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(ARCENEAUX, EDGAR). Arceneaux, Edgar. Franklin Sirmans, Editor. Frankfurt am Main, GERMANY: Revolver Archiv fur Aktuelle Kunst, 2003. First Edition 1/1000. 8vo. Wrappers in Slipcase. Artist's Book. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued.. np + np (18 + 20pp), 1 b&w illustration. Text in English. "In his conceptual photography project "107th Street Watts", Edgar Arceneaux follows a desire to produce a number of strong visual counter-arcs to a relentlessly mediated social space, as well as a desire to ignite a critique of the narrow histories of Los Angeles' provocative past. Expanding the traditional subjects of Southern California artistic practice, the artist photographed an area of the world known through a singular event in its history: the Watts Riots of 1965. Performing the type of clinical overlay of the street in the manner of Ed Ruscha and his well-known 1966 mapping of the Sunset Strip, "107th Street Watts" formally mimics Ruscha's piece by shooting every building on 107th Street (the location of the historic Watts Towers) in a photomontage across one accordion-folded sheet, allowing for it to be opened and pulled completely out for an undisturbed viewing from end to end". Housed in the publisher's glossy white unprinted slipcase , there is a second, companion volume containing essays by Malik Charles Gaines, Lynell George and Vincent Johnson. A bright, most handsome example (featured on pages 74-75 of Jeffrey Brouws, Wendy Burton and Hermann Zschiegner's "Various Small Books: Referencing Various Small Books by Ed Ruscha"). 3-934823-82-3 Inventory Number: 023419

(ARCENEAUX, EDGAR). Arceneaux, Edgar. Franklin Sirmans, Editor. Frankfurt am Main, GERMANY: Revolver Archiv fur Aktuelle Kunst, 2003. First Edition 1/1000. 8vo. Wrappers in Slipcase. Artist's Book. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued.. np + np (18 + 20pp), 1 b&w illustration. Text in English. "In his conceptual photography project "107th Street Watts", Edgar Arceneaux follows a desire to produce a number of strong visual counter-arcs to a relentlessly mediated social space, as well as a desire to ignite a critique of the narrow histories of Los Angeles' provocative past. Expanding the traditional subjects of Southern California artistic practice, the artist photographed an area of the world known through a singular event in its history: the Watts Riots of 1965. Performing the type of clinical overlay of the street in the manner of Ed Ruscha and his well-known 1966 mapping of the Sunset Strip, "107th Street Watts" formally mimics Ruscha's piece by shooting every building on 107th Street (the location of the historic Watts Towers) in a photomontage across one continuous accordion-folded sheet, allowing for it to be opened and pulled completely out for an undisturbed viewing from end to end". Housed in the publisher's glossy white unprinted slipcase , there is a second, companion volume containing essays by Malik Charles Gaines, Lynell George and Vincent Johnson. A bright, most handsome example (featured on pages 74-75 of Jeffrey Brouws, Wendy Burton and Hermann Zschiegner's "Various Small Books: Referencing Various Small Books by Ed Ruscha") additionally SIGNED by Edgar Arceneaux in black ink on the rear endpaper of the text volume. 3-934823-82-3 Inventory Number: 019107

(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. Fine./Near Fine.. 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. An internally most handsome example 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") limited to one thousand numbered copies (963/1000) bearing the BOLDLY SIGNED PRESENTATION "For Jonathan: All the Best: Jeffrey Brouws 1997" in black ink on the rear colophon in the publisher's slightly worn unprinted vellum wrapper. Inventory Number: 023183

(HOPPER, DENNIS). Hopper, Dennis, Michael McClure & Walter Hopps. Pasadena, CA: Twelvetrees Press, 1986. First Edition 1/4000. 4to. Cloth in Printed Dust Jacket. Photography Monograph. Fine/Very Good. np, profusely illustrated in gravure. Designed by Jack Woody. With a filmography and exhibition history. Dennis Hopper was the young man with a camera in the right place at the right time in the new Hollywood. Issued in 1986 in gravure with the typically austere and lovely Twelvetrees Press aesthetic, "Out of the Sixties" was the first published collection of Hopper's photographs. Divided into "Artists and Collectors", "Hollywood", "Music", "Civil Rights March, Selma to Montgomery", "Mexico", and "The Scene", it is a tour de force view of the clash of the old and the new in sixties culture! An internally most handsome example of the first edition limited to four thousand unnumbered copies showing two short closed tears near the spine of the dust jacket. It has been priced accordingly. 0-942642-25-2 Inventory Number: 024194

