Corso Gregory Jack Smith Leroi (4 results)
Published by New York: The Floating Bear, 1963
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Philip Smith, Bookseller, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.Philip Smith, Bookseller
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Used - Very good
£ 151.01
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Add to basketSoft cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket (as issued). 1st edition. Near VG. 4to, 16pp (mimeographed). This issue of The Floating Bear features input by Billy Linich (Billy Name) of Andy Warhol's Factory. Includes a full-page text by Jack Smith ("Normal Love"), plus poems by Gregory Corso, Frank O'Hara,…LeRoi Jones, John Wieners, et al. Unmailed Near VG copy with general yellowing/wear and horizontal publisher's fold. Not Signed.
Published by The Poets Press, New York, 1966
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
Contact seller5-star sellerSoftcover. Condition: Fine. Magazine. Cover by Al Leslie. (16)pp. Single sheets printed both sides and secured with two staples. Single horizontal fold and some light toning, near fine. An influential mimeograph created by di Prima and LeRoi Jones featuring some of the most important poets of the 20th Century. Unlike other magaz…ines, this so-called "newsletter" was distributed via a mailing list, many of which were noted poets, journalists, critics, publishers and artists. For this reason, most copies were hand addressed or affixed with a mailing label and stamp, and folded for mailing. This copy is remarkably pristine with no writing, stamp, or label. This issue features contributions from Mary Caroline Richard, Gregory Corso, Jack Smith, Leroi Jones (Amiri Baraka), Edward Field, John Wierners, and Frank O'Hara.
Published by The Poets Press, New York, 1966
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
Contact seller5-star sellerSoftcover. Condition: Fine. Magazine. Cover by Al Leslie. (16)pp. Single sheets printed both sides and secured with two staples. Single horizontal fold, else fine. An influential mimeograph created by di Prima and LeRoi Jones featuring some of the most important poets of the 20th Century. Unlike other magazines, this so-called "…newsletter" was distributed via a mailing list, many of which were noted poets, journalists, critics, publishers and artists. For this reason, most copies were hand addressed or affixed with a mailing label and stamp, and folded for mailing. This copy is remarkably pristine with no writing, stamp, or label. This issue features contributions from Mary Caroline Richard, Gregory Corso, Jack Smith, Leroi Jones (Amiri Baraka), Edward Field, John Wierners, and Frank O'Hara.
The Floating Bear: A Newsletter - No.28
DI PRIMA, Diane (editor); CORSO, Gregory, Jack Smith, LeRoi Jones, et al. (contributors); LESLIE, Al (cover)
Published by The Floating Bear, New York, 1963
- First Edition
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA
Contact seller5-star sellerFirst Edition. Slim quarto (28cm); mimeographed sheets (printed recto and verso), side-stapled; [16]pp. Horizontal fold at center, some wear, handling, and creasing to corners, toning to terminal leaf, with a few faint stains to front cover; Very Good or better. "The Floating Bear, started in February 1961, was a mimeographed "n…ewsletter" distributed by mailing list whose mission was the speedy dissemination of new literary work. Under the editorship of Diane Di Prima and LeRoi Jones.twenty-five issues came out in the magazine's first two years" (Clay & Phillips, p.75). Contents include contributions by Gregory Corso, Jack Smith, LeRoi Jones, Edward Field, John Wieners, and Frank O'Hara, et al. 89706.
