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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

(FERUS GALLERY). McKenna, Kristine. Gottingen, GERMANY: Steidl, 2009. First Edition. 4to. Pictorial Boards. Art Monograph. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. 320pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Designed by Lorraine Wild with Lauren Harden, Annessa Braymer and Xiaoqing Wang, Green Dragon Office. With artists' biographies and a bibliography. This is Kristine McKenna's extraordinary new history of Ed Kienholz, Walter Hopps, and Irving Blum's visionary Ferus Gallery. Between 1957 and 1966 the gallery was home to such influential California artists as Robert Alexander, John Altoon, Billy Al Bengston, Wallace Berman, Streeter Blair, Bruce Conner, Jay De Feo, Richard Diebenkorn, Llyn Foulkes, Sonia Gechtoff, Robert Irwin, Craig Kauffman, James Kelly, Edward Kienholz, Frank Lobdell, John Mason, Edward Moses, Richard Pettibon, Kenneth Price, Philip Rich, Arthur Richer, Richards Ruben, Edward Ruscha, Paul Sarkisian, Hassel Smith, and Julius Wasserstein. It was also the site of the first Los Angeles exhibitions by Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, Frank Stella, Ellsworth Kelly, and Kurt Schwitters. "The Ferus Gallery: A Place to Begin" recounts the gallery's history chronologically in transcribed interviews with the Ferus artists, wives and girlfriends, collectors, and other well-placed Los Angeles denizens; featuring hundreds of vintage images of the artists and friends, artworks, installation photographs, posters, and much more - including many published here for the first time. A brand new, most handsome example of the 2009 Steidl first - and only - edition of this exceedingly uncommon, incredibly vital document. 3-86521-610-2 Inventory Number: 026436

(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, Marin. Introduction by Brooke Hayward. Los Angeles: Greybull Press, 2001. First Edition. 4to. Cloth in Pictorial Dust Jacket. Photography Monograph. Fine/Fine. 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. This way cool, beautifully designed and printed volume from Lisa Eisner's Greybull Press is the worthy successor to Hopper's "Out of the Sixties", and so much more. Compiled by Dennis and Brooke Hayward's daughter Marin, it is an incredible glimpse into the art, music, film and fashion scene 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 & Jane Fonda, Teri Garr & Toni Basil, Dianne Baker, Tuesday Weld, Bill Cosby, Sandy Dennis & George Segal, Steve McQueen, Bob Rafelson, The Buffalo Springfield, The Jefferson Airplane, The Byrds, Phil & Ronnie Spector, Ike & Tina Turner, James Brown, Peggy Moffitt, Rudi Gernreich & Leon Bing, Bruce Conner, Irving Blum & 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 here are previously unpublished, and it is a must for any cultured bedside or coffee table! A brand new, most handsome example additionally SIGNED AND DATED "Dennis Hopper / 2003" in black ink below his portrait of Brooke Hayward Hopper on the front pastedown. 0-9672366-5-7 Inventory Number: 026530

(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

(OLDENBURG, CLAES). Oldenburg, Claes. Los Angeles: Margo Leavin Gallery, 1991. First Edition. Elephant Folio. Printed Poster. Exhibition Poster. Fine.. One 24 x 17 ½" sheet printed color offset recto only, 1 color illustration, machine-folded in fourths, as issued. This is the striking poster produced for the 1991 exibition of "20th Century Collage" organized by Los Angeles' Margo Leavin Gallery. The show featured ninety-one significant practitioner of the medium - from Kurt Schwitters to Edward Ruscha and Joseph Cornell to Richard Prince - and subsequently traveled to the Centro Cultural Arte Contemporaneo, Mexico City, and the Musée d'Art Moderne et d'Art Contemporain, Nice, France. The image reproduced is Claes Oldenburg's 1961 ink and newspaper collage on paper entitled "Street Figure (Using Movie Section, with Manhole)". A brand new, most handsome example of this uncommon item folded for mailing, as issued. Inventory Number: 026192

(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) (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). 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). Dean, Robert. Tokyo: Fuji Xerox Art Space & Tokyo Publishing House, 2007. First Edition. 4to. Printed Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Fine.. 48pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in Japanese and English. With an exhibition checklist and exhibition history. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. This is the catalogue published in conjunction with a 2007 Tokyo exhibition of artist books, printed ephemera, and graphic design by Edward Ruscha. A brand new, pristine example of this exceedingly uncommon - only four copies are currently cited in OCLC WorldCat - document. Inventory Number: 025792

(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, 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) (GOODE, JOE) McMILLAN, JERRY). Scott, Sue. Introduction by Henry T. Hopkins,. Oklahoma City, OK: Oklahoma City Art Museum, 1989. First Edition. 4to. Embossed and Printed Wrappers. Artists Monograph. Fine. 112pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. With a exhibition histories. This is the substantial catalogue published in conjunction with a 1989 Oklahoma City Art Museum survey of the work of Oklahoma-to-Los Angeles-transplants-made-good Joe Goode, Jerry McMillan, and Ed Ruscha. A most handsome example of this uncommon item. LC 87-62543 Inventory Number: 025883

