Contains published and unpuplished books, periodicals,
manuscripts, letters, audio recordings, and artwork from 1964-1974, of
the poet, novelist, and screenwriter, Charles Bukowski. (
Collection Number:
MS 148
Repository:
University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections
University of Arizona
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Tucson, AZ 85721-0055
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Fax: 520-621-9733
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Biographical Note
Charles Bukowski was born in Andernach, Germany August 16, 1920. He
emigrated with his family to the United States when he was three and grew up
poor in Los Angeles. Poet, novelist, screenwriter, and denizen of the mean
streets of LA, he wrote from experience. Bukowski is generally considered a
"beat poet" though he never associated with beat writers. His language, subject
matter and world view reflect a life and love of drink, women and horses.
Bukowski was a prolific, some say a compulsive writer. He rose from being a
local literary cult figure to wide acclaim following the success of his
screenplay for the motion picture
Barfly. The screen play is based on his
semi-autobiographical novel
Factotumin which a down and out poet (Mickey
Rourke) meets a barfly (Faye Dunaway). The character enjoys fleeting flame
before sinking into drink and oblivion. Unlike, his character, Charles Bukowski
realized financial success before his death in San Pedro, California on March
9, 1994. Sales of his work are reported at over a million volumes a year.
Scope and Content Note
Consists mainly of Bukowski's books and chapbooks, as well as periodical
publications that contain his writings. The finding aid indexes 71 other
contemporary writers represented in these periodicals, including Diane Wakoski
and Fielding Dawson. Jim Roman, book-seller, is the primary correspondent,
1964-1974, both with Bukowski, and with other people about him. Some letters
contain material relating to colleagues Jon Edgar Webb and his Loujon Press,
and also John Martin of the Black Sparrow Press. Additional correspondence, as
well as poetry, stories, and drawings are from Bukowski to Darlene Fife and
Robert Head, of the New Orleans underground newspaper, Nola Express, from
1967-1973. Also contains unpublished poetry and prose manuscripts; drawings and
cartoons; reviews; photographs; and audio cassettes of Bukowski reading his
works. Drawings include self-portraits, and are done in acrylics, watercolor,
ink, and pencil. Ephemera consists of poetry postcards, broadsides, flyers, and
posters; some are signed by Bukowski. This collection is continued by MS
171.
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Poetry, short stories, letters, drawings all to the New Orleans
underground magazine
Nola Express (addressed to Darlene Fife
and Robert Head) from October 1967 to July 1973. All of the poems and stories
were published in Nola Express. Some of the poems and stories were published in
other magazines and books sometimes in a slightly different form. Some of the
correspondence is undated, some of it has become separated from the manucripts
for which it was the cover.
box
folder
1
1
Nola Express: Poems, Stories, Letters, Drawings.
, 1967, 1969,
1970
Includes: Poem:
The Status Q. for Me and Yew.Story:
The Fuck Machine. Story:
The Cat in the Closet. Story:
Rape! Rape!Story:
The Beginner.
1
2
Nola Express: Poems, Stories, Letters, Drawings.
, June-December
1970
Includes:
Poem: "I Think of the Little Men."
Story: "Love It or Leave It."
Story: "All the Pussy We Want."
1
3
Nola Express: Stories and Letters-"Notes of a Dirty Old
Man."
, 1971
1
4
Nola Express: Stories, Letters, Drawings-"Notes of a Dirty
Old Man."
, January 1972-April
1972
1
5
Nola Express: Stories, Letters, Drawings-"Notes of a Dirty
Old Man."
, May-June
1972
1
6
Nola Express: Stories, Letters, Drawings-"Notes of a Dirty
Old Man."
, July-September
1972
1
7
Nola Express: Stories, Letters, Drawings-"Notes of a Dirty
Old Man."
, October-December
1972
1
8
Nola Express: Poems and Stories.
, Circa
1972
Includes:
"Notes of a Dirty Old Man"
"a sound in the brush"
"good night, sweet jello leaves"
"my landlady and my landlord:
"left with the dog"
"ATD for You and Me"
"The Sex Fiends"
1
9
Nola Express: Stories, Letters, Drawings'"Notes of a Dirty
Old Man."
, January-February
1973
1
10
Nola Express: Stories, Letters, Drawings'"Notes of a Dirty
Old Man."
, March
1973
1
11
Nola Express: Stories, Letters, Drawings'"Notes of a Dirty
Old Man."
, April-May
1973
1
12
Nola Express: Stories, Letters, Drawings'"Notes of a Dirty
Old Man."
, June-July
1973
1
13
Nola Express: Undated Correspondence.
1
14
Nola Express: Undated Poems.
Includes:
'life"
'horse from hell"
"piss"
"the loner"
"nazi"
"The Beautiful Lady"
"Art Class"
"New Mexico"
"A $15 boy and a $15,000 casket"
1
15
Nola Express: Undated Stories, Part One.
Includes:
"A Lively Love Affair"
"Would You suggest Writing as a Career?"
"The Silver Christ of Santa Fe"
"Life is a Texas Whorehouse"
"Purple as an Iris"
1
16
Nola Express: Undated Stories, Part Two.