(HOPPER, DENNIS). Hopper, Dennis, Michael McClure & Walter Hopps. Pasadena, CA: Twelvetrees Press, 1986. First Edition 1/4000. 4to. Cloth in Printed Dust Jacket. Photography Monograph. Fine/Fine. np, profusely illustrated in gravure. Designed by Jack Woody. With a filmography and exhibition history. Dennis Hopper was the young man with a camera in the right place at the right time in the new Hollywood. Issued in 1986 in gravure with the typically austere and lovely Twelvetrees Press aesthetic, "Out of the Sixties" was the first published collection of Hopper's photographs. Divided into "Artists and Collectors", "Hollywood", "Music", "Civil Rights March, Selma to Montgomery", "Mexico", and "The Scene", it is a tour de force view of the clash of the old and the new in sixties culture! A most handsome example of the first edition limited to four thousand unnumbered copies. 0-942642-25-2 Inventory Number: 023098

(HOPPER, DENNIS). Hopper, Marin. Introduction by Brooke Hayward. Los Angeles: Greybull Press, 2001. First Edition 1/100 Deluxe. 4to. Cloth in Dust Jacket, Boxed. Photography Monograph. As New/As New. np, 129 b&w illustrations. Designed by Dmitri Levas. Dennis Hopper was the young man with a camera in the right place at the right time in the New Hollywood. Published in 2001 by the late, great Greybull Press, "1712 North Crescent Heights" is the beautifully designed and printed successor to Hopper's "Out of the Sixties". Compiled by Dennis and Brooke Hayward's daughter Marin, it provides an incredible glimpse into the art, music, film and fashion scenes of Sixties L.A. as documented by a very talented observer. Candid photographs of the Hopper home and family are accompanied by portraits of Peter Fonda, Roger Vadim and Jane Fonda, Teri Garr and Toni Basil, Dianne Baker, Tuesday Weld, Bill Cosby, Sandy Dennis and George Segal, Steve McQueen, Bob Rafelson, The Buffalo Springfield, The Jefferson Airplane, The Byrds, Phil and Ronnie Spector, Ike and Tina Turner, James Brown, Peggy Moffitt, Rudi Gernreich and Leon Bing, Bruce Conner, Irving Blum and Jasper Johns, Virginia Dwan, Claes Oldenburg, Robert Rauschenberg, Roy Lichtenstein, Judd Marmor, and even 1967's "Riot on Sunset Strip". Virtually all of the images in this must-have for any cultured bedside or coffee table are previously unpublished! A most handsome example from the deluxe edition of one hundred copies containing the 14 x 11" black and white photographic print "Love In Twins at 1712...1966" SIGNED AND NUMBERED (63/100) by Dennis Hopper in pencil on the verso in the publisher's orange linen clamshell box that shows just a bit of light wear and soiling. 0-9672366-5-7 Inventory Number: 021901

(MERRILD, KNUD). Dailey, Victoria. Introduction by Ed Ruscha. Beverly Hills, CA: Steve Turner Gallery, 2001. First Edition. 12mo. Stapled Pictorial Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Fine.. np (16pp), 9 color illustrations + b&w cover. Designed by Victoria Dailey. With an exhibition history and collections listing. This is the slender sixteen page catalogue issued in conjunction with a 2001 Los Angeles gallery exhibition of "Flux" works from the thirties and forties by the noted California Modernist artist Knud Merrild that features an introduction by none other than Ed Ruscha. A most handsome example. Inventory Number: 024675

