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TWENTYSIX ABANDONED GASOLINE STATIONS - SIGNED BY THE PHOTOGRAPHER
(BROUWS, JEFFREY). Brouws, Jeffrey. Santa Barbara, CA: Handjob Press & National Gas-N-Go Publications, 1992. First Edition 1/1000 Copies. 8vo. Printed Wrappers with Glassine. Photography Monograph. As New./As New.. 48pp, 26 b&w illustrations. "Twentysix Abandoned Gasoline Stations" is Jeffrey Brouws' first book - an exquisite little paean to Edward Ruscha's own first volume of virtually the same title. Designed and typeset as if a Ruscha publication, its photographs nicely illustrate America's crumbling autopia in lush duotone reproduction thirty years later. A brand new, pristine example of the first printing of this self-published gem (featured on pages 52-55 of Jeffrey Brouws, Wendy Burton and Hermann Zschiegner's "Various Small Books: Referencing Various Small Books by Ed Ruscha") acquired directly from the photographer HAND-NUMBERED "HC II" at the rear colophon and additionally SIGNED "Jeffrey Brouws" in black ink on the title page in the publisher's immaculate unprinted vellum wrapper. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its value - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase. Inventory Number: 023182