Includes:
"The White Beard"
"Notes of a Potential Suicide"
"Scenes from the Big Time"
"Swaztika"
"6 inches"
"The Fountains of Home"
box
folder
2
1
Nola Express: Undated Stories, Letters, Part One.
Includes:
"Notes of a Dirty Old Man"
"notes upon the tigress"
"livin' in a great big way"
"warn asses"
"what's the use of a title?"
"another poem about a drunk and then I'll let you
go""
2
2
Nola Express: Undated Storeis, Letters, Part Two-"Notes of
a Dirty Old Man."
2
3
Nola Express: Undated Stories, Letters, Drawings, Part
Three.
Includes:
"Notes of a Dirty Old Man"
"Upon the Landslide Victory of Richard Nixon"
"the creation of the morning line"
"the chicken"
"The Adding Machine"
"Charles"
"the violin player"
"tv"
2
4
Nola Express: Undated Stories, Part Four-"Notes of a Dirty
Old Man."
2
5
Nola Express: Casette of Readings by Bukowski for
Nola Express. See Also Box 18,
folder 8.
Includes:
Correspondence with Jim Roman, May 5, 1964-December 17,
1974
Holographs
Orginal typeprints, wome wih orginal drawings
Water colors, some with decorated envelopes
2
6
Nola Express: Stories, Letters, Drawings.
, 1964-1966
2
7
Nola Express: Stories, Letters, Drawings.
, 1967,
1971-1974
Correspondence and Miscellaneous Material: Correspondence
with John Martin, Publisher of Black Sparrow Press. Includes six sketches
apparently intended for but not used in
Factotum (Box 10).
2
9
Correspondence and Miscellaneous Material.
, 1963-1970
Includes:
Letter to Jon and Lou Webb, publishers of Loujon Press,
signed facsimile of original letter, November 23, 1963
Letter to Willan and Ruthie, Octover 30, 1970
Letter to Norman Moser, December 15, 1970
2
10
Correspondence and Miscellaneous Material: Correspondence
Concerning Bukowksi and His Work, Part One.
, 1963-1975
Includes:
Letter from Jon Webb to Jim Roman, March 4 and 5,
1963
Letter from Ben Tibbs to Jim Roman concering cover drawing
for
Flower, Fist, and Bestial Wail
(Vol. 4 is the original framed drawing)
Letter from Taylor Hackford to Jim Roman concerning
half-hour television film Bukowski, 1973
Reviews of film and related material (poster for this film
is in Vol. 17, folder 13).
2
11
Correspondence and Miscellaneous Material: Correspondence
Concerning Bukowski and His Work, Part Two.
Includes:
Taylor Hackford to/from Jim Roman, September 23 and 29,
1975 concerning
Post Office as a movie
Proposal for the film signed by Charles Bukowski
Budget outline (Box 6, folder 6 contains the
screenplay)
2
12
Correspondence and Miscellaneous Material: Unpublished
Poems (Manuscripts are Signed).
Includes:
"For a Lady Who Expected Rupert Brooke"
"watermelon"
"Song of My Typewriter"
"artistic selfishness, yes I have it---"
"visit to Venice"
"The Island"
"4 on 6"
"the dead came running sideways..."
"2 carnations," April 26, 1971
"Bukowski"
"I found this atomic stockpile"
"the big bulls in the pisspot"
"a poorly night"
"the big new year's party"
"Goodwill"
"American Flag Shirts," April 4, 1971
"injustice is just another name for original beauty"
"lost"
"this is the way it works"
"pain," April 25, 1971
"the justice of the blood"
"lord"
"Man in Bed"
"Radio"
"the majesty of our imperfection"
"?,"
"Have You Ever Kissed a Panther?"
"that big nice girl who came in to change the
sheets"
"the killers"
2
13
Correspondence and Miscellaneous Material:: Unpublished
Short Stories (Manuscripts are Signed).
Includes:
"The House of Horrors"
Two "Notes of a Dirty Old Man"
2
14
Correspondence and Miscellaneous Material: Book Reviews,
Mostly Photocopies.
Includes reviews of:
Factotum
Mockingbird Wish Me Luck
Burning in Water, Drowning in
Flame
Love is a Dog from Hell
Life and Death in the Charity
Ward
Post Office
2
15
Correspondence and Miscellaneous Material:
Photographs.
Includes:
Two small photos, both signed, circa 1963
One signed photos, circa 1964
Five signed photos by Richard Robinson, 1975
Two signed photos (duplicates) by Hogan
2
16
Correspondence and Miscellaneous Material: Flyers.
Loujon Press flyer for
It Catches My Heart in Its Hands
(signed)
Black Sparrow Press flyers for
The Days Run Away,,, and
Factotum (two copies)
City Lights Books flyer for various titles
Earth Books flyer for record
Bukowski, 90 Minutes in
Hell
Underwater Poetry Festival flyer/posters in which Charles
Bukowski is one of the featured participants
Books and Chapbooks by Bukowski:
Flower, Fist and Bestial Wail,
Eureka , California, Hearse Press (Hearse Chapbook 5). Also includes
presentation copy to Jim Roman. Original framed cover drawing for this book is
found in Vol. 4.
, 1960
3
2
Books and Chapbooks by Bukowski:
Poems and Drawings by Charles
Bukowski, Crescent City, Florida, Epos. Presentation to Jon T.
