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ROYAL ROAD TEST - SIGNED BY EDWARD RUSCHA
(RUSCHA, EDWARD). Ruscha, Edward, Mason Williams & Patrick Blackwell. Los Angeles. 1967 (1980).: Self-Published. Fourth Edition 1/1500. 8vo. Spiral Bound Wrappers. Artists' Book. As New./No Jacket - As Issued.. np (60pp), 35 b&w photographs. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. What happens when Ed Ruscha, Mason Williams and Patrick Blackwell perform and document a Consumer Reports-style crash test involving a Royal manual typewriter ejected from a 1963 Buick LeSabre traveling at ninety miles per hour along US Highway 91..? "Royal Road Test" - a must-have artists' book for road-trip and Conceptual Art enthusiasts alike! An exceptionally bright, glossy example of the 1980 fourth edition (entry B6 in Siri Engberg's "Edward Ruscha: Editions 1959-1999" which is also cited on pages 198-201 of The Hasselblad Center's "The Open Book") limited to one thousand, five hundred unnumbered copies issued without glassine wrapper additionally BOLDLY SIGNED "Ed Ruscha" in black ink on the front free endpaper. Inventory Number: 024543