Interesting. There's one in my copy of 4/5 also. Maybe it was in all of them?
Loujon Press publications
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Yup. Got one too.
shitty pics, but here they are...
Thanks!
Also, I'm working on putting together a small blogspot page with the basic rundown of all the Loujon stuff. The school I'm attending has copies of the first three Outsiders (I own the fourth) and all four Gypsy Lou Series books so I've been spending time with them taking notes and transcribing things. It seems like a lot of the information is out there but having a little simple page seemed like a good idea for those who don't feel like digging!
The page is in its beginning stages right now: http://loujonpress.blogspot.com/
It will be growing a bit as I transfer over more of my notes and all that.
Also, I'm working on putting together a small blogspot page with the basic rundown of all the Loujon stuff. The school I'm attending has copies of the first three Outsiders (I own the fourth) and all four Gypsy Lou Series books so I've been spending time with them taking notes and transcribing things. It seems like a lot of the information is out there but having a little simple page seemed like a good idea for those who don't feel like digging!
The page is in its beginning stages right now: http://loujonpress.blogspot.com/
It will be growing a bit as I transfer over more of my notes and all that.
Pogue Mahone
Officials say drugs may have played a part
Me too...
Story Magazine from the 30's. Not in front of me now, but at least 2.
Thanks Z. There'll be a little something
extra in your paycheck this week.
extra in your paycheck this week.
Bukfan
"The law is wrong; I am right"
Funny, I found the same letter in my Buk files in a photo together with Webb's letter to Winchell in which he asks for help. In the photo are also Webb's own book and the two copies of Story in which he had a story printed. I must have gotten the photo from either the forum or Ebay.
Yeah. I got that stuff from Scott last year. The letter from Webb to Winchell kills me. So perfect.
With jacket and without. I prefer this one to the HC. Have no idea how many softcover
were printed, so maybe someone else can help with that one. Price listed on the jacket is $4.
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Kenneth Patchen
Yes, 4/5 is dedicated to Kenneth Patchen and there's a 44-page tribute from 20-odd poets in the middle of the book. On the yellow flyer included with the book, there's an extremely confusing statement:
IMPORTANT: "Sorry, no Stiffcover copies left. Re-checking our paid-up subs we discovered several hundred more than we thought there were. So only the Hardcovers are available."
The way that sentence is worded, you'd think that they found several hundred more stiffcover copies than they thought, but then why are they out of them? So, they probably meant the hardcovers, but this sentence doesn't communicate that.
Hmmm, an editor that doesn't write well. Who have thunk?
IMPORTANT: "Sorry, no Stiffcover copies left. Re-checking our paid-up subs we discovered several hundred more than we thought there were. So only the Hardcovers are available."
The way that sentence is worded, you'd think that they found several hundred more stiffcover copies than they thought, but then why are they out of them? So, they probably meant the hardcovers, but this sentence doesn't communicate that.
Hmmm, an editor that doesn't write well. Who have thunk?
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Pogue Mahone
Officials say drugs may have played a part
The hardcover version is not like any of the previous versions Of Outsider. It is truly a book, not a magazine. Maybe not as fancy as some of their other books, but still a thing of beauty -- A thing of crazy make-no-money beauty. And while we focus on Buk, the list of the rest of the contributors ain't bad. There is also a great photo of Buk with his daughter and a great drawing I have never seen elsewhere. Plus there are two uncollected poems.
Gary Eisenberg
RIP
I used to own both versions. The hardcover was indeed sumptous, although even the softcover was nice - especially when compared against the earlier "newsprint" paper and stapled bindings that preceded them.
The real bugger of the hardcover is the rice paper dust jacket. Mine is split down the middle of the spine, so I made a substitute jacket out of nice, thick artisan-type paper with a cut-out clear polythene window to show the red imprint. It's not great, but it holds the whole thing together.
mjp
Founding member
Maybe he discovered several hundred more subscribers than he thought, and they got all the "stiffcovers." Hence the shortage and only hardcovers left.
OK; that makes more sense - paid up subscriptions, which would deplete the stiffcovers.
Jason
Founding member
They also did a poster for Insomnia in the same format as the one they did for Order and Chaos. Photos of the poster and order form attached...
some notes on Insomnia:
Miller, Henry. INSOMNIA OR THE DEVIL AT LARGE
Albuquerque, Loujon Press, 1970
First edition, portfolio case with photo-illustrated sliding lid and housing 12 printed reproductions of Miller watercolors and a spiral bound book, 7 separate issues planned but far fewer were reportedly produced, published as Gypsy Lou Series #4.
Ephemera:
some notes on Insomnia:
Miller, Henry. INSOMNIA OR THE DEVIL AT LARGE
Albuquerque, Loujon Press, 1970
First edition, portfolio case with photo-illustrated sliding lid and housing 12 printed reproductions of Miller watercolors and a spiral bound book, 7 separate issues planned but far fewer were reportedly produced, published as Gypsy Lou Series #4.
- Issue A: 12 copies, with 12 prints plus an original watercolor and book all signed by Miller (Shifreen & Jackson A175a)
- Issue B: 26 lettered copies, with 12 prints inscribed to the buyer and the book signed by Miller (Shifreen & Jackson A175b)
- Issue C: 192 copies [planned but likely that no more than 10 were published], with 12 prints and the book signed by Miller (Shifreen & Jackson a175c)
- Issue D: 192 copies [planned but likely that no more than 10 were published], with 9 of 12 prints and the book signed by Miller (Shifreen & Jackson a175d)
- Issue E: 192 copies [planned but likely that no more than 10 were published], with 6 of 12 prints and the book signed by Miller (Shifreen & Jackson a175e)
- Issue F: 192 copies [planned but likely that no more than 65 were published], with 3 of 12 prints and the book signed by Miller (Shifreen & Jackson a175f)
- Issue G: 192 copies [planned but later increased to 385], with 12 prints unsigned and the book signed by Miller (Shifreen & Jackson a175g)
- Economy Issue: 199 copies, with 12 prints and the book without the box (Shifreen & Jackson a 175h)
- Orange Box Memorial Edition: 20 copies, same as Issue G but with the inclusion of an additional print by Paul Giovnopopulos (Shifreen & Jackson a175i)
Ephemera:
- Publication announcement: 19” x 25” (Shifreen & Jackson B213), and order form