Griffith.
, 1962
3
3
Books and Chapbooks by Bukowski:
Longshot Pomes for Broke Players,
New York, 7 Poets Press. Presentation to John and Barbara Martin.
, 1962
3
4
Books and Chapbooks by Bukowski:
Run with the Hunted, Chicago,
Midwest: A Magazine of Poetry and
Opinion, (Midwest Poetry Chapbooks).
, 1962
3
5
Books and Chapbooks by Bukowski:
It Catches My Heart in Its Hands,
New Orleans, Loujon Press (Gypsy Lou Series, 1). Presentation to Jim Roman.
Original framed cover for this drawing is found in Vol. 4.
, 1963
3
6
Books and Chapbooks by Bukowski:
Crucifix in a Deathhand, New York,
Lyle Stuart (Gypsy Lou Series, 2). Presentation to Jim Roman.
, 1965
3
7
Books and Chapbooks by Bukowski:
Cold Dogs in the Courtyard, Chicago,
Literary Times-Cyfoeth. Signed on title page.
, 1965
3
8
Books and Chapbooks by Bukowski:
Confessions of a Man Insane Enough to Live
With Beasts, Bersenville, Illinois, Mimeo Press. Signed with aphorism.
, 1965
3
9
Books and Chapbooks by Bukowski:
The Genius of the Crowd, Cleveland,
7 Flower Press. Presentation to Jim Roman.
, 1966
3
10
Books and Chapbooks by Bukowski:
All the Assholes in the World and
Mine, Bensenville, Illinois, Open Skull Press.
, 1966
3
11
Books and Chapbooks by Bukowski:
2 Poems, Los Angeles, Black Sparrow
Press. Signed.
, 1967
3
12
Books and Chapbooks by Bukowski:
The Curtains are Waving and the People Walk
Through the Afternoon Here and in Berlin and in New York City and In
Mexico, Los Angeles, Black Sparrow Press. Signed.
, 1967
3
13
Books and Chapbooks by Bukowski:
At Terror Street and Agony Way, Los
Angeles, Black Sparrow Press. (One of 16 complimentary copies with original
misprinted wrapper). Signed.
, 1968
3
14
Books and Chapbooks by Bukowski:
At Terror Street and Agony Way, Los
Angeles, Black Sparrow Press. (One of 800 copies with Krome Kote label pasted
over wrapper misprint.) Signed.
, 1968
3
15
Books and Chapbooks by Bukowski:
At Terror Street and Agony Way, Los
Angeles, Black Sparrow Press. (Hardbound edition, signed and numbered with an
original Charles Bukowski watercolor tipped in.)
, 1968
3
16
Books and Chapbooks by Bukowski:
Poems Written Before Jumping Out of an 8
Story Window, Glendale, California, Poetry X/Change (A Litmus First
Edition). Signed on title page.
, 1968
3
17
Books and Chapbooks by Bukowski:
Poems Written Before Jumping Out of an 8
Story Window, Glendale, California, Poetry X/Change. Signed on title
page. (One of 25 special copies with original Charles Bukowski watercolor
sketch across centerfold.)
, 1968
3
18
Books and Chapbooks by Bukowski:
Poems Written Before Jumping Out of an 8
Story Window. Second edition, Salt Lake City, Litmus, Inc. (Additional
material incldues l etters and drawings. Signed on wrapper.)
, 1968
volume
4
Books and Chapbooks by Bukowski:
Flower, Fist and Bestial Wail.
Original ink drawing by Ben Tibbs for the cover. Framed. Pasted to back is a
photocopy of Tibbs' letter to Jim Roman explaining drawing.
box
folder
5
1
Books and Chapbooks by Bukowski:
Notes of a Dirty Old Man, San
Francisco, City Lights Books. (Title first publsihed by Essex House, 1969).
, 1973
5
2
Books and Chapbooks by Bukowski:
Aufzeichnungen Eines Aussenseiters,
Darmstadt, Joesph Melzer, Verlag.
, 1970
5
3
Books and Chapbooks by Bukowski:
A Bukowski Sampler, Madison,
Wisconsin, Qixote Press. Signed on wrapper.
, 1969
5
4
Books and Chapbooks by Bukowski:
A Bukowski Sampler, Madison,
Wisconsin, Druid Books. Signed on title page.
, 1971
5
5
Books and Chapbooks by Bukowski:
If We Take---, Los Angeles, Black
Sparrow Press. Signed on title page.
, 1969
5
6
Books and Chapbooks by Bukowski:
If We Take---, Los Angeles, Black
Sparrow Press. Presentation to Jim Roman.
, 1969
5
7
Books and Chapbooks by Bukowski:
The Days Run Away Like Wild Horses Over the
Hills, Los Angeles, Black Sparrow Press.
, 1969
5
8
Books and Chapbooks by Bukowski:
The Days Run Away Like Wild Horses Over the
Hills, Los Angeles, Black Sparrow Press. Handbound in boards. Signed
with an original pastel drawing tipped in.
, 1969
5
9
Books and Chapbooks by Bukowski:
The Days Run Away Like Wild Horses Over the
Hills, Los Angeles, Black Sparrow Press. Galley set. no. 3. Signed.
