One

The Homosexual Magazine

published by ONE Incorporated 

Nineteen issues.  Los Angeles:  ONE Incorporated, 1955-1965 

Lot of magazines is overall in VERY GOOD condition.

• Illustrated wraps have inked titles.  
• Wraps show some smudges, chipped corners, scuffing, edgewear.  Corners are softened, with some wear.  See photos.
  • Vol III (1955) covers have black marker prices written on.
  • Vol IV (1956) wraps are split at staple fold; edges are worn with tiny chips.  
• Stapled bindings are secure, Issue IV:7 wraps are loose.  See photos. 
• Some issues stamped "GCCP Library" on inside title page.
• Illustrations are clear. 
• Interiors are gently age-toned, exhibit light edgewear, a couple closed tears. 
• Inside pages are free of writing and intentional marks.
• PS2025.1009

5.5 x 8.5 inches

Nineteen issues of One Magazine, the nation's first wide-circulated, national homosexual periodical, published by ONE Institute in Los Angeles.  Paper wraps with two staple binding, most issues are 32 printed pages.  Condition is generally Very Good, with wear to edges.

Issues:  Vol. III (1955): 4, 5, 10, 11, 12; Vol. IV (1956): 7; Vol. VII (1959): 1; Vol. VIII (1960): 5; Vol X (1962): 9, 11; Vol. XI (1963): 7, 9, 11; Vol. XII (1964): 1, 3, 10, 12; Vol. XIII (1965): 3, 7.

ONE Institute was founded in 1952 as ONE Inc., an organization dedicated to homosexuals.  ONE Inc.'s founders included Antonio "Tony" Reyes, Martin Block, Dale Jennings, Merton Bird, W. Dorr Legg, Don Slater, Chuck Rowland, and Harry Hay, “all of whom sought to unify homosexuals into social action.”   The institute's name was derived from an aphorism of Victorian writer Thomas Carlyle:  "A mystic bond of brotherhood makes all men one."  ONE was the first LGBT organization in the United States to have its own office, and as such its offices acted as a prototype LGBT community center. [Wiki]

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