Hollywood: Heavy Industry Publications, 1971. Photos by Jerry McMillan. Ruscha's 15th book. 2000 copies. Bright-red leather-textured paper covers with the title in black. Title leaf and 60 black-and-white plates selected from Ruscha's collection, from rhythm & blues to Linda Ronstadt. Photos by Jerry McMillan. 72 unnumbered pp. 17.8 x 14.1..... More
Hollywood: Heavy Industry Publications, 1971. First edition. Ruscha's 13th book. Black paper covers with no titling. 14 photographs of palm trees, mostly in Hollywood, with locations noted on opposite pages. Approximately the last half of the book consists of blank pages, as issued. 17.8 x 13.9 cm. Minor wear at..... More
[Los Angeles, the artist], 1972. First edition (4065 copies). Ruscha's 16th book. 15 color illustrations (1 doublespread) of cacti, succulents, palms, banana trees, etc. [32] pp. + 16 blank leaves as issued. Glossy yellow wrappers. 17.9 x 14 cm. Original owner's name neatly inside front cover; otherwise very fine. **Free..... More
[Los Angeles: the artist], 1965 [1970]. American distributor: Wittenborn and Company (sticker inside rear cover). Second edition. 3000 copies (following 700 copies printed by Anderson, Ritchie & Simon, Los Angeles). Ruscha's 3rd book. White paper covers with title in light green. 34 black-and-white illustrations on [44] pp. 17.9 x 14.1..... More
[Los Angeles: the artist], 1965 [1970]. American distributor: Wittenborn and Company (sticker inside rear cover). Second edition. 3000 copies (following 700 copies printed by Anderson, Ritchie & Simon, Los Angeles). Ruscha's 3rd book. White paper covers with title in light green. 34 black-and-white illustrations on [44] pp. 17.9 x 14.1..... More
[Los Angeles: the artist], 1964 [i.e., 1970]. 2nd edition of 3000 copies printed by Anderson, Ritchie & Simon, Los Angeles; they also printed the 1st edition of 400 copies. Ruscha's 2nd book. White paper covers with title in black. 16 plates printed one side only. [38] pp. 18.4 x 14..... More
[Los Angeles: [the artist], 1969. Third edition, printed in 1969 by the Cunningham Press, Alhambra, California. 3000 copies, after 500 of the second edition (1967) and 400 numbered copies of the first edition (1962). Ruscha's first book—it all began here. White paper covers with title in red. 26 black-and-white plates..... More
Artspace: Albuquerque, NM, 1990. Cover by Ed Ruscha, with article by Dave Hickey, "Ed Ruscha: the song of the giant egress" (pp. 28-31). Profusely illustrated. 68 pp. 27.6 x 21.4 cm. Other articles on Paul Schimmel, Linda Ridgway, Connie Hatch, Elliott Norquist, Michael McMillen, Hans Burkhardt, Constance De Jong, Judie..... More
New York: Camera Work, 1912. A single, original photogravure by Baron Adolph de Meyer from Camera Work, issue 40, October 1912. Delicate unmounted Ganji paper: 28.5 x 20 cm. Image: 24.3 x 15.9 cm. Newly conserved. Light, old tape stains on edges and corners of margins. **Free domestic shipping with..... More
Stuttgart: Verlag Gerd Hatje, 1981. Catalogue raisonne. Frontispiece portrait + 4 plates in color & 617 b/w illustrations in catalogue. XLVII + 407 pp. 821 or more catalogue entries. Frontmatter in parallel German, English, and French. Black cloth with silver titling and cover image, in black & white dustjacket. From..... More
Tokyo: Meiji-Shobo, [1941, per OCLC]. 220/300 copies, distributed for sale, signed by the author and with his red chop mark. The publisher distributed fifty more as gifts. 50 examples mounted on loose sheets of handmade, laid paper with deckle edges, as issued; plus booklet of 11 single leaves bound loosely..... More
New York: Oxford University Press, 1941. 2 serigraphs in color & photograph of Klee by Josef Albers. 65 illustrations on 62 plates printed one side + 35 pp.,+ all on card stock Cloth-grained grey paper with titling serigraphed in white and light blue. Bound with clear plastic comb binding with..... More
![Item #00760 Before the Revolution: a ballet [from cover]. (An historical Prophecy in three acts...](/pictures/thumb/00760.jpg?v=1668145983)
