[ed. WEBB, Jon Edgar.] The Outsider. New Orleans: Loujon Press. 1968-69.
Octavo. 2 volumes bound in one, as issued. Original publisher's paper covered boards pp, [ix], 2-191, [7]; very good.
First edition. The combined Volume 4 and 5 is significant for collectors because it showcases many of Charles Bukowski's early works, for which the periodical were early promotors. This particular combined issue is described as being edited and printed, "handset mostly", at Loujon's Desert Workshop Printery in Arizona. The issue contains pressed flowers "picked inside a mile of Geronimo's grave" alongside a loosely inserted good luck charm, "Something wild will happen in your life that never happened before… if you let it happen". This volume also shows appreciation for the poet Kenneth Patchen, to whom the volume is dedicated and to whom there is a 46 page homage.
The magazine championed the male and female voices of the Beat Generation of the early 60's, including profiles such as Diane Di Prima, Gregory Corso, Gary Snyder, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Allen Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac, to name but a few.
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