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(RUSCHA, EDWARD). Hickey, Dave. Beverly Hills, CA & New York: Gagosian Gallery, 1998. First Edition. Oblong 4to. Embossed Boards. Artist Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. np, 20 color illustrations (including 8 folding plates). Designed by Patricia Moritz. This is the innovatively designed, beautifully produced catalogue issued in conjunction with a 1998 Gagosian show of recent paintings and drawings by Ed Ruscha. Each of the twenty exhibited works - eighteen representing map details and two combining glacial mountain backgrounds with text - is reproduced. A brand new, most handsome example of this elegant item still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. 1-880154-24-2 Inventory Number: 026748

(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) (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. Printed Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Very Good.. 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 showing some minor wear and creasing to the rear cover along the spine. 1-870590-06-6 Inventory Number: 026756

(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: Heavy Industry Publications, 1971. First Edition 1/2000. 12mo. Printed Wrappers. Artist's Book. Near Fine./No Jacket - As Issued.. np (72pp), 60 b&w illustrations. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. Edward Ruscha's fifteenth artist book "Records" is a charming photographic inventory of thirty vinyl phonograph records (and their album cover graphics) from the artist's personal collection circa 1971. A most handsome example of the first and only edition (entry B15 in Siri Engberg's "Edward Ruscha: Editions 1959-1999" which is also cited on pages 198-201 of The Hasselblad Center's "The Open Book", page 105 of "From Fair to Fine: 20th Century Photography Books That Matter", page 105 of "From Fair to Fine 2", and page 226 of "From Fair to Fine 3") limited to two thousand unnumbered copies that was issued without a glassine wrapper showing some trivial sunning along the spine. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its value - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase. Inventory Number: 027039

(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. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its value - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase. 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. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its value - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase. 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. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its value - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase. Inventory Number: 025070

(RUSCHA, EDWARD). Ruscha, Edward. Los Angeles: The Lapis Press, 1988. First Edition 1/35. Elephant Folio. Full Leather in Slipcase. Artist's Book. Very Good/No Jacket - As Issued. np (28pp), 1 letterpress colophon + title page, 8 color etchings. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. "Flipping, Kicking, Howling, Rolling, Sitting, Standing, Climbing, Telling" is the oversized, extraordinarily luxe artist's book published in 1988 by Sam Francis' Lapis Press containing eight original etchings by Edward Ruscha. Each "silhouette" image was pulled by master printer Jacob Samuel at The Litho Shop on a 20 x 16" sheet of Rives BFK paper. The title and colophon pages are printed by hand-letterpress, and along with the etchings, four blank preliminaries, and endpapers have been hand-bound by Klaus Ullrich S. Rotzscher in an exquisite debossed, full dark green smooth calfskin. The book is housed in a stylish matching calf and linen slipcase. An internally most handsome example of the first and only printing (print entries 149-156 in Siri Engberg's "Edward Ruscha: Editions 1959-1999") of this exquisite, exceedingly uncommon volume - only two copies are currently cited in OCLC WorldCat - BOLDLY NUMBERED (35/35) AND SIGNED "Ed Ruscha 1988" in pencil on the rear colophon, as issued, showing some very mild wear to the front and rear boards along with some rubbing and slight discoloration to the leather spine. The slipcase bears some rubbing and abrading to the leather trim at the heel and crown of the opening along with some minor wear to the linen along the seam of the bottom edge. It has been priced accordingly. This is accompanied by a pristine example of the hors commerce 20 x 16" Lapis Press promotional broadside cum print for the book featuring a colored etching by Ruscha of the letter "B" (entry M-59 in Siri Engberg's "Edward Ruscha: Editions 1959-1999") that was issued in an edition of forty numbered but unsigned copies. Inventory Number: 024157

(RUSCHA, EDWARD). Ruscha, Edward. New York: Leo Castelli Gallery, 1997. First Edition 1/2000. 12mo. Printed Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Fine.. 64pp, 37 color illustrations. With an exhibition checklist. Published in 1997 by the Leo Castelli Gallery in celebration of the twenty-fifth anniversary of their working relationship with Ed Ruscha, this charming little catalogue cum artist's book reproduces each of the seventeen "Cityscape" paintings and twenty exhibited books emblazoned with either paint or bleach by the artist to reveal the letter "O". A brand new, pristine example. Inventory Number: 021753

