Loujon Press

Dates:

Active 1962

Active 1965

Biographical notes:

The Loujon Press was started in New Orleans in the late 1960's by free-lance editors Jon Edgar Webb and "Gypsy" Lou Webb. The press later relocated to Tucson and Albuquerque. The Webbs designed and produced several limited editions of works by Charles Bukowski and Henry Miller.

From the description of Memorabilia, 1967-1968. (Historic New Orleans Collection). WorldCat record id: 34828055

The Loujon Press was started in New Orleans in the early 1960s by the free-lance editors Jon Edgar Webb and "Gypsy" Lou Webb. The press later relocated to Tucson and Albuquerque. The Webbs designed and produced several limited editions of works by Charles Bukowski and Henry Miller.

From the description of Collection, 1962-1965. (University of Arizona). WorldCat record id: 28084710

After working as free-lance editors in New York City, Jon and Gypsy Lou Webb moved to New Orleans. There they produced an avant-garde poetry and prose magazine, The Outsider (1961-), for American "underground" writers. Pouring all their money and energy into their letterpress Loujon Press, they designed and produced several limited editions of works by Charles Bukowski and Henry Miller from 1963 until 1966. In 1965, the Webbs moved to Santa Fe, El Paso, and settled for a while at 1009 E. Elm in Tucson. They later moved the press to 1202 Fourth S.W. in Albuquerque. Jon Webb died in Nashville on June 9, 1971. His obituaries are cited in AB Bookman's Weekly, August 2, 1971.

From the guide to the Loujon Press Collection, 1962-1965, (University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections)

The Loujon Press was started in the early 1960s by free-lance editors Jon Edgar Webb and "Gypsy" Lou Webb. The press later relocated to Tucson and Albuquerque. The Webbs designed and produced several limited edition works by Charles Bukowski and Henry Miller.

From the description of Order and chaos chez Hans Reichel, 1966-1970. (University of Arizona). WorldCat record id: 28168546