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(SUGIMOTO, HIROSHI). Sugimoto, Hiroshi & Dr. Hans Belting. New York & London: Sonnabend Sundell Editions & eyestorm.com, 2000. First Edition. 4to. Printed Boards in Slipcase. Photography Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 224pp, 95 illustrations in b&w. Designed by Takaaki Matsumoto. With a biography, exhibition history and bibliography. This is the elegant hardbound survey of Hiroshi Sugimoto's meditative images of films projected in empty movie theaters jointly published in 2000 by Sonnabend Sundell Editions and eyestorm.com. A brand new, most handsome example in the publisher's silver paper-over-boards slipcase of the deluxe edition limited to one thousand copies accompanied by the lovely 17 1/8 x 21 1/8" photogravure print entitled "U.A. Walker, New York, 1978" NUMBERED AND SIGNED "H. Sugimoto" in pencil on the the lower right margin in the publisher's piano-hinged, brushed aluminum casse with limitation pastedown, as issued. 0-615-11596-9 Inventory Number: 025761

(EGGLESTON, WILLIAM). Eggleston, William & Thomas Weski. Gottingen, GERMANY: Steidl, 2011. First Edition. 4to. Cloth in Printed Slipcase. Photography Monograph. Fine/No Jackets - As Issued. 144pp + 144pp + 144pp, profusely illustrated in color. Text in English. Designed by Steidl Design. "William Eggleston's standing as one of the great masters of color photography is widely acknowledged, but the gradual steps by which he transformed from an unknown into a leading artist are less well known. Steidl has undertaken to trace these steps in an ambitious series of publications. "Chromes" selects from more than 5,000 Kodachromes and Ektachromes taken from ten chronologically ordered binders found in a safe in the Eggleston Artistic Trust. This archive had once been used by John Szarkowski, who selected the forty-eight images printed in the seminal book "William Eggleston's Guide", while the rest of the archive has remained almost entirely unpublished. This book presents Eggleston's early Memphis images, his testing of color and compositional strategies, and the development towards the "poetic snapshot.". "Chromes" shows a master in the making". A bright, most handsome example of the first edition of this extraordinary three volume set in the publisher's slipcase showing a slight crease at the heel of the spine. 3-86930-311-5 Inventory Number: 025760

(BRIDGES, JEFF). Bridges, Jeff. Foreword by Peter Bogdanovich. New York: powerHouse Books, 2003. First Edition. Oblong 4to. Boards in Pictorial Jacket. Photography Monograph. Fine/Fine. 192pp, profusely illustrated in duotone. With a filmography. This is Academy Award-winning actor Jeff Bridges' book of candid on-set images taken during the production of many of his films, including Joel and Ethan Coen's 1998 cinematic cult classic "The Big Lebowski". A photographer at heart, Bridges has since the late eighties chronicled the making of each of his films. Featured here in chronological order are images of "Tucker", "The Fabulous Baker Boys", "Texasville", "The Fisher King ", "American Heart", "Fearless", "Blown Away", "Wild Bill", "White Squall", "The Mirror Has Two Faces", "The Big Lebowski", "Arlington Road", "Simpatico", "The Contender", "K-Pax", "Masked and Anonymous" and "Seabiscuit". A brand new, most handsome example of this fascinating tome additionally BOLDLY SIGNED AND DATED "Jeff Bridges 2003" in the year of publication in black ink on the half title page. 1-57687-177-0 Inventory Number: 025759

(VISIONAIRE). Gan, Stephen, James Kaliardos & Cecilia Dean, Editors. New York: Visionaire Publishing, 1993. First Edition 1/1500. Tall Narrow 4to. Loose Plates in a Portfolio. Fashion Quarterly. Near Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. np, loose illustrated sheets laid into a die-cut printed portfolio, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Designed by Gregory Foley. Published in an edition of one thousand, five hundred copies, this is the eighth installment of everyone's favorite long-running luxe fashion quarterly, Visionaire. Sponsored by Espirit, and devoted to the theme of "The Orient", its contributors include editor Stephen Gan, Pierre et Gilles, Ruben Toledo, Bill Cunningham, Mats Gustafson, Mario Testino, Gregory Foley, Mika Mizutani, Satoshi Saikusa, Michel Haddi, Andrew Brucker, Michael Capotosto, Michael Stratton, Stephane Sednaoui, Jessica Tan Gudnason, Adeline Andre, Issey Miyake, Kareem Iliya, Francesco Scavullo, Steven Klein, Marcus Leatherdale, Steven Klein, Javier Vallhonrat, Gene Krell, Orlando Pita, Tom Bonauro, Victoria Bartlett, Gaston Marticorena, Koji Tatsuno, James White, Filip Pagowski, Gemma Kahng, Philip Newton, Mei Tao, Martin Margiela, Carlos Aponte, Anna Sui, Henry Yuen, and Christina Dimitriadou. An internally bright, most handsome complete example of this exceedingly uncommon early issue limited to one thousand, five hundred copies NUMBERED (184/1500) by hand in black marker showing some mild wear and creasing to the exterior portfolio. Inventory Number: 025758

