An account of Charles Bukowski's 1978 European trip. In 1978 Europe was new territory for Bukowski holding the secrets of his own personal ancestry and origins. En route to his birthplace in Andernach, Germany, he is trailed by celebrity-hunters and paparazzi, appears drunk on French television, blows a small fortune at a Dusseldorf racetrack and stands in a Cologne Cathedral musing about life and death.
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An account of Charles Bukowski's 1978 European trip. In 1978 Europe was new territory for Bukowski holding the secrets of his own personal ancestry and origins. En route to his birthplace in Andernach, Germany, he is trailed by celebrity-hunters and paparazzi, appears drunk on French television, blows a small fortune at a Dusseldorf racetrack and stands in a Cologne Cathedral musing about life and death.
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Seller's Description:
Good. Size: 6x4x1; Softcover. Good condition with shelf/age wear. Free of any markings and no writings inside. Clear text. Front cover / first roughly 25 pages are bent in lower right corner. Two pages at end of book are loose. For any additional information or pictures, please inquire.
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Fair in Fair dust jacket. 0876859694. An abrasion to the rear board. The glassine dust wrapper is creased, with a tear to the rear cover. Reprints the photographs and text from the 1979 City Lights edition with the addition of 11 new poems. One of 1000 hardcover copies. Krumhansl 143b.; [80] pages.
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Fine in Fine jacket. Limited Edition. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Signed by Photographer First edition. Limited issue of 326 de luxe copies signed by Montfort on the limitation page with an original photographic print of Bukowski by Montfort laid-in as issued of a total edition of 1326 hardcover copies. Copy #112. Montfort's address label affixed to reverse of the print. Type set in Times by LazerType. Designed by Barbara Martin. Acetate dustwrapper. Fine condition in a Fine dustwrapper.
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Montfort, Michael (Photographer) Fine in Fine jacket. Book. Signed by Photographer First Printing. Text by Bukowski. Photographs by Michael Montfort. This copy is from the estate of Michael Montfort. Designated "Photographer's Copy" at the colophon, this is one of approximately 15 copies signed by Michael Montfort. Laid in is a photographic print of Charles Bukowski as called for in the colophon. A beautiful copy of a rare book bound in the binding that was used for the edition of 26 lettered copies. Dustjacket is clear mylar that was issued by Black Sparrow Press. All books are carefully wrapped and shipped in a box.
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Photos by Michael Montfort, oblong 8.75 x 10.75", cloth backed pict boards, unpaginated, covers a little rubbed, hinges loose, minor light spotting to edges of textblock else a nice, clean copy in a lightly rubbed glassine dustjacket. LIMITED TO 326 NUMBERED COPIES, SIGNED BY THE PHOTOGRAPHER MICHAEL MONTFORT, WITH AN ORIGINAL BLACK AND WHITE PHOTO OF BUKOWSKI BY MONTFORT LAID IN LOOSE.
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Near Fine in Very Good jacket. First edition, first printing. Signed by both Charles Bukowski and photographer Michael Montfort on the title page. Bound in publisher's black cloth with titles in gilt on spine. Near Fine, with light rubbing to cloth at tips, pages toned and lightly thumbed. In a Very Good price-clipped dust jacket with light toning and light edge wear, with short splits at the ends of the rear flap fold. One of roughly 300 copies printed. Bukowski's experiences in Europe illustrated with black and white photos taken by Michael Montfort. Krumhansl 69b.
