Small Fires by Ruscha (13 results)

Soft cover. Condition: As New. 2nd Edition. Small octavo, unpaginated (48 pages), 16 photographic illustrations printed on the right-hand page. Printed wrappers. Original glassine wrappers. A 'like new copy'. - Second edition. One of 3000 copies. Printed by Anderson, Ritchie & Simon.

Near fine in good+ glassine jacket, worn and chipp.

[48] pp.; 17.8 x 14 cm.; sewn bound; monochrome; edition size 3,000; unsigned and unnumbered; offset-printed Second Edition of the second artist's book produced by Edward Ruscha. Features black and pale yellow photographs of examples of small fires such as burning matches, a man smoking a cigar, and an acetylene welding torch. The final photo is in black-and-white and is a photograph of a glass of milk. References : "International General, Distributing Independently Produced Vanguard Art Books, Catalogues and Information" by Seth Siegelaub. New York, NY : International General, 1971. No. 2 in "Books by Edward Ruscha" by Edward Ruscha. Munich, Germany : Galerie Heiner Friedrich, 1970. "Esthétique du Livre d'Artiste 1960 / 1980" by Anne Moeglin-Delcroix. Paris, France : Jean-Michel Place / Bibliothèque Nationale de France, 1997, pp. 26 and 292. "The Works of Edward Ruscha" by Edward Ruscha, Anne Livet, Henry T. Hopkins, Peter Plagens, Dave Hickey. New York / San Francisco, NY / CA : Hudson Hills Press / San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 1982, pp. 123. Good / Very Good. Yellowing and moderate wear to vellum dust-jackets including chipping of edges, multiple tears, finger print marks, loss, and folding resulting in dust soiling to covers. Light dust soiling of text block edges. Gentle bumping of corners. Contents clean and unmarked.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Pages unnumbered, illustrated in B&W. - Various Small Fires (second edition 1970) - Edward Ruscha - SIGNED : To Maria ! : Ed Ruscha 1970 - very good copy, interior fine with some small spots on the last two pages, a fragile protective paper cover is pasted on the inside cover. Size: 178 x 140 Mm. Signed by Author(s). Book.

Softcover with glassine dustjacket; 48 pages of photos of fires; very good condition; glassine clean and crisp; untorn; no internal marks. Foreign shipping may be extra.

Condition: Fine. Signed second edition of Ruscha's second artist's book, an enigmatic series of controlled burns in the human landscape. The fifteen yellow-tinted fires of VARIOUS SMALL FIRES are man-made, mostly domesticated and indoors, mostly under control: a gas stove, a welder's torch, a cigarette lighter, a cigar - with just a few blurred, unidentifiable snapshots of flames on a sidewalk, by a car, in the dark, whose purpose and safety are unknown. Ruscha stressed the subject if what is important, not the photographer: "I went to a stock photograph place and looked for pictures of fires, there were none. It is not important who took the photos, it is a matter of convenience, purely" (quoted in Coplans). One of Ruscha's most confounding books, it is uncommon signed. 7'' x 5.5''. Original black and white printed wrappers. Edition of 3000 unnumbered copies. 16 photographs. [48] pages. 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. Minor edgewear. Signed.

[Los Angeles], [Edward Ruscha], 1970. [44] unnumbered pp. [16] monochrome ills (b./w. and pale yellow photographs) by Ed Ruscha. Orig. softcover (printed wrappers) with glassine cover. [18 x 14 cm.]. - Glassine cover sl. discol. on back cover; tiny little light stripe on the front. Second edition, published in a limited edition of 300 copies (The first edition of 196 was published in only 400 copies). - This booklet is Ed Ruscha's second photographically illustrated artist's book. Contains photographic images of fires, including a gas stove, a cigarette, a pipe, a cigar, a welding torch, a highway flare, and more; the final image shows a glass of milk. "Ed Ruscha's works retain their capacity to surprise, delight, and bewilder in equal measure. In the decades since their publication, they have been exhibited, written about, and analyzed extensively, yet somehow they remain objects of mystery and fascination, beguiling in their utter simplicity and unwavering accuracy. At the time of their publication, they were largely overlooked by much of the photography world. The seeming anti-formalism and indifferent technique of Ruscha's photographs were mocked; the perfect formalism of each book as art object was unappreciated. Ruscha's interest in, and indebtedness to, two of photography's greats - Walker Evans and Robert Frank - was also ignored." From: The Photobook: A History Volume II / Martin Parr and Gerry Badger. London, Phaidon, 2004.

Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Second Edition. Second edition, one of 3,000 copies. Signed by Edward Ruscha on the front free endpaper and inscribed "To Annie & the small fires, Jan. 1971." Unpaginated; 16 pages of photographs printed recto only, preceded by title and copyright pages. Bound in publisher's white printed wraps. Near Fine with faint edge toning to covers and contents, light soiling to first page and front cover verso. Original glassine wrapper glued along flaps inside covers. Various Small Fires was Edward Ruscha's second artist book. "There are not many books that would fit into this style of production," Ruscha said in a 1965 interview with Artforum. "Considered as a pocket book, it is definitely better than most. My books are as perfectly made as possible.".

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. First Edition. A FINE FIRST EDITION SECOND PRINTING IN ACETATE Los Angeles: Anderson, Ritchie and Simon, 1964 (but 1970). 8vo. Publisher's white stiff wrappers titled in black, glassine jacket. Very light wear and toning. Second edition.

Softcover. Condition: Fine. First Edition. Glossy printed plain white wraps with original glassine jacket. 5.55" x 7.05" An extraordinary copy of the second of Ruscha's iconic publications, in pristine condition. The glassine jacket is original and unscathed. The jackets exhibit some age-toning and offsetting from where it was part of a small stack of three Ruscha books which set on top of each other for some period of time as if in a display. The superior condition of this book cannot be overstated. From what can be pieced together, this book was part of a group 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 is a first edition. VARIOUS SMALL FIRES AND MILK is dated 1964 at the base of the title-page and is copyrighted 1964, and one of 400 copies printed by Anderson Ritchie & Simon, Los Angeles. An extraordinary copy.

RUSCHA, EDWARD. Various Small Fires and Milk. Unpaginated artist's book with 16 b&w illustrations. 8vo, wraps. 1964. First edition. Photographs "document" a variety of small fires, including a gas range, a cigarette, a blow torch and a highway flare. The final photograph shows a glass of milk.

Soft cover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. FIRST EDITION. ONLY 400 COPIES PRINTED. VERY FINE COPY. A REPLACED GLASSINE JACKET SO IT HAS NONE OF THE BROWNING OF MOST GLASSINES. NEW GLASSINE JACKET HAS A TINY FLAW ON SPINE AND 1/4" TEAR NEAR SPINE. IT'S 55 YEARS OLD. ORIGINAL GLASSINE IS AVAILABLE IF YOU REQUEST IT. BUYER SELECTS AND PAYS FOR SHIPPING.

Condition: Neuf. Los Angeles, Anderson, Ritchie & Simon, 1970 (1964), 179x10mm, 48pages comprenant 16 photographies, 30 pages blanches et 1 page de copyright et une page de titre. Seconde édition, tirage de 3000 exemplaires (après 400 exemplaires en 1967).Etat neuf. Engberg B2. (105837).