(RODARTE) (A MAGAZINE). Mulleavy, Kate & Laura, Guest Editors. Van Den Eynden, Dirk, Editor. Antwerp, BELGIUM: A Publishe BVBA, 2011. First Edition. 4to. Pictorial Wrappers. Fashion Periodical. Fine.. 200pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in English. Designed by Madelein Wermenbol. "A Magazine is a biannual publication, exploring the creative sphere of a selected designer in each issue. We invite a guest curator - an international fashion designer, group or house - to develop innovative, personalized content that expresses their aesthetic and cultural values. Each issue celebrates this designer's ethos: their people, their passion, their stories, emotions, fascinations, spontaneity and authenticity". This eleventh installment from 2011 of the luxe Belgian fashion periodical was guest curated by Rodarte designers Kate and Laura Mulleavy, and contains contributions on or by Autumn De Wilde, Tom Petty, Jay DeFeo, Kirsten Dunst photographed by David Armstrong, Lake Tahoe, the California Grizzly Bear, John Baldessari, Mt. Wilson Observatory, Todd Cole, The LA River, Frank Wiedmann and Andrew Durhams's "Shark", Elle Fanning photographed by Bill Owens, Joss Whedon, The Garbage Pail KIds, and many, many more. A most handsome example. 90-77745-10-6 Inventory Number: 025757

(BRANQUINHO, VERONIQUE) (A MAGAZINE). Branquinho, Veronique, Guest Editor. Debo Kaat, Editor. Antwerp, BELGIUM: A Magazine & The Flanders Fashion Institute, 2008. First Edition. 4to. Pictorial Wrappers. Fashion Periodical. As New.. 192pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in English. Designed by Paul Boudens. "A Magazine is a biannual publication, exploring the creative sphere of a selected designer in each issue. We invite a guest curator - an international fashion designer, group or house - to develop innovative, personalized content that expresses their aesthetic and cultural values. Each issue celebrates this designer's ethos: their people, their passion, their stories, emotions, fascinations, spontaneity and authenticity". This sixth installment from 2008 of the luxe Belgian fashion periodical was guest-curated by "Pin Cushion Queen " Veronique Branquinho, and contains contributions on or by Tim Burton, Alex Salinas, Michael Borremans, Oscar Van Den Boogaard, Luc Tuymans, David Lynch, Manon De Boer, Marc Meulemans, Serge Leblon, and many, many more. A brand new, most handsome example of this uncommon item. 90-77745-02-5 Inventory Number: 025756

(YAMAMOTO, YOHJI) (A MAGAZINE). Yamamoto, Yohji, Guest Editor. Nathalie Ours & Coralie Gauthier, Editors. Antwerp, BELGIUM: A Magazine & The Flanders Fashion Institute, 2005. First Edition. 4to. Pictorial Wrappers. Fashion Periodical. As New.. 188pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in English. Designed by Paul Boudens. "A Magazine is a biannual publication, exploring the creative sphere of a selected designer in each issue. We invite a guest curator - an international fashion designer, group or house - to develop innovative, personalized content that expresses their aesthetic and cultural values. Each issue celebrates this designer's ethos: their people, their passion, their stories, emotions, fascinations, spontaneity and authenticity". This second installment from 2005 of the luxe Belgian fashion periodical was guest-curated by Yohji Yamamoto, and contains contributions on or by Hans Ulrich Obrist, Wim Wenders, Francesco Boanami, Charlotte Rampling, Suzy Menkes, Yelen Yemchuk, Azzedine Alaia, Paolo Roversi, Pina Bausch, Zaha Hadid, Nick Knight, Ezra Petronio, Peter Lindbergh, Craig McDean, M/M, Ron Arad, Inez Van Lamsweerde + Vinoodh Matadin, Rinko Kawauchi, Olivier Saillard, Giorgio Armani, Donata Wenders, and many, many more. A brand new, most handsome example of this uncommon item. 90-77745-02-5 Inventory Number: 025755

(YAMAMOTO, YOHJI). Yamamoto, Yohji, Kiyosazu Washida, Carla Sozzano & Elisabeth Paillie. Milano, ITALY & Tokyo: Carla Sozzani Editore & Yohji Yamamoto, Inc., 2002. First Edition 1/6500. 4to. Wrappers in Slipcase. Fashion Monograph. Fine./No Jacket - As Issued.. np + np, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in Japanese, English and French. Designed by Claudio Dell'Olio. Published by Carla Sozzano and Yohji Yamamoto, "Talking to Myself" is a lavishly illustrated, uniquely designed comprehensive two volume monograph on the work of the celebrated Japanese fashion pioneer. Featuring texts by Yamamoto, Kiyosazu Washida, and Elisabeth Paillie its second volume includes copious photographic documentation from each of the Yohji runway presentations between 1981 and 2002 by the likes of Dominique Issermann, Nick Knight, Eddy Kohli, Peter Lindbergh, Steven Meisel, Sarah Moon, Paolo Roversi, Yoshihiko Ueda, Max Vadukl, and more. A bright, most handsome example of the 2002 first trade edition of this uncommon item limited to six thousand, five hundred HAND NUMBERED (685/6500) copies in the publisher's sewn heavy cream colored paper slipcase. 3-88243-825-8 Inventory Number: 025754