(RUSCHA, EDWARD). Ruscha, Edward. New York: Leo Castelli Gallery, 1997. First Edition 1/2000. 12mo. Printed Wrappers. Artist's Book. Very Good.. 64pp, 37 color illustrations. With an exhibition checklist. Published in 1997 by the Leo Castelli Gallery in celebration of the twenty-fifth anniversary of their working relationship with Ed Ruscha, this charming little catalogue cum artist's book reproduces each of the seventeen "Cityscape" paintings and twenty exhibited books emblazoned with either paint or bleach by the artist to reveal the letter "O". A handsome example showing some uneven sunning to the front cover. It has been priced accordingly. Inventory Number: 018956

(RUSCHA, EDWARD). Ruscha, Edward. Los Angeles: The Lapis Press, 1988. First Edition 1/35. Elephant Folio. Full Leather in Slipcase. Artist's Book. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. np (28pp), 1 letterpress colophon + title page, 8 color etchings. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. "Flipping, Kicking, Howling, Rolling, Sitting, Standing, Climbing, Telling" is the oversized, extraordinarily luxe artist's book published in 1988 by Sam Francis' Lapis Press containing eight original etchings by Edward Ruscha. Each "silhouette" image was pulled by master printer Jacob Samuel at The Litho Shop on a 20 x 16" sheet of Rives BFK paper. The title and colophon pages are printed by hand-letterpress, and along with the etchings, four blank preliminaries, and endpapers have been hand-bound by Klaus Ullrich S. Rotzscher in an exquisite debossed, full dark green smooth calfskin. The book is housed in a stylish matching calf and linen slipcase. A most handsome example of the first and only printing (print entries 149-156 in Siri Engberg's "Edward Ruscha: Editions 1959-1999") of this exquisite, exceedingly uncommon volume - only two copies are currently cited in OCLC WorldCat - BOLDLY NUMBERED (19/35) AND SIGNED "Ed Ruscha 1988" in pencil on the rear colophon, as issued. This is accompanied by a pristine example of the hors commerce 20 x 16" Lapis Press promotional broadside cum print for the book featuring a colored etching by Ruscha of the letter "B" (entry M-59 in Siri Engberg's "Edward Ruscha: Editions 1959-1999") that was issued in an edition of forty numbered but unsigned copies. Inventory Number: 013966

(RUSCHA, EDWARD). Ruscha, Edward & Howardena Pindell. Amsterdam, THE NETHERLANDS: Stedelijk Museum, 1976. First Edition 1/1700. 4to. Stapled Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Very Good.. np (16pp), 12 b&w and 1 duotone illustration. Text in Dutch. Designed by Wim Crouwel and Wim Verboven. With an exhibition checklist. This is the slender sixteen page catalogue designed by Wim Crouwel and published in conjunction with a 1976 Stedelijk Museum exhibition of thirteen drawings, nine prints, and fourteen artist's books by Edward Ruscha. A handsome copy of this uncommon item limited to one thousand, seven hundred unnumbered copies showing just a bit of rubbing and mild creasing along the spine. Inventory Number: 026751

(RUSCHA, EDWARD). Ruscha, Edward, Mason Williams & Patrick Blackwell. Los Angeles: Self-Published, 1967. First Edition 1/1000. 8vo. Spiral Bound Wrappers. Artist's Book. Very Good - ./No Jacket - As Issued.. np (60pp), 35 b&w photographs. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. What happens when Ed Ruscha, Mason Williams and Patrick Blackwell perform and document a Consumer Reports-style crash test involving a Royal manual typewriter ejected from a 1963 Buick LeSabre traveling at ninety miles per hour along US Highway 91..? "Royal Road Test" - a must-have artists' book for road-trip and Conceptual Art enthusiasts alike! An internally bright, most handsome example of the 1967 first edition (entry B6 in Siri Engberg's "Edward Ruscha: Editions 1959-1999" which is also cited on pages 198-201 of The Hasselblad Center's "The Open Book") limited to one thousand unnumbered copies issued without glassine wrapper additionally bearing the SIGNED PRESENTATION "For ... / Mason Williams" in black ink on the front free endpaper showing some light soiling, sunning, and creasing t the covers at the extremities. It has been priced accordingly. Inventory Number: 026019