(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). 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). Hopkins, Henry T.. New York: Alexandre Iolas Gallery, 1970. First Edition. 8vo. Printed Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Near Fine.. np (36pp), 13 color and 1 b&w illustration, Designed by Sergio Tosi. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. This is the exceptionally stylishly designed document published in conjunction with Ed Ruscha's second solo exhibition in New York at Alexandre Iolas Gallery - his first gallery exhibition catalogue. It features a brief essay by the artist's longtime friend, curator extraordinaire Henry T. Hopkins, with each of the thirteen exhibited oil on canvas paintings from the two previous years beautifully reproduced on thick handmade paper stock. A most handsome example of this elusive little gem showing some typical light wear and soiling to its matte white covers. Inventory Number: 026018

(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. 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). 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. Fine/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 and reinforced 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 collaboration between Ed Ruscha and Gerhard Steidl to bring this magnum opus to fruition. 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). Ruscha, Edward. Hollywood, CA. ND (1968).: Heavy Industry Publications. First Edition. Tall 12mo. Printed Wrappers. Publisher's Trade Catalogue. Fine.. One 7 ¾ x 40 ¾" sheet printed offset recto only, neatly folded in fifths to make 10pp, 8 b&w illustrations. Designed by Edward Ruscha. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. Designed by the artist in 1968 at the same time he was moonlighting as the graphic designer for "Artforum" using the pseudonym "Eddie Russia", this is the graphically striking trade catalogue and price list for the first eight artist books issued by Ed Ruscha's Heavy Industry Publications. Produced in the form of an accordion-fold brochure that echoes the design of "Every Building on the Sunset Strip", each title is individually photographed at jaunty angles in the artist's studio accompanied by the details of its edition size, dimensions and weight, and retail price. Pictured in chronological order are "Twentysix Gasoline Stations", "Various Small Fires", "Some Los Angeles Apartments", "… Sunset Strip ($8.00!)", Thirtyfour Parking Lots", "Royal Road Test", "Business Cards", and "Nine Swimming Pools". In the early seventies following the publication of an additional four Heavy Industry books, Ruscha updated and distributed the pamphlet as a single sheet cum poster re-purposing the original uncut 17 ½ × 22 ½" pages with the subsequent titles added using a combination of rubber stamps and handwritten annotations in ink. Both versions of this document are exceedingly uncommon, with only a single copy currently cited in OCLC WorldCat. An exceptionally bright white, most handsome example of the 1968 first state perfect for the Ruscha completeist. Inventory Number: 026538

(RUSCHA, EDWARD). Ruscha, Edward. Los Angeles: Self-Published, 1968. First Edition 1/2400. 8vo. Printed Wrappers in Glassine. Artist's Book. Good./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 presentable 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 some mild waviness - but no dampstaining or sticking - to the front cover and first third of the textblock due to contact with moisture, a thin margin of light soiling to the wrappers along the bottom edge, and a short crease to the rear cover near the top edge. The publisher's lightly age-toned original glassine wrapper is present with noticeable browning, chipping, and some mild paper loss along the bottom edge. All in all, this is a still-solid copy of the first edition of a most desirable Ruscha title that looks looks far nicer in hand than it describes. It has been priced accordingly. Inventory Number: 026068

(RUSCHA, EDWARD). Ruscha, Edward. Los Angeles: Self-Published, 1968. First Edition 1/2400. 8vo. Printed Wrappers with 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 bright, most handsome example of the 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") of two thousand, four hundred copies additionally bearing the BOLDLY SIGNED AND DATED PRESENTATION "Love to ... - Ed Ruscha / Nov. 1968" in the year of publication in red ink on the front free endpaper for a colleague at Artforum - where as "Eddie Russia" the artist was still contributing graphic design and pasteup work - showing minor creasing and a few tiny nicks to the extremities of publisher's fragile glassine wrapper. Inventory Number: 026017

(RUSCHA, EDWARD). Ruscha, Edward. Los Angeles: Self-Published, 1967. First Edition 1/2413. 4to. Printed Wrappers with Glassine. Artist's Book. Very Good./Very Good -.. np (48pp), 34 b&w photographs (1 die-cut and folded). In a protective 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 most presentable example of the 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, four hundred and thirteen unnumbered copies additionally stamped by the artist in red ink "JAN 28 1968" and bearing the BOLDLY SIGNED PRESENTATION "To Sid & Rosamund / Ed Ruscha" in blue ink across the front free endpaper. Rosamund and Sidney Felsen are co-founders of Gemini G.E.L. - the legendary fine art printers that have published numerous editions with the artist since the seventies - and two of the most dynamic supporters of contemporary art in Los Angeles durin the past half century. Sid Felsen contributed photographs to Ruscha's 1970 artist book, "Babycakes". The book itself shows light overall age-appropriate wear, handling and some soiling at the head of the spine along with some typical light sunning to the lettering along the spine. The publisher's fragile glassine wrapper is age-toned with some short closed tears, chipping, and some minor paper loss along its edges. It has been priced accordingly. Inventory Number: 025234

