Flower, Fist and Bestial Wall

by Charles Bukowski, Ben Tibbs

$4,500 · Offered by Burnside Rare Books · No longer available

First edition

Eureka, CA: Hearse Press, 1960 . First edition. One of 200 copies. 28 pp. Bound in publisher's stiff white wraps lettered in red with illustration by Ben Tibbs. Very Good with moderate oxidation to staples and associated rust staining. Toning to covers and contents with offsetting at rear cover; middle gathering detached. Bukowski's scarce first book that sold dismally upon publication. Publisher E.V. Griffith took

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