Webb Jon Edgar (45 results)
More imagesPublished by New York: Bantam Books, 1953., 1953
- Softcover
Seller: Jeff Irwin Books, San Diego, CA, U.S.A.Jeff Irwin Books
Contact seller4-star seller214 pages, 4 1/4" x 7", softcover, (spine and cover wear, previous owner's signature, typical browning of pages).
Published by Bantam Books. New York: Bantam Books, Inc., 1953
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: GRAHAM HOLROYD, BOOKS, webster, NY, U.S.A.GRAHAM HOLROYD, BOOKS
Contact seller5-star sellerPaperback. first edition. 1179 good - very good, creases Cover by Gross. prison of men paperback.
- Softcover
Seller: GreatBookPrices, Columbia, MD, U.S.A.GreatBookPrices
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- Softcover
Seller: BargainBookStores, Grand Rapids, MI, U.S.A.BargainBookStores
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Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. The Outsider, V1, No. 1, Fall, 1961. Book.
More imagesLanguage: English
Published by Bantam Books, New York, 1953
- Softcover
Seller: Bob "The Bookman" DePino, ORLANDO, FL, U.S.A.Bob "The Bookman" DePino
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Later Edition. Four Steps to the Wall (1948) by Jon Edgar Webb is a gritty prison novel centered on John Ditto, a lifer convicted of murder who rises to power within the brutal internal society of a large American penitentiary. Inside the prison walls, Ditto becomes the unofficial "czar" of the i…nmate population, controlling the shadow economy, settling disputes, and enforcing the unwritten laws of the convict world. The novel explores the closed masculine society of prison life—where alliances, intimidation, and violence determine survival. Ditto's power is constant but fragile: one mistake could cost him his authority or send him to solitary confinement ("the Hole"). As tensions grow between prisoners and the authorities who govern them, Ditto must navigate betrayal, rival factions, and the psychological strain of long-term incarceration. The story examines the moral compromises and emotional costs of power inside a sealed world ruled by fear, loyalty, and desperation. This scarce book is in very nice condition with just two small tears on the very bottom of the first two pages. Paperback edition. 214 pages. Dimensions: 4.25" by 7". Published by Bantam Books, New York. 1st printing, 1953. Multi-Color binding. Page defect(s): Some tears. 0.5 Pound Media Shipping Rate with Multiple Product Orders. (Min Shipping Rate 1 Pound per Order). Order More and SAVE! Genre(s): Crime Drama / Historical Fiction / Prison / English. (B101).
- Softcover
Seller: GreatBookPrices, Columbia, MD, U.S.A.GreatBookPrices
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Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.
Published by Bantam Books. New York: Bantam Books, Inc., 1953
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: GRAHAM HOLROYD, BOOKS, webster, NY, U.S.A.GRAHAM HOLROYD, BOOKS
Contact seller5-star sellerPaperback. first edition. 1179 very good - fine, reading crease Cover by Gross. prison of men paperback.
Published by Santa Monica, CA: Coastlines, 1963
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Philip Smith, Bookseller, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.Philip Smith, Bookseller
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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket (as issued). 1st edition. VG. 8vo, 48pp, stapled wrappers. Penultimate issue of this important and overlooked Beat-era little magazine from Southern California. Includes "Warble In" by Charles Bukowski. Unmarked copy, corner wear to front cover. Not Signed.
- Softcover
Seller: GreatBookPricesUK, Woodford Green, United KingdomGreatBookPricesUK
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Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.
More imagesPublished by Bantam Books, 1953
- Softcover
Seller: The Buk Shop, Charlotte, NC, U.S.A.The Buk Shop
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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 2nd Edition. This is a rare, near pristine copy of the 1948 Jon Edgard Wedd novel published by Dial Press Books in 1948. Even though it was well received at the time, hardcover copies are not easy to come by and the book jacket is rarely found in this condition. With some very minor edgewear and… creases around the edges, this jacket is in Near Fine condition. The interior pages have toning around the edges, but for a 76-year-old book, they're in pretty great shape. The inside of the jacket has a great publicity photograph of Webb and a short profile. The rear inside has a description of the book with a unique design graphic at the bottom. Jon Edgar Webb was a crime beat reporter at the Cleveland News when he decided to try to be a criminal himself. He robbed a jewelry story and managed to get in and out of the store with the goods, but during the getaway he went down the wrong alley and ended up serving 30 months in the Ohio State Reformatory. He was the editor of the prison newspaper and learned to set type before being paroled. While still in prison, Webb began writing chapters for the novel, and wrote several published short stories about prison life before the novel was finally published. As it directly relates to Bukowski, Jon Edgar Webb and his wife Louise were the founders of LouJon Press. The couple was responsible for transforming Bukowski into an established writer, even if fame wouldn't occur until years later. TLouJon published Bukowski's first true books, "It Catches My Heart In Its Hands" (1963) and "Crucifix in a Deathhand" (1965). These books are true works of art in and of themselves. The detail, the printing methods, the craftsmanship, and the pure insanity it took to undertake these endeavors was as unparalleled then and as it is today. They 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. Box 25.