(OCTOBER). Krauss, Rosalind, Annette Michelson, George Baker, Yve-Alain Bois, Benjamin H.D. Buchloh, Leah Dickerman, Hal Foster, Denis Hollier, Mignon Nixon, Malcolm Turvey & Lisa Pasquariello, Editors. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press Journals, 2005. First Edition. 8vo. Printed Wrappers. Journal. Very Good.. 138pp, illustrated in b&w. At the forefront of contemporary arts theory and criticism, "October" has for over thirty-five years focused critical attention on the contemporary arts and their various contexts of interpretation: film, painting, music, photography, performance, sculpture, literature. Contributions to this issue include: From The Neutral: Session of March 11, 1978 - Roland Barthes, Translated by Rosalind Krauss, Roland Barthes's Novel Antoine Compagnon, Translated by Rosalind Krauss, Notes (on the Index Card) - Denis Hollier, On Duchamp - Michel Leiris, Translated by Rosalind Krauss, Leiris / Nerval: A Few File Cards - Richard Sieburth, "These are not exercises in style": Le Chant du Styrène - Edward Dimendberg, Material Remains: Night and Fog - Emma Wilson, and Artists as Filmmakers in Los Angeles - David E. James. A handsome example showing a slight dent to the crown of the spine. 0-262-75262-X Inventory Number: 019363

(PARKETT). Curiger, Bice, Editor. Zurich, SWITZERLAND: Parkett, 1986. First Edition. Small 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. Contemporary Art Periodical. Fine.. 132pp + advertisements, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Parallel Text in English and German. A brand new, pristine example of the ninth issue of this influential Swiss visual arts quarterly still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. 3-907509-59-5 Inventory Number: 019379

(PARKETT). Curiger, Bice, Editor. Zurich, SWITZERLAND: Parkett, 1986. First Edition. Small 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. Contemporary Art Periodical. Near Fine.. 132pp + advertisements, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Parallel Text in English and German. A handsome example of the unavailable of the ninth issue of this influential Swiss visual arts quarterly. 3-907509-59-5 Inventory Number: 010243

(PIERCY, CLIVE). Piercy, Clive. San Francisco & Santa Monica, CA: Chronicle Books & Clive Piercy, 2003. First Edition 1/75 Deluxe. Stout Oblong 8vo. Pictorial Boards in Slipcase. Artist's Book. As New./No Jacket - As Issued. np (448pp), profusely illustrated in b&w and color. Designed by Ph.D. In essence a rectangular stucco box, the dingbat apartment building exploded in popularity during Los Angeles' housing boom of the fifties and sixties. Typically, they eschew ornamentation and details on three sides in order to focus the viewer's attention to the facade - often incorporating florid signage, elaborate window treatments, and carports. These now-decaying buildings are mostly ignored and/or reviled by locals, while revered by strangers to the city. Arriving there from the U.K. in 1982, Clive Piercy (a partner in the noted graphic design firm Ph.D), began traversing the city, and taking roll after roll of film of these unique monuments. Inspired by both Oklahoma native Ed Ruscha's "Some Los Angeles Apartments" and the late British architectural critic Reyner Banham's "Los Angeles: The Architecture of Four Ecologies", Piercy has artfully combined his photo-documentation cum artist's book of these multi-unit dwellings (duly noting their often hilarious names) with a constantly changing, collage-like design ethos to create another great outsider meditation on L.A.'s urban sprawl. A brand new, pristine example of the author's self-published deluxe edition of seventy-five copies housed in a printed orange silk slipcase containing a NUMBERED AND BOLDLY SIGNED book with a NUMBERED AND SIGNED 4 ¾ x 6 ¾" photographic print by Clive Piercy laid in, as issued. 0-8118-4024-7 Inventory Number: 014308

(RUSCHA, EDWARD). Banham, Reyner & Peter Wollen. Robert Dean & Erin Wright, Editors. New York & Gottingen, GERMANY: Gagosian Gallery & Steidl Verlag, 2005. First Edition 1/3500. 4to. Printed Boards in Slipcase. Catalogue Raisonné. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 528pp, 304 color and 14 b&w illustrations. Designed by Bruce Mau Design, Inc. With an index, chronology, exhibition history and bibliography. This is the lavishly produced second volume (of a projected seven) on the works on canvas by noted Los Angeles via Oklahoma icon Edward Ruscha. Impeccably designed with a beautiful full page color reproduction for each painting, this is one of the most beautiful catalogues raisonné yet published for a major artist! A brand new, pristine example in the publisher's silver embossed chipboard slipcase, as issued. 3-86521-138-0 Inventory Number: 019002