(YAMAMOTO, YOHJI). Yamamoto, Yohji, Ai Matsuda & Seigow Matsuoka. NP (Antwerp, BELGIUM): Ludion, 2010. First Edition. 8vo. Debossed Printed Wrappers. Fashion Monograph. Very Good.. 192pp, profusely illustrated in b&w. Full edge black gilt. Text in English. Designed by Paul Boudens. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. Published in 2010, this is the autobiography of Yohji Yamamoto. In addition to a primary text by the celebrated Japanese fashion pioneer, it features contributions by Ai Matsuda, Seigow Matsuoka, Wim and Donata Wendrers, Nick Knight, and Alice Springs. An internally bright, most handsome example of the Ludion first English language edition of this exceedingly uncommon item showing a bit of light scuffing to its black covers. 90-5544-979-2 Inventory Number: 025753

(RICKARD, DOUG). Rickard, Doug. Köln, GERMANY: White Press, 2010. First Edition. Oblong 4to. Printed Boards. Artist's Book. As New./No Jacket - As Issued. np (92pp), 69 color illustrations. Text in English. Designed by Helge Schlaghecke. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. "A New American Picture" is the innovative artist's book by Bay Area photographer Doug Rickard that presents a pixilated view of a fractured, post-2008 financial meltdown urban America as pictured using images culled from Google Street View. A brand new, most handsome hors serie example of the trade edition of this uncommon item (cited on pages 310-311 of Martin Parr and Gerry Badger's "The Photobook: A History Volume III") obtained directly from Helge Schlaghecke's White Press SIGNED AND ANNOTATED "Doug Rickard / Artist Book" in black ink on the rear colophon, as issued. Inventory Number: 025750

(RICKARD, DOUG). Rickard, Doug. Köln, GERMANY: White Press, 2010. First Edition 1/200. Oblong 4to. Printed Boards. Artist's Book. As New./No Jacket - As Issued. np (92pp), 69 color illustrations. Text in English. Designed by Helge Schlaghecke. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. "A New American Picture" is the innovative artist's book by Bay Area photographer Doug Rickard that presents a pixilated view of a fractured, post-2008 financial meltdown urban America as pictured using images culled from Google Street View. A brand new, most handsome example of the innovative first trade edition of this uncommon item (cited on pages 310-311 of Martin Parr and Gerry Badger's "The Photobook: A History Volume III") obtained directly from Helge Schlaghecke's White Press limited to two hundred examples NUMBERED (19/200) AND SIGNED "Doug Rickard" in black ink on the rear colophon, as issued. Inventory Number: 025749

(WEINBERGER, KARLHEINZ). Weinberg, Karlheinz, Thomas Meyer & Martin Jaggi. Pietro Mattioli & Ulrich Binder, Editors. Zurich, SWITZERLAND: Museum fur Gestaltung, Zurich, Andreas Zust Verlag & Scalo, 2000. First Edition. 4to. Pictorial Boards. Photography Monograph. Near Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. 232pp, profusely illustratied in b&w and color. Text in German and English. Designed by Hanna Kohler. With a biography, exhibition history and bibliography. "For decades the work of Swiss photographer Karlheinz Weinberger was shrouded in obscurity. In the 1950s he published numerous homoerotic photographs under the pseudonym "Jim" in Der Kreis (The Circle) - the legendary international gay magazine that featured highly sophisticated photographs by, among others, George Platt Lynes and Herbert List. Weinberger was one of the first queer photographers to show his often working-class models posing in their everyday surroundings. For Weinberger, eroticism was always grounded in the quotidian - a revolutionary and courageous approach back in the period. In the late fifties Weinberger started to develop an obsessive interest in the nascent biker culture and its proud and self-confident celebration of the body, embarking on a longtime study of their lifestyle. In many ways, Weinberger's photographs will remind viewers of Kenneth Anger's cult classic "Scorpio Rising". Weinberger's photographs are a unique document both of pre-Stonewall gay culture and postwar youth culture and its cycles. His erotic and provocative photographs are imbued with a mischievous sense of humor that makes them as vibrant and vital today as they were when they were first taken". This substantive hardboound catalogue published in conjunction with a 2000 retrospective held at Zurich's Museum fur Gestaltung remains the most comprehensive survey of Karlheinz Weinberger's eroticized documentation of post-war, transgressive youth culture in Northern Europe. A most handsome example of this uncommin item showing a very sight bump to the lower foredge corner of the textblock. 3-905328-21-6 Inventory Number: 025748

(PARKE, TRENT). Parke, Trent. Minneapolis, MN: Little Brown Mushroom, 2010. First Edition 1/1000. 8vo. 1/4 Cloth Over Die-Cut Boards. Photography Monograph. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. np (38pp), profusely illustrated in duotone. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. "Bedknobs and Broomsticks" is noted Australian Magnum photographer Trent Parke's haunting little 2010 volume that combines mysterious black and white images with a series of mostly disturbing dream-journal entries. A brand new, most handsome example of this uncommon item (cited on page 247 of Fred Ritchin and Carole Naggar's "Magnum Photobook: A Catalogue Raisonné") published by Alec Soth's Little Brown Mushoom limited to one thousand NUMBERED (723/1000) copies. Inventory Number: 025747

(SOTH, ALEC). Zanot, Francesco & Alec Soth. Roma, ITALY: Edizioni Punctum, 2011. First Edition 1/500. Oblong Small Folio. Illustrated Cloth. Photography Monograph. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. np (54pp), 20 color illustrations. Text in Italian and English. Designed by Nicola Veccia Scavalli. Published in conjunction with the tenth edition of the "Fotografia Festival Internazionale di Roma" in 2011, this is a lavishly produced collection of twenty of Alec Soth's unabashedly romantic, Keats-inflected large format color images of the Eternal City. A bright, most handsome example of this uncommon item (cited on page 260 of Fred Ritchin and Carole Naggar's "Magnum Photobook: A Catalogue Raisonné") limited to five hundred unnumbered copies additionally BOLDLY SIGNED "Alec Soth" in black ink on the title page. 88-95410-31-9 Inventory Number: 025746