(RUSCHA, EDWARD). Ruscha, Edward, Mason Williams & Patrick Blackwell. Los Angeles. 1967 (1971).: Self-Published. Third Edition 1/2000. 8vo. Spiral Bound Wrappers. Artists' Book. Fine./No Jacket - As Issued.. np (60pp), 35 b&w photographs. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. What happens when Ed Ruscha, Mason Williams and Patrick Blackwell perform and document a Consumer Reports-style crash test involving a Royal manual typewriter ejected from a 1963 Buick LeSabre traveling at ninety miles per hour along US Highway 91..? "Royal Road Test" - a must-have artists' book for road-trip and Conceptual Art enthusiasts alike! A bright, most handsome example of the 1971 third edition (entry B6 in Siri Engberg's "Edward Ruscha: Editions 1959-1999" which is also cited on pages 198-201 of The Hasselblad Center's "The Open Book") limited to two thousand unnumbered copies issued without glassine wrapper additionally SIGNED "Edward Ruscha" in black ink on the front free endpaper. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its value - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase. Inventory Number: 025271

(RUSCHA, EDWARD). Taylor Phil & Mark Rawlinson. Jeff Brouws, Wendy Burton Brouws & Hermann Zschiegner, Editors. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 2013. First Edition. 8vo. Debossed Cloth. Artist Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 298pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Designed by Jeff Brouws, Wendy Burton and Hermann Zschiegner. With artists' biographies and an exhibition checklist. Published in conjunction with a 2013 circulating Gagosian Gallery exhibition, this thoughtful survey of Edward Ruscha's artist's books and the cottage industry of homages that these have inspired since the 1962 appearance of "Twentysix Gasoline Stations" contains nearly one hundred comprehensive illustrated entries with full publication details for each. A brand new, pristine example of the unavailable first printing still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. 0-262-01877-2 Inventory Number: 024246

(RYDEN, MARK) (RIDGWAY, STAN). Ryden, Mark, Stan Ridgway & Pietra Wexstun. Sierra Madre, CA: Porterhouse Fine Art Editions, 2003. First Edition 1/7500. 8vo. Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. As New./No Jacket - As Issued. One 7 ¾ x 17" cardstock sheet printed color offset recto and verso, neatly folded in thirds to make 7 ¾ x 5 ½". Art Direction and Design by Mark Ryden and Brian Jackson. Produced in conjunction with Mark Ryden's "Blood: Miniature Paintings of Sorrow & Fear", this is a beautifully packaged CD of fourteen compositions that comprised the musical score and audio installation for the 2003 New York gallery exhibition. It contains five color reproductions of paintings from the show (that are the artist's near-perfect distillation of childhood creepiness transformed into adult fine art) that fold out to create a three-paneled shrine. Conceived by erstwhile Wall of Voodoo and Drywall founder Stan Ridgway along with Hecate's Angels' Pietra Wexstun, the performers are Ridgway - 6 and 12 string guitars, harmonica, Prophet 5, samples, Chamberlin; Wexstun - piano, organ, Juno 106, Mellotron, Moog, samples, autoharp, voices; Lazlo Vickers - cello, violin, contrabass; and Alvin Fike - brass, and reeds. Says Ridgway: "When contacted about writing music for Mr. Mark Ryden's "Blood Show ", we were excited and honored to be asked. Having both been admirers of Mark's work for quite some time, fellow composer Pietra Wexstun and I both saw it a lot like scoring a great film, but with one exception. The so called sonic "action" would be an interior one and psychological; a meditative and transcendental approach....and hopefully more like an "aroma" of sound; other than a music that would shout at you to listen to it, or get in the way. Ambient? Yes. We both worked for a musical "soundtrack" that the listener would "feel" more than hear. A functional and utilitarian device that would draw out the essential essence of the work and play low in the background, barely perceived by the viewer in the gallery". A brand new, pristine example of the 2003 first printing of this exotic object - not the later jewel-boxed reissue - still in the original shrinkwrap accompanied by an 8 x 6" glossy promotional postcard featuring a reproduction of Ryden's "The Baptism of Jajo" on the recto. Inventory Number: 026974

