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Lot 41

BUKOWSKI, Charles (1920-1994). it catches my heart in its hands. new & selected poems 1955-1963. [New Orleans:] loujon press, [1963].

Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500
Starting Bid
$500

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BUKOWSKI, Charles (1920-1994). it catches my heart in its hands. new & selected poems 1955-1963. [New Orleans:] loujon press, [1963]. 4to. [iv, half-title is loose but present], [1]-[100]. Errata leaf is loose but present. Issued in multi-colored leaves of various sizes. Publisher's wrappers with front cover lined in cork, and pictorial glassine liner. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING, OF BUKOWSKI'S FIRST FULL-LENGTH COLLECTION OF POEMS, ONE OF 777 COPIES, SIGNED BY BUKOWSKI IN SILVER INK AND DATED "6-2-63" ON THE FFEP. 

Condition

Some wear, rubbing to binding and jacket, handmade tissue page affixed to front pictorial glassine wrapper is torn and chipped, a few gutters starting. Very good. 

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