(RUSCHA, EDWARD). Ruscha, Edward. Los Angeles. 1966 (1970).: Self-Published. Second Printing 1/5000. 8vo. Leporello Wrappers in Slipcase. Artist's Book. Near Fine./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! A bright white, most 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 additionally BOLDLY SIGNED "Ed Ruscha" in black ink across the top of the slipcase showing a thin margin of adhesive transfer along the front and back of the covers at the spine as is typical of this printing. The slipcase's silver mylar overlay is shiny but lightly scuffed, there is some trivial soiling along the top and bottom edges, and some chipping and separations to the white paper covering at some of the corners of the joints. The publisher's exceedingly fragile and uncommon unprinted white paper wraparound band issued only with the second edition is laid in. It has been priced accordingly. Inventory Number: 025072

(RUSCHA, EDWARD). Ruscha, Edward. Los Angeles. 1966 (1970).: Self-Published. Second Printing 1/5000. 8vo. Leporello Wrappers in Slipcase. Artist's Book. Near Fine./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! A bright white, most 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 additionally BOLDLY SIGNED "Edward Ruscha" in black ink across the top of the slipcase showing a thin margin of adhesive transfer along the front and back of the covers at the spine as is typical of this printing. The slipcase's silver mylar overlay is shiny and bright, but showing some light soiling along the top as well as short separations to the white paper covering at the joints at the opening. The publisher's exceedingly fragile and uncommon unprinted white paper wraparound band issued only with the second edition is laid in. All in all, this is a lovely example of a stellar title. Inventory Number: 025071

(RUSCHA, EDWARD). Ruscha, Edward. Los Angeles. 1966 (1970).: Self-Published. Second Printing 1/5000. 8vo. Leporello Wrappers in Slipcase. Artist's Book. Fine./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! A spectacularly bright white, most 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 additionally BOLDLY SIGNED "Ed Ruscha" in blue ink across the top of the publisher's still shiny, uncompromised slipcase showing none of the creasing, soiling, or adhesive transfer to the spine that is typical of this title. The publisher's exceedingly fragile and uncommon unprinted white paper wraparound band issued only with the second edition is laid in. Inventory Number: 025070

(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! An internally 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 light wear and handling along with a gentle diagonal soft crease through a portion of the textblock at the lower foredge corner. The publisher's fragile glassine wrapper is age-toned with some notable moisture stains on the rear panel as well as chipping and paper loss along its spine and edges. It has been priced accordingly. Inventory Number: 025068

(RUSCHA, EDWARD). Ruscha, Edward. Los Angeles. 1967 (1974).: Self-Published. Second Edition 1/2000. 4to. Printed Wrappers. Artist's Book. Fine./No Jacket - As Issued.. 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 spectacularly bright and fresh example of the 1974 second 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 unnumbered copies issued without a glassine wrapper additionally BOLDLY SIGNED "Ed Ruscha" in black marker across the top of the front free endpaper. Inventory Number: 025066

(RUSCHA, EDWARD). Ruscha, Edward. Los Angeles: Self-Published, 1965. First Edition 1/700. 12mo. Printed Wrappers with Glassine. Artist's Book. Fine./Near Fine.. np (48pp), 34 b&w illustrations. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. "Some Los Angeles Apartments" is Ed Ruscha's third artist book - a wry yet heartfelt photographic survey of the subtle beauty of the post-war Southern California rental property construction boom. A spectacularly bright, most handsome example of the uncommon 1965 first 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 seven hundred unnumbered copies in the publisher's glassine wrapper showing some typical minor age patination along with a few tiny closed tears along the top edge of the rear panel. All in all, this is an exceptional example of this important little gem that is often confused with the 1990 Whitney Museum exhibition catalogue of virtually the same title. Inventory Number: 025061

(RUSCHA, EDWARD). Ruscha, Edward. Hollywood, CA: Heavy Industry Publications, 1969. First Edition 1/5000. 8vo. Wrappers in Printed Jacket. Artist's Book. As New./As New.. np (240pp), 115 b&w illustrations. This is Ed Ruscha's photo-illustrated narrative featuring noted Los Angeles fashion designer Rudi Gernreich, his frequent model Leon Bing, artist Larry Bell, and Tommy Smothers as models based on Mason Williams' text "How to Derive the Maximum Enjoyment from Crackers" (which is printed on the inside rear flap of the dust jacket). Intentionally photographed as if a collection of film stills, this project served as the basis for Ruscha's 1971 film "Premium". A brand new, spectacularly bright white example (entry B10 in Siri Engberg's "Edward Ruscha: Editions 1959-1999") showing none of the age-toning or sunning typically associated with this title. Inventory Number: 025060