(RYDEN, MARK). Ryden, Mark. Introduction by Carlo McCormick. Sierra Madre & San Francisco, CA: Porterhouse Fine Art Editions & Last Gasp, 2001. First Edition 1/500 Deluxe. Square 4to. Boards in Clamshell Box. Artist Monograph. As New./No Jacket - As Issued. 134pp, profusely illustrated in color. The near-perfect distillation of childhood creepiness transformed into adult fine art, this first monograph on Mark Ryden sold out of its initial print run almost immediately. See Jimi Hendrix, Abe Lincoln, Christina Ricci, Leonardo Di Caprio, Colonel Sanders, the Teletubbies, Big Boy, Speedy Alka-Seltzer, and so many more in ways you've never imagined - not to mention the requisite Bees, Bunnies and Meat. A brand new, pristine unopened example of the deluxe edition limited to five hundred copies acquired directly from the artist featuring a copy of the book SIGNED AND NUMBERED by the artist, a special "Anima Mundi" bookmark, and a 10 x 10" SIGNED AND NUMBERED giclee print all housed in a beautiful decorative clamshell box. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its weight and value - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase. 0-86719-509-6 Inventory Number: 018381

(RYDEN, MARK). Ryden, Mark & Mike McGee. Sierra Madre, CA: Porterhouse Fine Art Editions, 2003. First Edition 1/20000. 24mo. Embossed Leatherette Wrappers. Artist Monograph. As New./No Jacket - As Issued.. 92pp, profusely illustrated in color. This is the miniature catalogue that documents Mark Ryden's 2003 New York gallery show "Blood: Miniature Paintings of Sorrow & Fear". Tiny like the work exhibited, the jewel-like book measures a mere 2 ½ x 3 ½ ", and features a distressed leather-like embossed soft cover and Smyth-sewn binding. Inside are color reproductions throughout detailing paintings and drawings that are the artist's near-perfect distillation of childhood creepiness transformed into adult fine art. It features blood, blood, more blood, and some meat. A brand new, pristine individually numbered example of the 2003 first Porterhouse Fine Art Editions printing of this tiny gem still sealed in the publisher's shrinkwrap, as issued. 1-931955-02-6 Inventory Number: 027447

(RYDEN, MARK). Ryden, Mark & Mike McGee. New York & Santa Ana, CA: Earl McGrath Gallery & Grand Central Art Center, 2001. First Edition. 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Very Good.. np (52pp), 50 color illustrations. With a biography, exhibition history and collections listing. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. This is the beautifully produced catalogue issued in conjunction with Mark Ryden's two "Bunnies and Bees" exhibitions of 2001 and 2002. Bunnies, bees, meat, Abraham Lincoln and scary childhood imagery abound in these paintings, attendant details and studies - all accompanied by the artist's narrative. A most presentable example showing a slight soft crease through the textblock at the lower foredge corner. It has been priced accordingly. 1-931955-00-X Inventory Number: 016880

(RYDEN, MARK). Ryden, Mark & Mike McGee. Tokyo: PIE Books, 2006. First Edition. 8vo. Gilt-Stamped Linen Over Boards. Artist Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 128pp, profusely illustrated in color. Text in Japanese with English captions. Published only in Japan, this elegantly designed and produced book reproduces fifty-five works by Mark Ryden from 1994 to 2005 in full color. A brand new, pristine example of the 2006 first edition in black linen still sealed in the publisher's shrinkwrap. 4-89444-407-0 Inventory Number: 013610

(SAMUEL, JACOB). Adler, Esther, Mona Hatoum, Cristina Iglesias, Shio Kusaka, Rita McBride, Josiah McElheny, Mathew Monahan, Meredith Monk, Gabriel Orozco, Gert and Uwe Tobias, Charline von Heyl, James Welling, Jonas Wood, Christopher Wool & Jacob Samuel. New York: Museum of Modern Art, I00231128. 2023. First Edition. 10 1/2 x 9". Illustrated Boards. Printmaking Monograph. New/No Jacket - As Issued. 176pp, 310 color illustrations. 978-1633451551

PLEASE NOTE: Mr. Samuel will be signing copies of "New Ground: Jacob Samuel and Contemporary Etching" at Arcana Saturday, December 2nd, between 4:00 and 6:00 PM. Music for the afternoon will be supplied by DJ Dave Muller. If you cannot attend and would like to order a signed copy to have shipped or to pick up at the shop, please purchase by selecting "Add To Cart" below. Orders will begin shipping Tuesday, December 5th.

