Charles Bukowski.
 
Black Sparrow Press: 1978. Octavo. Hardcover with a glassine dust jacket. This is one of 300 copies signed by Bukowski. on the limitation page. Foxing to the edges of the text block. Fading to the edges of the spine. Unclipped jacket is rubbed. Very good. 
 
“I was glad I wasn't in love, that I wasn't happy with the world. I like being at odds with everything. People in love often become edgy, dangerous. They lose their sense of perspective. They lose their sense of humor. They become nervous, psychotic bores. They even become killers.”