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[Purple Stickpin]

75 of these were called-for signed. Does anyone here know where Buk signed those (and don't say in L.A."). If you look on Collecting Bukowski, you can see some are signed on the cover:

Some are signed inside:

Here's where mine is signed:

I suspect that mine may be one of the called for signed copies, but does anyone know? Krumhansl sheds no light on this.

 

[mjp]

Without ever having seen one that's actually numbered (which leads me to believe that maybe they weren't numbered), it seems logical that yours is 1/75, based on where the signature is, anyway...

 

[PhillyDave]

What does "called for" mean?

In LA!

 

[Purple Stickpin]

What do you mean by "called for signed copies"?

"Called for" means that a given publication is issued with a specified number of copies signed by the author (and the author doesn't actually handle the book, just the paper). I guess the opposite is something like "free signed" or "not called for," wherein the author signs a book when asked at a reading, etc. In most cases, BSP called for signed editions are signed on the colophon where as free signed are typically on the title page. A few exceptions include Run With the Hunted, Screams from the Balcony, Living on Luck, Pulp, and Betting on the Muse, which all have pre-signed pages inserted near the front of the book. Some of these pre-signed pages sat around for quite some time. I have two signed copies of Screams from the Balcony (one without print, one with print, plus the bindings smell different). The one without the print has a signed page that was pretty clearly signed in or around 1993, whereas the copy with print has a signed page that was pretty clearly signed in the 1970s, give or take.

 

[Joseph K]

I didn't realise bsp stocked up on signed sheets prior to buk's final illness. Interesting titbit.

 

[Purple Stickpin]

I'm not sure that they actually stocked up, as it were, but they certainly had a few laying around. I'm surprised that JM didn't edit the old signatures.

 

[roni]

surprised that JM didn't edit the old signatures

have you checked?
never be too sure.

 

[d gray]

Interesting titbit.

yeah baby! ( . ) ( . )