Cory Donald Webster Editor John (5 results)

Hardcover. viii, 440p., Early printing in variant binding (dark blue but with a somewhat tighter 'weave') and pages bulking somewhat less thick than copies we have handled with the somewhat coarser 'weave.' Previous owner's name penned on free front endpaper, pages a bit browned, else very good condition. Unclipped variant dust jacket (burgundy as opposed to the blue of other editions we have handled) shows wear and toning at edges.

Hardcover. viii, 440p., Early printing in variant binding (dark blue but with a somewhat tighter 'weave') and pages bulking somewhat less thick than copies we have handled with the somewhat coarser 'weave.' Very good. Slight wear at corners, pages a bit browned. Clipped variant dust jacket (burgundy as opposed to the blue of other editions we have handled) shows wear at edges, some minimal loss at top and bottom of bit dulled spine.

Hardcover. viii, 440p., ownership signature of David Thorstad, very good first edition in dark blue cloth boards and gilt, slightly edgeworn dust jacket.

Hardcover. viii, 440p., first edition, Navy blue cloth boards somewhat worn at edges in an edgeworn dust jacket with some loss to edges, rubbing along folds, soiling/dulling to spine.

Magazine. 32p. including covers, 5.5x8.5 inches, very good first edition digest size magazine in stapled pictorial wraps. A Serious Look at Dr. Ray Evans by Cory & LeRoy. On Matters Personal & Impersonal by Cory. Red Leaves, fiction by Colton/Hansen. Prohibition, poetry by Morgan. One, Inc., which took its name from Thomas Carlyle's statement that "A mystic bond of brotherhood makes all men one," was founded in LA in 1952 as a homophile organization with connections to the Mattachine Society. As the first pro-gay journal of its kind, it serves as an important source for pre-Stonewall homophile studies. In 1954 the US Post Office declared it obscene, leading to a four-year legal battle (chronicled in its pages) that concluded with a favorable decision as part of Roth vs. United States. Aside from its articles covering topics ranging from the Beatniks and Gay marriage to homosexuality and national security, One Magazine also featured poetry and short fiction by numerous prominent authors.