(SOTH, ALEC). Engberg, Siri, Geoff Dyer, August Kleinzahler, Bartholomew Ryan, Britt Salvesen, Barry Schwabsky & Alec Soth. Minneapolis, MN: Walker Art Center, 2010. First Edition. 8vo. Printed Cloth. Photography Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 224pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Designed by Emmet Byrne. Published in conjunction with a massive Walker Art Center retrospective of the work of Alec Soth, this is a beautifully designed and printed hardbound survey of the imagery of the noted Minneapolis-based Magnum photographer. A brand new, pristine example of the 2010 first edition (cited on page 260 of Fred Ritchin and Carole Naggar's "Magnum Photobook: A Catalogue Raisonné") with the photographer's 48 page artist book entitled "The Loneliest Man in Missouri:" housed in a pocket affixed to the rear inside board, as issued, additionally BOLDLY SIGNED "Alec Soth" in black ink on the title page. Inventory Number: 025745

(SOTH, ALEC). Soth, Alec, Patricia Hampl & Anne Wilkes Tucker. Gottingen, GERMANY: Steidl, 2004. First Printing. 4to. Pictorial Cloth. Photography Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. np (120pp), 46 color illustrations + covers. Designed by Steidl Design. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. "Evolving from a series of road trips along the Mississippi River, Alec Soth's "Sleeping by the Mississippi" captures America's iconic yet oft-neglected "third coast". Soth's richly descriptive, large-format color photographs present an eclectic mix of individuals, landscapes, and interiors. Sensuous in detail and raw in subject, "Sleeping by the Mississippi" elicits a consistent mood of loneliness, longing, and reverie. "In the book's 46 ruthlessly edited pictures," writes Anne Wilkes Tucker, "Soth alludes to illness, procreation, race, crime, learning, art, music, death, religion, redemption, politics, and cheap sex". Like Robert Frank's classic "The Americans", it merges a documentary style with a poetic sensibility. The Mississippi is less the subject of the book than its organizing structure. Not bound by a rigid concept or ideology, the series is created out of a quintessentially American spirit of wanderlust". A brand new, most handsome example of the 2004 Steidl true first printing (cited on page 50 of Martin Parr and Gerry Badger's "The Photobook: A History Volume II", page 58 of "From Fair to Fine: 20th Century Photography Books That Matter", and pages149-150 of Fred Ritchin and Carole Naggar's "Magnum Photobook: A Catalogue Raisonné") featuring details from the image "Cape Girardeau, Missouri" reproduced on the front and rear covers additionally bearing the BOLDLY SIGNED PRESENTATION "To ... - / Alec Soth" in black ink on the front free endpaper. 3-86521-007-4 Inventory Number: 025744

(SOTH, ALEC). Bordignon, Elena, Alec Soth, Jona Frank, Tanyth Berkeley & Alix Smith. Milano, ITALY: TH INSIDE, 2005. First Edition. Square 8vo. Debossed Cloth. Exhibition Catalog. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. np, profusely illustrated in color. Text in Italian and English. With photographers' biographies, exhibition histories, and bibliographies. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. This is the elegant hardbound catalogue published in conjunction with a 2005 Tommy Hilfiger-sponsored exhibition held in Milan of Fashion-inflected color portrait photography by Alec Soth, Jona Frank, Tanyth Berkeley, and Alix Smith. A brand new, pristine example of this exceedingly uncommon item - only a single copy is currently cited in OCLC WorldCat - limited to four hundred NUMBERED (333/400) copies additionally BOLDLY SIGNED by Alec Soth and Jona Frank in black ink on the title page at our shop with the business card of the director of Minneapolis' Weinstein Gallery - Alec Soth's representatives at the time - laid in. Inventory Number: 025743

(SOTH, ALEC). Soth, Alec. Berlin, GERMANY: Kominick Books, 2012. First Edition. 8vo. Pictorial Boards. Photography Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. np, profusely illustrated in b&w. Designed by Claudia Ott. Published in 2012, this is a charming collection of Alec Soth's black and white photos surveying Midwest Americana and its inhabitants circa 1996. A brand new, pristine example of the uncommon Kominick Books first edition (cited on page 260 of Fred Ritchin and Carole Naggar's "Magnum Photobook: A Catalogue Raisonné") additionally BOLDLY SIGNED "Alec Soth" in black ink on the title page. 3-9815105-2-6 Inventory Number: 025742

