Every Building on the Sunset Strip [SIGNED]
Los Angeles: Edward Ruscha, 1966 [1970]. First edition, Second printing. Softcover. 1/5000. Octavo. Unpaginated. (53), (1)pp. Original white wraps with gray lettering on spine, in its original silver paper-covered slipcase. Signed "Edward Ruscha" in blue pen on the top edge of the slipcase. Iconic accordion folded artist's book containing offset reproductions of two extended panoramic photographic collages of each side of Los Angeles' Sunset Strip between Laurel Canyon and Cory Street. American photographer Ed Ruscha took the photographs contained in this leporello with a motorized Nikon camera mounted to the back of a pickup truck. This allowed him to photograph every building on the Sunset Strip while driving - first down one side of the street and then the other. The pictures were then pasted in order, and the individual buildings were labeled with their respective house numbers. This is the second printing of the first edition, originally published in 1966 (does no include the wrap around at the end).
Minor rubbing and cracks to the extremities of the slipcase. original white wrappers, with sunning and creasing along the spine. Light rubbing to corners and some light water stains and smudges to the covers. Interior quite clean, save a few minor smudges to the interior cover. Sclipcase in very good-, wrappers in good+, inteiror in very good+ condition overall. Wrappers and slipcase protected in modern mylar. g+ to vg+. Item #50891
Price: $2,500.00