The Outsider 1-5

edited by Jon Edgar Webb and Louise "Gypsy Lou" Webb  

First edition, five issues in four volumes.  New Orleans LA and Tucson AZ:  Loujon Press, 1961-1969  

Series is overall in VERY GOOD condition.

• Issues 1-3:  Wraps are mostly clean, with photo text and illustration.  Wraps show some edgewear.  Corners are bumped.  See photos.
• Issues 4/5:  Covers have black and white photo illustration and text.  Boards show some discoloration at edges, edgewear.  Corners are sharp.  See photos.   
• Spines 1-3 have contrasting text and are bright with crushed ends.
• Spine 4/5 has black text and is bright with bumped ends.  See photos.  
• Bindings are secure. 
• End papers, some colored, some tissue, are mostly clean; some staining to issue #2, a tape mark to back pastedown of #4/5, bumping to head of ffeps.  See photos.  
• Illustrations, black and white photos and line drawings, are bright and clear.  
• Interiors are gently age-toned; stock varies, with some sheets exhibiting marginal toning, light edgewear.  
• Inside pages are free of writing and intentional marks.
• Text block edges have a little foxing to #1-2. 
• PS2025.0723

102 + 112 + 138 + 191 pages. 6 x 9; 7 x 10 inches

A Very Good set of The Outsider, published from 1961-1969.  First and only edition.  Five issues in four volumes.  [1-3] Softcover.  Paper wraps with photography, a little bumping to edges; otherwise in very good condition.  Some gilt to textblock on issue #3, multi-colored tissue guards.  [4-5] Bound together in publisher's printed paper boards.  Dust jacket is absent; residue of tape affixing it shows at back cover.   

Complete run of this avant-garde literary magazine.  Founded in New Orleans, The Outsider was distinguished by its elaborate graphic design.  Jon and Louise Webb's magazine drew poets and authors for both its high quality and its relatively broad reach.  Unlike typical mimeographed magazines of the time, produced in quantities of 200 to 300, the Webb's Loujon press printed 3,100-copy editions. (MacCash, Times Picayune 8/29/2013).  

Writers published in The Outsider included Charles Bukowski, Kenneth Patchen, Marvin Bell, William S. Burroughs, Cid Corman, Gregory Corso, Diane Di Prima, Ed Dorn, Russell Edson, Lawrnece Ferlinghetti, Jean Genet, Langston Hughes, LeRoi Jones, Jack Kerouac, Philip Lamantia, Clarence Major, Michael McClure, G. C. Oden, Charles Olson, Peter Olovsky, Joel Oppenheimer, Gary Snyder, Jonathan Williams, Diane Wakoski; plus art by Ray Johnson, Noel Rockmore, among others. 

Please see photos. More photos available upon request.

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