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The Floating Bear 23 (1962) - includes excerpt from Happiness Bastard by Kirby Doyle
by Di Prima, Diane, and LeRoi Jones (eds.), Kirby Doyle, Frank Lima, James Waring, et al
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket (as issued)
- Seller
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Berkeley, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: The Floating Bear, 1962. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG. 4to, 12pp (mimeographed), corner-stapled. Scarce early issue of the seminal sixties underground mimeo revolution mag, distributed by mailing list. Includes an excerpt from Happiness Bastard by Kirby Doyle (6 years before its book publication). Unmarked copy, horizontal mailing crease (but not addressed or mailed), some minor soil and wear.
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- Bookseller
- Philip Smith, Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- M5478
- Title
- The Floating Bear 23 (1962) - includes excerpt from Happiness Bastard by Kirby Doyle
- Author
- Di Prima, Diane, and LeRoi Jones (eds.), Kirby Doyle, Frank Lima, James Waring, et al
- Format/Binding
- Soft cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket (as issued)
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- New York: The Floating Bear
- Date Published
- 1962
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Diane Di Prima Floating Bear 23 1962 LeRoi Jones Amiri Baraka Frank O'Hara Kirby Doyle Happiness Bastard Frank Lima James Waring Sixties Counterculture Mimeograph Mimeo Revolution Poetry Periodicals : Literary Beat Generation Experimental Writing Lite
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry : Modern : Periodicals;
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Philip Smith, Bookseller
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Berkeley, California
About Philip Smith, Bookseller
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