(RUSCHA, EDWARD). Benezra, Neal, Kerry Brougher & Phyllis Rosenzweig. Washington, D.C., Oxford, UK & Zurich, SWITZERLAND: Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Museum of Modern Art, Oxford & Scalo, 2000. First Edition. 4to. Boards in Illustrated Jacket. Artist Monograph. Fine/Fine. 208pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. With a bibliography and exhibition history. This is the comprehensive hardbound catalogue published in conjunction with the 2000 Edward Ruscha retrospective that traveled from Washington, D.C.'s Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden to the Museum of Modern Art, Oxford. A brand new, most handsome example additionally bearing the BOLDLY SIGNED PRESENTATION "For Artie, / T O P S / in my book - / Ed Ruscha" in black ink across the entire front pastedown. "Artie" is the incomparable late clarinetist, composer, bandleader, author, and actor Artie Shaw, whose discreet bookplate imprinted "from among the books of artie Shaw" is affixed to the inside front board. The two were good friends, and Ruscha created the 2000 painting "Artie's 90" for Shaw. They are pictured together in the artist's studio on page 488 of "Ed Ruscha: A Catalogue Raisonné of the Paintings Volume Five 1995-1997". 3-908247-33-0 Inventory Number: 025099

(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. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. 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) (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 "Bill" in black ink and "E. 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 recto of the rear leaf, as issued, showing overall wear and creasing along the spine and edges of its faux wood veneer wrappers. In addition there is a thin margin of soiling along the top edge of the inside covers. It has been priced accordingly. Inventory Number: 025607

(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 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") limited to one thousand unnumbered copies BOLDLY SIGNED "B. A. B." in black ink and "Ed Ruscha" in black marker on the front cover with its latigo leather thong complete and unbroken, the cover photograph present, and both cards stapled to the the recto of the rear leaf, as issued, showing some wear, creasing, and abrading to its faux wood veneer wrappers along with some light foxing to the edges of the textblock, front and rear inside covers, and endpapers. It has been priced accordingly. Inventory Number: 024819

(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. Artist's Book. Very 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") showing a slight dent to the heel of the spine and some wear and creasing along the spine and extremities of the faux wood veneer wrappers. Its latigo leather thong is complete and still-supple and the mounted front cover photograph is present and uncompromised - though its corner mounts show some sunning. Both business cards are stapled to the recto of the rear leaf, as issued. It additionally bears the BOLDLY INSCRIBED PRESENTATION "For Christopher Finch / Apt 412, 333 Oak Grove Street / Minneapolis Minnesota / 55403 / with much affection / B. A. B." as a thought balloon in black ink and "E Ruschay" in blue ink on the front cover. Chris Finch is a noted artist and writer who prominently included Ruscha's work in his 1968 survey "Pop Art: Object and Image" published by Studio Vista. He was a curator at Minneapolis' Walker Art Center at the time of "Business Cards"' publication, and from whom we obtained this significant tome directly. Inventory Number: 022374

(RUSCHA, EDWARD). Bogle, Andrew. Preface By Henry Geldzahler. Auckland, NEW ZEALAND: Auckland City Art Gallery, 1978. First Edition. 8vo. Pictorial Wrappers. Catalogue Raisonné. Near Fine.. 144pp, profusely illustrated in b&w, with 6 tipped-in color plates. With an exhibition checklist, chronology, bibliography and exhibition history. Published in conjunction with a 1978 Australian exhibition of the artist's drawings and prints, this is a fully illustrated catalogue raisonné of Edward Ruscha's prints from 1966-76, as well as thirty word drawings. A bright, most handsome example showing a few trivial soft creases to the upper foredge corner of the rear cover. Inventory Number: 025224