(WOOL, CHRISTOPHER). Banks, Eric, Ann Goldstein, Richard Hell, Jim Lewis, Glenn O'Brien & Anne Pontegnie. Hans Werner Holzwarth, Editor. Koln, GERMANY: Benedikt Taschen Verlag, 2008. First Edition 1/200 Artist Proofs. Folio. Cloth in Clamshell Box. Artist Monograph. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. 426pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in English, French and German. Designed by Hans Werner Holzwarth. "Christopher Wool became known in the mid-1980s through paintings produced with rubber rollers commonly used to simulate decorative wallpaper patterns on walls. By 1988 he had hit stride with his dry, dead-pan word paintings while continuing to explore the possibilities of pattern painting. Since the 1990s, he has been developing the painterly qualities of his work, using a mostly black-and-white palette, starting from abstract lines drawn with a spray gun or layered stock images, overpainting silkscreens on linen, wiping out images, with a widening variety of media, a process that can involve photography, silkscreen, and, in the new millennium, also the computer. This monograph is staggering in scope and depth, exploring Wool’s work in large-scale reproductions, production Polaroids, and installation photos by Wool himself". A brand new, most handsome "Artist's Proof" example of the 2008 Taschen Collector's Edition of this massive undertaking limited to two hundred copies provided for the use of the artist NUMBERED (103/200) AND BOLDLY SIGNED "Wool" in black marker on the vellum colophon page, as issued, in the publisher's grey cloth clamshell box that shows a tiny spot of soiling still in its printed cardboard shipping carton. 3-8228-0851-2 Inventory Number: 025741

(WARHOL, ANDY). Warhol, Andy. Tokyo: Gendai Hanga Center, 1984. First Edition. Small 4to. Silver Gilt-Debossed Boards. Artist Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 184pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in Japanese. In a This is the elegantly designed and produced hardbound catalogue published in conjunction with an Andy Warhol retrospective exhibition held at Tokyo's Gendai Hanga Center. The show coincided with the renowned artist's 1983 visit to the Japanese printmakers to unveil his then newly-issued series of Chrysanthemum-themed silkscreen prints entitled "Kiku". The book includes a vibrant silkscreen image - unsigned as issued - also titled "Kiku" that was created especially for the publication bound in. A brand new, most handsome example of this exquisite, exceedingly uncommon object. Inventory Number: 025740

(KERTESZ, ANDRE). Kertesz, Andre. Nicole Ducrot, Editor. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., 1976. First Edition. 4to. Cloth in Pictorial Dust Jacket. Photography Monograph. Near Fine/Near Fine. 192pp, 193 b&w illustrations. Illustrated in lush gravure, "Of New York..." is Andre Kertesz' lovely hardbound compilation of nearly two hundred black and white images taken over four decades of his adopted home of New York City. A bright, most handsome example of the 1976 first Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. edition bearing the BOLDLY SIGNED AND DATED PRESENTATION "A ... / Aug 8 - 1985 / A. Kertesz" in black ink on the title page. 0-394-40511-0 Inventory Number: 025739

(BURRI, ALBERTO). Braun, Emily, Megan Fontanella & Carol Stringari. New York: Guggenheim Museum Publications, 2015. First Edition. 4to. 1/4 Cloth Over Boards. Artist Monograph. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. 280pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. With a bibliography. This is the substantial, lavishly illustrated hardbound catalogue published in conjunction with a 2015 Guggenheim Museum retrospective exhibition of works by the noted late post-war Italian innovator Alberto Burri that subsequently traveled to the Kunstsammlung Nordhein-Westfalen in Dusseldorf. A brand new, most handsome example of the already uncommon English language first edition. 0-89207-523-6 Inventory Number: 025737

(RUSCHA, EDWARD). Ruscha, Ed. Edited and with an Introduction by Alexandra Schwartz. Cambridge, MA: An October Book / The MIT Press, 2002. First Edition. 8vo. Printed Cloth. Artist Monograph. Near Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. 455pp, profusely illustrated in b&w. A lovingly assembled compendium of Edward Ruscha's writings and thoughts, "Leave Any Information at the Signal" is divided into three parts - each of which is arranged chronologically. Part one contains statements, letters, and other writings. Part two consists of more than fifty interviews, some of which have never before been published or translated into English. Part three contains sketchbook pages, word groupings, and other notes that chart how Ruscha develops ideas and solves problems. They are published here for the first time. The book also contains more than eighty illustrations, selected and arranged by the artist". A most handsome example showing a tiny crimp to the cloth at the heel of the spine. 0-262-18220-3 Inventory Number: 025732

(RUSCHA, EDWARD). Marshall, Richard. New York: Whitney Museum of American Art, 1990. First Edition. 4to. Printed Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Fine.. np (64pp), 37 b&w illustrations. With a bibliography and exhibition history. Designed by Bureau, N.Y. This is the catalogue published in conjunction with a 1990 Whitney exhibition that contrasted the mid-sixties black and white apartment house drawings and photographs of Edward Ruscha alongside architecturally related works by Charles Sheeler, Ralston Crawford, Edward Hopper, Joe Goode, Richard Artschwager, David Hockney, and Robert Bechtle, as well as examples of modernist Los Angeles buildings by Irving Gill, Richard Neutra, Gregory Ain, R.M. Schindler, J.R. Davidson, William Foster, and Victor Gruen Associates. A brand new, most handsome, unfaded example. 0-87427-074-X Inventory Number: 025731

(RUSCHA, EDWARD). Ruscha, Edward. Hollywood, CA: Self-Published, 1972. First Edition 1/4065. 12mo. Printed Wrappers. Artist's Book. Near Fine./No Jacket - As Issued.. np (64pp), 15 color illustrations. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. "Colored People" is Edward Ruscha's sixteenth photographically illustrated artist book - a charming color cataloguing of fourteen cacti and one palm tree. A bright yellow, most handsome example of the 1972 first and only edition (entry B16 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", page 104 of "From Fair to Fine 2", and page 224 of "From Fair to Fine 3") limited to four thousand and sixty-five unnumbered copies showing a few specks of trivial soiling along with a short soft crease along the foredge of the front cover, but none of the sunning or fading typically associated with this title. Inventory Number: 025730

