Floating Bear Issue by Prima Diane Editor (7 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very good. First Edition, First Printing. Thin quarto. 8 x 11 in. Unpaginated. Very good in original pictorial stapled wrappers with light toning and off-setting. Featuring writing by Philip Lamantia, LeRoi Jones, Michael Rumaker, and others associated with the New York School, the Beats, and Black Mountain College.

0 Includes illustrations. From Zine Wiki: The Floating Bear was a newsletter that ran from 1961 to 1971, edited in New York, NY, U.S.A., first by Diane di Prima and Leroi Jones and then later, by issue 25, by Diane alone. Published nearly every month and distributed by mailing list only, it was a fantastic platform for several schools of writing to come together, including the Beat writers, the New York School, Black Mountain and other revolutionary writers of that time. Later, after issue 28, when di Prima relocated to Topanga, CA, it featured some of the San Francisco Renaissance writers. This weighty carrier of words held the works of Frank O Hara, Michael McClure, Ed Dorn, Charles Olson, Joel Oppenheimer, Diane Levertov, Phillp Whalen, Jack Spicer, Allen Ginsberg, Robert Creeley, Robert Duncan, William S. Burroughs, John Wieners and both the editors, plus many more. It was never sold and supported by the editors and donations. The people who received copies were considered part of a literary and creative community, all of them kindred spirits. It was a great tool of the times as this mimeographed newsletter would reach a few hundred people every few weeks. So, if your work was showcased, it was read and quick. 37 issues were printed. The last issue printed as 'The Intrepid-Bear Issue' (Intrepid no 20/ Floating Bear no 38. ) LeRoi Jones was arrested for homoerotic content of his play Dante's System of Hell in Issue 9. You can find a great deal about this publication in a few Diane di Prima s novels and writings. Very good. light shelf wear, mild general toning, errata sheet included.

Stapled Wraps. Condition: Very Good+. Wally Berman ( Cover Art) (illustrator). Newsletter with Stapled Wraps. This scarce newletter was only distributed by mailing list only with 11 double sided pages. Issue 37 finds Diane Di Prima as the sole Editor. Very eclectic cover artwork by Wally Berman. This issue proves very enticing with contributors Gary Snyder, LeRoi Jones, Kirby Doyle, Diane Di Prima, Michael McClure, Janine Pommy-Vega, David Cunliffe, Tina Morris, Lenore Kandel and Victor Hernandez Cruz. There is a reprinted essay by Gary Snyder from The San Francisco Oracle in which the first pages is not entirely clean due to printing press issues, otherwise the pages are bright and clean in consideration of age, a wonderous find.

Card Covers. Condition: Very Good. 130 page, with original card covers. Stapled as issued. Contents clean. From the collection of Prof. Charles Tomlinson, 1927-2015, English poet, translator, academic, and illustrator. He retired, Emeritus Professor, having spent thirty-six years in the English Department of Bristol University. Over 30 volumes of his work were published before his death, and 7 works have been published about the man and his writing. Size: 22 x 28 cms. Category: Varied Booklets; This item may require more postage than the rates shown for delivery outside the UK. If extra postage is required we will contact you before processing your order and you will be given the details and option to decline the extra cost. Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on.

PB. unpaginated Designed for mailing when folded over. Paper for covers a tad acidic. This copy mailed to Remy Charlip, artist, writer, theater director and designer. good, side stapled mimeographed sheets (softcover).

Other. First Edition. Octavo, unpaginated. In Good condition. Wraps have brown liquid stains and smudges, moderate general age toning, and small tears and creasing surrounding staple bindings and head fore corners; covers completely detached from staple binding. Text block has faint brown staining throughout (text unaffected), mild scuffing and moderate age toning along extremities. Shelved Room B. The Floating Bear was an American poetry magazine cofounded by Diane di Prima and Amiri Baraka (then known as Leroi Jones) in 1961. Named after Winnie the Pooh's pursuit of honey, The Floating Bear's purpose was the express dissemination of literary content without financial or aesthetic barriers. This particular copy was mailed to and owned by the poet and Jazz critic A.B. Spellman at his New York address, who collaborated with and ran closely in di Prima and Baraka's circles. The Floating Bear was edited, mimeographed, published, and distributed by di Prima's The Poets Press in New York; it was produced somewhat sporadically until its culmination in a large compilation issue in 1971. This particular copy, released during the infrequent period of The Floating Bear's publication is especially scarce, with this being the only recorded copy owned by Spellman. 1395184. Special Collections.

Stapled card covers. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition; First Printing. First edition. About fine in green stapled card covers. Cover caligraph by Brion Gysin. Contributions by Gary Snyder, Richard Wright, Charles Olson, Anselm Hollo, James Welch, Philip Lamantia, and others. Black Sparrow printer Graham Mackintosh's copy. ; 8 1/2" x 11".