Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, (1969). First edition, 1st printing. Signed, Limited #196/250, 8vo. 153 pp. Original quarter green cloth over khaki paper covered boards, in acetate jacket. Book is tight, square and firm. Light handling, shelf wear present with some rubbing to panel edges. Light curling to spine ends. Some light page edge toning, particular to top text block. Interior clean and unmarked. Signed in full on the rear colophon page by the author, boldly in red marker.

Dust Jacket: Acetate

Hardcover: Near Fine

“The Days Run Away Like Wild Horses is a book of poems written by Charles Bukowski for Jane, his first love. These poems explore a more emotional side to Charles Bukowski. John Martin founded Black Sparrow Press in 1966, using proceeds from the sale of his personal book collection and with the goal of publishing the work of Bukowski, whom Martin believed in and considered “the new Walt Whitman.”