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new ef selected poems
1955-1963
introduction by john william corrington
gypsy lou series no. 1: a loujon press award book
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Cover of the Outsider, no. 2, from 1962 (THNOC, 92-48-L. 78.236; part of the William Russell Pamphlet Collection, MSS 527)
Charles Bukowski s first major collection of poetry (title page shown here) was printed on nine different shades of deckle-edge paper. This is the first collated copy of the 1963 book, inscribed by the Webbs—who gave it to Edwin J. Blair as a gift—and signed by Bukowski. (THNOC, 2011.0236; gift of Edwin J. Blair)
Orleans jazz musicians. The Outsider was a critical success and had an international subscription base.
In 1963 Loujon Press ventured into book publishing with It Catches My Heart in Its Hands, the first major collection of Charles Bukowski’s poetry. The limited edition, comprising 777 copies, was manually printed on nine different shades of deckle-edge paper, giving it a look both eye-catching and elegant, simple and peculiar. The collection received rave reviews, attracting even more attention for Loujon. Bukowski was so pleased with the finished product, he told Jon
that it made leading literary magazines Story and the American Mercury “look like rusty shivs in an old alley.”
The Webbs printed 3,100 copies of Bukowski’s next collection, Crucifix in a Deathhand (1965), and still managed to produce a book that was as distinctive as the first: in addition to deckle-edge paper, it featured illustrations by Noel Rockmore, a prolific New Orleans-based artist best known for his 1963 series of Preservation Hall musicians’ portraits. For the cover, the Webbs used a special green-and-turquoise cork-mounted paper (see background image at top).
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