Charles Bukowski, True Story
Bukowski, Charles. TRUE STORY, ON GOING OUT TO GET THE MAIL, TO KISS THE WORMS GOODNIGHT, THE GIRLS / FOR THE MERCY-MONGERS, and THE FLOWER LOVER / I MET A GENIUS. Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, [1966]. First editions. 5 broadside poems. Folio. Each broadside is one of 27 numbered copies signed by the author (of a total edition of 30). Publisher John Martin remembers giving many of the broadsides away to random visitors in a time when Bukowski was virtually unknown. Broadsides. A fine, complete set of these rare Bukowski broadsides, which comprise five of the first six titles published by the Black Sparrow Press (Morrow & Lafourcade 1, 2, 3, 4, and 6). Early Bukowski and, at this late juncture, virtually unobtainable. Housed in a custom-made chemise and clamshell box
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Ralph B. Sipper established Joseph The Provider/Books, an internationally known rare-book firm in 1970. Since 1996 he has been conducting business under his own name. He is a member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America and has served on that organization's board of governors. The business papers, correspondence, and professional writings of Ralph Sipper repose at Indiana University's Lilly Library.
Interview with Ralph Sipper for the Dictionary of Literary Biography:
