[Rarebooks] FS: Handmade POSTER for Bukowski's First Known Poetry Reading, price reduced

[Charles Agvent]

Price reduced to $2700 NET

(BUKOWSKI, Charles). Handmade POSTER for Bukowski's First Known Poetry 
Reading. [Los Angeles], [1969].  A hand-lettered poster @11" x 11" in 
black, red, and green inks for Bukowski's first known public readings at 
The Bridge bookstore, Los Angeles, on December 19 and 20, 1969. The text 
reads: "Charles Bukowski will give his first public demolition poetry 
reading at the Bridge," along with the address and dates. Accompanied by 
a handwritten letter dated 1994 from Bukowski's bibliographer, Sanford 
Durbin, describing in detail how he acquired the poster at the time. In 
part: "At intermission I went out in the alley to pee; as I walked back 
in I saw someone peeing under a light; it was Hank. He looked at me & 
said kinda wimpy, 'Hi Neeli.' -- How many were there -- the Bridge, N. 
Kenmore? Maybe 50? A bar? a night spot? -- Maybe the sign was in front, 
maybe I saw it walking from the Bridge back to his place. On a utility 
pole. Sure I want it, down it came." Tears along edges, jagged, but 
without loss of any words. Very Good and an exceptional artifact from 
Bukowski's career, the only known example. (#016718)        $4,500.00

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