- Softcover
Seller: GreatBookPricesUK, Woodford Green, United KingdomGreatBookPricesUK
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Published by Bantam, New York, 1953
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Wagon Tongue Books, Linden, AB, CanadaWagon Tongue Books
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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First Thus. Doctor Kelly is one of the characters in this 214 page novel that looks at life inside penitentiaries. UNiluustrated. Read more about : Darling, Toodleloo, Nooley, Grease Pot, Emmett Harper, and Nick Bono's sister. Cond : White paper wrapper with blue0green border. I think that might… be Ditto on the cover learning how discipline woks in `the yard'. Edge wear. No names . Good reading copy. Quote (p. 108) : " He sat back, leaning on his elbows, staring up at the marked calendar on the wall. He heard a blunt metallic clack ._._._. ." Size: 12mo.
More imagesLanguage: English
Published by Loujon Press, New Orleans, LA, 1962
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: All Booked Up, Louisville, KY, U.S.A.All Booked Up
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Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Paperback copy showing wear all edges. Inside clean and tight. 45 Contributors. Tibbs, Salantrie, Newman (illustrator).
More imagesPublished by Odyssey Chapbook, Chicago, 1958
- First Edition
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA
Contact seller5-star sellerFirst Edition. Stapled wrappers; 21 pp. Number 267 of 368 copies. Publisher address changes in Sward's handwriting. Introduction by Frederick Eckman. Odyssey Chapbook 1. This copy inscribed by the poet to Jon Edgar Webb, best known for publishing (with his wife Gypsy Lou) Charles Bukowski and others at their Loujon Press. Staple…s corroded, covers a bit soiled, about very good.
Language: English
Published by Loujon Press, Tucson, Arizona, 1969
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: The Book Shelf, Salem, OR, U.S.A.The Book Shelf
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. 1st Edition. Clean unmarked copy, sticker stain on rear pastedown, mild wear to the covers. Kenneth Patchen tribute issue.
THE WORMWOOD REVIEW - NO.45 (VOL.12, NO.1)
Bukowski, Charles, Marcus Grapes, Henry Miller, Jon Edgar Webb, et al. (contributors); Malone, Marvin (editor)
Published by The Wormwood Review Press, Stockton, CA, 1972
- First Edition
Seller: Captain Ahab's Rare Books, ABAA, Stephenson, VA, U.S.A.Captain Ahab's Rare Books, ABAA
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First Edition. One of 800 numbered copies, this being copy no.535. Slim octavo (21.5cm); pictorial card wrappers, stapled; 27,[1]pp. Very light sunning to top edges, else Fine. Contents include contributions from Charles Bukowski and others in this special issue dedicated to the internationally known literary figure Jon Edgar We…bb shortly after his death.
Published by Putnam, London, 1962
- First Edition
- Signed
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA
Contact seller5-star sellerdj. First Edition. Cloth-backed marbled paper-covered boards; 8vo. 32 pp. Inscribed "For Jon Edgar Webb and/The Outsider/with warmest regads and best wishes/Bob Sward/ McDowell Colony/Peterborough, NH/July 1962." Poet's second book, no U.S. equivalent. Bottom edges and tips of the fragile paper covers worn; Very Good. Dustjacket… bright yellow; lightly worn and soiled (small brown spot on back panel); Very Good. Webb and his wife "Gypsy Lou" edited the Loujon Press and published five issues of The Outsider, one of the most (elaborate) and important mid-century literary magazines. The contributors to The Outsider, Miller, Bukowski, The Beats, and other anti-establishment writers were not generally invited to The McDowell Colony, and no other connection found between Sward and Webb. An interesting association copy. Signed.