, 1969
5
10
Books and Chapbooks by Bukowski:
Another AcademyLos Angeles, Black
Sparrow Press.
, 1970
5
11
Books and Chapbooks by Bukowski:
Fire Station, Santa Barbara,
Capricorn Press. Wrapper copy. Signed on cover.
, 1970
5
12
Books and Chapbooks by Bukowski:
Fire Station, Santa Barbara,
Capricorn Press. Hardcover copy. Signed on title page.
, 1970
box
folder
6
1
Books and Chapbooks by Bukowski:
Post Office, Los Angeles, Black
Sparrow Press. Wrapper cover. Signed on cover.
, 1971
6
2
Books and Chapbooks by Bukowski:
Post Office, Los Angeles, Black
Sparrow Press. Hardcover copy. Signed.
, 1971
6
3
Books and Chapbooks by Bukowski:
Post Office, Los Angeles, Black
Sparrow Press. Hardbound in boards. Signed with original pastel drawing tipped
in.
, 1971
6
4
Books and Chapbooks by Bukowski:
Post Office, London, London
Magazines Editions.
, 1974
6
5
Books and Chapbooks by Bukowski:
Der Mann Mit Der Ledertasche,
Köln, Verlag Leipenheuer & Witsch. Signed on title page.
, 1974
6
6
Books and Chapbooks by Bukowski:
Charles Bukowski's 'Post Office',
screenplay by Don Carpenter, Playboy Productions New Visions Inc.
box
folder
7
1
Books and Chapbooks by Bukowski:
Mockingbird Wish Me Luck, Los
Angeles, Black Sparrow Press. Wrapper copy. Signed on cover.
, 1972
7
2
Books and Chapbooks by Bukowski:
Mockingbird Wish Me Luck, Los
Angeles, Black Sparrow Press. Hardcover copy. Signed.
, 1972
7
3
Books and Chapbooks by Bukowski:
Mockingbird Wish Me Luck, Los
Angeles, Black Sparrow Press. Handbound in boards. Signed with original pastel
drawing tipped in.
, 1972
7
4
Books and Chapbooks by Bukowski:
Mockingbird Wish Me Luck, Los
Angeles, Black Sparrow Press. Galley set no. 3. Presentation to Jim Roman.
, 1972
7
5
Books and Chapbooks by Bukowski:
While the Music Played, Los Angeles,
Black Sparrow Press (Sparrow 5). Signed on cover.
, 1973
7
6
Books and Chapbooks by Bukowski:
Sparrow 1-2, Los Angeles, Black
Sparrow Press.
, 1973
Besides
While the Music Played, this contains
the following writers: Robert Kelly, Clayton Eshleman, Diane Wakoski, David
Bromige, Robert Creely, Richard Grosslinger, David Antin, Sherril Jaffe, Joyce
Carol Oates, Michael Palmer, Fielding Dawson.
7
Books and Chapbooks by Bukowski:
Erections, Ejaculations, Exhibitions and
General Tales of Ordinary Madness, San Francisco, City Lights Books.
Presentation to Jim Roman with drawings.
, 1972
7
8
Books and Chapbooks by Bukowski: Life and Death in the
Charity Ward (a different selection and arrangement of stories from
Erections... Presentation to Jim
Roman.
, 1974
box
folder
8
1
Books and Chapbooks by Bukowski:
South of No North, Los Angeles,
Black Sparrow Press. Wrappers. Signed on cover.
, 1973
8
2
Books and Chapbooks by Bukowski:
South of No North, Los Angeles,
Black Sparrow Press. Hardcover. Signed.
, 1973
8
3
Books and Chapbooks by Bukowski:
South of No North, Los Angeles,
Black Sparrow Press. Handbound in boards. Signed with original watercolor
tipped in.
, 1973
8
4
Books and Chapbooks by Bukowski:
South of No North, Los Angeles,
Black Sparrow Press. Galley set no. 3. Presentation with drawing to Jim Roman.
, 1973
8
5-6
Books and Chapbooks by Bukowski:
Gedichte Die Einer Schrieb Bevor Er in 8.
Stockwerk Aud Dem Fester Sprang, Gersthofen, Maro Verlag. Both copies
signed on title page.
, 1974
box
folder
9
1
Books and Chapbooks by Bukowski:
Burning in Water Drowning in Flame,
Los Angeles, Black Sparrow Press. Wrappers. Signed on cover.
, 1974
9
2
Books and Chapbooks by Bukowski:
Burning in Water Drowning in Flame,
Los Angeles, Black Sparrow Press. Hardcover signed.
, 1974
9
3
Books and Chapbooks by Bukowski:
Burning in Water Drowning in Flame,
Los Angeles, Black Sparrow Press. Hardcover, library edition.
, 1974
9
4
Books and Chapbooks by Bukowski:
Burning in Water Drowning in Flame,
Los Angeles, Black Sparrow Press. Handbound in boards. Signed with orginal
acrylic tipped in.
, 1974
9
5
Books and Chapbooks by Bukowski:
Africa, Paris, Greece, Los Angeles,
Black Sparrow Press. Presentation to Jim Roman.
, 1975
9
6
Books and Chapbooks by Bukowski:
Africa, Paris, Greece, Los Angeles,
Black Sparrow Press.Special bound edition. Signed and numbered as part of an
original acrylic.
