books and Michael right in the middle of them proudly saying "Look daddy, I did it myself!"
the only good poet
One retreat after another without peace.
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I can picture myself walking in to the room to a pile of mutilated Bukowski books and Michael right in the middle of them proudly saying "Look daddy, I did it myself!"
it's just a suggestion...
I can picture myself walking in to the room to a pile of mutilated Bukowski books and Michael right in the middle of them proudly saying "Look daddy, I did it myself!"
it's just a suggestion...
ROC
It is what it is
As you may be able to tell from the photos, these books are up kinda high at about 5' or so. They are well out of harms way.
But I did have a woman I was leaving rip the last page out of the roominghouse madrigals and scrawl on it "This is what you've done!".
I think the poem is "destroying beauty".
The melodramatic cow - that's the sort of shit I left her for!
:)
... oh it was a softback...12th printing or something.
She wasn't that crazy.
But I did have a woman I was leaving rip the last page out of the roominghouse madrigals and scrawl on it "This is what you've done!".
I think the poem is "destroying beauty".
The melodramatic cow - that's the sort of shit I left her for!
:)
... oh it was a softback...12th printing or something.
She wasn't that crazy.
the only good poet
One retreat after another without peace.
maybe martin was pissed that day? :D
ROC
It is what it is
:eek: I'm foolish enough to spend a large percentage of my income buying these books - but not so foolish as to place them in my case upside down. :D
I'll go with the pissed explanation in liu of anything else.
the only good poet
One retreat after another without peace.
maybe you should make an exception with you get so alone ;)
that is odd, in both senses. all the paper wraps face the same way.