Over the course of four decades, Santa Monica-based master printer and publisher Jacob Samuel has collaborated with some of the most influential painters, sculptors, photographers, performance artists, and musicians of the 20th and 21st centuries to make etchings, a medium grounded in techniques more than five centuries old. Through a traditional but maximally flexible approach, he was driven to prove that etching could be a successful contemporary medium, and the breadth, variety and creativity in the works he published is evidence of his success in making old master printmaking relevant to artists today. Published for an exhibition that draws from Mr. Samuel’s catalog of more than seventy projects, New Ground presents a selection of works by a diverse range of artists including Ed Ruscha, John Baldessari, Jonas Wood, Shio Kusaka, Barry McGee, Wangechi Mutu, Christopher Wool, Chris Burden, Nancy Rubins, Mona Hatoum, Rebecca Horn, Jannis Kounellis, Cristina Iglesias, Rita McBride, Josiah McElheny, Mathew Monahan, Meredith Monk, Gabriel Orozco, Gert and Uwe Tobias, Charline von Heyl, James Welling, and many more. This richly illustrated hardbound catalogue features an essay by curator Esther Adler, interviews with thirteen of the artists Samuel has worked with, and a checklist detailing every project published by Edition Jacob Samuel in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art. A brand new example additionally SIGNED by master etcher - and decades-long Arcana pal Jacob Samuel.

Inventory Number: E000JSNG

(SCHINDLER, R.M.). Schindler, R.M.. NP (Los Angeles). ND.: R.M. Schindler. Edition Not Stated. 4to. Printed Letterhead + Envelope. Architecture Monograph. Fine.. One 8 ½ x 11" sheet + one 4 x 9 ½" envelope printed offset recto only, no illustrations. This is a beautifully preserved matching set of a single piece of letterhead and envelope for use by R.M. Schindler's architectural firm located at 835 Kings Road - better known as "The Schindler-Chase Kings Road House". Each features an elegant variant modernist design printed in pale brown ink on off-white Weston Opaque Bond paper stock that incorporates the renowned Los Angeles-by-way-of-Vienna innovator's iconic hand-lettering and horizontal lines. A crisp, most handsome unused set of these two extraordinary ephemeral objects (estimated to date from the forties according to the Schindler scholar from whom we obtained these in 1990) showing just a bit of age-appropriate patination and handling. Inventory Number: 027073

(SCHWITTERS, KURT). Steinitz, Kate Trauman. Introduction by John Coplans and Walter Hopps. Berkeley & Los Angeles, CA: University of California Press, 1968. First Edition. 8vo. Boards in Illustrated Jacket. Artist Monograph. Fine/Very Good. 226pp, profusely illustrated in b&w. Designed by Douglas Nicholson. With a list of biographies. Kate Trauman Steinitz was a Hannover-based colleague, close associate, and here the posthumous biographer of Kurt Schwitters. The first English language memoir of the renowned Dada and collage pioneer, it features an introduction co-authored by former Pasadena Art Museum curators Walter Hopps and John Coplans and includes translations of numerous prose and performance pieces - including the libretto for Schwitters and Steinitz' unpublished 1928 collaborative "science-fiction opera", "Zusammenstoss" ("Collision"). A most handsome example whose dust jacket shows just a bit of light wear and soiling. 0-520-01219-4 Inventory Number: 024470

(SEARCH & DESTROY). Vale, V., Editor. San Francisco: Search & Destroy, 1977. First Edition. Folio. Tabloid Pictorial Wrappers. Periodical. As New.. 24pp, profusely illustrated in b&w. "Search & Destroy" was V. Vale's short-lived, highly revered late seventies 'zine notable for its coverage of the Bay Area punk and transgressive cultural movements that was the precursor to RE/Search. This fourth installment from 1977 includes contributions on or by Death, Iggy Pop, Hunt and Tony Sales, Jordan, De Sade, Patti Smith, Lance Loud and The Mumps, Dead Boys, Metal Urbain, Helen Wheels, The Spitfire Boys, Liars, Sham 69, Charles Gatewood, and great period advertisements. A bright, most handsome example of this uncommon and important document neatly folded in half, as issued. Inventory Number: 024577