(RUSCHA, EDWARD). Bogle, Andrew. Preface By Henry Geldzahler. Auckland, NEW ZEALAND: Auckland City Art Gallery, 1978. First Edition. 8vo. Pictorial Wrappers. Catalogue Raisonné. Very Good -.. 144pp, profusely illustrated in b&w, with 6 tipped-in color plates. With an exhibition checklist, chronology, bibliography and exhibition history. Published in conjunction with a 1978 Australian exhibition of the artist's drawings and prints, this is a fully illustrated catalogue raisonné of Edward Ruscha's prints from 1966-76, as well as thirty word drawings. An internally most handsome example showing a slight dent to the crown of the spine along with some light wear and handling to its wrappers. It has been priced accordingly. Inventory Number: 022442

(RUSCHA, EDWARD). Bois, Yve-Alain & Walter Hopps. New York: Gagosian Gallery & Rizzoli International Publications, Inc., 1993. First Edition. 4to. Pictorial Self-Wrappers. Artist Monograph. As New.. 110pp, 28 b&w and 27 color illustrations. Tony Morgan / Step Graphics. This is the beautifully produced catalogue issued in conjunction with a 1993 Gagosian show of late sixties liquiform word paintings by Ed Ruscha. Each of the twenty-seven exhibited works is reproduced, and it includes the transcript of an interview between the artist and the late, great Walter Hopps. A brand new, pristine example still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. 0-8478-1730-X Inventory Number: 021500

(RUSCHA, EDWARD). Demand, Thomas & Diedrich Diederichsen. Munchen, GERMANY: Monika Spruth Philomene Magers Galerie, 2000. First Edition. Oblong 4to. Boards Over Linen Spine. Artist Monograph. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. 72pp, 22 color illustrations. Text in English and German. With an exhibition checklist, bibliography, filmography and exhibition history. This is the beautifully produced catalogue issued in conjunction with a 2000 German gallery show reproducing each of the twenty-two exhibited word drawings and paintings executed between 1971 and 1980 by Ed Ruscha. A brand new, most handsome example. 3-88375-431-5 Inventory Number: 019032

(RUSCHA, EDWARD) (DEMAND, THOMAS) (GURSKY, ANDREAS). Gronert, Stefan, Diedrich Diederichsen & Ralph Rugoff. Preface by Dieter Ronte & Bonnie Clearwater. Bonn & Koln, GERMANY: Kunstmuseum Bonn & Wienand Verlag, 1999. First Edition. Oblong 4to. Printed Boards. Photography Monograph. Very Good/No Jacket - As Issued. 120pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in German. Designed by Kuhle und Mozer. With an exhibition checklist and biographies. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. "Grosse Illusionen" is the beautifully designed hardbound catalogue published in conjunction with a traveling 1999 Museum survey exhibition of images by Thomas Demand, Andreas Gursky and Edward Ruscha - each of whose work straddles the boundaries of fine art and photography - dealing with the issue of "the fundamental question of reality in the picture". A most handsome example of the 1999 German language first edition showing some abrading to the botom edges of the boards along with some surface scratches to the rear cover. 3-87909-676-7 Inventory Number: 025084

(RUSCHA, EDWARD) (DEMAND, THOMAS) (GURSKY, ANDREAS). Gronert, Stefan, Diedrich Diederichsen & Ralph Rugoff. Preface by Dieter Ronte & Bonnie Clearwater. Bonn, GERMANY & North Miami, FL: Kunstmuseum Bonn & Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami, 1999. First Edition. Oblong 4to. Printed Boards. Photography Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 120pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in English. Designed by Kuhle und Mozer. With an exhibition checklist and biographies. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. "Great Illusions" is the beautifully designed hardbound catalogue published in conjunction with a traveling 1999 Museum survey exhibition of images by Thomas Demand, Andreas Gursky and Edward Ruscha - each of whose work straddles the boundaries of fine art and photography - dealing with the issue of "the fundamental question of reality in the picture". A brand new, pristine example of the uncommon English language edition still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. 1-888708-07-7 Inventory Number: 024288

