John Edgar Webb (9 results)

Paperback. Condition: Good Minus. First Thus. 214pp. Tips and spine ends are bumped and rubbed. Spine has a slant. Wraps have edgewear. Inside front wrap has ink bleeding from the illustration. Inside wraps have light foxing along the edges. Top edge of rear wrap is bumped. Wraps have light scratches. Spine edge of front wrap has a small crease. Spine edges are rubbed and lightly chipped. Edges of text block have light foxing. Pages are toning. Text is unmarked.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. July, 1966 Vol. III No. 24. Covers edgeworn with a few creases, pages browned, else very good.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. [A massive 73 volume set of incredibly important medical and scientific material.] Tipped in signature of Owsei Temkin. Interesting provenance, previously owned by Arthur Earl Walker, and later by Owen and Caroline Hannaway. Printed 1933-2017. Mixed set with mostly hardcovers. Hardcover. Good bindings and covers. Library stamps and markings. Shelf wear. Bookplate of A.E. Walker inside many volumes. This is an oversized or heavy book, which requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US. Contents: Vol. I, 1933; Vol. II, 1934; Vol. III, 1935; Vol. IV, 1936; Vol. V, 1937; Vol. VI, 1938; Vol. VII, 1939; Vol. VIII, 1940; Vol. IX, 1941; Vol. X, 1941; Vol. XI, 1942; Vol. XII, 1942; Vol. XIII, 1943; Vol. XIV, 1943; Vol. XV, 1944; Vol. XVI, 1944; Vol. XVII, 1945; Vol. XVIII, 1945; Vol. XIX, 1946; Vol. XX, 1946; Vol. XXI, 1947;Vol. XXII, 1948; Vol. XXIII, 1949; Vol. XXIV, 1950; Vol. XXV, 1951; Vol. XXVI, 1952; Vol. XXVII, 1953; Vol. XXVIII, 1954; Vol. XXIX, 1955; Vol. XXX, 1956; Vol. XXXI, 1957; Vol. XXXII, 1958; Vol. XXXIII, 1959; Vol. XXXIV, 1960; Vol. XXXV, 1961; Vol. XXXVI, 1962; Vol. XXXVII, 1963; Vol. XXXVIII, 1964; Vol. XXXIX, 1965; Vol. XL, 1966; Vol. XLII, 1968; Vol. XLIII, 1969; Vol. XLIV; 1970; Vol. XLV, 1971; Vol. 46, 1972; Vol. 47, 1973; Vol. 48, 1974; Vol. 49, 1975; Vol. 50, 1976; Vol. 51, 1977; Vol. 52, 1978; Vol. 67, No. 3, Fall 1993; Vol. 69, No. 3, Fall 1995; Vol. 71, No. 4, Winter 1997; Vol. 72, No. 1, Spring 1998; Vol. 76, No. 2, Summer 2002; Vol. 82, No. 1, Spring 2008; Vol. 82, No. 3, Fall 2008; Vol. 84, No. 1, Spring 2010; Vol. 84, No. 3, Fall 2010; Vol. 85, No. 2, Summer 2011; Vol. 86, No. 1, Spring 2012; Vol. 86, No. 3, Fall 2012; Vol. 86, No. 4, Winter 2012; Vol. 87, No. 2, Summer 2013; Vol. 89, No. 1, Spring 2015; Vol. 91, No. 2, Summer 2017; Index to Volumes I-XX 1933-1946; Index to Volumes XXI-XXXVI 1947-1962; Index to Volumes and Supplements 1933-1982; Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences Vol. XIII, No. 3, Jul. 1958; Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences Vol. XIII, No. 4, Oct. 1958; Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences Index I-XXX 1946-1975. Interesting essays in this collection include: Medical Practice Among the Somalis by Leon Brotmacher; Medicine and Graeco-Arabic Alchemy by Owsei Temkin; Stomach and Psyche: Eating, Digestion, and Mental Illness in the Medicine of Philippe Pinel by Elizabeth W. Williams; The Beauty of Anatomy: Visual Displays and Surgical Education in Early Nineteenth Century London by Carin Berkowitz; On Anecdote and Antidotes: Poison Trials in Sixteenth Century Europe by Alisha Rankin; The