Language: English
Published by Loujon's Desert Workshop Printery, Arizona, 1969
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: All Booked Up, Louisville, KY, U.S.A.All Booked Up
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. White dustjacket shows loss of paper at spine ends and tips. Red illustration and lettering on front only. Pictorial boards. Internals show no flaws. Geronimo flower in perfect condition. 198 pages. Multiple contributors (illustrator).
Published by Random House, New York, 1936
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.Rare Book Cellar
Contact seller5-star sellerSoftcover. First Edition; First Printing. Very Good in wraps. Light rubbing along spine edges. Spine crown bumped.
Published by Loujon Press, Tuscon, Arizona, 1969
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
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Softcover. Condition: Very Good. No. 4/5 (double issue), softcover issue. Tall octavo. 191pp. Unprinted wrappers with integral dust jacket (tipped-on inside the front cover), printed on several paper stocks. Jacket and early (exposed) foredges foxed, and wrappers soiled, middle 20 or so pages (on tan stock) with light but unobtr…usive staining, sound and near very good. (Without the fragile outer jacket and sealed flowers, but we are unsure if they were issued with the softcover edition.) Contributions by William Wantling, Charles Bukowski, Diane Di Prima, Denise Levertov, Lawrence Durrell, Michael Hamburger, Douglas Blazek, d. a. levy, Thomas Merton, Robert Bly, Jackson Mac Low, Jean Cocteau, and many others. Also prints an "Homage to Kenneth Patchen" with contributions by Bro. Antoninus, Allen Ginsberg, Hugh MacDiarmid, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Henry Miller, and others. A cool magazine, "Handset, Mostly, & Hand Bound At Loujon's Desert Workshop Printery, Arizona U.S.A. .".
Published by Loujon Press, 1962
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Jackson Street Booksellers, Omaha, NE, U.S.A.Jackson Street Booksellers
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Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Good copy in softcover. Rubbing and creasing to covers with chipping to paper at spine ends. Pages are toned.
Published by The Beat Scene Press, England, 2007
- Softcover
Seller: The Book Shelf, Salem, OR, U.S.A.The Book Shelf
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Stapled Wraps. Condition: Fine. Limited Edition. One of 100 copies of this 2007 printing, originally printed in an edition of 200 copies in 2003.
Published by Loujon Press, Tucson, 1969
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Archer's Used and Rare Books, Kent, OH, U.S.A.Archer's Used and Rare Books
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Hardcover (Printed Boards). Condition: Good. 1st edition. Includes Homage to Kenneth Patchen Boards heavily foxed. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Poetry; Anthology. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 20295.
More imagesPublished by Loujon Press, 1969
- Hardcover
Seller: Granary Books, Brooklyn, NY, U.S.A.Granary Books
Contact seller5-star sellerPaper over boards with handmade paper jacket. A very handsome literary periodical, edited and printed, "handset mostly" at Loujon's Desert Workshop Printery in Arizona by Lou and John Webb, "and the ghost of Geronimo." With color illustrations. Contributors include Allan Kaprow, Charles Plymell, Simon Perchik, Elizabeth Bartlett…, Larry Eigner, Charles Bukowski, Diane di Prima, Maragret Randall, Robert Kelly, a homage to Kenneth Patchen, d. a. levy, Barbara A. Holland, Harold Norse, Dick Higgins, Anselm Hollo, and numerous others. The book is very good with bumps to crown of spine and upper right front and back boards. The fragile dust jacket has come apart at the spine and is included in two pieces.
Published by A Loujon Press Book Periodical, 1968-1969, 1969
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Longhouse, Publishers & Booksellers, Brattleboro, VT, U.S.A.Longhouse, Publishers & Booksellers
Contact seller5-star sellerFirst edition, first printing With its front cover photograph of the poet Kenneth Patchen. A hardcover edition. An excellent 46 page homage to Kenneth Patchen. All the supplements are here and profusely illustraged with photographs, art work. A memoriam to d. a. levy. Poetry throughout by levy, Lenore Kandell, Anselm Hollo, Thom…as Merton, Robert Bly, Keith Wilson, Al Purdy, Douglas Blazek, John Haines, Robert Kelly, Margaret Randall, Denise Levertov, Diane di Prima, Charles Bukowski, Larry Eigner, Clarence Major, Russell Edson, and many others. Near fine with light age tone and quite handsome all around.
Published by The Outsider, 1962
- Softcover
Seller: Recycle Bookstore, San Jose, CA, U.S.A.Recycle Bookstore
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Paperback. Condition: Fair. Corners show light wear, half inch chip/tear at top and bottom of spine, front hinge is cracked with bottom part of cover coming away from textblock (still decent). otherwise the book is in decent shape, clean and presentable, with a good binding.