(RUSCHA, EDWARD). Ruscha, Edward. Hollywood, CA: Heavy Industry Publications, 1971. First Edition 1/2000. 12mo. Printed Wrappers. Artist's Book. Near Fine./No Jacket - As Issued.. np (72pp), 60 b&w illustrations. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. Edward Ruscha's fifteenth artist book "Records" is a charming photographic inventory of thirty vinyl phonograph records (and their album cover graphics) from the artist's personal collection circa 1971. A most handsome example of the first and only edition (entry B15 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", page 105 of "From Fair to Fine: 20th Century Photography Books That Matter", page 105 of "From Fair to Fine 2", and page 226 of "From Fair to Fine 3") limited to two thousand unnumbered copies that was issued without a glassine wrapper. A small blue adhesive label reading "Wittenborn Art Books / 1018 Madison Ave., New York 21" is affixed to the inside of the rear cover. Inventory Number: 025729

(RUSCHA, EDWARD). Ruscha, Edward. Deventer, THE NETHERLANDS: The Octopus Foundation & Sonsbeek 71, 1971. First Edition 1/3000. Oblong Narrow Folio. Printed Wrappers. Artist's Book. Very Good -./No Jacket - As Issued.. np (40pp), 116 b&w illustrations. Text in Dutch and English. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. "Dutch Details" is Ed Ruscha's innovatively-designed artist's book published in conjunction with the Sonsbeek 71 festival that documents sequentially-photographed walks across bridges over ten Dutch canals in Veendam, Stadskanaal, Musselkanaal and Ter Ape. Each view is reproduced across the recto of a single 4 ¼ x 30" page folded vertically in the middle. An internally bright, handsome example of the exceedingly uncommon 1971 first and only edition (entry B14 in Siri Engberg's "Edward Ruscha: Editions 1959-1999" which is also cited on pages 198-199 of The Hasselblad Center's "The Open Book") limited to an estimated three thousand unnumbered copies - virtually all of which were destroyed following the exhibition - showing typical mild age-toning along with some light wear and creasing, a tiny surface abrasion, and a few patches of mild foxing to its white covers. There is 2 ¼" long browned dampstain along the middle of the foredge of the front panel, and a white adhesive label reading "American Distributor: / Wittenborn and Company / 1018 Madison Ave., New York, N.Y. 10021" is affixed to the title page. Still in all, this is a most presentable copy that is near-unique in that the edges of the folded pages are uncut and therefore not hinged with tape of what is with the exception of the legendarily scarce "Stains" portfolio, the most elusive of all of Ruscha's artist publications. It has been priced accordingly. Inventory Number: 025728

(RUSCHA, EDWARD). Ruscha, Edward. Hollywood, CA: Heavy Industry Publications, 1971. First Edition 1/3900. 12mo. Printed Wrappers. Artist's Book. Very Good./No Jacket - As Issued.. np (64pp), 14 b&w illustrations. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. "A Few Palm Trees" is Edward Ruscha's thirteenth photographically illustrated artist book - a charming black and white survey of fourteen palm trees inhabiting the City of Angels. An internally bright, most handsome example of the 1971 first and only edition (entry B13 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", page 104 of "From Fair to Fine 2", and page 224 of "From Fair to Fine 3") limited to three thousand, nine hundred copies issued without a glassine wrapper showing just a bit of wear and handling to its still-glossy black covers along with a mild soft crease along the spine. A white adhesive label reading "American Distributor: / Wittenborn and Company / 1018 Madison Ave., New York, N.Y. 10021" is affixed to the title page. Inventory Number: 025727

(RUSCHA, EDWARD). Ruscha, Edward. Los Angeles: Self-Published, 1968. First Edition 1/2400. 8vo. Printed Wrappers in Glassine. Artist's Book. Fine./Very Good.. np (64pp), 10 color illustrations. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. "Nine Swimming Pools" is Edward Ruscha's eighth artist book from 1968 - a paean to the beauty of the well-appointed Southern California patio, and the blank white page. A most handsome example of the uncommon 1968 first edition (entry B8 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" and page 113 of "From Fair to Fine: 20th Century Photography Books That Matter") limited to two thousand, four hundred unnumbered copies showing a thin margin of light soiling at the bottom edge along the spine in the publisher's well-preserved original glassine wrapper that is missing a few tiny chips along the extremities. A white adhesive label reading "American Distributor: / Wittenborn and Company / 1018 Madison Ave., New York, N.Y. 10021" is affixed to the verso of the final page. Inventory Number: 025724