(SEARCH & DESTROY). Vale, V., Editor. San Francisco: Search & Destroy, 1978. First Edition. Folio. Tabloid Pictorial Wrappers. Periodical. As New.. 24pp, profusely illustrated in b&w. "Search & Destroy" was V. Vale's short-lived, highly revered late seventies 'zine notable for its coverage of the Bay Area punk and transgressive cultural movements that was the precursor to RE/Search. This fifth installment from 1978 includes contributions on or by The Sex Pistols, The Screamers, Nico, Helen Wheels, Suicide, The Masque and Mabuhay Gardens, Crime, Crisis, The Nuns, The Dils, Talking Heads, The Dickies, Devo, Bruce Conner, and great period advertisements. A bright, most handsome example of this uncommon and important document neatly folded in half, as issued. Inventory Number: 023771

(SEKULA, ALLAN). Sekula, Allan, Gary Dufour & John O' Brian. Vancouver, CANADA & Cambridge, MA: Vancouver Art Gallery & MIT Press, 1997. First Edition. 4to. Pictorial Wrappers. Photography Monograph. As New.. 96pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Designed by Allan Sekula and Reinhard Derreth Graphics. With a bibliography. Published in conjunction with a 1997 exhibition held at the Vancouver Art Gallery, "Geography Lesson: Canadian Notes" is a body of work by the noted late socially-conscious photographer and educator Allan Sekula examining the Canadian mining industry and the executives, workers, and labor activists that depend on it for their livelihoods. A brand new, most handsome example additionally bearing the SIGNED INSCRIPTION "For ..., With Thanks, Allan Sekula / Atlanta 10/10/98" to an institutional curator in black ink on the title page. 0-262-69200-7 Inventory Number: 024339

(SHAUGHNESSY, R.J.). Shaughnessy, R.J.. Los Angeles: R.J. Shaughnessy LLC, 2007. First Edition 1/300. 8vo. Pictorial Wrappers. Photography Monograph. As New.. 152pp, 100 illustrations in color and b&w. Designed by Todd Tourso. Limited to three hundred copies only, "Deathcamp" is R.J. Shaughnessy's must-have first book - a gritty, engaging essay capturing the transgressive youthful comings and goings in the Atwater house the photographer lived in from late 2002 through early 2006. If you are an Ed Templeton or Ryan McGinley fan, this self-published gem is right up your alley! A brand new, pristine example additionally BOLDLY SIGNED "R.J. Shaughnessy" in black marker on the title page. 0-9792748-1-8 Inventory Number: 023021

(SHAUGHNESSY, R.J.). Shaughnessy, R.J.. Los Angeles: R.J. Shaughnessy, 2009. First Edition 1/500. 4to. Printed Boards. Photography Monograph. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. np (48pp), 37 illustrations in duotone. Designed by Christian Cervantes. "Your Golden Opportunity is Comeing Very Soon" is Los Angeles-based photographer R.J. Shaughnessy's follow up to his must-have first book - "Deathcamp". Shot in stark black and white, it captures the flawed details of his decaying metropolis illuminated with a flash in the dead of night. No wasted partygoers here, just riveting images of bent poles, torn chain-link fences, crumbling cinderblock barriers and the like. A most handsome example of this intriguing, already unavailable work limited to five hundred copies BOLDLY SIGNED AND NUMBERED by R.J. Shaughnessy in black marker on the rear colophon, as issued. 0-9792748-4-2 Inventory Number: 019547

(SHAUGHNESSY, R.J.). Shaughnessy, R.J.. Los Angeles: R.J. Shaughnessy, 2009. First Edition 1/200. Oblong Folio. Debossed Linen Over Boards. Photography Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. np (64pp), 29 duotone illustrations. Designed by Christian Cervantes. "These Photographs Will Heal Your Soul" is Los Angeles-based photographer R.J. Shaughnessy's exquisite third self-published book of photographs. Shot in sumptuous black and white, it surveys flurries of snowflakes against the inky night sky. A brand new, pristine example of this elegant volume limited to two hundred copies NUMBERED AND BOLDLY SIGNED "R.J. Shaughnessy" in black marker on the rear colophon still in the publisher's shrinkwrap, as issued. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its size - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase. 0-9792748-2-6 Inventory Number: 019106

