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Lot 0

[BUKOWSKI, Charles (1920-1994), subject]. Group of 10 Pieces of Ephemera and a Book. [V.p., ca. 1980s-2020s].

Estimate: $150 - $300
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$80

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[BUKOWSKI, Charles (1920-1994), subject]. Group of 10 Pieces of Ephemera and a Book. [V.p., ca. 1980s-2020s]. An interesting group of items related to Bukowski, some by Black Sparrow Press. 

Condition

Some occasional rubbing. Fine.

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Items include: Bukowski Lives! folding poster by Black Sparrow Press; A Bukowski Poetry Contest broadside by Black Sparrow Press and The Sonoma County Independent; You Should Be Reading Charles Bukowski sheet of refrigerator word magnets (missing upper right word); an 11 x 8 1/4" black and white photo of a seated, elderly Bukowski; "I saw at tramp last night" New Year's card, signed by Black Sparrow Press publisher, John Martin; Homage to Bukowski printed program for Saturday October 3, 1987 at Barnsdall Art Gallery Theatre; postcard series 85, featuring Bukowski lifting weights (unaddressed); group of 6 color photocopies of billboards in Los Angeles featuring a quote by Bukowski, captioned in pencil in an unknown hand; Restless as the Tarantula (Planet Detroit Chapbooks); press kit for the film, Barfly, written by Bukowski - with stills; Bukowski a Life by Neeli Cherkovski, the Centennial Edition (first printing thus).