Play the Piano Drunk Like a Percussion Instrument Until the Fingers Begin to Bleed a Bit by Charles Bukowski [FIRST EDITION / BLACK SPARROW PRESS] 1979

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Play the Piano Drunk Like a Percussion Instrument Until the Fingers Begin to Bleed a Bit by Charles Bukowski 

FIRST EDITION / SECOND PRINTING [1979] BLACK SPARROW PRESS [TRADE PAPERBACK]

Like a majority of Bukowski's works, this book was published simultaneously in both Hardcover and Softcover first editions by Black Sparrow Press.  

Second softcover printing / 1979.  

Book is in very good condition. 

Cover has some wear / light discoloration.  Light corner crease to front cover. 

Binding is tight and inside reads good as new.  *Some staining along top of text block [see last photo.] 


Play the Piano introduces Charles Bukowski's poetry from the 1970s. He leads a life full of gambling and booze but also finds love. These poems are full of lechery and romance as he struggles to mature. - Bookshop Apocalypse