Published by Stony Brook, NY: The Stony Brook Poetics Foundation, 1968
Seller: Philip Smith, Bookseller, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st edition. Near Fine. 8vo, 258pp, printed wrappers. The thick first double issue of this important sixties little magazine edited by George Quasha. Includes Ezra Pound (Gallup C1918), Olson, Williams, Robert Duncan (Bertholf C206), and many Beat and Deep Image writers. Clean and unmarked copy with a little inevitable cover toning and wear (and light sunning to spine). Not Signed.
Published by Stony Brook, NY: The Stony Brook Poetics Foundation, 1969
Seller: Philip Smith, Bookseller, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st edition. Near VG. 8vo, 400pp, printed wrappers. The huge second (and last issued) double issue of this important sixties little magazine edited by George Quasha. Issue opens with a section entitled After The Objectivist Anthology, and includes work by Oppen, Pound (Gallup C1923), Duncan (Bertholf C218ÐC219), Williams, and many Beat and Deep Image writers. Unmarked copy, with typical significant fading to red spine type, closed tear to top of front cover at spine, and a bit of curve to textblock. Not Signed.
Published by New York: Hawk's Well Press, 1963
Seller: Philip Smith, Bookseller, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st edition. VG+. 8vo, 44pp, stapled wrappers. Fifth and final issue of this influential literary review edited by Jerome Rothenberg; includes work by Robert Duncan (Bertholf C135), Jackson Mac Low, Harry Fainlight, Jack Micheline, et al. Unmarked copy, some typical wear to edges of lap wrappers. Not Signed.
Published by New York: Trobar, 1964
Seller: Philip Smith, Bookseller, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st edition. VG. 8vo, 44pp, stapled wrappers. Final issue of this important little magazine, including work by LeRoi Jones, Charles Olson, Robert Duncan (Bertholf C158), et al. Unmarked copy, a bit of sunning and wear to wrappers. Not Signed.
Softcover. Condition: Fine. Magazine. Octavo. Stapled wrappers. Fine. Signed by contributor Rochelle Owens, who was also the wife of Trobar co-founder George Economou. The fourth issue of this short-lived but influential magazine of deep image poetry. Contributors include Owens, Economou, Louis Zukofsky, Robert Kelly, Robert Duncan, Paul Blackburn, Jerome Rothenberg, Diane Wakoski, Jackson Mac Low, Amiri Baraka (as Leroi Jones), Joel Oppenheimer, and others.
Published by Orion Press / Trobar, Brooklyn, New York, 1964
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Softcover. Condition: Near Fine. Magazines. Octavos. First issue is perfectbound in wrappers, the others stapled as issued. Overall near fine or better with a touch of wear and some light age-toning. All from the personal collection of *Trobar* co-founder, George Economou and Signed by his wife, the poet and playwright Rochelle Owens, who was a contributor to all but one issue of the magazine. A complete run of this short-lived but influential magazine of deep image poetry published by Economou and Robert Kelly, and noted for its distinguished list of contributors, such as: Gary Snyder, Paul Blackburn, Amiri Baraka (as Leroi Jones), Robert Duncan, Robert Creeley, Edward Dorn, Jerome Rothenberg, Diane Wakoski, Clayton Eshleman, Louis Zukofsky, Jackson Mac Low, David Antin, Anselm Hollo, Charles Olson, and many others. Accompanied by a Trobar flyer promoting the three books in its Trobar Books imprint by Owens, Blackburn, and Rothenberg, and a new book by Zukofsky. A nice collection.