First Printing, First Edition: Erections, Ejaculations, Exhibitions, and General Tales of Ordinary Madness (1972)

Published in April 1972 by City Lights Books, this is the First Printing of Erections, Ejaculations, Exhibitions, and General Tales of Ordinary Madness. The first book of Bukowski short stories published by City Lights Book, this book clocks in at over 475 pages, most of which appeared in Open City and NOLA Express. This copy is in Very God ++ condition. The book has been read, but it was well taken care for this particular book. The back cover has that pinkish color that comes with aging, but ot looks like part of it was protected by a smaller book on the shelf No creases on the covers, end pages are clean. The front front cover hinge is slightly relaxed but fully intact. The short stories include: The Most Beautiful Woman In Town - pg. 1 Kid Stardust On The Porterhouse - pg. 8 - 1968 Life In A Texas Whorehouse - pg. 15 Six Inches - pg. 24 - circa 1970 The Fuck Machine - pg. 35 The Gut-Wringing Machine - pg. 47 - 1969 3 Women - pg. 58 3 Chickens - pg. 66 - 1968 Ten Jack-Offs - pg. 76 - 1968 Twelve Flying Monkeys Who Won't Copulate Properly - pg. 83 25 Bums In Rags - pg. 89 - 1968 Non-Horseshit Horse Advice - pg. 99 - 1967 Another Horse Story - pg. 104 - 1967 The Birth, Life And Death Of An Underground Newspaper - pg. 109 - circa 1969 Life And Death In The Charity Ward - pg. 130 - circa 1975 The Day We Talked About James Thurber - pg. 140 - circa 1970 All The Great Writers - pg. 148 The Copulating Mermaid Of Venice, Calif. - pg. 156 Trouble With A Battery - pg. 164 - 1968 Swastika - pg. 169 Politics Is Like Trying To Screw A Cat In The Ass - pg. 176 - 1968 My Big-Assed Mother - pg. 180 - 1969 A Lovely Love Affair - pg. 185 All The Pussy We Want - pg. 195 - circa 1970 The Beginner - pg. 202 The Fiend - pg. 207 - circa 1969 The Murder Of Ramon Vasquez - pg. 213 A Drinking Partner - pg. 224 The White Beard - pg. 231 - circa 1970 A White Pussy - pg. 237 - 1968 A .45 To Pay The Rent - pg. 241 - 1969 Doing Time With Public Enemy No. 1 - pg. 248 - 1968 Scenes From The Big Time - pg. 254 Nut Ward Just East Of Hollywood - pg. 258 - circa 1970 Would You Suggest Writing As A Career? - pg. 272 - circa 1971 The Great Zen Wedding - pg. 284 - 1969 Reunion - pg. 298 - circa 1971 Cunt And Kant And A Happy Home - pg. 304 - 1968 Goodbye Watson - pg. 312 - 1968 Great Poets Die In Steaming Pots Of Shit - pg. 317 - 1968 My Stay In The Poet's Cottage - pg. 323 - 1967 The Stupid Christs - pg. 329 - 1969 Too Sensitive - pg. 340 - 1967 Rape! Rape! - pg. 345 An Evil Town - pg. 351 Love It Or Leave It - pg. 357 - circa 1970 A Dollar And Twenty Cents - pg. 364 - 1967 No Stockings - pg. 367 - 1969 A Quiet Conversation Piece - pg. 374 - 1968 Beer And Poets And Talk - pg. 381 - 1967 I Shot A Man In Reno - pg. 385 - 1968 A Rain Of Women - pg. 394 - 1968 Night Streets Of Madness - pg. 400 - 1969 Purple As An Iris - pg. 408 - circa 1971 Eyes Like The Sky - pg. 415 - 1967 One For Walter Lowenfels - pg. 421 - 1968 Notes Of A Potential Suicide - pg. 428 Notes On The Pest - pg. 434 - 1967 A Bad Trip - pg. 440 - 1967 Animal Crackers In My Soup - pg. 444 - circa 1971 A Popular Man - pg. 457 - 1968 Flower Horse - pg. 462 - 1967 The Big Pot Game - pg. 467 - 1967 The Blanket - pg. 471 - circa 1964 Shelf 1