(RUSCHA, EDWARD) (BENGSTON, BILLY AL). Bengston, Billy Al & Edward Ruscha. Los Angeles: Self-Published by the Authors, 1968. First Edition 1/1000. 8vo. Wrappers with a Mounted Photo. Artists' Book. Good./No Jacket - As Issued.. np (32pp), profusely illustrated in monochrome. Designed by Edward Ruscha. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. "Business Cards" is the innovatively designed and bound collaborative artists' book cum objet published in 1968 by Ed Ruscha and Billy Al Bengston. Limited to one thousand unique copies, it details in photographs by Ken Price and Larry Bell the process of the two artists designing their business cards, and the "presentation dinner" at Beverly Hills' The Bistro of the finished product(s). A most presentable example of the first and only edition of this uncommon item (entry B7 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") SIGNED "B. A. B" in black ink and "Ed Ruscha" in blue ink on the front cover with its latigo leather thong complete and unbroken, the cover photograph present, and both cards stapled to the verso of the rear free endpaper showing overall wear and soiling to the faux wood veneer wrappers, a bit of creasing along the spine, and wear and fading to the corner mounts of the cover photograph. In addition there is a thin margin of soiling along the top edge of the inside covers. It has been priced accordingly. Inventory Number: 025723

(RUSCHA, EDWARD). Ruscha, Edward, Mason Williams & Patrick Blackwell. Los Angeles. 1967 (1971).: Self-Published. Third Edition 1/2000. 8vo. Spiral Bound Wrappers. Artists' Book. Near Fine./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! A bright, handsome example of the 1971 third 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 two thousand unnumbered copies issued without glassine wrapper. A white adhesive label reading "American Distributor: / Wittenborn and Company / 1018 Madison Ave., New York, N.Y. 10021" is affixed to the inside of the rear cover. Inventory Number: 025722

(RUSCHA, EDWARD). Ruscha, Edward. Los Angeles: Self-Published, 1967. First Edition 1/2413. 4to. Printed Wrappers with Glassine. Artist's Book. Very Good./Good -.. np (48pp), 34 b&w photographs (1 die-cut and folded). In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. "Thirtyfour Parking Lots in Los Angeles" is Ed Ruscha's fifth photographically illustrated artist book, and the largest in format of his self-published works of the sixties. For it, Mr. Ruscha presciently hired local aerial photographer Art Alanis to capture grand, bird's eye views of the parking lots of the likes of Universal City, The May Company, Dodger Stadium, and thirty-one more - all completely devoid of cars! A bright, most handsome example of the uncommon 1968 first edition (entry B5 in Siri Engberg's "Edward Ruscha: Editions 1959-1999" which is also cited on page 141 of Martin Parr and Gerry Badger's "The Photobook: A History Volume II", pages 198-201 of The Hasselblad Center's "The Open Book", and page 227 of "From Fair to Fine 3") limited to two thousand, two hundred and thirteen unnumbered copies showing a minute margin of age-toning along the top edge of the front cover. The publisher's fragile, age-toned glassine wrapper is present though chipped, torn, and missing a significant portion of the lower rear panel. A white adhesive label reading "American Distributor: / Wittenborn and Company / 1018 Madison Ave., New York, N.Y. 10021" is affixed to the verso of the final page. It has been priced accordingly. Inventory Number: 025721

(RUSCHA, EDWARD). Ruscha, Edward. Los Angeles. 1966 (1970).: Self-Published. Second Printing 1/5000. 8vo. Leporello Wrappers in Slipcase. Artist's Book. Very Good - ./No Jacket - As Issued.. One continuous accordion-fold page composed of glued paper segments extending to 296 ½" in length housed in a white paper and silver Mylar-over-cardboard slipcase. "Every Building on the Sunset Strip" is Ed Ruscha's innovative 1966 photographic study that pictures sequentially each architectural facade on both the North and South sides of the fabled Sunset Strip from 8101 - the still extant Jaguar dealership - to 9156 - the late, great Schwab's Pharmacy. Pandora's Box lives! An internally bright, handsome example of the 1970 second printing (entry B4 in Siri Engberg's "Edward Ruscha: Editions 1959-1999", and whose 1966 edition is cited on pages 142-143 of Martin Parr and Gerry Badger's "The Photobook: A History Volume I", pages 198-199 of The Hasselblad Center's "The Open Book", and pages 182-185 of "The Book of 101 Books") limited to five thousand unnumbered copies showing a tiny crimp at the base of the spine along with soiling and a soft crease along the spine of the external wrappers. There is some trivial soiling and minor chipping to the white paper covering along the top and bottom edges of the slipcase accompanied by short separating tears at the corners of the aperture. The silver mylar overlay of the slipcase is still glossy. It has been priced accordingly. Inventory Number: 025720

(RUSCHA, EDWARD). Ruscha, Edward. Los Angeles. 1965 (1970).: Self-Published. Second Edition 1/3000. 12mo. Printed Wrappers with Glassine. Artist's Book. Fine./Very Good -.. np (48pp), 34 b&w illustrations. "Some Los Angeles Apartments" is Ed Ruscha's 1965 photographic homage to the subtle beauty of the post-war Southern California rental property construction boom (and not to be confused with the 1990 Whitney Museum exhibition catalogue of virtually the same title). A bright white, most handsome example of the 1970 second edition (entry B3 in Siri Engberg's "Edward Ruscha: Editions 1959-1999" which is also cited on page 141 of Martin Parr and Gerry Badger's "The Photobook: A History Volume II", pages 198-201 of The Hasselblad Center's "The Open Book", page 105 of "From Fair to Fine 2", and page 226 of "From Fair to Fine 3") limited to three thousand unnumbered copies in the publisher's original glassine wrapper showing some mild age-toning, two closed tears, and a small chip missing from the top edge of the rear cover. A white adhesive label reading "American Distributor: / Wittenborn and Company / 1018 Madison Ave., New York, N.Y. 10021" is affixed to the inside of the rear cover. Inventory Number: 025719

