Loujon Press publications

[james]

thanks for the images, nymark. never seen the stiffcover copy before. like roni said, this one may be the real collectable!
here's a few more images of the (issue 4/5 hc) extras for those who haven't seen them before...



and here's the inscription in the copy i bought from edwin blair.
(bob and hope morgan were financial contributors)



mods: feel free to reduce the images to links if they take up too much space. it's the only way i know to post 'em...

 

[chronic]

Here's a pic of the paperback version.

Thanks Mark, ummm, may I?

And James, also... may I?

You know, put these up at cb.c?

 

[james]

well of course, chronic!

 

[nymark]

Thanks Mark, ummm, may I?

You know, put these up at cb.c?

You have my blanket approval to post anything on cb.c that I put on this site.

 

[PBBUK]

Thanks for everyone's responses to my initial query. Looks like I have some more collecting in front of me!

 

[PBBUK]

I just received the Loujon book - Order and Chaos - Henry Miller.

I bought the cork edition - beautiful! Like the Buk publications but with a sensational slipcase.

I wish Loujon would have continued with the slipcases - although we all love our new clamshells at bukowski.net (mine are currently in the mail).

For a bit over $100 - I think this book is a steal.

 

[justine]

we came very, very close to buying a crucifix in a death hand at the book fair on the weekend, but when we came round for the final inspection we realised the book is just impossible to open unless someone else has previously cracked the spine. we all know jordan isn't going to be the one to do that, so i think this might be the one and only circumstance in which he will acquiesce to me buying a beaten up version of a book for cheap.

 

[mjp]

Mine opens and the spine is not cracked. I don't think Jordan pulled it off the shelf when you were here though, did he? I know he showed you the library bound It Catches...

I tell you, it took a week to get those shelves back in order. It was like a pack of hungry wolves blew through!

Just kidding. You were both very kind and careful with everything. Even my feelings. Oh my...I'm going to cry again...

But Loujon did use some glue at times that is now very brittle (a couple of copies of Outsider 3 I've seen have this problem). So you may have come across a particularly crispy copy of Crucifix.

 

[justine]

ha! yes, i recall commenting on how i LIKED your library copy of it catches, and jordan had to try and hide his horror.

there were at least 6 copies of crucifx at the book fair; the one we looked at was in beautiful condition but we couldn't open the cover by more than a few inches. another one we picked up, which had a big sketch as well as a signature, was fine to open (but it was $950 - and you KNOW how i feel about bukowski's art...). i think i'll keep an eye out for a beaten-up copy for under $150. these kind of books, i think they look good with a bit of wear and tear - they wear it well - so i'm not at all concerned with having a pristine copy, especially if it's only going to quickly degrade.

 

[bospress.net]

The bindings that smell like oranges are the easiest ones to open without cracking the spine. Beware the ones that smell like leather or gym socks as they will not open without cracking.

Bill

 

[justine]

joking aside, i actually DO sniff books quite a bit. not really sure why.

 

[hoochmonkey9]

I love the smell of books. especially used books. so does my wife.

but, you know, we're a bit odd.

 

[the only good poet]

i only like the smell of new books. i was caught in the act once, by an ex. "what the hell are you doing!" she laughed. i looked rather sheepish. it was not something i could have explained.

 

[ROC]

I don't care what anyone thinks; I'll pick up a good book, examine the cover... front and back, then smell the thing, then read some of the text.

I love the smell of the printed pages, mixed with the jacket and hard cover material, mixed with whatever glues and chemicals are used.

I know it's an association thing, but I love the Black Sparrow smell most of all.

Shall we start a book sniffers club?

 

[Rekrab]

I always smell books, and jars of food. The smell of mildew makes me want to read a book.

 

[bospress.net]

It proves that we are a sick bunch of binding sniffers....

Bill

 

[David]

I used to like, in grade school, the smell of mimeographed pages, as did my fellow class-mates. Most book lovers are a bit, or RATHER, fetishistic. Collecting anything is a sign of some mental aberration. But I also like stationary stores and to look at the pens, paper, journals. It has to do with the alphabet, words, language as something maybe even a little sacred. The ancient Egyptians had their god Thoth of writing and I believe the Mayans had....Istamna....or...forget his name, but anyway there may be something to this idea that writing is a kind of magic....he says as he watches his words zoom across the screen...

 

[Ponder]

My father was a bookbinder from 1946 until 1988.
I've smelled and tasted everything.

 

[Gerard K H Love]

I want to put some garlic in the ink and glue.

General Motors was convinced the new car smell was an important part of a new car purchase. ( according to surveys.)

 

[Ponder]

General Motors is bigger than Holland.

© Gary Snyder

 

[ROC]

Collecting anything is a sign of some mental aberration.

Collecting nothing would be the biggest indication of a mental aberration I can think of (well... not really. But you know what I mean).

Actually it's one of my party questions (when there is an embarrassing lull in conversation); what do you (everyone) collect?
It gets things going again.
It seems everybody collects something.

 

[roni]

... It seems everybody collects something.

sometimes it seems to me, what I am collecting is bad days.
Adding each day to my collection.
sorry for the off-topic.

 

[james]

I just received the Loujon book - Order and Chaos - Henry Miller.

I bought the cork edition - beautiful! Like the Buk publications but with a sensational slipcase.

I wish Loujon would have continued with the slipcases - although we all love our new clamshells at bukowski.net (mine are currently in the mail).

For a bit over $100 - I think this book is a steal.

just picked mine up as well. a real steal at 57 bucks! i put this one off for so long because, well, i don't care for henry miller. but i just had to see, touch and hold it. good lookin' book




so, does anyone here have a complete loujon collection? i'm sure "insomnia" is holding most collectors (like me) back from a full set...

 

[bospress.net]

You can find a copy of the trade edition of Insomnia for not too much money. I had one once. Be warned, though. Insomnia is the most bizarre of their releases and, in my opinion, the ugliest. It is almost spiral bound and covered with shiny wallpaper.

Bill

 

[james]

but you're talking about the doubleday edition, right? the cheapest loujon edition on abe is $1200 and has "marginal water damage".

http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/Boo...=an=henry+miller&sortby=1&tn=insomnia&x=0&y=0

 

[jay ess]

and another announcement:

Any chance of these images being reposted? I would love to see them!

 

[hoochmonkey9]

Absolutely. Maybe later tonight.

 

[hoochmonkey9]

can't find the pics on my computer. will have to retake them...

 

[skiroomalum]

 

[jay ess]

In an effort to give rather than just ask, here is a scan of a photocopied Tucson Daily Citizen article by Dan Pavillard about Jon & Lou and some flooding they had. It was slipped in the back of a copy of 4/5 I recently picked up. Apologies for the less than ideal scan quality, it was too big to fit on my scanner so I had to give it two shorts and stitch 'em together.