Santa Barbara [California] Museum of Art, 1979. 10 printed photos by Denise Simon from the original performance, premiered Feb, 22, 23, 1979, at The Kitchen, NYC. 14 pp. staple-bound with stiff, purple paper covers. 30.5 x 22.9 cm. The script for the full-length ballet, also performed in Santa Barbara, Oct.6..... More
Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 1994. 197/200 copies in slipcase, signed by author and artist. 29 color plates & 30 b/w figures in the text. [xviii] + 94 pp. Dark-red cloth with color dustjacket in black slipcase. 25.4 x 21.6 cm. Unusually rich figurative work. Fine. **Free domestic shipping with..... More
Santa Fe, New Mexico: Radius Books, 2009. Original, abstract drawing in black and red marker on otherwise nearly blank title page. Signed "EM's 09". The full-size pages are virtually all plates, nearly all in color. 242 pp. White cloth with titling in black on the spine. The heavy, clear jacket..... More
San Francisco: John Irwin, 1962-1963. 12 original issues, unbound as issued, in decorated paper covers. When the first sample copy of the June 1962 issue of Artforum arrived in the mail during the summer of 1962, with its mostly exclusive emphasis on California exhibitions, I thought it doomed. How wrong..... More
New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art,1924. 500 copies. Describes 126 pieces with small, accompanying photographs. xlviii + 92 pp. Orange-tan yapped.paper covers with raised gilt title on front cover and spine. 21.5 x 31.5 cm. Overlapping covers chipped at top front and other small tears and blemishes; backstrip worn; right..... More
London: South Bank Centre, 1993. 61 plates (44 color). 119 + [2] pp.Gray boards with debossed cover title and spine printed in dark-red, dustjacket in color and black. 25 x 37 cm (oversquare). A stunning and thought-provoking book by one of the world's most profound living artists. Turrell writes mostly..... More
![Item #12001 HendrikGoltzlus (1558-1617): the complete engravings and woodcuts [2 volumes]....](/pictures/thumb/12001.jpg?v=1666078922)
New York: Abaris Books, 1977. Catalogue raisonné in 2 vols. Oddly, the title as shown above is the one on the title page and almost all the OCLC listings. The covers read: "Hendrik Goltzius: complete engravings, etchings, woodcuts." Please cite the title page if referring to the book in a...... More
New York: Louis Carré, 1949. 4 bw plates (including cover; 1 doublespread). Unpaginated [8 pp.]. 23 x 14.3 cm. Decorated paper covers. Stevens writes of Gromaire's work: "[It is] endowed with the strength that comes from participation in life's struggle, things not of the School of Paris, but of some..... More
Minneapolis: Minnesota Center for Book Arts, 1988. 8 plates. Unpaginated [24 pp.]. 19 x 21.6 cm (oversquare). Black paper covers with white text and color plate on front cover. The informative text by Betty Bright identifies the many unexpected sources and routes through which Lewitt arrrives at his seemingly rigid..... More
La Jolla, California: Laurence McGilvery & Atticus Books, 1982. Signed by Ferlinghetti in his handsome italic writing on the title page. 46 ills. on 12 plates +103 pp. Impeccable descriptions of the first 40 numbers in this revolutionary series that changed so many lives (including, and especially, Ralph Cook's). I...... More
Los Angeles: Astro Artz, 1983. Paper covers. 26 x 18 cm. 87 pp. 31 illustrations on 16 plates (under the title "Recollections of my life with Diaghilev") + 29 illustrations in the text. Fine. More
Los Angeles: Dwan Gallery, 1963. 11 b/w plates. [20] pp., incl. tissue at beginning and end. Black coated cover. 27.6 x 21.5 cm. Contains "Franz Kline: calligraphy and information theory," by Jules Langsner, reprinted from Art International, VII:3. March 1963. Small bump at top corner; otherwise fine. Several copies available..... More
Valencia, CA: Feminist Art Program. California Institute of the Arts, 1975. Profusely illustrated in b/w. 136 pp. Paper covers decorated with photographs of all 18 artists in the book. 21.6 x 14.2 cm. The second half of the book contains letters from 71 artists, including Eleanor Antin, Lynda Benglis, Joan..... More