More imagesPublished by Ecs Toranto, 1993
- Softcover
Seller: The Buk Shop, Charlotte, NC, U.S.A.The Buk Shop
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Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. This scarce chapbook was produced by ecs in 1993 and features what appears to be four letters from John Edgar Webb to supporters and subscribers of The Outsider. Each of the four letters is specific to each issue of the magazine: Outsider 1, Outsider 2, Outsider 3, and Outsider 4/5. The content…of each letter is typical Webb pleas for financial support and tales of LouJon s trials and tribulations in putting out the issue at hand. Each issue leaves the press in the red, but thanks to the support of subscribers, another issue is eventually undertaken. The chapbook s title comes from the final letter concerning Outsider 4/5. It is reproduced here from a single sheet that Webb tipped into Outsider 4/5, once again announcing the imminent demise of the magazine. It would be the last issue, not necessarily for financial reasons, but because Jon Webb died on June 9, 1971. I have never seen the content of the first three sections, but I am making the assumption they were also messages sent to supporters. According to the colophon, eighty-eight copies sown in homeage march 1993 This is hand-numbered #33 of 88 copies and is in Near Fine condition. Not much is known about ecs, but this interesting little press seems to have been associated in some way to Letters Bookshop in Toronto, Canada. Back in 1987, Letters offered for sale Al Purdy's copies of "A Signature of Charles Bukowski Poetry" (Targets 4, December 1960) and "Charles Bukowski A Signature of Poetry" (Targets 15, September 1963) aka Signature 3. As part of the sale, ecs issued a faithful reproduction of Targets Signature 3 originally issued as a chapbook in Targets 15. Only 67 copies of the chapbook were stated to have been published. In parallel, tecs also published a side-stitched chapbook titled Signatures , a 32-page study that describes Targets 4 and Targets 15 in fascinating detail, including photocopies of the original publications. There are several quotes from Bukowski experts, such as Wormwood Review publisher Marvin Malone, who questioned even the existence of Signature 3. Only 35 copies of the chapbook were stated to have been published. The final ecs chapbook relating to Bukowski came on March 22, 1994, when a group of Bukowski faithful met at The Idler Pub in Toronto, Canada, to hold a wake for the recently deceased Charles Bukowski. As a tribute, ecs chapbook reprinted the classic Bukowski poem, Something for The Touts, The Nuns, The Grocery Clerks and You. Only 73 copies were stated to have been published. Box 25, Copy 1.
Published by Loujon Press, Tucson, 1968
- Hardcover
Seller: Book Alley, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.Book Alley
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hardcover. Condition: Good. Good. Used with wear but is still in solid reading condition. Dust jacket has completely fallen apart, but parts are sandwiched in between front board and ffep. Also includes sealed pressed flowers with text, and a printed fascimile of newspaper article on editors. NO markings to text. Foxing to pages…, and edges, as well as browning. Bumping, and denting to boards and spine. Some tape residue to inner board paste down. Pasadena's finest new and used bookstore since 1992.
More imagesPublished by Loujon Press New Orleans, 1962
- Softcover
Seller: ANARTIST, New York, NY, U.S.A.ANARTIST
Contact seller5-star sellerSoftcover poetry journal, staple-bound, 112 pages; very good condition; light wear to covers; no internal marks. Foreign shipping may be extra.
Published by Loujon Press, Tucson, AZ, 1969
- Hardcover
- First Edition
- Periodical
Seller: Vashon Island Books, Vashon, WA, U.S.A.Vashon Island Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition. In b/w pictoiral boards, 4to, 191, [8] pages. Notable hardcover double issue of the book-like periodical; principally noteworthy for the section "Homage to Kenneth Patchen", including tributes from William Everson (as Brother Antoninus), Lawrence Ferli…nghetti, Allen Ginsberg, Henry Miller, Harold Norse, Bern Porter, Kenneth Rexroth, and others; other contributors include Charles Bukowski, Russell Edson, Robert Kelly, Jackson MacLow, Thomas Merton, Charles Plymell, and others. Contributor's copy, signed by contributor Marcus J. Grapes in black ink on first page of his contribution (center of page 80) and on first preliminary page (as "Marcus J. Grapes" and "Jack Grapes" respectively). (jacket present with tearing and some loss to lower foredge and corners). Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" Tall (small). Over 30 b/w & Duotone Illustrations (including photographs) (illustrator). Periodical.