,
9
7
Books and Chapbooks by Bukowski:
Sparrow 25-36, Los Angeles, Black
Sparrow Press.
, 1975
Besides
Africa, Paris, Greece, this contains
the following writers: David Bromige, Fielding Dawson, Tom Clark, Theodore
Enslin, Michael Watterlond, Diane Wakoski, Nathanial Tarn, Cid Corman, Antonin
Artaud, Gerard Malanga, Stephen Stepanchev.
box
folder
10
1
Books and Chapbooks by Bukowski:
Factotum, Santa Barbara, Black
Sparrow Press. Wrappers.
, 1975
10
2
Books and Chapbooks by Bukowski:
Factotum, Santa Barbara, Black
Sparrow Press. Hardcover.
, 1975
10
3
Books and Chapbooks by Bukowski: Hardcover. Signed.
Factotum, Santa Barbara, Black
Sparrow Press.
, 1975
10
4
Books and Chapbooks by Bukowski:
Factotum, Santa Barbara, Black
Sparrow Press. Handbound in boards. Signed with original acylic tipped in.
, 1975
10
5
Books and Chapbooks by Bukowski:
Factotum, Santa Barbara, Black
Sparrow Press. Handbound in boards. Signed. Presentation copy with original
acyrlic tipped in.
, 1975
10
6
Books and Chapbooks by Bukowski:
Factotum, Santa Barbara, Black
Sparrow Press. Final proofs. Presentation with drawing to Jim Roman.
, 1975
box
folder
11
1
Books and Chapbooks by Bukowski:
Scarlet, Santa Barbara, Black
Sparrow Press. Hardcover. Signed.
, 1976
11
2
Books and Chapbooks by Bukowski:
Scarlet, Santa Barbara, Black
Sparrow Press.Handbound in boards. Signed with original colored drawing on
cover.
, 1976
11
3
Books and Chapbooks by Bukowski:
Art, Santa Barbara, Black Sparrow
Press.
, 1977
Includes:
3A: Wrappers each (2 copies) in mailing envelopes.
3B: Handbound in boards. Signed.
3C: Handbound in boards, in slip case. Signed.
11
4
Books and Chapbooks by Bukowski:
Scarlet, Santa Barbara, Black
Sparrow Press. Handbound in silk, completely hand lettered. Signed with an
explanatory letter from Black Sparrow Press.
, 1977
11
5
Books and Chapbooks by Bukowski:
Love is a Dog from Hell, Santa
Barbara Press. Hardcover.
, 1977
11
6
Books and Chapbooks by Bukowski: Books and Chapbooks by
Bukowski:
Love is a Dog from Hell, Santa
Barbara Press. Hardcover. Signed.
, 1977
11
7
Books and Chapbooks by Bukowski: Books and Chapbooks by
Bukowski:
Love is a Dog from Hell, Santa
Barbara Press. Handbound in boards. Signed with an original acrylic tipped in.
, 1977
Other Publications:
Story, v. 24, no. 106. Signed on
cover "Aftermath of a Lengthy Rejection Slip."
, March-April
1944
12
2
Other Publications:
Gallows.
, 1959
Includes:
"What a Man I Was"
"The Birds"
12
3
Other Publications:
The Outsider, vol. 1, no. 1.
, Fall
1961
Includes:
"hooray say the roses"
"pay your rent or get out"
"shoes"
"I am with the roots of flowers"
"go with the rockets & the blondes"
"a real thing, a good woman"
"to a high class whore I refused"
"old man dead in a room"
"love in a back room on the row"
"nothing subtle"
"and then: age"
12
4
Other Publications:
The Outsider, vo9l. 1, no. 2.
Contains flyer for
The Outsider laid in. Signed on
title page.
, Summer
1962
Includes:
"sick leave"
"to a lady who believes me dead"
12
5
Other Publications: Renaissance, vol. 1, no. 3. Signed on
cover.
, 1962
Includes:
"war and piece"
"the biggest breasts"
"information upon an empire of coins"
12
6
Other Publications:
Gallows, vol. 2, no. 1. Last page is
full-page advertisement for
Run with the Hunted.
, 1962
12
7
Other Publications:
The Outsider, vol. 1, no. 3.
Contains an entire section devoted to Charles Bukowski as well as comments and
blurbs on Bukowski from many sources. Copy signed on title page.
, Spring
1963
Includes:
"Charles Bukowski: Poet in a Ruined Landscape" by RR
Cuscaden
"Charles Bukowski: Three Poems" by William
Corrington
Letters from Bukowski to Jon and Lou Webb
Photographs of Charles Bukowski
"The Tragedy of Leaves" facsimile holograph with
drawings
"The Priest and the Matador" facsimile holograph with
drawings
"Old Man, Dead in a Room" facsimile holograph with
drawings
"the house"
"events"
"dinner, rain and transport"
12
8
Other Publications:
The Outsider, vol. 1, no. 3. Copy in
mailing envelope with drawing and notation, "Autographed twice, B." Copy signed
with drawing on title page of Charles Bukowski section. Signed full page photo
of Bukowski.