(RUSCHA, EDWARD). Fer, Briony. London: Gagosian Gallery, 2008. First Edition. Oblong 4to. Illustrated Boards. Artist Monograph. Near Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. np (64pp), 19 color (including 6 folding plates) and 6 b&w illustrations. Designed by Graphic Thought Facility. This is the beautifully produced catalogue issued in conjunction with a 2008 London gallery exhibition of five recent two-part paintings on canvas and a two-part print by Ed Ruscha. Each of the twelve exhibited works is reproduced along with installation views. A most handsome example. 1-932598-69-3 Inventory Number: 021740

(RUSCHA, EDWARD) (GOODE, JOE ). Hopkins, Henry T., Dorothy Ruscha & Mason Williams. Balboa, CA: The Fine Arts Patrons of Newport Harbor, 1968. First Edition. 4to. Loose Sheets with Clasp. Artists Monograph. Fine. np (32pp), 13 b&w and 4 color illustrations. With an exhibition history. Published as a set of loose pages held together with a plastic clasp at the spine, this inexpensively designed yet quaint catalogue is in effect the first museum publication for each of these Oklahoma transplants that helped to shape the Los Angeles art scene of the 1960s. Filled with major early works by both artists (Joe Goode's stair and milk bottle pieces, Ed Ruscha's "Oof", "Annie", and the Standard paintings, etc.), it is an important document of two major artists at the height of their powers. A most handsome example of this uncommon item. Inventory Number: 023962

(RUSCHA, EDWARD). Hickey, Dave. Mexico City, MEXICO: Museo Tamayo Arte Contemporaneo, 2006. First Edition. Oblong 4to. 1/4 Linen Over Boards. Artist Monograph. As New./No Jacket - As Issued. np (68pp), 30 color illustrations. Text in English and Spanish. Designed by Green Dragon Office. With an exhibition checklist. This is the beautifully produced hardbound catalogue issued in conjunction with a 2006 Museo Tamayo Arte Contemporaneo exhibition of horizontally formatted large scale paintings by Ed Ruscha executed between 1977 and 2005. Each of the twenty exhibited works is reproduced along with an installation view. A brand new, pristine example still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. 968-5979-15-4 Inventory Number: 018142

(RUSCHA, EDWARD). Hickey, Dave & Peter Plagens. Introduction by Anne Livet. Foreword by Henry T. Hopkins. San Francisco & New York: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art & Hudson Hills Press, Inc., 1982. First Edition. Square 4to. Cloth in Illustrated Jacket. Artist Monograph. Fine/Fine. 182pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. With a bibliography and exhibition history. This is the comprehensive, beautifully illustrated catalogue published in conjunction with a 1982 touring retrospective of work by Edward Ruscha organized by the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. A brand new, most handsome example of the hardbound edition additionally BOLDLY SIGNED "Ed Ruscha" in blue ink on the front pastedown with a copy of the exhibition brochure laid in. 0-933920-21-0 Inventory Number: 024536

(RUSCHA, EDWARD). Hickey, Dave & Peter Plagens. Introduction by Anne Livet. Foreword By Henry T. Hopkins. San Francisco & New York: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art & Hudson Hills Press, Inc., 1982. First Edition. Oblong 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Very Good.. 182pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. With a bibliography and exhibition history. This is the comprehensive, beautifully illustrated catalogue published in conjunction with a 1982 touring retrospective of work by Edward Ruscha organized by the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. A handsome example of the paperbound edition often referred to by title of its front cover drawing "I Dont Want No Retro Spective" showing just a bit of light wear and handling. 0-933920-22-9 Inventory Number: 021598

(RUSCHA, EDWARD). Hopkins, Henry & Fumio Nanjo. Nagoya, JAPAN: Institute of Contemporary Arts, Nagoya, 1988. First Edition. 4to. Illustrated Self-Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Very Good.. 60pp, 34 illustrations in color. Text in English and Japanese. This is the well-illustrated catalogue published in conjunction with the Nagoya installation of a 1988 touring Japanese Museum survey of Ed Ruscha's paintings from the eighties. A handsome copy of this uncommon item showing a bit of light wear as well as some mild soiling to its matte white covers. It has been priced accordingly. Inventory Number: 016409