(SHAW, JIM). Shaw, Jim. The End is Here Publications, 1981. First Edition. 12mo. Illustrated Wrappers. Artist's Book. Very Good -.. np (54pp), 54 b&w illustrations. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. "Life and Death: A Non-Narrative Narrative" is an early, self-published - with assistance from Ed Ruscha - collection of Jim Shaw's humorous figurative black and white airbrushed drawings that owe a debt of gratitude to "Tex Avery, Basil Wolverton, Virgil Partch, and Big Daddy Ed Roth". An otherwise most handsome example of this uncommon item whose front cover resembles a digest-sized issue of Life magazine showing some light spotting on the inside front and rear covers. It has been priced accordingly. 0-9607640-0-3 Inventory Number: 023965

(SHAW, JIM). Shaw, Jim. The End is Here Publications, 1981. First Edition. 12mo. Illustrated Wrappers. Artist's Book. Fine.. np (54pp), 54 b&w illustrations. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. "Life and Death: A Non-Narrative Narrative" is an early, self-published - with assistance from Ed Ruscha - collection of Jim Shaw's humorous figurative black and white airbrushed drawings that owe a debt of gratitude to "Tex Avery, Basil Wolverton, Virgil Partch, and Big Daddy Ed Roth". A brand new, most handsome example of this uncommon item whose front cover resembles a digest sized issue of Life magazine. 0-9607640-0-3 Inventory Number: 020926

(SHAW, JIM). Shaw, Jim, Amy Gerstler, Doug Harvey, Mike Kelley, Noellie Roussel & Fabrice Stroun. Grenoble, FRANCE & Glarus, SWITZERLAND: Le Magasin - Centre National D'Art Contemporain & Kunsthaus Glarus, 2003. First Edition. 4to. Illustrated Boards. Artist Monograph. As New./No Jacket - As Issued.. 64pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in English. With an exhibition history and bibliography. "It's a particularly American notion: If you don't like your religion, invent one of your own. That's exactly what Jim Shaw has done. This publication is dedicated to full documentation of this new body of work, developed since 2001 in installations, paintings, video, and drawings concerning Oism, the religion that Shaw provides with a back story to the mid-19th century. As Shaw describes it: "Oism's beliefs included the notion of a female deity, of time going backwards, spiritual transience, and a prohibition on figurative art." Shaw's Oist-inspired works include a series of abstract paintings presented as the work of the Adam O. Goodman, an Oist painter, along with his archives of "forbidden" figurative imagery; "The Donner Party", supposedly by Oist artist Mandy Omaha, a dead-on spit-take of Judy Chicago's "The Dinner Party", only with cannibalistic treats at the place settings; and movie poster paintings announcing hypothetical Oist epics. Funny and shocking, "O" adds yet another volume to Shaw's continuing investigation of American culture and its assumptions". A brand new, pristine example still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. 2-940271-35-6 Inventory Number: 024852

(SHIELDS, SCOTT A.) With Biographies by Mariah Carmen Briel. Hirmer, I00220416, 2022. 10 x 10 inches, 136 Pages. Hard Cover. New/No Jacket - As Issued.

This beautifully quirky volume pays tribute to the legendary candy-store-turned-art gallery of California and its amazing roster of artists.

Adeliza McHugh helped put the whimsical, funky, and irreverent aesthetic of California’s Central Valley on the art-historical map at her legendary Candy Store Gallery, which she opened in Folsom, California, in 1962. The business began as a candy store, but after the store closed, McHugh converted the space into an art gallery. There, she featured ceramists and painters who would become nationally and even internationally significant, including Robert Arneson, Roy De Forest, David Gilhooly, Irving Marcus, Gladys Nilsson, Jim Nutt, Jack Ogden, Don Reich, Sandra Shannonhouse, Peter VandenBerge, and Maija Peeples-Bright. Their work, along with that of many other artists, delighted visitors to the gallery for thirty years.

