Some Los Angeles Apartments by RUSCHA, Edward - 1965

Edward Ruscha. Collectible - Very Good. Condition: Very Good +; Softcover. White printed wraps with green printing on cover. Second Edition 1970. 48 pages. Lacks the glassine dustjacket. The book is in Very Good condition with minor soiling to covers, a square spine and tight binding. Lower front corner slightly bumped with a crease on corner of first blank endpage. Interior pages clean. Photos upon request.

Los Angeles: Edward Ruscha. Fine copy in glassine wrapper. 1970. 2nd ed.. softcover. 8vo, 44 pp., Second edition of 3000 copies. .

[Los Angeles]: Edward Ruscha, 1970. Second edition, one of 3000 copies, after the first printing in 1965 of 700 copies. Perfect-bound printed wrappers, with original glassine wrapper. Slight toning to glassine at spine, else fine. Photographed by Ruscha, with 34 black and white reproductions of mid-sixties Los Angeles apartment buildings (various high rises, dingbats and other midcentury apartment buildings), each identified by address.

Los Angeles: Anderson, Ritchie & Simon. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1970. Second printing; Second edition. Softcover. Second edition. 3000 copies printed after the 1965 first edition. Fine in white wrapper with green titles in fine tissue wrapper, with clear acetate cover supplied. (un-paginated. ) (5 1/2" X 7") Superb copy. ; 5 1/2" x 7" .

Los Angeles: (Anderson, Ritchie & Simon), 1970. Second edition. Fine.. Signed second edition of Ruscha's third artist's book, one of 3,000 copies produced following the original printing of 700 in 1965. Captured in a flat style reminiscent of real-estate listings, Ruscha's black and white photographs of high rises, dingbats, and walk-ups often include the building's signage and lettering, furthering Ruscha's preoccupation with text, typography and language. Like much of Ruscha's work in this period, SOME LOS ANGELES APARTMENTS investigates the particulars of the California landscape while addressing larger issues of place, location, and identity. A beautiful copy. 7'' x 5.5''. Original white wrappers printed in lime green. Lacking original glassine jacket. Black and white plates. Edition of 3000 copies. Signed by Ruscha in pencil on front free endpaper. PROVENANCE: From the collection of longtime MIT Press editor Roger Conover, who published several books by and about Ruscha. Minimal edgewear.

1965. First Edition. Softcover. Fine. Glossy printed plain white wraps with original glassine jacket. 5.55" x 7.05" An extraordinary copy of the third of Ruscha's iconic publications, in pristine condition. The glassine jacket is all original and unscathed, The jacket exhibits some minor age-toning and offsetting from where this book set within a pile of two other Ruscha books for some period of time as if in a display. There is a tiny fold to the inside glassine jacket at the rear of SOME LOS ANGELES APARTMENTS. The superior condition of this book cannot be overstated. From what can be pieced together, this book was part of a group of Rusca's first three books which was likely sent to a New York Art Book store as part of a marketing campaign to sell the books, which originally did not sell well for Ruscha. This book is a true first edition, first printing. SOME LOS ANGELES APARTMENTS is dated 1965 at the base of the title-page and is copyright 1965, and printed by Anderson Ritchie & Simon, Los… Read More

Los Angeles: Anderson Ritchie and Simon. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1965. First Edition; First Printing. Softcover. First edition Close to fine in white printed wrappers with green titles in original clear glassine protective wrapper. (Small sticker for Pasadena Museum of Art a-fixed to front end-paper as originally purchased. Faint hint of foxing at top edge. Glassine has a few tiny chips at upper edge of fornt cover, and is short at bottom by less than 1/4"-inch. ) Ruscha's THIRD artist book. 34 black & white images of Los Angeles apartment buildings. 700 copies produced. ; 5 1/2" x 7" .

Los Angeles: Edward Ruscha, 1965. HInt of toning to the extremities, else near fine in printed wrappers in the near fine publisher's glassine, lightly tanned. Letter folded in four to fit inside the book, and one short corner crease, otherwise near fine.. First Edition. Small octavo. One of 700 copies, printed by Anderson, Ritchie and Simon. Ruscha's third book, uncommon in the first edition. Designed and photographed by Ruscha, with 34 black and white reproductions of mid-sixties Los Angeles apartment buildings, each identified by address. (Parr / Badger, v2, 140). Together with a letter dated Sept. 30, 1966, on 8 X 10 stationery; Ruscha's apology and explanation for only having Some Los Angeles Apartments to send in a book trade: '"TWENTYSIX GASOLINE STATIONS" is out of print but Wittenborn's in NYC may have a few copies left. "Various Small Fires" may also be at Wittenborn's. They will soon have a 4th book of mine which I have no copies available, entitled "The Sunset Strip" and opens to 27… Read More