(RUSCHA, EDWARD). Hopper, Dennis & John Berggruen. San Francisco & Los Angeles, CA: John Berggruen Gallery & James Corcoran Gallery, 2000. First Edition. 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Fine.. 72pp, 12 color and 17 b&w illustrations. This is the catalogue issued in conjunction with a 2000 San Francisco gallery exhibition by Los Angeles' favorite transplanted Oklahoman, Ed Ruscha. Twenty-five of the exhibited works on paper executed between 1965 and 1981 are illustrated here, in addition to a transcribed conversation about the artist between John Berggruen and Dennis Hopper. A most handsome example. Inventory Number: 022358

(RUSCHA, EDWARD). Hulten, Pontus & Dan Cameron. With an Interview by Bernard Blistene. Barcelona, SPAIN: Fundacio Caixa De Pensions, 1990. First Edition. 4to. Illustrated Self-Wrappers. Artist Monograph. As New.. 148pp, 51 color and 30 b&w illustrations + color cover. With an exhibition checklist, biography, exhibition history, bibliography, and filmography. Text in Spanish and Catalan. This is the beautifully designed catalogue published in conjunction with a comprehensive 1990 traveling Museum retrospective of paintings by Edward Ruscha. Each of the fifty-one works exhibited is reproduced in color. A brand new, pristine example still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. 84-7664-269-5 Inventory Number: 023619

(RUSCHA, EDWARD). Hulten, Pontus & Dan Cameron. With an Interview by Bernard Blistene. Rotterdam, THE NETHERLANDS: Museum Boymans-van-Beuningen, 1990. First Edition 1/3000. 4to. Illustrated Self-Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Very Good.. 152pp, 51 color and 20 b&w illustrations. Text in English and Dutch. With an exhibition checklist, biography, exhibition history, bibliography, and filmography. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. This is the beautifully designed catalogue published in conjunction with a comprehensive 1990 traveling Museum retrospective of paintings by Edward Ruscha. Each of the fifty-one works exhibited is reproduced in color. A most handsome example additionally bearing the BOLDLY SIGNED PRESENTATION "Howdy Chris, Ed Ruscha --- ---- ----" in brown ink on the title page showing some light overall wear and handling to its covers. It has been priced accordingly. 90-6918-048-0 Inventory Number: 021851

(RUSCHA, EDWARD). Hulten, Pontus & Dan Cameron. With an Interview by Bernard Blistene. Rotterdam, THE NETHERLANDS: Museum Boymans-van Beuningen, 1990. First Edition 1/3000. 4to. Illustrated Self-Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Very Good.. 152pp, 51 color and 20 b&w illustrations. Text in English and Dutch. With an exhibition checklist, biography, exhibition history, bibliography, and filmography. This is the beautifully designed catalogue published in conjunction with a comprehensive 1990 traveling Museum retrospective of paintings by Edward Ruscha. Each of the fifty-one works exhibited is reproduced in color. An internally most handsome example showing some mild wear and rubbing to the covers. It has been priced accordingly. 90-6918-048-0 Inventory Number: 013335

(RUSCHA, EDWARD) (INTERVIEW MAGAZINE). Hayes, Robert, Editor. Andy Warhol, Publisher. New York: Interview Enterprises, Inc., 1984. First Edition. Folio. Pictorial Tabloid Wrappers. Periodical. Near Fine.. 94pp, profusely illustrated in b&w and color. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. This March 1984 installment of Andy Warhol's Interview Magazine features a graphically striking cover photograph of Jane Fonda by Matthew Rolston that has been hand-painted by Richard Bernstein. Included are additional contributions on or about Ed Ruscha (interviewed by Joan Quinn), Darryl Hannah, Lori Singer, Steven Bauer, Jacques-Henri Lartigue, Anthony Machado, Marcus Leatherdale, Glenn O'Brien, David Bailey, George Christy, Christopher Makos, Matthew Rolston, and many, many more as well as monthly columns and a slew of great vintage advertisements. A bright, most handsome example additionally SIGNED "Ed Ruscha / X" in black ink across Matthew Rolston's striking black and white portrait of the artist in his studio on pages 80-81. ISSN 0149-8932 Inventory Number: 025240