, 1963
12
9
Other Publications:
The Outsider, vol. 1, no. 3. Copy in
mailing envelope with drawing and notation, "Autographed in Front & by
pict. of Buk at typer." Copy signed as presentation to Jon Webb on title page
of section and across full page photo "Charles Bukowski 'outsider'-still 1963."
, 1963
12
10
Other Publications: File on The Outsider, no. 3.
, 1963
Includes:
Advance pull of wrapper, signed
Page proof of Corrington article
Page proof with typed signed note by Jon Webb
Page proofs of the three holograph poems
12
11
Other Publications:
Sciamachy 5. Copy signed on cover.
, 1963
Includes:
"Existance"
"Notice"
12
12
Other Publications:
Wormwood Review, vol. 3, no. 4,
issue no. 12. Copy signed on cover.
, 1963
Includes:
"it's not who lived here/but who died here..."
"Poem for my 43rd Birthday"
"The End"
12
13
Other Publications:
Sciamachy 6. Copy signed on cover.
, 1964
Includes:
"Fragile!!"
"4:30 a.m."
12
14
Other Publications:
The Wormwood Review, vol. 3, no. 4,
issue no. 16. Signed at head of title. Selections from
Grip the Walls.
, 1964
Includes:
"the dogs"
"poetess:
"The Literary Life"
"When You Wait for the Dawn..."
"sleeping woman"
" the new place"
12
15
Other Publications:
The Wormwood Review, vol. 3, no. 4,
issue no. 16. Signed at head of title. Signed inside with drawing. Also signed
with presentation inside front cover by editor Marvin Malone.
, 1964
12
16
Other Publications:
Coffin 1 (portfolio).
, 1964
Includes:
"Waste Paper Basket"
"The Paper on the Floor"
"His Wife, the Painter" (this is the original)
"The Old Man on the Corner"
Small broadsides, each signed
Also contains poetry by: Judson Crews, Fielding Dawson,
Larry Eigner, EV Griffith, John Barley Hart, Carl Larsen, Mason Jordan Mason,
Gil Orlovitz, James Preuss, George Scarbrough, Raymond Souster, Ben Tibbs,
George Thompson, James L. Weil.
12
17
Other Publications: Corrington, John William,
Mr. Clean and other poems, San
Francisco, Amber House Press. With an introduction by Charles Bukowski.
, 1964
box
13
Other Publications:
Portfolio III, n.p. The Black Sun
Press. Presentation copy to John Martin signed on back of Charles Bukowski
leaf.
, 1946
Includes:
"20 tanks from Kasseldown"
Also contains other works by: Kay Boyle, Sterling Brown,
Harry Crosby, David Daiches, James Hanley, Henry Miller, Harry Moore, Selden
Rodman, Jean-Paul Sartre, William Abrahams, Hubert Creekmore, Jean Genet,
Natalia Ginzberg, Garcia Lorca, Walter Mehring, Waldo Pierce, Kenneth Rexroth,
Yvonne Roy, and Stephen Spender.
box
folder
14
1
Other Publications:
Epos, vol. 16, no. 2. Copy signed on
cover.
, Winter
1964-1965
Includes: "Advice for Some Young Man in the Year 2046 A.D."
14
2
Other Publications:
Epos, vol. 16, no. 3. Copy signed on
cover.
, Spring
1965
Includes: "The Terror of the Breath upon the Hand"
14
3
Other Publications:
Epos, vol. 16, no. 4. Signed on the
poem.
, Summer
1965
Includes: "4:30 a.m."
14
4
Other Publications:
Ante, vol. 1, no. 4.
, Fall
1965
Includes:
" A Division"
"Ivan the Terrible"
14
5
Other Publications:
Evidence, issue no. 9. Copy signed
on cover.
, 1965?
Includes:
"A Night of Mozart"
"I Thought of Ships, of Armies, Hangin On..."
"A Trainride in Hell"
Also a review of Irving Layton's
The Laughing Rooster
""The Corybant of Wit"
14
6
Other Publications: Layton, Irving,
The Laughing Rooster,
Toronto/Montreal, McClelland and Stewart, Limited.
, 1964
14
7
Other Publications: Sherman, Jory,
My Face in Wax, Chicago, Windfall
Press. Signed with an introduction by Charles Bukowski.
, 1965
14
8
Other Publications:
The Wormwood Review, vol. 6, no. 4,
issue no. 24. Signed at head of title. Review of
Nights Work with drawings by Charles
Bukowski.
, 1966
Includes:
"Buffalo Bill"
"a little atomic bomb"
"the colored birds"
"The Screw-Game"
"A Beginners Bibliography of Bukowski" by Marvin
Malone
14
9
Other Publications: Richmond, Steven,
Hitler Painted Roses, Santa Monica,
California, Earth Books and Gallery (Earth Poet Series 1). Foreward by Charles
Bukowski.
, 1966
14
10
Other Publications:
Kauri 17.
, December-November
1966
Includes: "Moyamensing Prison"
14
11
Other Publications:
Kauri 18.
, January-February
1967
Includes: "sometimes when I fell blue I listen to Mahler"
box
folder
14
12
Other Publications:
Kauri 19.
, March-April
1967
Includes: "Notes from Underground"
box
folder
14
13
Other Publications:
A Tribute to Jim Lowell, Cleveland,
Ghost Press. Commentary by Charles Bukowski.