Scientific Personality of Galileo by Leonardo Olschki; Primitive Medicine and Culture Patterns by Erwin H. Ackerknecht; James Rush, Pioneer in American Psychology, 1786-1869 by Stephen G. Kurtz; Milton's Gout by Edward A. Block; Cultures of Death and Politics of Corpse Supply: Anatomy in Vienna, 1848-1914 by Tatjana Buklijas; Aphasia Studies and Language Theory in the Nineteenth Century by Otto M. Marx; Cortisone and the Politics of Empire: Imperialism and British Medicine 1918-1955 by David Cantor; The Campaign for Medical Microscopy in Antebellum America by Deborah Jean Warner; When Ice Cream Was Poisonous: Adulteration, Ptomaines, and Bacteriology in the United States, 1850-1910 by Edward Geist; A View from the Streets: Women and Medical Work in Elizabethan London by Deborah E. Harkness; Blood and Expertise: The Trials of the Female Medical Expert in the Ancien-Regime Courtroom by Cathy McClive; Amatus Lusitanus and the Obturator in Cleft Palates by Joshua O. Leibowitz; Early History of Pulmonary Surgery by Horace Herbsman; Development and Use of the Rubber Glove in Surgery and Gynecology by Curt Proskauer; The Legend of Jesse Bennet's 1794 Caesarian Section by Arthur G. King; Michel Foucault: The Knowledge of Power and the Power of Knowledge by Jean-Claude Guedon; Veterinary Medicine and Rural Health in Pre-Revolutionary France by Caroline Hannaway; Observations on the Chronology of the Galenic Corpus by Donald W. Peterson; The End of Greek Diet by Erwin H. Ackerknecht; Spinal Irritation and Osteopathy by Frank Schiller; Early Medical Experiences in Hawaii William S. Middleton; The Physician Versus the Negro: Medical and Anthropological Concepts of Race in the Late Nineteenth Century by John S. Haller Jr.; Structure and Function in Gall by Erna Lesky; Galen on Contaminated Cereals as a Cause of Epidemics by Elinor Lieber; History of the Exchange Transfusion; Its Use in Treatment of Erythroblastosis Fetalis by Carl Pochedly; Non-Venereal Treponematosis in Colonial North America by Thomas C. Parramore; The Introduction of Lemon Juice as a Cure for Scurvy by Christopher Lloyd; Sydenham and Locke on the Limits of Anatomy by David E. Wolfe; The Influence of Benjamin Rush on the Practice of Bleeding in South Carolina by Joseph I. Waring; The Cause of Cholera: Aspects of Eitological Thought in Nineteenth Century America by Charles Rosenberg; The Fountain of Life: A Greek Version by Charles Talbot; The Development of the Concept of Cerebral Localization in the Nineteenth Century by Arthur Earl Walker; John Browne, 1642-1702, A Seventeenth Century Surgeon, Anatomist, and Plagiarist by K.F. Russell; When Medicine was in Flower by Lynn Thorndike; Empedocles and Freud, Heraclitus and Jung by Garfield Tourney; The Professional Ethics of the Greek Physician by Ludwig Edelstein; Significance of Osteitis in Ancient Peruvian Trephining by T.D. Stewart; Obstetrical and Genito-Urinary Remedies of Thirteenth Century Spain by J. Horace Nunemaker; English Military Surgery During the Age of Elizabeth by Henry J. Webb; Evidence of Scurvy among Ancient Hebrews by John H. Swanson; The Early History of the Adrenal Glands, with Particular Reference to Theories of Function by Harris B. Shumacker Jr.; The Hebrew-Aramaic Element in Vesalius, A Critical Analysis by Mordecai Etziony; St. Gregory of Nazianzus and E. Signed.

