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TWENTYSIX GASOLINE STATIONS
Published by np (1969), np (1969)
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From: Brian Cassidy, Bookseller ABAA/ILAB (Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.)
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About this Item: np (1969), np, 1969. Wraps. Condition: Near fine. Third edition. 8vo. Publisher's wraps in original glassine. SIGNED by Ruscha at inside front cover. Mild toning and chipping to glassine with price sticker at front flap and some creasing to flaps. Distributor sticker at final page. Trivial touches of wear to wraps at edges. Interior bright and clean. Near fine. Third edition of the first of Ruscha's sixteen books and an iconic early artist's book. Inspired by the look and feel of the books he encountered at the bouquiniste stands on the Left Bank during a 1961 trip to Paris, as well as his own work as a typesetter and printers devil, Ruscha self-published TWENTYSIX GAS STATIONS with an aesthetic reminiscent of iconic Editions Gallimard paperbacks. Conceiving first of the title, Ruscha took photographs to fill the requisite number on a road trip from Los Angeles to visit his mother in his hometown of Oklahoma City. The photographs, labeled with the station name and location, together form a dotted line between LA and Oklahoma, creating out of these stoically framed images of banal locations a deep emotional resonance. [Phillpot, CATALOGUE RAISONNE, 60]. Seller Inventory # 17731
TWENTYSIX GASOLINE STATIONS (SIGNED)
Published by LOS ANGELES (1969)
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From: Kenneth Starosciak, Bookseller (San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.)
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About this Item: LOS ANGELES, 1969. AUTOGRAPHED COPY IN NEAR PERFECT CONDITION. THIRD EDITION. REPLACED GLASSINE JACKET A BIT BROWNED BUT NOT AFFECTING THE PRISTINE WHITE COVER. Seller Inventory # K27685
Twentysix Gasoline Stations
Published by Cunningham Press, Alhambra (1962)
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From: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB (New York, NY, U.S.A.)
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About this Item: Cunningham Press, Alhambra, 1962. paperback. Condition: near fine. Dust Jacket Condition: very good(+). 16mo, white wrappers lettered in red. Original glassine dust wrapper, chipped at the bottom edge & with a few light stains; small light stain on the front cover covering the letter "T" and on the top edge. (Alhambra: Cunningham Press), 1962 (1967). Second Edition. One of 500 unnumbered copies, this one bears presentation by Ruscha, 1969. His first book. Seller Inventory # 267201
Twentysix Gasoline Stations
Published by Cunningham Press, Alhambra (1962)
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From: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB (New York, NY, U.S.A.)
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About this Item: Cunningham Press, Alhambra, 1962. paperback. Condition: very good(+). Second. 16mo, white wrappers lettered in red. Original glassine dust wrapper, yellowed and with small chips. (Alhambra: Cunningham Press), 1962 (1967). Second Edition. One of 500 unnumbered copies, this one is autographed by Ruscha. His first book. Seller Inventory # 279227
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Twentysix Gasoline Stations.
Published by A National Excelsior Publication, Alhambra, California (1963)
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From: Raptis Rare Books, ABAA/ ILAB (Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.)
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About this Item: A National Excelsior Publication, Alhambra, California, 1963. First edition, one of 400 numbered copies of the artist's first book, this is number 180. Small octavo, original white wrappers, printed in red. Signed by Ed Ruscha on the title page. Near fine in the rare original glassine. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. Ed Ruscha's first book, a seminal "bookwork", one of the most influential conceptual art works, it served as a kind of tonic, liberating the artists' book from many of its traditional emphases. "The first book came out of a play with words. The title came before I even thought about the pictures. I like the word 'gasoline' and I like the specific quality of 'twenty-six.' If you look at the book you will see how well the typography works - I worked on all that before I took the photographs. Above all, the photographs I use are not 'arty' in any sense of the word. . . . One of the purposes of my book has to do with making a mass-produced object. The final product has a very commercial, professional feel to it . . . . I have eliminated all text from my books -- I want absolutely neutral material. My pictures are not that interesting, nor the subject matter . . . my book is more like a collection of 'ready- 56 item 241 mades'. Edward Ruscha, Artforum interview, 1965; Lippard, Six Years: The dematerialization of the art object from 1966 to 1972, p.11. "The most renowned series of artist's books in the history of the genre" (Parr & Badger, The Photobook: A History, Vol. II; Castleman, A Century of Artists Books, p.167.). Seller Inventory # 97975
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Twentysix Gasoline Stations.
Published by A National Excelsior Publication, Alhambra, California (1963)
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First Edition
Quantity Available: 1
From: Raptis Rare Books, ABAA/ ILAB (Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.)
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About this Item: A National Excelsior Publication, Alhambra, California, 1963. First edition, one of 400 numbered copies of the artist's first book. Small octavo, original white wrappers, printed in red. This example was one of Ruscha's personal author copies. He presented this copy to a fellow artist whose parents owned Anderson, Ritchie & Simon---the printing firm that produced many of Ruscha's books.Presentation copy, inscribed by Ed Ruscha and additionally signed again by Ruscha on the dedication page. Spine slightly toned, near fine. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. Ed Ruscha's first book, a seminal "bookwork", one of the most influential conceptual art works, it served as a kind of tonic, liberating the artists' book from many of its traditional emphases. "The first book came out of a play with words. The title came before I even thought about the pictures. I like the word 'gasoline' and I like the specific quality of 'twenty-six.' If you look at the book you will see how well the typography works - I worked on all that before I took the photographs. Above all, the photographs I use are not 'arty' in any sense of the word. . . . One of the purposes of my book has to do with making a mass-produced object. The final product has a very commercial, professional feel to it . . . . I have eliminated all text from my books -- I want absolutely neutral material. My pictures are not that interesting, nor the subject matter . . . my book is more like a collection of 'ready- 56 item 241 mades'. Edward Ruscha, Artforum interview, 1965; Lippard, Six Years: The dematerialization of the art object from 1966 to 1972, p.11. "The most renowned series of artist's books in the history of the genre" (Parr & Badger, The Photobook: A History, Vol. II; Castleman, A Century of Artists Books, p.167.). Seller Inventory # 3101