BUKOWSKI, Charles CRUCIFIX IN A DEATHHAND. New Poems 1963-65. A Loujon Press Award Book. With etchings by Noel Rockmore Edition: First edition. New Orleans / New York: Loujon Press / Lyle Stuart, 1965. An edition of 3100 copies SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR (dated "3-21-65" in this copy). 31.5 cm, illustrated paper covers with wrap around flap, leaves of varying widths and colours with deckle fore edges. Cover etching and four full page black and white etchings with tissue guards. "Thirty-one hundred copies of this first edition....hand-set in Bulmen Roman, American Uncial & others, have been printed, handfed in single-page impressions, on Linweave Spectra paper in shades of ivory, white, peacock, gobelin, bayberry, bittersweet & saffron, on an 8 by 12 C. & P. letterpress in New Orleans. Edited, designed, printed and handbound by Loujon Press editors Louise and Jon Webb, with delivery begun in April 1965 of books as they were completed to publisher Lyle Stuart, Inc., N.Y.C." - colophon. Gypsy Lou Series Number 2. Lacking the wrap around band; spine lightly yellowed with nick and modest rubbing to ends; outer cover fold has some rubbing, bit of wear at foot, one horizontal crack noticeable only internally. 1.5 inch tear at head neatly repaired; in all, a VG attractive copy. Book now with removable plastic protective wrapper. Condition: Binding: Softcover

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