Soft Cover. Condition: Fair. Second issue of 1960s literary magazine published by Loujon Press of New Orleans; This issue featuring work by William S. Burroughs, Charles Bukowski, Gregory Corso, Jean Genet, Jack Kerouac, Henry Miller and many more; This particular copy from the personal library of American novelist and short story writer Barry Hannah w/ 'Barry Hannah' and 'Meridith Hannah' (one of Barry's three wives during lifetime) inked at title page; Binding sensitive though intact; Covers significantly worn w/ chipping/creasing present; Some tearing to front free end-page; Very mild bracketing in red ink, presumably by Barry Hannah, else free of markings; A Fair yet unique copy, Barry Hannah milk receipt included.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st edition. VG+ in Fair dw. 8vo, 212pp (plus plates), printed boards with printed dustwrapper. 1 of 500 stated copies of this double final issue in book format of this classic title, with a stellar roster of contributors. Includes floral insert by Gypsy Lou Webb. Unmarked copy, solid with a little light spotting; dustwrapper missing most of spine and an adjacent margin of the back cover; light spotting to insert slip. Not Signed.

Softcover. Condition: Good +. Vol. 1, No. 3, Spring 1963. 138 p. 23 cm. Charles Bukowski on front, street scene of New Orleans on back. B&w illustrations. Paperback. Pink tissue endpapers. Tear in lower spine and mid-spine, general wear to edges. Avant-garde literary magazine published by Loujon Press, otherwise known as John Edgar Webb and Louise "Gypsy Lou" Webb. The couple produced The Outsider from their small apartment in the French Quarter. By day Gypsy Lou sold paintings on a street corner, and by night she set the type that published beat poet Charles Bukowski. Each page of every copy of this issue was printed by hand individually on a 19th century press. Also included in this issue is Irving Layton, Henry Miller, and many more.

The complete run of the avant-garde literary magazine which championed the early work of Charles Bukowski and published work by Jack Kerouac, Diane di Prima, Henry Miller, Dick Higgins, William Burroughs, and many more. Located in the heart of New Orleans's French Quarter, John Webb and Gypsy Lou's "small, cash-starved press was an inky crossroads that brought together a failed jewel thief, a devoted Vieux Carre street artist, an out of place oil company, and a famously drunken poet in a modern literary triumph" (Poetry Foundation). The Webbs laboriously printed their publications on a traditional hand press, in contrast to the rapid mimeo magazines which were popular at the time. 5 numbers in 4 vols, octavo. Nos. 1-3 in original black and white photographic wrappers, Nos. 4 and 5 together as issued in original boards, several pages in each number printed on coloured paper. Mail order form and copy of article about a flood at the printer's loosely inserted into Nos 4/5. Ink stamped address of Nomad, California, on front free endpaper of No. 2. Wrappers a little creased and rubbed, short closed tear at foot of spine of No. 1, contents of No. 1 and 2 toned, covers of Nos 3/4 lightly soiled, a few leaves foxed, slight offsetting to rear pastedown: a very good set.

First editions. First editions. 102 pp.; 112 pp.; 138 pp.; 191 [10] pp. 4 vols. 8vo and Large 8vo. An excellent set of The Outsider, an important literary magazine founded in New Orleans, and distinguished by elaborate graphic design and a broad reach: "Jon and Lou's magazine was attractive to poets and authors for its high quality despite the fact that it sold for only $1. It also was attractive to writers because the Webbs produced large editions. The typical mimeographed magazines of the time, which were produced in quantities of 200 to 300, didn't have much reach. But Loujon's 3,100-copy editions guaranteed broader exposure." (MacCash, "Jon and Gypsy Lou Webb, Bukowski and the 1960s French Quarter," The Times-Picayune, Aug 29, 2013) The Outsider was an early champion of Bukowski, and Vol. 3, from 1963, features him on the cover. The Loujon press also published Bukowski's second and third books, It Catches My Heart in Its Hands (1963) and Crucifix in a Deathhand (1965). The volumes give a lot of pages over to the appreciateion of Kenneth Patchen, including correspondence with his wife, Miriam, and dedicated 46 pages of Vol. 4/5 to Patchen. Other writers published in the Outsider included 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, and art by Ray Johnson, Noel Rockmore, among others. Dorbin C112-122, 152-153, 189-191, D20-22, E9-10 Vol. 1 in paper wrappers with crease to front and rear wrappers from being opened, light shelfwear; Vol. 2 loose in wrappers, evenly toned, very nice; Vol. 3 with some shelfwear, otherwise near fine; Vol. 4/5 in publisher's printed paper covered boards, fine, with dust jacket in fine shape, with residue of tape affixing it to board, present is the pressed flowers from Geronimo's grave and an order form for Bukowski's Crucifix in a Death Hand 102 pp.; 112 pp.; 138 pp.; 191 [10] pp. 4 vols. 8vo and Large 8vo.

