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BUKOWSKI, Charles (1920-1994). Ham on Rye. A Novel… Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1982. 8vo. [287], [4, blank] pp. Publisher’s black cloth backstrip over pictorial boards, printed paper label on spine, acetate dust jacket. Minor rubbing to jacket, a few inoffensive small spots on lower front board. Fine. FIRST TRADE EDITION, ONE OF 750 HARDCOVER COPIES PRINTED; PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY BUKOWSKI WITH 5 SMALL DRAWINGS IN BLUE BALL-POINT ON THE TITLE-PAGE: “For Allen Berlinksi / Hank Charles Bukowski” (Bukowski here uses the common name of his real first name, Henry - Hank was also a pseudonym he used, “Hank Chinaski”).