This catalog, published on the sixtieth anniversary of the gallery’s founding, is the most significant publication to date on the Candy Store. It celebrates, as McHugh liked to say, art with a “kick.” 9783777438399 Inventory Number: I00220416

(SLACK, MIKE). Slack, Mike. Los Angeles: The Ice Plant, 2017. First Edition. 4to. Decorative Boards. Photography Monograph. As New/ No Jacket - As Issued. np (100pp), 50 color illustrations. "Clouds, electronics, fog, bugs, glass, cellophane, rust, weeds, waves, particles… Mike Slack delves into an overheated terrestrial ecosystem in "The Transverse Path, surveying a luminous topography of monumental details and mundane vistas with cosmic curiosity. Transcendental in mood, Slack’s vaguely sci-fi photographs envision a sun-blasted wilderness of synthetic and organic stuff, all tangled together, flourishing and disintegrating on its own terms, as if engaged in an ageless negotiation (or flirtation?) just beyond our grasp. Where does nature end and its opposite begin? And where do people figure into this balance? Made primarily around the American southwest from 2011 to 2017, these vivid compositions — like a series of thought-bubbles in search of a narrative — are concise and direct, yet driven by an emotional ambivalence that hovers between stark environmental dread and calm intimate reverie". A brand new, pristine example of the first The Ice Plant edition limited to nine hundred unnumbered copies additionally SIGNED "Mike Slack" in ink.

PLEASE NOTE: Copies of "The Transverse Path" will be signed Saturday, December 9th and shipped starting on Tuesday, December 12th. 978-0-9992655-0-5 Inventory Number: E000MSTTP

(SLACK, MIKE). Slack, Mike. Los Angeles: The Ice Plant, 2012. Second Edition (First Thus) 1/500. 8vo. Wrappers in Pictorial Jacket. Photography Monograph. As New./As New.. np (96pp), 45 color illustrations + color cover. "High Tide" is Mike Slack's collection of beautifully reproduced Polaroids taken from a monitor screen in which each of its slightly-distorted subjects fills the frame, eyes closed, in a seeming state of meditative bliss. Originally published in conjunction with a 2006 exhibition of the work at Marfa's Galleri Urbane, it includes images of such iconic actors and actresses as Jack Nicholson, Nancy Allen, Elizabeth Taylor, Shirley MacLaine, Warren Beatty, Sean Young, Barry Newman, and many more. A pristine copy in the publisher's plastic pouch of the first printing of the revised and expanded 2012 edition of this cult favorite limited to five hundred copies SIGNED "Mike Slack" in black ink on the rear colophon. 0-9823653-8-1 Inventory Number: 021902

(SMITH, ALEXIS). Smith, Alexis & Edgar Allan Poe. NP (Los Angeles?). ND.: Self-Published. First Edition. 24mo. Stapled Pictorial Wrappers. Livre D'Artiste. Fine.. np (32pp), 16 b&w illustrations. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. This is noted Los Angeles-based artist Alexis Smith's charming, charmingly tiny - 3 x 2 ¼" - self-published mid-seventies livre d'artiste cum artist book that cryptically illustrates Edgar Allan Poe's short poem "Alone". A bright, most handsome example of this exceedingly uncommon gem. Inventory Number: 025408

(SPARKUHL, PAT). Sparkuhl, Pat, Kim Abeles & Dorrit Kirk Fitzgerald. William S. Bartman, Editor. Los Angeles: A.R.T. Press, 1991. First Edition. 4to. Cloth in Dust Jacket. Artist Monograph. Fine/Fine. 32pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. With an exhibition history and collections listing. This is the comprehensive monograph on the Los Angeles-based contemporary artist Pat Sparkuhl. It features reproductions of work executed between 1979 and 1990, an essay by Dorrit Kirk Fitzgerald, as well as the transcript of an interview between Sparkuhl and artist Kim Abeles. A most handsome example of the exceedingly uncommon 1991 hardbound edition (which shares the same ISBN with the paperbound version) limited to thirty-five copies NUMBERED (5/35) AND SIGNED by Sparkuhl, Abeles, and Fitzgerald in black ink on the title page. This was acquired directly from A.R.T. Press publisher Bill Bartman. 0-923183-05-1 Inventory Number: 024441