Add this copy of Royal Road Test (Signed By Ed Ruscha) to cart. $750.00, very good condition, Sold by Appledore Books, ABAA rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Waccabuc, NY, UNITED STATES, published 1971 by Mason Williams and Edward Ruscha.
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Very Good + SIGNED BY ARTIST ED RUSCHA on the front free endpaper. A clean, well-preserved copy to boot of the 1971 stated 3rd edition of this renowned Los Angeles artist's book, limited to 2, 000 copies. Solid and VG+ to Near Fine in its spiral-bound, off-white wrappers, with just a touch of very light creasing along the front panel's lower-edge. Crisp black-and-white photos (by Patrick Blackwell), documenting--with Zapruder-like detail--the results after a Royal typewriter has been thrown out of the window of a Buick Le Sabre travelling at 90 mph in the Nevada desert.
Add this copy of Royal Road Test-Signed By Edward Ruscha to cart. $960.00, like new condition, Sold by Arcana: Books on the Arts rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Culver City, CA, UNITED STATES, published by Self-Published.
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(RUSCHA, EDWARD). Ruscha, Edward, Mason Williams & Patrick Blackwell. ROYAL ROAD TEST-SIGNED BY EDWARD RUSCHA. Signed by the Artist. 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.