Laurence and Geraldine
McGilvery have been book dealers in La Jolla, California, since 1960 and
members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America since 1970.
An inventory of over 50,000 art books and exhibition catalogues at our offices
in central La Jolla is especially strong in modern and contemporary art
and artists. We also carry publications on prints, sculpture, architecture,
and decorative arts of most periods and places, plus photography. Of particular
note are the materials you will find under Russia! We have the world's largest
stocks of Artforum, Art in America, Art International, Artspace, High Performance,
and L.A.I.C.A. Journal (Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art), and
we regularly carry scarce and unusual titles such as View, XXe Siècle
(Vingtième Siècle), Verve, and Derrière le Miroir.
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di Prima, Diane, and Jones, LeRoi,
editors. The Floating Bear. The Floating Bear: a newsletter. Numbers 1-37,
1961-1969. Introduction and notes adapted from interviews with Diane di
Prima. La Jolla, California: Laurence McGilvery, 1973. $85
Dark blue library buckram. xviii + [2] + 578 pp. + 6 supplementary sheets
in 4 issues. 27.2 x 20.7 cm. First-class, oversewn library binding. As new.
ISBN 0-910938-29-6. LC No. 72-79790.<BR>**From the introduction: "Bear
Number One, what I remember about it. We printed 250 copies. Our mailing
list was just two pieces of paper with names scribbled on them, 117 names…
painters, poets, dancers…. The intention was to publish only original
material…. [T]he last time I saw Charles Olson in Gloucester, one of
the things he talked about was how valuable the Bear had been to him in
its early years…. [H]is work, his thoughts, would be in the hands of
a few hundred writers within two or three weeks. It was like writing a letter
to a bunch of friends." The Floating Bear was mimeographed and published
mostly in NY City; also Topanga, California; Kerhonkson, NY; and Brooklyn.
It was supported by the editors and by contributions, and it never was sold.
A list of only the most frequent and well-known contributors includes Frank
O'Hara, Allen Ginsberg, Charles Olson, Ed Dorn, Michael McClure, Robert
Creeley, Joel Oppenheimer, William Burroughs, Philip Whalen, John Wieners,
Robert Duncan, A.B. Spellman, and the editors. The fugitive nature of The
Floating Bear and the very small editions of some issues make complete,
original sets virtually unobtainable. Full table of contents and detailed
author and title index.
Profusely illustrated, including some color, overlays, gatefolds, a unique
machine drawing, and a 7-inch, 2-sided, long-playing record in a pocket
inside the rear cover. Housed in a vividly decorated cloth binding with
a locking flap and handle to simulate a small briefcase. Slight wear and
discoloration at the corners.<BR>**Hultén was the director
of the Moderna Museet, and this presumably is the true first edition of
a key publication of the 1970s. OCLC (the World Catalogue) lists editions
in German (1972), French (1973), and English (1975), but not this one. Bound
in is a "peinture exécutée en collaboration avec «Meta-Matic
No. [6]» par [Tinguely]; date [27 M(?) -72]; lieu [Stockholm]. The
parts in brackets are written in by Tinguely. The "painting" more
properly is a drawing in red, pink, and blue. It is boldly signed in pencil,
"& Tinguely." Perhaps the human artist is giving his machine
creation top billing. The record, "Sounds beloning to Pontus Hultén's
book…" includes an "extract from 'Tinguely sound', by composer
Toshi Ichiyangi, 20 Mars 1963, Minami Gallery, Tokyo." It appears to
be unplayed.
Dark blue library buckram. xviii + [2] + 578 pp. + 6 supplementary sheets
in 4 issues. 27.2 x 20.7 cm. First-class, oversewn library binding. As new.
ISBN 0-910938-29-6. LC No. 72-79790.<BR>**From the introduction: "Bear
Number One, what I remember about it. We printed 250 copies. Our mailing
list was just two pieces of paper with names scribbled on them, 117 names…
painters, poets, dancers…. The intention was to publish only original
material…. [T]he last time I saw Charles Olson in Gloucester, one of
the things he talked about was how valuable the Bear had been to him in
its early years…. [H]is work, his thoughts, would be in the hands of
a few hundred writers within two or three weeks. It was like writing a letter
to a bunch of friends." The Floating Bear was mimeographed and published
mostly in NY City; also Topanga, California; Kerhonkson, NY; and Brooklyn.
It was supported by the editors and by contributions, and it never was sold.
A list of only the most frequent and well-known contributors includes Frank
O'Hara, Allen Ginsberg, Charles Olson, Ed Dorn, Michael McClure, Robert
Creeley, Joel Oppenheimer, William Burroughs, Philip Whalen, John Wieners,
Robert Duncan, A.B. Spellman, and the editors. The fugitive nature of The
Floating Bear and the very small editions of some issues make complete,
original sets virtually unobtainable. Full table of contents and detailed
author and title index.