John Edgar Webb (illustrator). This is an original 8"x10" photograph of Louise "Gypsy Lou" Webb's art studio in New Orleans. "Gypsy Lou" and her husband Jon Edgar Webb were the founders of LouJon Press, publishers of Outside magazine and Charles Bukowski's first two true books, It Catches My Heart In Its Hands (1963) and Crucifix In A Deathhand (1965). During their publishing pursuits, the couple was always struggling financially. The only reliable source of income were the paintings Gypsy Lou sold to tourists in The French Quarter. New Orleans is known for its local characters and, as you can tell by these photographs, Gypsy Lou created a persona for herself that became legendary for the time. It's hard to date these photographs, partly because New Orleans streets and architecture always look timeless, but also because in many cases there are little historical references other than Gypsy Lou's memory. In his groundbreaking book on the Webbs and LouJon Press, "Bohemian New Orleans, The Story of the Outsider and LouJon Press", historian Jeff Weddle mentions an article on Gypsy Lou from the Times Picayune, but the clipping was from Gypsy Lou's own keepsakes and was not dated. Here's an excerpt of the article from Weddle's book: "She is perhaps the most startling of all the artists in the Quarter, with her full black cape, her beret or perhaps a gold-flecked bandana, and her metallic threaded slippers?" It's hard to make out, but the article is actually displayed in a frame in the photograph. Weddle goes on to describe the shop: "'Gypsy Lou's Little Studio', as she called her art stand at the corner of Royal and St. Peter, became a neighborhood landmark. She hung a sign advertising 'Watercolors with a charm by Gypsy Lou Webb,' and specialized in clown faces and French Quarter street scenes. The clowns sold for three dollars each, or two for five dollars. She encouraged passersby to post notes on a tackboard leaning against a wall. The tackboard bore the inscription 'If You're Lost Or Want to Get Lost, Tack What You Wish On This Board'. The board was Jon's idea, and some people took the invitation to heart, leaving messages? Louise posted a number of messages herself, the idea being that if she could get people to stop and read, she could make a sale." In the photograph, you can see the famous tackboard, filled with notes by passersby and Gypsy Lou herself. You can see also the clown paintings, watercolors and silk screen works hanging along the sidewalk. Most likely Jon Webb took the photograph, but they had a large contingent of artist friends in the Quarter, so it's hard to know for sure. There are markings on the back of the photograph that seem to reference the negative used. This photograph is vintage on vintage photo paper. There is a bit of a curl in the thick photo paper stock, most likely due to the high humidity in New Orleans. But the humidity caused no foxing. There are just a few marks and rubbing visible on the white border. A very rare, highly desirable photograph for not only Bukowski or LouJon Press fans, but anyone with a collection or interest in historic New Orleans photographs. About LouJon Press As publishers of Loujon Press, Jon Edgar and Louise also published Outsider magazine, which became the standard for poetry journals at the time. No other publication attracted nearly the talent that appeared in its pages and the production value of the magazine itself was unrivaled. Bukowski appeared in all four issues, with a large collection of poems in Outsider 1 (1961) and as the named "Outside of the Year" in Outsider 3 (1963), featuring Bukowski on the cover and a large center section. Case 5.