"THE WALT WHITMAN OF LOS ANGELES" (JOYCE CAROL OATES)
BUKOWSKI. Mockingbird Wish Me Luck. Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, 1972. Octavo, original half brown cloth. $1950.
Signed limited first edition of this poetry collection, number 68 of 250 copies signed by Bukowski.
"Bukowski’s writings presented a vision of America starkly different from other celebratory accounts of post-World War II prosperity. Barflies, whores, and vengeful managers populated his pages. But at the same time, he made the down-and-out, crapulous life seem romantic" (ANB).
Also issued in a trade edition and another limited edition of 60 copies signed by Bukowski and with an original drawing by him. Krumhansl 41c.
Fine condition.