Sought-after signed book: Not Quite Bernadette by Charles Bukowski. Limited special edition, numbered 6/75. Compton, California: Greybeard Press, 1990. Acid-washed denim-bound clamshell box with inner matching clamshell hardcover with sculptured paper cover design by Joseph D'Ambrosio, 19.5 x 22.25, 11 pages of prose text on archival paper, with nine original colored 12 x 14 etchings by artist James W. Johnson, all of which are signed by him in pencil with identical edition number (6/165) and title, which are as follows: ‘Not quite zipped,’ ‘Not quite a bandage,’ ‘Not quite stuck,’ ‘Not quite shut,’ ‘Not quite drunk,’ ‘Not quite a job,’ ‘Not quite caring,’ ‘Not quite rape,’ and ‘Not quite Bernadette.’ Signed on the colophon in black ink by Bukowski, and in pencil by Johnson. The bottom of the last free end page is signed in pencil by D'Ambrosio, and the inside of the book’s back cover features a canceled etching plate of ‘Not Quite Rape,’ which features Johnson’s engraved signature. In very fine condition. Accompanied by the original information booklet from the publisher.
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