, 1967
14
14
Other Publications:
In New York, vol. 1, issue no. 17.
Copy signed on cover.
, 1967
Includes "The Ants" and an interview with Charles Bukowski
14
15
Other Publications:
The Outsider, vol. 2, no.4/5.
, Winter
1968-1969
Includes:
"Kaakaa & other immolations"
A pressed flower with an explanatory note
A photocopy of an article of the flooding of the Webb's
Tucson printing house
box
folder
15
1
Other Publications:
Laugh Literary and Man the Humping
Guns, vol. 1, no. 1. Edited by Charles Bukowski and Neeli Cherry.
Contributing editor, Harold Norse. Copy signed on cover.
, 1969
15
2
Other Publications:
Laugh Literary and Man the Humping
Guns, vol. 1, no. 1. Edited by Charles Bukowski and Neeli Cherry.
Contributing editor, Harold Norse. Presentation copy to Jim Roman with drawing.
, 1969
15
3
Other Publications:
Laugh Literary and Man the Humping
Guns, vol. 1, no. 1. Edited by Charles Bukowski and Neeli Cherry.
Contributing editor, Harold Norse. Copy no. 7. Signed by Charles Burkowski and
Neeli Cherry, Steve Richmond, and Harold Norse.
, 1969
15
4
Other Publications:
Laugh Literary and Man the Humping
Guns, vol. 1, no. 2. Edited by Charles Bukowski and Neeli Cherry.
Contributing editor, Harold Norse. Copy signed on cover. Contains extracts from
letters to Neeli Cherry.
, 1969
15
5
Other Publications:
Penguin Modern Poets 13: Charles Bukowski,
Philip Lamantia, Harold Norse, Harmondsworth, England/Baltimore,
Penquin Books, Ltd. A selection of 25 poems. Presentation to Jim Roman with
drawing.
, 1969
15
6
Other Publications: Fox, Hugh,
Charles Bukowski: A Critical and
Bibliographical Study, Los Angeles, Abyss Publications. Copy signed on
cover.
, 1969
15
7
Other Publications: Dorbin, Sanford,
A Bibliography of Charles Bukowski,
Los Angeles, Black Sparrow Press. Handbound in boards. Signed by Charles
Bukowski and author with an original Bukowski colored ink drawing tipped in.
, 1969
15
8
Other Publications: Cooley, Seamus,
A Checklist of the First One Hundred
Publications of the Black Sparrow Press, Los Angeles, Black Sparrow
Press. Hardcover. Signed by author and by Robert Kelly ( "Thirty Passing
Remarks on the Black Sparrow Press on the Occasion of Its Hundredth Book").
, 1971
15
9
Other Publications:
A Checklist of the First One Hundred
Publications of the Black Sparrow Press, Los Angeles, Black Sparrow
Press. Handbound in boards. Signed by the author, Robert Kelly and by 26 Black
Sparrow Press authors.
, 1973
15
10
Other Publications: King, Linda and Charles Bukowski,
Me and You Sometimes Love Poems, Los
Angeles, Kisskill Press. Signed on cover.
, 1973
15
11
Other Publications:
Small Press Review, vo. 4, no. 4.
Copy signed on cover.
, 1973
Issue devoted to Charles Bukowski. Contains photos, excerpts from
prose and poems, poems, criticism, commentatary on Bukowski by various writers
and prose piece by Bukowski "Upon the Mathematics of the Breath and the Way"
15
12
Other Publications:
Second Coming, vol. 2, no. 3. Copy
signed on cover. Special issue devoted to Charles Bukowski.
, 1973
Includes:
"Six Inches"
"Love Poem to Marina"
"Poem to a Man in Jail"
"Layover"
"The Knifer"
"Beerbottle"
Don't Come around but if You Do..."
"He Beats His Women"
Also exerpts from poems, stories, letters, criticism and
comments on Charles Bukowski by other writers.
15
13
Other Publications:
Six Poets, Ellensburg, Washinton,
Vagabond Press.
, 1973
The poets are Al Masarik, Lyn Lifshin, John Thomas, Ronald
Koertge, Joel Duetsch, and Ann Menebroker. Charles Bukowski has sketched a
portait of each.
15
14
Other Publications:
London Magazine, vol. 13, no. 6.
Signed at head of story, "Would You Suggest Writing as a Career?"
, February-March
1974
15
15
Other Publications:
Wormwood, vol. 14, no. 1, issue no.
53. Selections from
55 Beds in the Same Direction".
Signed on page 1 and signed by editor Marvin Malone.
, 1974
Includes:
"200 years"
"finish"
"55 beds in the direction"
"well, now that Ezra has died..."
"tarot"
"eleven"
"no bra, no panties"
"a bit of light for the toad"
"demise"
15
16
Other Publications:
Wormwood, vol. 14, no. 1, issue no.
53. Selections from
55 Beds in the Same Direction".
Signed on page 1 and signed by editor Marvin Malone.
,
box
folder
17
17
Other Publications: Poetry Now, vol. 1, no. 6. Copy signed
on cover.
, 1974
Audio and Visual Materials:
TV Guide, v. 23, no. 1176. Notice of
half-hour program "Bukowski Reads Bukowski" on Channel 8, Tempe.
