Ham on Rye by Charles Bukowski, First Edition (33 results)

Paperback. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First edition third printing thus paperback. 349 pp. Fine condition No inscriptions.

First edition. 17 x 10 1/16 inch broadside, printed in four colors on pale yellow paper. Folded into fourths, else near fine. Black Sparrow Broadside/Flyer No. 8 [but is actually No 9]. Krumhansl 74a.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition Thus. Ilustrated covers, bright and clean, uplift to corners. Book with crisp interior, firm in binding, though split to spine on page 243, else good. Free of any markings, not ex-library.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 318 pages.

First edition. 17 x 10 1/16 inch broadside, printed in four colors on pale yellow paper. Fine. Black Sparrow Broadside/Flyer No. 8 [but is actually No 9]. Krumhansl 74a.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. No jacket. First edition. Cove is lightly worn along edges. Binding is tight. Beverage stains on front cover, bleeding onto first blank blue page. All other pages are clean and unmarked. As is.

first edition paperback, 1982. semi-autobiographical novel starring henry chinaski (essentially bukowski's alter ego) in his early years of life during the great depression. chinaski appears in five of bukwoski's novels, including "women" (1978), "post office" (1971), and "factotum" (1975), and also is also a feature of innumerable poems and short stories. santa barbara: black sparrow press. isbn: 0-87685-558-3. 283 pages. 6 x 9". softcover. bound in paper wrappers. book condition: soiling throughout. notable shelfwear. stain to front. good +.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First paperback edition. First printing; with the full-colour title page. Published simultaneously with the hardback and signed hardback editions. Covers and edges slightly soiled and with a circular stain to back cover. Binding tight, with uncreased spine.

First edition, first printing. Paperback original, issued simultaneously with the hardback and limited signed editions. Original illustrated card wrappers lettered to the spine. Turquoise endpapers. Title page printed in full colour. A near fine copy, the binding square and firm, the contents clean throughout. The covers and page block edges are just a touch dusty, spine a little toned. A nice copy. Bukowski's fourth novel. A semi-autobiographical account of coming-of-age in Los Angeles during the Great Depression. Printed July 1982 in Santa Barbara and Ann Arbor for the Black Sparrow Press by Graham Mackintosh & Edwards Brothers Inc. Design by Barbara Martin. In addition to the edition in wrappers, there were 750 trade hardback copies, 350 hardbacks numbered and signed by the author, and 126 numbered handbound copies each with an original painting by Charles Bukowski. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. First edition, wrappered issue. Foxing on page edges, light dampstain on topedge and on rear wrapper, about very good.

Card covers. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 283, [3] pages. Light soil to covers; no creasing to spine; foxing to textblock edges and first white leaf; no inscriptions. 9 x 5.8 inches.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. A First Edition, First Printing. Near fine, missing the acetate cover. Previous owner blind stamp on dedication page, else near fine. One of 750 hardcover trade copies,

Condition: Good. Santa Barbara, CA: Black Sparrow Press, 1982. 1st edition. 8vo paper. Pictorial paper wraps with color title page. 283pp. Near Very Good book. Spine darkened. Bottom corner of front cover creased. Stray ink mark on cover and small stain on spine. (Alcoholics, Autobiographical Fiction) Inquire if you need further information.

Paperback. Condition: Near fine. 1st. Copy sent out for review, review slip pasted to front cover.

Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First edition. Number 33 of 350 copies, signed by Bukowski on the limitation page. A Fine copy in Nearly Fine publisher's acetate. Boards clean and vivid with yellow cloth backstrip retaining the delicate paper label to the spine, minor smudges to top front board. Bright blue endpapers and an interior that appears unread. Publisher's acetate with expected minor scuffs. Ham on Rye (1982), Bukowski's semi-autobiographical novel is an intimate, unabashed look at the author's childhood and the youthful exploits that shaped him into a prolific and notorious author. Here a young Bukowski (called Henry Chinaski), raised in a lower-middle class family and abused by his draconian father, struggles with feelings of alienation. The novel looks unflinchingly at post-war America and a young man's desire for escapism be it through library books or cheap booze. Krumhansl 74. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket.

Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First edition. Number 134 of 350 copies, signed with a drawing by Bukowski on the limitation page. Near Fine copy in Nearly Fine publisher's acetate. Boards clean and vivid with yellow cloth backstrip retaining the delicate paper label to the spine. Faint staining to spine cloth at lower front joint, and spotting to the closed top edge of the text block. Bright blue endpapers, appearing unread. Publisher's acetate with expected minor scuffs and residue to upper front panel from removed label, else exceptionally preserved. Ham on Rye (1982), Bukowski's semi-autobiographical novel is an intimate, unabashed look at the author's childhood and the youthful exploits that shaped him into a prolific and notorious author. Here a young Bukowski (called Henry Chinaski), raised in a lower-middle class family and abused by his draconian father, struggles with feelings of alienation. The novel looks unflinchingly at post-war America and a young man's desire for escapism be it through library books or cheap booze. Krumhansl 74. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First USA Edition/First Printing. Hardcover. Fine book in a fine acetate dust jacket. One of 750 trade edition copies. A presentation copy, signed and inscribed by the author on the front flyleaf along with an author drawing of his little man with a bottle: "For Nick Altwerger- Charles Bukowski." Laid into the front of the volume is a sheet of paper with the typewritten message from Bukowski : "Nick, thought I'd send you a personally inscribed copy this time (see p. 7).". Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. One of 350 numbered copies signed by Bukowski who has added a small cartoon figure. Hardcover, bound in cloth backed boards with acetate wrap. Some fading to the spine. Signed by Author(s).

Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Signed Limited First Edition. First edition, first printing. Number 333 of a limited 350 copies signed by Charles Bukowski. Near Fine with light shelf wear, in a lightly rubbed unprinted acetate jacket with a 2-inch split at a flap fold. One of the hard-drinking Los Angeles poet/novelist's best known work, a semi-autobiographical novel about growing up during the great depression.

Hardcover. Condition: New. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: no jacket as issued, but has original acetate protective cover. 1st Edition. LIMITED EDITION of 350 copies printed. This is number 250 and is boldly SIGNED by Charles Bukowski. The book is as new, a mint copy. Bukowski's fourth novel and one of his most popular titles. Book is protected in the original acetate jacket. All books are carefully wrapped and shipped in a box. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition; First Printing. SIGNED limited edition. Copy# 53 of 350 signed & numbered. This copy has a drawing by Buk of a dog and an old man with a jug on the colophon. Near fine in yellow quarter cloth and pictorial boards in glassine protective wrapper. (Mild bump at upper tip of front board. ) From the library of writer Larry McMurtry with his bookplate a-fixed to glassine flap.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 283 pages.

Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Advance Review Copy. Advance review copy of the first edition, signed by Charles Bukowski on the title page. Bound in publisher's original pale yellow wraps with paper label on upper cover, stamped "Advance copy" in dark blue on the front free endpaper. Near Fine with offsetting from glue to label on front cover, light toning to spine and light spotting to fore edge. In a Near Fine acetate dust jacket, lightly rubbed and with light chipping to ends. The scarce advance issue of Bukowski's semi-autobiographical novel, it is unknown how many copies were issued as such.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. LIMITED EDITION of 350 copies printed. This is number 133 and is authentically SIGNED by Charles Bukowski. The book is in wonderful shape with slight wear to the top spine. The book is bound in the ORIGINAL publisher's yellow cloth with paper boards. The pages are clean with NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. A lovely copy in collector's condition SIGNED by the author with the acetate dustjacket present. Signed by Author(s).

Hardback. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. First Edition. Limited edition, this number 12 of 100 numbered copies signed by and with an original oil painting by Charles Bukowski signed 'Buk'. painting tipped-in with wax-paper tissue-guard between dedication and half-title. Book signed and with author's ink doodle of a man with a bottle to limitation page at rear. Original yellow cloth-backed pictorial paper-covered boards, paper label to spine, acetate dust-jacket. Mint. This is Bukowski's most well-loved work, a semi-autobiographical coming-of-age story in depression-era Los Angeles. Together with a rare early recording of the author reading his own work. On a casstette tape and without copyright or publisher, the printed wrapper lists 20 works read aloud by the author. in Fine condition. Stated as recorded in 1970. Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First Printing. This is copy number 56 of 100 deluxe numbered copies signed by Bukowski in the colophon. The abstract oil painting with heavy paint signed by Bukowski is protected with a tissue guard. Book is protected in a custom cut clear mylar cover. All books are carefully wrapped and shipped in a box. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. A fine copy in the fine acetate dustjacket of the rarest form of the signed limited edition. There were 126 copies signed by BUKOWSKI and with an original painting: 26 lettered and 100 numbered copies. This is 27/100. What makes this copy possibly unique is the presence of an (aborted?) second painting on the back of the first one. It looks as though it may have been the start of a sketch for another painting which was abandoned. Signed by Author(s).

Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition, Illustrated Issue. First edition, hardcover, signed and illustrated issue. # 61 limited of 100 signed copies each with an original painting by Bukowski bound in. Additionally signed by Bukowski on the rear limitation page. (Krumhansl 74e.) 283 pp. Bound in yellow paper covered boards over blue cloth backstrip and paper title label to spine. Fine in Near Fine original acetate jacket, which is slightly rubbed and worn, and has two small indents at the spine joint. One of the hard-drinking poet and writer's most beloved works, an autobiographical coming-of-age novel, signed and with his original artwork.