(RUSCHA, EDWARD). Kerouac, Jack & Edward Ruscha. Bob Monk, Coordinating Editor. New York & Gottingen, GERMANY: Gagosian - Steidl, 2009. First Edition 1/350 Deluxe. Oblong Folio. Full Leather in Slipcase. Illustrated Book. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 228pp, 55 b&w photographic illustrations. Text in English. Designed by Ed Ruscha. Ed Ruscha's personal affinity with Jack Kerouac's seminal novel "On the Road" has been wonderfully resolved in this sumptuous limited edition volume. Ruscha has designed the book - illustrating Kerouac's classic of Beat literature with his own photographs. The text is printed by letterpress on 220 gram Hahnemühle paper with each of the fifty-five photographic plates die-cut, blind-embossed, and tipped in by hand to create an exquisite and original edition of "On the Road". The book is bound in sensual full grey leather with the title silkscreened using Kerouac's handwriting on the front cover and spine. It is housed in a matching grey leather slipcase accompanied by the publisher's pair of protective white gloves, as issued. A brand new, most handsome example of the first and only printing of this lavish reworking of Kerouac's magnum opus limited to three hundred and fifty copies NUMBERED (260/350), SIGNED AND DATED "Ed Ruscha 2009" in pencil on the rear colophon, as issued in its somewhat worn printed outer shipping carton. It is additionally accompanied by a copy of the publisher's thirty-two page hors commerce prospectus that photographically documents the creation and production of the "On The Road" project by Ed Ruscha and Gerhard Steidl. 3-86521-947-0 Inventory Number: 022706

(RUSCHA, EDWARD) (KLEE, PAUL). Crone, Rainer, Joseph Leo Koerner & Alexandra Grafin Stosch. Petrus Schaesberg, Editor. Regensburg, GERMANY: Iccarus & Verlag Schnell & Steiner GmbH, 1998. First Edition. 8vo. Illustrated Self-Wrappers. Artists Monograph. Near Fine.. 256pp, 35 b&w and 18 color illustrations. Text in German. This is a scholarly German monograph featuring essays by Rainer Crone, Joseph Leo Koerner, and Alexandra Grafin Stosch that examine, compare, and contrast the use of language and symbol in the paintings, drawings, and graphic works of Edward Ruscha and Paul Klee, and their combined influence in expanding the vocabulary of twentieth century modernism. A brand new, most handsome example still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. 3-7954-1206-4 Inventory Number: 020298

(RUSCHA, EDWARD). Lloyd, Jill. London: Karsten Schubert Ltd., 1988. First Edition 1/1200. 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Near Fine.. 24pp, 8 color illustrations. Designed by Tamar Burchill. With an exhibition history and bibliography. This is the slender catalogue issued in conjunction with a 1988 London gallery exhibition of eight recent dry-pigment on paper works by Ed Ruscha. A handsome example of this uncommon item limited to one thousand, two hundred unnumbered copies showing some minor wear and handling to the covers. 1-870590-06-6 Inventory Number: 015218

(RUSCHA, EDWARD) (POINT D'IRONIE). Obrist, Hans-Ulrich & Carrie Pitto, Editors. Paris: agnès b., 2005. First Edition. Folio. Illustrated Tabloid Wrappers. Artist's Periodical. Fine.. Two 17 x 24" sheets printed color offset recto and verso, neatly folded in half vertically to make 8pp, 12 color illustrations. This thirty-seventh installment of "point d'ironie" - agnès b.'s Hans-Ulrich Obrist-edited tabloid format hybrid periodical - is a project that reproduces twelve of Ed Ruscha's palindromically-titled paintings of open books on raw linen canvas. According to the artist: "In a dream a few years ago I was standing with a book facing the sunset. I was slowly turning page after page after page. While doing this I realized that I was beginning to understand the idea of symmetry, and that things began to read the same in both directions". A most handsome copy of this uncommon, fragile item that was issued hors commerce - never commercially for sale - showing only some minor handling marks to its lightweight paper stock. Inventory Number: 024949

(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). 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. As New/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 brand new, pristine example. 0-262-18220-3 Inventory Number: 025083