Great Bear Pamphlets, lot of 4

Something Else Press, New York. Set of 4 original Great Bear Pamphlets (out of 20, all published). Published by Dick Higgins between 1965 and 1967, the series feature a who’s who of the Sixties Fluxus avant-garde.

All pamphlets staple-bound, 14 pp, in fine state. Printed on varying colours and types of paper. Issues include: (1) Dick Higgins, A Book About Love & War & Death, Canto One, 1965. Designed to be read only aloud. (2) Manifestos, 1966, double pamphlet, 32 pp. Collection of manifestos by members of the Fluxus movement such as Ay-o, Philip Corner, Robert Filliou, John Giorno, Alison Knowles, Nam June Paik, Wolf Vostell (suggesting lipstick and offset machines as replacements for bombs in Vietnam) et al. (3) Jackson Mac Low, The Twin Plays: Port-au-Prince & Adams County Illinois, 1966. (4) Diter Rot, A Look into the Blue Tide part 2, 1967. Profusely illustrated with drawings and texts by Rot. (total 4)