Bukowski, Charles

Estimate

4,000 - 6,000 USD

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Description

The Genius of the Crowd. [Cleveland]: 7 Flowers Press, 1966
paper, ink, cloth

12 mo. 4 linoleum cuts by Paula Marie Savarino, some pages printed on envelopes, making the leaves double; title has green bleed from covers along margin. Original wrappers with linoleum cut; some minor discoloration to corner.

Catalogue Note

First edition, one of perhaps only 40 surviving of the 103 copies issued, of a true Buk rarity, The Cleveland Police Department seized many of these chapbooks for being obscene. OCLC lists 20, so the present is a very rare opportunity to acquire a Bukowski cornerstone.