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Text on leaves of various abstract shapes. 9 hand-colored etchings by James W. Johnson, each signed, numbered and titled in pencil in the lower margin. (Folio) 20x17½", full blue denim with sculptured paper design on front. Full blue denim clamshell box. Metal etching plate for one of the plates ("Not Quite a Job") set into the inside of the rear board. Two additional colored etchings of a more erotic nature within a hidden compartment in the rear of the box. No. 11 of 15 numbered copies of the "Special Edition" from a total edition of 75 copies. First Edition.

Rare and spectacular production of this short story by Bukowski, virtually unobtainable in any of the three formats. Book and binding designed and produced for Greybeard Press by noted book artist Joe D'Ambrosio. Signed by both Bukowski and Johnson at the colophon, and by D'Ambrosio on the final blank leaf. Prospectus included. Certainly one of the rarest Bukowski books. Krumhansl 115c.