Burning in Water, Drowning in Flame by Charles Bukowski [FIRST EDITION / BLACK SPARROW PRESS]

Burning in Water Drowning in Flame  by Charles Bukowski [Selected Poems 1955-1973] FIRST EDITION PAPERBACK [1990] BLACK SPARROW PRESS Like a majority of Bukowski's works, this book was published simultaneously in both Hardcover and Softcover first editions by Black Sparrow Press.   16th printing from 1990.   Trade paperback.  Book is like new.  Near mint with just some mild trace wear and a small spot of sticker ghosting on back cover.   Reads like new.  There is not a wasted word in Dangling in the Tournefortia, a selection of poems full of wit, struggles, perception, and simplicity. Charles Bukowski writes of women, gambling and booze while his words remain honest and pure. - Bookshop Apocalypse