Condition: Near Fine. First Edition, Illustrated Issue. First edition, hardcover, signed and illustrated issue. Number 89 of a limited 100 copies signed by Bukowski each with an original painting by the poet bound in. Additionally signed by Bukowski on the rear limitation page. (Krumhansl 74e.) 283 pp. Bound in yellow paper covered boards over blue cloth backstrip and paper title label to spine. Near Fine with faint pink staining to bottom edge of front board. Corners bumped, small ding to rear board at top edge with light scratching to top textblock edge. Light offsetting to front free endpaper. In publisher's acetate jacket with light rubbing and slight chipping to corners, a few small creases. One of the hard-drinking poet and writer's most beloved works, an autobiographical coming-of-age novel, signed and with his original artwork.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. SIGNED LIMITED EDITION of 100 copies with an ORIGINAL OIL PAINTING by Charles Bukowski. This copy is authentically SIGNED by Charles Bukowski on the limitation page. The book is in great shape with minor wear to the edges. The pages are clean with NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. A wonderful copy SIGNED by the author. Includes the publisher's original broadside/flyer NO.8 that was issue with this book. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: near fine. Bukowski, Charles (illustrator). First and Limited Edition. One of 100 (126 total) signed/numbered hardcover copies with original artwork, octavo size, 287 pp., signed at colophon. Charles Bukowski (1920-1994) was "a prolific underground writer who used his poetry and prose to depict the depravity of urban life and the downtrodden in American society. A cult hero, Bukowski relied on experience, emotion, and imagination in his work, using direct language and violent and sexual imagery" (n.b., from the web site of the Poetry Foundation). As much as he achieved popular acclaim during his lifetime, his reputation and following have only increased after his death. In addition to being an author, Bukowski also was an artist: he painted on 6" by 9" paper "with thick layers of acrylics, oil paint, watercolors, pastels, crayons, pens - whatever was at hand. They were sent to Black Sparrow [whose editor, John Martin, was a friend of Bukowski's] where they were bound into special hardcover first editions of his books" (n.b., from the web site of Bukowski [dot] net). This volume, "Ham on Rye" is Bukowski's semi-autobiograhical coming-of-age novel; it explores many themes which would crop up often in his writings, including disenfranchisement and the myth of the American Dream: "I guess the only time most people think about injustice is when it happens to them." This volume No. 59 of the 126 signed/numbered hardcover copies with original artwork, a colourful abstract work filled with primary colours over which can be discerned the grey outlines of facial features, perhaps evoking the indivitual overwhelmed by the system, another favourite theme. ___DESCRIPTION: Blue cloth shelfback with paper spine label with blue and red lettering, yellow paper over boards with half-tone reproductions of photographs and red and blue lettering on the front, coloured rules on the rear board, turquoise blue endpapers, title page in red, blue and yellow, in addition to the 126 deluxe copies there were 1200 standard copies; octavo size (9.25" by 6.25"), pagination: [1-8] 9-283 [1, blank] [1, colophon, signed by Bukowski in black ink] [1, blank] [1, black and white photograph of Bukowski with bio]. In a dust wrapper of clear acetate from the publisher. ___CONDITION: Fine, with clean boards, straight corners without rubbing, a strong, square text block with solid hinges, the interior is clean and bright, and entirely free of prior owner markings; clean, crisp, as new. The publisher's acetate dust wrapper near fine with light overall marks. ___POSTAGE: International customers, please note that additional postage may apply as the standard does not always cover costs; please inquire for details. ___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA, ILAB, and IOBA and we stand behind every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have, we are here to help.

First Edition. Deluxe Issue, one of 26 lettered copies specially bound and signed by the author on the colophon, this being copy 'P'. Octavo (23.5cm); photo-illustrated paper-covered boards and shimmery red patterned cloth backstrip, with title label mounted to spine; [8],9-283,[9]pp. An original oil painting (with accompanying wax paper guards) is tipped-in following the copyright page, and Bukowski has further inscribed this copy opposite the title page: "For Michael Mieure / I'll think of you among the hardware / Hold / Hank / Charles Bukowski." Touch of dust-soil to board extremities, faint foxing to text edges; Near Fine in a supplied, Near Fine acetate dustjacket. Bukowski's fourth novel, chronicling his painful upbringing in a militant household, and his contentious relationship with his parents. One the great American literary memoirs, ranking among the best of his work. Uncommon in the deluxe issue. Krumhansl 74f.