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Loujon Press / Lyle Stuart Inc, 1965. First Edition. Paperback. Good. Signed. A Loujon Press award book. Published in a limited first edition of 3,100 copies, illustrated with etchings by Noel Rockmore. This copy signed by Charles Bukowski opposite the limitation colophon, upside-down, dated 1965. Black and white wrap-over paperback, good to very good with light general edgewear, more severe at corners including bumping and closed tears to spine tips; small mark to front beneath outermost flap. Binding sound. Small grease mark to fore-edge of the first page in front matter to have the full width of the textblock; pages else clean, text unmarked.

New York: Lyle Stuart / Loujon Press Award Book, [1965].. Quarto. Pictorial stiff wrappers. Illustrations by Noel Rockmore. About fine, but without the bellyband. First edition. One of 3100 copies printed in New Orleans at the Loujon Press, signed and dated by the author ("3-20-65"). There were also several subvariants of various deluxe natures. The author's second major collection, in print for nearly a decade at the original price through Lyle Stuart, its publisher. KRUMHANSL A15.

Lyle Stuart / Printed At Loujon Press. Very Good. Limited Edition. Paperback. A clean and pristine copy of this limited edition art book (3100 copies) , signed and dated by the poet. There is slight wear to the edges, especially at the top and tail of the spine. It has the elusive bellyband, with the remarkable price of $7.50 on it. A really nice collectible. Fast shipping, very careful packing, with tracking numbr provided. ; Signed by Author .

NY: Lyle Stuart. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1965. Limited 1st edition. Hardcover. Signed by Bukowski opposite the limitation page. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; Signed by Author .

A Loujon Press Award Book, Lyle Stuart, 1965. paperback. Very Good. 0x0x0. Quarto. Pictorial stiff wrappers. Illustrations by Noel Rockmore. Tight and unmarked softcover with French overlapping flaps. Original wrap around band intact. First edition. One of 3100 copies printed in New Orleans at the Loujon Press, signed and dated by the author ("3-20-65"). oversized and overweight. B17 Please email for photos.

A Loujon Press Award Book, Lyle, 1965T. paperback. Very Good. .

New York: Lyle Stuart Inc, 1965. Signed. Paperback. VG (rubbed edge-wear to covers, corners & spine ends; spine top has small bump. spine tanned. back lower corner creased/crimped. pg 82 has small, black ink-like marks to upper edge. illustration of pg 100-101 has a small spot of foxing to upper edge & spot to back; pg 101 has two small spots; small chocolate like pieces were removed from these pgs.). Black and white illustrated wraps; multi-colored & textured paper pages. 100 pp. Illustrations. A nice, bright copy that remains tightly bound. Bukowski's silver marker signature and date on one of the blue, closing pages. A wonderfully designed edition by the renegade publisher Lyle Stuart. Noel Rockmore's illustrations accompany Bukowski's poems. One of 3100 Copies.

New York: Lyle Stuart, 1965. Softcover. Very Good. First edition. Etchings by Noel Rockmore. Quarto. 101pp. Original illustrated stiff wrappers. Beautifully designed book on various sizes and colors of paper. Corners a bit bumped and rubbed, else very good or better. One of a stated 3100 copies in the edition signed and dated by Bukowski.

New York & New Orleans: Lyle Stuart Inc. & Loujon Press, 1965. First Edition. Attractive copy of this early collection, the second of Bukowski's books printed by John and Louise Webbs Loujon Press. Many of the poems were written, variously, while Bukowski visited with the Webbs at their New Orleans home and at several bars in the French Quarter. Dorbin A6; Krumhansl 15. One of 3,100 copies. Quarto (31.5cm); original white card wrappers printed in black, glued to illustrated dustjacket, printed in black on white paper; four etchings by Noel Rockmore reproduced within the text, printed on variously colored paper with all tissue leaves present; original printed wraparound band; 102,[8]pp. Signed on the page facing the colophon: "Charles Bukowski, 3-15-65." Hint of sunning and some trivial wear to flap folds, tiny ink initials to one inner flap, else a fresh, very Near Fine copy. Wraparound band gently sunned on left side, with two small tears at the folds; Near Fine.

New York: Lyle Stuart, 1965. First edition. Very faint sun to spine; extremities a trifle rubbed, excellent.. 4to, 101pp; original wrappers. One of 3100 copies in the edition, signed and dated by Bukowski at the colophon. Loosely inserted is a separately printed broadsheet, printed on both sides with blurbs about the book obtained from various friends and allies of Loujon Press proprietors Jon and Louise "Gypsy Lou" Webb, including Henry Miller, Kenneth & Miriam Patchen, Jonathan Williams, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Russell Edson, Kenneth Rexroth and others. A book showing the Loujon hallmarks of unusual handset typography, various stocks and colors of paper, and colophonic information of dubious reliability.

