The Captain Is Out to Lunch and the Sailors Have Taken Over the Ship
by Bukowski, Charles; Crumb, R. [Illustrations]
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0964411520
- ISBN 13
- 9780964411524
- Seller
-
Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
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About This Item
Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press [0-9644115-2-0] 1997, 1st edition, 1st printing. (hardcover) 120 + 1pp. As new in as new dust jacket. Folio. First edition, first printing. #172 of 175 numbered copies printed. Bound in cream cloth with full colour R. Crumb illustration to top board. Red cloth slip case with paper paste down title information. Includes 5 full colour serigraph prints, bound in, each signed by Robert Crumb, as well as 5 (unsigned) black and white illustrations. Seemingly unread. Tight and square. Corners pointed. A sublime copy of a benchmark book from the incomparable Black Sparrow Press. Text by Charles Bukowski. Serigraphs and illustrations by R. Crumb..
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Details
- Bookseller
- Spafford Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 129035
- Title
- The Captain Is Out to Lunch and the Sailors Have Taken Over the Ship
- Author
- Bukowski, Charles; Crumb, R. [Illustrations]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0964411520
- ISBN 13
- 9780964411524
- Publisher
- Black Sparrow Press
- Place of Publication
- Santa Rosa
- This edition first published
- 1997
- Keywords
- Literature - America, American Literature, Bukowski, Collectible Books, First Editions, Literature - American
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About the Seller
Spafford Books
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Regina, Saskatchewan
About Spafford Books
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