, October 11,
1973
16
2
Audio and Visual Materials:
Arcade, the Comic Revue, vol. 1, no.
2. Signed on cover "Bop Bop Against That Curtain."
, Fall
1975
16
3
Audio and Visual Materials: Cover,
A New Year's Greeting from the Black Sparrow
Press, 1976, Santa Barbara, Black Sparrow Press. Wakoski, Diane, "The
Last Poem" and Bukowski, Charles "Tough Company." Wrapper copy in original
mailing envelope.
, 1976
16
4
Audio and Visual Materials: Cover,
A New Year's Greeting from the Black Sparrow
Press, 1976, Santa Barbara, Black Sparrow Press. Wakoski, Diane, "The
Last Poem" and Bukowski, Charles "Tough Company." Handbound in boards. Signed
by both authors.
, 1976
16
5
Audio and Visual Materials:
Rolling Stone, issue no. 215.
, June 17,
1976
"on photographs"
"fuzz"
"dogfight"
"some people"
"side of the sun"
"k.o."
"palm leaves"
"BUK: the Pock-marked Poetry of Charles Bukowski"
Glenn Easterly with photos by Tony Lane and excerpts from
poetry and prose
volume
folder
17
1
Audio and Visual Materials:
Chilled Green, Detroit, Alternative
Press. Signed postcard.
17
2
Audio and Visual Materials:
His Wife, The Painter, Hearse
Broadside, 1. Signed facsimile.
, 1960
17
3
Audio and Visual Materials:
Face of a Political Candidate on a Street
Billboard, Ann Arbor, The Old Marble Press. Signed broadside.
, 1975
17
4
Audio and Visual Materials: Love Poem to Marina, Los
Angeles, Black Sparrow Press. Broadside. Two copies, one signed and one
unsigned.
, 1973
17
5
Audio and Visual Materials:
to kiss the worms goodnight, Los
Angeles, Black Sparrow Press. Signed broadside.
, 1966
17
6
Audio and Visual Materials:
On Going Out to Get the Mail, Los
Angeles, Black Sparrow Press. Signed broadside.
, 1966
17
7
Audio and Visual Materials:
the girls/For the Mercy-Mongers, Los
Angeles, Black Sparrow Press. Signed broadside.
, 1966
17
8
Audio and Visual Materials:
The Flower Lover/I Met a Genius, Los
Angeles, Black Sparrow Press. Signed broadside.
, 1966
17
9
Audio and Visual Materials:
Mockingbird Wish Me Luck, Los
Angeles, Black Sparrow Press. Three copies all signed.
, 1972
17
10
Audio and Visual Materials:
86'd, Pasco, Washington, Goldermood
Rainbow Press. Four signed broadsides.
17
11
Audio and Visual Materials:
Winter, Evanston, No Mountain Poetry
Project. Boradside number 4 signed.
, 1975
17
12
Audio and Visual Materials:
Bukowski, a film by Trevor Hackford
and Richard Davies. Poster. (Related material found in Box2 Folder 10).
17
13
Audio and Visual Materials:
Charles Bukowski im Maro-Verlag.
Poster.
box
folder
18
1
Audio and Visual Materials:
Poetry--Charles Bukowski, Steven
Richmond. Recording signed by both poets.
18
2
Audio and Visual Materials:
Bukowski, 90 Minutes in Hell, Santa
Monica, Earth Books. (Recording made in 1966.)
, 1977
18
3-6
Audio and Visual Materials:
Bukowski poems & insults!, San
Francisco, Bitter Lemon Records. Recorded live 1973. Four copies all signed.
, 1975
18
7
Audio and Visual Materials:
Bukowski reads his poetry, Los
Angeles, Takoma Records. Signed. Four audio cassettes.
, 1980
18
8
Audio and Visual Materials: Nola Express. Three copies.
, 1970
volume
folder
19
1
Audio and Visual Materials: Six Acrylics all signed "Buk."
volume
folder
19
2
Audio and Visual Materials: Three Items.
, 1965,
1967
Includes:
A Ink self portrait, "Buk'65 /New Orleans"
Pencil, self portrait, "Buk /'67"
Ink, patients and nurse, "Buk"
volume
folder
19
3
Audio and Visual Materials: Signed watercolor "Buk." (A
new penny since lost, was attached at upper right.)
19
4
Audio and Visual Materials: Three Watercolors Signed
"Buk".
, 1964
19
5
Audio and Visual Materials: Watercolor Signed "Buk."
, 1963
19
6
Audio and Visual Materials: Ink Self-portrait, "Buk 65."
, 1965
19
7
Audio and Visual Materials: In Self-Portrait, "Buk
'65/N.O. La./March/Minne's /Place."
, 1965
19
8
Audio and Visual Materials: A-J "wax chalks." (A has
another drawing on the back.) All signed "Buk 66."
, 1966
19
9
Audio and Visual Materials: Acrylic, "Buk."
19
10
Audio and Visual Materials: Two Items.
, 1964
A Watercolor, "Buk 1964/God is Sad"
B Watercolor, "Buk k6"
19
11
Audio and Visual Materials: Collage of Five Ink Drawings
and Pencil. Each drawing signed "Buk '64." One is titled "A Hotel for
Stragglers."
, 1964