New York: Lyle Stuart, 1965. First edition. Fine, bright copy with the original printed wraparound band (partly torn) and just the slightest of rubbing to the extremities.. 4to, 101pp; original wrappers. One of a stated 3100 copies in the edition, signed and dated by Bukowski at the colophon. As with all Loujon Press productions, the book is marked by a whimsical style using multi-colored papers of varying stocks and even sizes. Loujon proprietors Jon and Louise "Gypsy Lou" Webb were important early supporters of Bukowski, especially in their short-lived periodical "The Outsider". This book, along with their earlier Bukowski title, It Catches My Heart in its Hands, helped put him on the map early in his career and bring him to the attention of a literary audience that has continued to grow. An exceptionally fresh copy.

New York (1965): Lyle Stuart and Loujon Press. First Edition. Quarto. The beautiful one volume edition. Cover: Night music, 4 etching by Noel Rockmore with tissue guards. Drawing on preceding page is a self-portrait by the author. Jacket inside cover comment on C.B. is from an article by John William Corrington in the Northwest review. Bukowski photo: John Stevens. Rockmore photo: Jack Beech"--Title page verso/ "Thirty-one hundred copies of this first edition of Crucifix in a Deathhand, handset in Bulmer, Roman, American Uncial & others, have been printed, handfed in single-page impressions, on Linweave Spectra paper. As in all copies, Bukowski signed in 1965 on verso of blue page toward end of book in yellow(with color inks in various copies), facing the dedication to Gypsy. A remarkable book of design by the Webbs of their Loujon Press with distribution by Lyle Stuart Publishers A fine copy. [Krumhansl, #15].

New York: Lyle Stuart Inc, 1965. First edition. Sun-darkening to the spine and upper areas of the cover panels; some small nicks and bumps. 4to, 101pp, printed on multicolored paper of varying size and stock; original stiff printed wrappers. One of 3100 copies in the edition, handset and printed by Louise and Jon Webb in New Orleans and issued as Gypsy Lou Series #2. This copy has a full-page, two-color inscription facing the colophon page: "For Russell Edson -- In the hot beer and whiskey sun small animals have crawled forth and I have called them poems. Charles Bukowski 5-2-65 Los Angeles.

Lyle Stuart, Inc, 1965. Printed on hand-made paper, limited edition 1/3100 SIGNED by Bukowski, Etchings by Noel Rockmore, with original unbroken spine wrap . Signed. Limited Edition. Soft Boards. Very Good. Illus. by Rockmore, Noel.

New York: Lyle Stuart Inc.,, 1965. Signed by Bukowski First edition, signed limited issue, one of 3,100, this copy signed by Bukowski in silver and dated "03/10/65". A "painstakingly pruned selection" (front flap), Crucifix in a Deathhand "was the biggest book of Bukowoski's career to date, and the Webbs did another beautiful design job. Printed in a large format, and illustrated with nightmarish etchings by Noel Rockmore, it looked like an album of Gothic fairy tales" (Sounes). Louise "Gypsy Lou" Webb and her husband were publishers of The Outsider literary magazine, which often featured Bukowski's poetry. Under the Loujon Press imprint, which designed, edited, and printed this title, they "did not just print books, they hand-pressed literary art objects on massive old presses that took up their entire living space. Pages came in myriad colours, textures, and typesets" (Welch). This was their second Bukowski book, following on the heels of It Catches My Heart in Its Hands (1963). Large octavo.… Read More

(BUKOWSKI, CHARLES). Bukowski, Charles & Noel Rockmore. CHARLES BUKOWSKI: CRUCIFIX IN A DEATHHAND: NEW POEMS 1963-65 - WITH A FULL PAGE PAINTING SIGNED AND DATED AT THE TIME OF PUBLICATION. Signed and Dated with a Painting. New York & New Orleans: Lyle Stuart Inc. & The Loujon Press, 1965. First Edition 1/3100. Tall 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. Poetry Monograph. Very Good./Very Good -.. 101pp. illustrated in b&w + b&w covers. With 4 b&w etchings bound in. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. "Crucifix in a Deathhand" is the elaborately designed and bound 1965 collection of poetry by hard-living Angeleno Charles Bukowski fabricated by Louise "Gypsy Lou" and Jon Webb at their Loujon Press in New Orleans, and published with the imprint of Lyle Stuart. The author's sixth book, it was issued as a "Loujon Press Award Book" (Gypsy Lou Series #2). Printed by hand-letterpress on seven shades of heavy Spectra Linweave paper with deckle edges and… Read More

New York: Lyle Stuart Inc.,, 1965. With an excellent inscription to fellow American poet Karl Shapiro, "Kid, it's a hell of a hard game" First edition, signed limited issue, one of 3,100 copies signed and dated by the author (in this instance in orange ink on 17/03/1965), this copy further inscribed on the title page to Karl Shapiro with a little ink sketch. The inscription reads, "For Karl Shapiro - Kid, it's a hell of a hard game - living, dying, reading, bleeding, singing - what the fuck - it's hang and hold - Hello, Charles Bukowski". Shapiro, seven years Bukowski's senior, was a Pulitzer Prize-winning poet while Bukowski was only just being entertained by established periodicals. One of Bukowski's first acceptances into a well-known journal was the publication of "Men's Crapper" by Evergreen Review in 1967. "Got Evergreen 50 today", he wrote to poet Harold Norse, "with my short poem in there, way in the back, the thing is shot with the famous, so there they are: Tenessee Williams, John Rechy,… Read More