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The Bukowski / Purdy Letters: 1964-1974, A Decade

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Author: Bukowski, Charles
Edited by Seamus Cooney. With an original pastel drawing by Bukowski, signed "Buk" in red pastel, tipped-in on blank leaf before half-title, with laid-in tissue-guard. 8vo. Silver-foil coated cloth-backed decorative boards, cover titled in silver, paper spine label, acetate cover. Copy "M" of 26 lettered copies designed by Eildon Graphica, hand-bound by Earle Gray. First Edition. Signed by Bukowski (black ink) and Purdy (red ink) on blank leaf following title leaf. Includes an original inked poem by Purdy "Poem for Eda – She wears glasses and has a slightly intellectual expression as if she'd intended to read a book – then decided against it," 6¼x9¼" with hand-colored lines around edges, folded and placed inside mounted envelope (as issued) on blank leaf before Bukowski's original artwork. Includes the original 4-page prospectus, Paget Press Spring 1984 catalogue with price list and related article, all laid in. Krumhansl 81.d.
Publishers Name:The Paget Press
Date Published: [1983]

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