Jonathan Bowden's Early Writing (1989–95)

This list is based on details gleaned from online catalogues (mainly Amazon’s Good Reads website, which seems even more comprehensive than Google Books) and from the catalogues of the six Legal Deposit Libraries of Ireland and the UK (the Bodleian in Oxford, the British Library in London, the Cambridge University Library, Trinity College Library in Dublin and the National Libraries of Scotland and Wales). I have also examined the six-volume Collected Works at the British Library and the Cambridge University Library.

i. Mad. London: Egotist, 1989. 108 pp. Held by all six Legal Deposit Libraries. Republished with alterations to punctuation and paragraphing, and with editorial notes by ‘Jürgen Schwartz,’ in xvi. Second freestanding edition: Charleston, WV: Nine-Banded Books, 2009. 136 pp.

ii. Sade. London: Egotist, 1990. 120 pp. The 1992 reprint is held by all six Legal Deposit Libraries. Republished with alterations to punctuation and paragraphing, and with editorial notes by ‘Jürgen Schwartz,’ in xvi. Second edition: Charleston, WV: Nine-Banded Books, 2013. 130 pp.

iii. Aryan. London: Egotist Press, 1990. 122 pp. Held by all the Legal Deposit Libraries except the British Library. Republished with alterations to punctuation and paragraphing, and with editorial notes by ‘Jürgen Schwartz,’ in xvi. Second edition: Charleston, WV: Nine-Banded Books, 2020. 130 pp.

iv. Brute. London: Egotist Press, 1992. 130 pp. Republished in xvii.

v. Skin. London: Egotist Press, 1992. Unknown pp. Republished in xvii.

vi. Axe. London: Egotist, 1993. Unknown pp. Republished in xiv. Second edition: London: The Palingenesis Project, 2014. 90 pp.

vii. Craze. London: Egotist Press, 1993. 110 pp. Republished in xv.

viii. Attack (as John Michael McCloughlin). London: Avant-Garde, 1994. 100 pp. Republished with alterations to punctuation and paragraphing, and with editorial notes by ‘Jürgen Schwartz,’ in xvi.

ix. Beast (as John Michael McCloughlin). London: Avant-Garde, 1994. 100 pp.

x. Blood (as John Michael McCloughlin). London: Avant-Garde, 1994. 100 pp. Republished in xiv.

xi. Fury (as John Michael McCloughlin). London: Avant-Garde, 1994. 100 pp. Republished in xv.

xii. Suck (as John Michael McCloughlin). London: Avant-Garde, 1994. 100 pp. Republished in xiv.

xiii. Right. London: European Books Society, 1994. Unknown pp. Second edition: London: The Palingenesis Project, 2016. 112 pp.

xiv. Collected Works, vol. 1. London: Avant-Garde, 1995. 429 pp. Contains: 1. ‘Demon,’ pp. 7–91; 2. ‘Axe’ (vi), pp. 93–174; 3. ‘Blood’ (x), pp. 175–254; 4. ‘Heat,’ pp. 255–341; and 5. ‘Deathlock,’ pp. 343–428. Held by all six Legal Deposit Libraries.

xv. Collected Works, vol. 2. London: Avant-Garde, 1995. 402 pp. Contains: 1. ‘Fury’ (xi), pp. 7–84; 2. ‘Suck’ (xii), pp. 85–160; 3. ‘Onslaught,’ pp. 161–238; 4. ‘Craze’ (vii), pp. 239–324; and 5. ‘Deliverance,’ pp. 325–402. Held by all six Legal Deposit Libraries.

xvi. Collected Works, vol. 3. London: Avant-Garde, 1995. 454 pp. Contains: 1. ‘Attack’ (viii), pp. 7–78; 2. ‘Mad’ (i), pp. 79–189; 3. ‘Aryan’ (iii), pp. 191–312; and 4. ‘Sade’ (ii), pp. 313–448. Held by all six Legal Deposit Libraries.

xvii. Collected Works, vol. 4. London: Avant-Garde, 1995. 492 pp. Contains: 1. ‘Brute’ (iv), pp. 7–130; 2. ‘Prole,’ pp. 131–242; 3. ‘Vermin,’ pp. 243–67; and 4. ‘Skin’ (v), pp. 369–487. Held by all six Legal Deposit Libraries.

xviii. Collected Works, vol. 5. London: Avant-Garde, 1995. 419 pp. Contains: 1. ‘Scorpio,’ pp. 7–82; 2. ‘Crassus,’ pp. 83–165; 3. ‘Anger,’ pp. 167–214; 4. ‘Barbarism,’ pp. 215–92; and 5. ‘Love,’ pp. 293–414. Held by all six Legal Deposit Libraries.

xix. Collected Works, vol. 6. London: Avant-Garde, 1995. 454 pp. Contains: 1. ‘Cain,’ pp. 7–82; 2. ‘Scum,’ pp. 83–198; 3. ‘Frenzy,’ pp. 199–326; and 4. ‘Mutilation,’ pp. 327–449. Held by all six Legal Deposit Libraries.