(RUSCHA, EDWARD). Ruscha, Edward. Los Angeles. 1964 (1970).: Self-Published. Second Edition 1/3000. 12mo. Printed Wrappers with Glassine. Artist's Book. Fine./Good +.. np (48pp), 16 b&w illustrations. Published in 1964, "Various Small Fires and Milk" is Edward Ruscha's second photographically illustrated artist book - a humorous cataloguing of flames and a glass of milk. A bright white, most handsome example of the 1970 second edition (entry B2 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" and 140 of Martin Parr and Gerry Badger's "The Photobook: A History Volume II") limited to three thousand unnumbered copies in the publisher's notably creased, chipped, and torn original glassine wrapper showing some paper loss along the extremities. A white adhesive label reading "American Distributor: / Wittenborn and Company / 1018 Madison Ave., New York, N.Y. 10021" is affixed to the inside of the rear cover. It has been priced accordingly. Inventory Number: 025718

(RUSCHA, EDWARD). Ruscha, Edward. Los Angeles. 1963 (1969).: Self-Published. Third Edition 1/3000. 12mo. Printed Wrappers in Jacket. Artist's Book. Very Good./Good -.. np (48pp), 26 b&w illustrations. Edward Ruscha's 1963 travelogue of decaying Americana, "Twentysix Gasoline Stations" is a deft photographic documentation of the iconic, then-vanishing roadside rest stops between his hometown of Oklahoma City and his newfound promised land of Los Angeles. An internally bright, most handsome example of the 1969 third edition of the artist's landmark first book (entry B1 in Siri Engberg's "Edward Ruscha: Editions 1959-1999" which is also cited on page 140 of Martin Parr and Gerry Badger's "The Photobook: A History Volume II", and pages 198-201 of The Hasselblad Center's "The Open Book") limited to three thousand copies showing a thin margin of light age-toning and soiling along the top and bottom edges of the front cover along with a mild soft crease to the middle of the spine in the publisher's slightly chipped original glassine wrapper. A white adhesive label reading "American Distributor: / Wittenborn and Company / 1018 Madison Ave., New York, N.Y. 10021" is affixed to the verso of the title page. Inventory Number: 025717

(WEEMS, CARRIE MAE). Willis, Deborah, & Laurie Ann Farrell. Forewords by Paula S. Wallace & Stephanie S. Hughley. Savannah, GA: Savannah College of Art and Design, 2008. First Edition. 8vo. Pictorial Self-Wrappers. Artist Monograph. As New.. np (56pp), 31 b&w and 28 color illustrations. With a biography. Published by the Savannah College of Art and Design in conjunction with the 2008 National Black Arts Festival, this is a nicely appointed exhibition catalogue surveying photographs and video stills from noted African-American artist Carrie Mae Weems' then-recent work "Constructing History: A Requiem to Mark the Moment". A brand new, most handsome example of this uncommon item still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. Inventory Number: 025713

(WEEMS, CARRIE MAE). Weems, Carrie Mae & Ernest Larson. Berlin: Kunstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin & Philip Morris Kunstforderung, 1998. First Edition. 8vo. Illustrated Self-Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Fine.. 48pp, 14 b&w illustrations. Text in English and German. Designed by Detlev Pusch. With a biography and exhibition history. This is the handsome catalogue published in conjunction with a 1998 German museum exhibition documenting an installation of translucent, photographically-based banners by noted African-American artist Carrie Mae Weems. A brand new, most handsome example of this uncommon item. 3-932754-04-2 Inventory Number: 025711

(THREE DAY WEEKEND). Auerbach, Lisa Anne & Jory Felice. Los Angeles: Three Day Weekend, 1994. First Edition. 8vo. Stapled Illustrated Wrappers. Exhibition Catalog. Near Fine.. np (40pp), profusely illustrated in b&w. Dave Muller's late, great downtown exhibition space Three Day Weekend became one of the most important venues for younger Los Angeles artists in the nineties. "Red Rover" is the catalogue published in conjunction with their 1994 group show of the same title featuring work by Benjamin Weissman, Brian Tucker, Carl Bronson, Christa Aboitiz, Darcy Huebler, Dave Muller, Eddie Ruscha, Frances Stark Jim Putnam, Jim Shaw, Joe Mama-Nitzberg, Kathleen Sorenson, Keith Mayerson, Lisa Anne Auerbach, Luciano Perna, Patrick Nickell, Rachel Stratton, Richard Hawkins, Sean Fallon, and Wendy Moore. A handsome example of this exceedingly uncommon document showing a bit of light wear and age-toning to the covers. Inventory Number: 025709

(FLANAGAN, BOB) (KELLEY, MIKE). Flanagan, Bob. Los Angeles: Cold Calm Press, 1986. First Edition 1/700. 8vo. Stapled Illustrated Wrappers. Prose Monograph. Near Fine.. np (32pp), no illustrations. Cover designed by Mike Kelley. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. "Slave Sonnets" is a 1986 collection of eleven brief sexually-charged prose works penned by the late Los Angeles-based performance artist Bob Flanagan that features a cover designed by his good friend Mike Kelley. A most handsome example of this uncommon item limited to seven hundred unnumbered copies. Inventory Number: 025708