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Title: "the big weight-lifting feat” - manuscript poem signed by Charles Bukowski Author: Bukowski, Charles Place: Los Angeles Publisher: Date: Jan. 22, 1978 Description: 4 pages. Carbon copy of a typed poem, signed and dated by Bukowski in ink. Published in "Legs, Hips and Behind" - p.114 (1978) [i.e. "Wormwood Review" - No. 71]. Four-page poem of a story Bukowski told many times, about an incident that took place when he worked packing lighting fixtures for shipment at the Sunbeam Lighting Company in LA where he worked from January of 1949 until March of 1951. Charles Bukowski’s practice during this period was to type the poem with a carbon copy, sign and date the carbon and send it to his publisher. Lot Amendments Condition: Tiny pinholes in upper left corners; near fine. Item number: 216762