Floating Bear Issue by Prima Diane (20 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Very Good 23 page stapled paper sheets. 8 1/2" by 11". Contributors include: di Prima, LeRoi Jones, Gary Snyder, Lenore Kendel, Michael McClure. IB.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st edition. VG. 4to, 130pp, stapled wrappers. Large combined issue of Allen De Loach's Intrepid and Diane di Prima's Floating Bear; includes work by La Monte Young and Angus MacLise, plus Gary Snyder (Sherlock v2.D224) and many others. Errata slip laid in. Unmarked copy, some cover wear and toning and a little general wear and bumping. Not Signed.

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).

Original wraps. Condition: Very Good +. First Edition. The March 1961 issue #7 of "The Floating Bear", Diane Di Prima's and LeRoi Jones's first-rate poetry newsletter and mimeo issued out of New York's Lower East Side (at 309 East Houston Street). Crisp and VG+ to Near Fine in its stapled wrappers. Contributors to this issue include Bill Berkson and Charles Olson.

Original wraps. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. The 1961 issue #8 of "The Floating Bear", Diane Di Prima's and LeRoi Jones's first-rate poetry newsletter and mimeo issued out of New York's Lower East Side (at 309 East Houston Street). Crisp and VG+ to Near Fine in its stapled wrappers. Contributors to this issue include Ed Dorn and Joel Oppenheimer.

Original wraps. Condition: Very Good +. First Edition. The 1961 issue #6 of "The Floating Bear", Diane Di Prima's and LeRoi Jones's first-rate poetry newsletter and mimeo issued out of New York's Lower East Side (at 309 East Houston Street). Crisp and VG+ to Near Fine in its stapled wrappers. Contributors to this issue include Robert Creeley and LeRoi Jones.

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.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st edition. VG+. 4to, 12pp (mimeographed), corner-stapled. Nice copy of the rare third issue of this seminal 1960s little magazine. Entire issue is devoted to The Landscapes Below by Ed Dorn (Streeter C30). An unmarked copy, never folded or mailed, with light wear to extremities and minor toning, plus minor writing indents to front leaf. Not Signed.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st edition. Good+. 4to, 16pp (mimeographed), corner-stapled. A rare early issue of this seminal 1960s little magazine, entirely devoted to work by John Wieners. An unmarked copy (aside from stray doodle to front leaf), folder shadowing to front leaf (which has edge folds), a little marginal staining. (First two leaves are most worn.). Not Signed.

Original wraps. Condition: Very Good +. First Edition. The 1961 issue #9 (one of the most important --and least common-- issues) of "The Floating Bear", Diane Di Prima's and LeRoi Jones's first-rate poetry newsletter and mimeo issued out of New York's Lower East Side (at 309 East Houston Street). Crisp and VG to VG+ in its stapled wrappers, with one small closed tear along the staple at the upper left corner of the front panel, otherwise clean as could be. Most notable about this issue is its 2 principal contributions, the original excerpts from LeRoi Jones' "The System of Dante's Hell/The Eighth Ditch" and William Burroughs' "Roosevelt After the Inauguration". (Both proved to be enduring literary works and both are appearing here for the very first time). And bringing up the rear is an experimental Philip Whalen dialogue.

First Edition. Quarto (28cm.); stapled mimeographed pictorial self-wrappers illustrated by Robert Branaman; [16]pp. Previous mail folds, wrappers a bit toned and lightly worn from handling, else Very Good overall. Postally addressed to James Laughlin with return address of the Poets Press in New York. Issue guest edited by Kirby Doyle with contributions Michael McClure, Di Prima, and others.

First Edition. Quarto (28cm.); side-stapled mimeographed self-wrappers; [12]pp. A Near Fine and unfolded (possibly unissued) copy, as the magazine sold only through its mailing list. Contributions include Allen Ginsberg's essay "History of the Jewish Socialist Party in America," and Frank O'Hara's long poem "For the Chinese New Year & For Bill Berkson.

First Edition. Quarto (28cm.); stapled mimeographed pictorial self-wrappers illustrated by Jess Collins; [16]pp. Previous mail folds, wrappers a bit toned, else Very Good overall. Postally addressed in manuscript to James Laughlin with return address of the Poets Press in New York. Contributors include John Wieners and Robert Duncan.

First Edition. Quarto (28cm.); side-stapled mimeographed self-wrappers; [12]pp. A Fine and unfolded (possibly unissued) copy, as the magazine sold only through its mailing list. Contents chiefly devoted to the poetry of John Ashbery, and provides a notice on p. [12] that the poet "is now looking for manuscripts (poems) for Locus Solus 3." Concludes with the plea "We are, as ever, badly in need of money for Bears. This isn't addressed to those of you who have done more than your share, but to you guys who have as yet done nothing: PLEASE SEND WHATEVER YOU CAN, AS SOON AS YOU CAN.".

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".

Stapled Pages. Condition: Good+. Issue #9. Six pages, heavy paper stock with single staple at upper corner. Includes "From "The System of Dante's Hell: The Eighth Ditch is Drama (Your Tongues Are Fire and Your Strategies Hell Itself)" by LeRoi Jones; "Roosevelt After Inauguration" (subject of a famous obscenity trial) by William Burroughs; "Itchy" (poetry) by Philip Whalen. Folded for mailing with staple removed from lower end in order for newsletter to be read by recipient; address label and stamp bits remain at upper front; date scribbled out from postal stamp in pencil at same; tanning, particularly at edges and fold; a little soiling; creasing; minor edge nicks and tears. A rare original and ephemeral item. Book.