Various (Peabody, Richard (Editor); Pfeiffer, Peggy (Editor); Bukowski, Charles; Dougherty, Jay; Joans, Ted; Weissner, Carl et al.)

Gargoyle No. 35 (1988)

Bethesda, MD: Paycock Press, 1988. First Edition, First Printing. “With the German public, I do believe it helps that I was born there. It doesn’t help in the sale of millions of copies. Maybe 100,000. I am a curiosity. My translators? Well, they are probably pretty damned good. The books seem to go well in France, Italy, and Spain. England, no. Who knows why? I don’t know why. You know, I try to keep my wordage and my line structure simple and bare. This doesn’t mean I don’t say anything. It means that I say it rather directly without a smokescreen. The English and the Americans are used to the old literary bullshit—that is, being lulled to sleep by the same old crap. If they read something and find it isn’t interesting or that they can’t understand it, they oftentimes presume it to be profound. Or so I tend to believe.” (Charles Bukowski, page 93.) This volume of Gargoyle, known for highlighting unknown or overlooked authors, is replete with Charles Bukowski (1920-1994) content: It includes the poem "Joe" by Bukowski, as well as interviews with the poet and Carl Weissner, who served as German translator for his works and helped spark his major success in West Germany. Throughout the interviews, Gargoyle (no affiliation to the University of Michigan humor magazine of the same name) has alongside placed contemporary photographs of Bukowski and Weissner, along with some of their lengthy correspondences. The Bukowski content is the feature for this issue, center-pieced among dozens of poetry, prose, photography and review pieces by authors who were paid with a copy of Gargoyle, as is tradition. (Debritto, B1447, pgs. 354-355) Large-format softcover original. First edition, first printing though neither explicated on copyright page. In Near Fine condition with moderate scratching & rubbing to front, back covers & spine; mild creasing and bumping to edges & corners of same; moderate creasing to spine. Interior Fine with one instance of mild, partial separation of pages – still attached and intact – at table of contents; half-title page was stamped “Williow Springs Magazine | P.U.B. P.O. Box 1063 | E.W.U. Cheney, Wash 99004”; prior owner has used highlighter for a handful of passages. Near Fine. [Item #8000]

Price: $35.00