A DIFFERENT LOVE
(August 1983)
First edition of this 1980s gay romance, in which a small-town couple moves to San Francisco — and find new kinds of trouble in the big city.
New Arrivals
AND DID YOU ONCE SEE SIDNEY PLAIN? A Random Memoir of S.J. Perelman
(1986)
First edition of this warm personal remembrance of the great humorist and screenwriter, signed by Hirschfeld, Perelman's companion on his 1947 trip around the world and illustrator of the resulting book.
BUSINESS CARDS
1968
Signed first and only edition of Ruscha and Bengston's collaborative book.
BABYCAKES WITH WEIGHTS
1970
First edition of Ruscha's eleventh book, featuring one bespoke baby (his own) and many mass-produced commercial cakes.
EDWARD RUSCHA (ED-WERD REW-SHAY): Young Artist
1972
Scarce catalogue published to accompany an exhibition of prints, drawings, and books, co-designed by Ruscha, with business cards laid in from both the artist and exhibition curator Foster.
EDWARD RUSCHA: Prints and Publications 1962-74
1975
Scarce exhibition catalogue of Ruscha's lithographs, silkscreens, and books.
EVERY BUILDING ON THE SUNSET STRIP
1966
Signed first edition, second issue of this quintessentially Los Angeles book, and one of the great photobooks of all time – with the original wrap-around band intact.
EDWARD RUSCHA: BOOKS AND PRINTS
1972
Scarce catalogue published to accompany an exhibition of Ruscha's books and prints, with two critical essays by Piene and McGrath.
THIRTYFOUR PARKING LOTS
(1974)
Signed second edition of Ruscha's commissioned photographs of Los Angeles lots, taken from helicopter by aerial photographer Art Alanis.
TWENTYSIX GASOLINE STATIONS
(1967)
Signed second edition of the first of Ruscha's sixteen books, an iconic early artist's book.
CRACKERS
(1969)
Signed first edition of Ruscha's photo-novel, illustrating a 1967 short story by Mason Williams, "How To Derive The Maximum Enjoyment From Crackers."
RECORDS
1971
Signed first edition of these black and white photographs of 30 selected records and album covers from Ruscha's collection, photographed by his friend and fellow artist Jerry McMillan.
NINE SWIMMING POOLS AND A BROKEN GLASS
(1976)
Second edition of Ruscha's first book using color photographs, a series on water artificially contained and explosively freed.
HARD LIGHT
(1978)
Signed first edition of Ruscha and Weiner's photo-novel, starring Shelley Chamberlain, Suzanne Chandler, and Susan Haller in a captivatingly oblique visual drama.
REAL ESTATE OPPORTUNITIES
1970
Signed first edition of Ruscha's last solo photobook to use the minimal 'house style' made famous by TWENTYSIX GASOLINE STATIONS and other early works.
A FEW PALM TREES
1971
Signed first edition of Ruscha's fourteen spare, black and white photographs of California palms, each captioned with its home address.
COLORED PEOPLE
1972
Signed copy of the first and only printing of this Ruscha photobook, his second in color.
NINE SWIMMING POOLS AND A BROKEN GLASS
(1976)
Signed second edition of Ruscha's first book using color photographs, a series on water artificially contained and explosively freed.
VARIOUS SMALL FIRES
(1970)
Signed second edition of Ruscha's second artist's book, an enigmatic series of controlled burns in the human landscape.
ROYAL ROAD TEST
(1980)
Signed fourth edition of Ruscha's first collaborative artist's book, a picture-narrative of typewriter destruction.
SOME LOS ANGELES APARTMENTS
(1970)
Signed second edition of Ruscha's third artist's book, one of 3,000 copies produced following the original printing of 700 in 1965.
RED THREAD
(1993)
Signed first edition of this matchmaking fairy tale set in ancient China, written and illustrated by Young, winner of the 1990 Caldecott Medal and numerous other awards and honors.
SEVEN LITTLE MONSTERS
(1977)
Inscribed first US edition (and first English-language edition) of Sendak's illustrated picture book of monsters, originally created as a 1971 animated short for Sesame Street but deemed too scary for repeated showings.
HIGGLETY PIGGLETY POP!
[circa 1971]
Signed later printing of Sendak's most heartbreaking and beautifully drawn journey through the subterranean symbology of love and death, starring his own beloved Sealyham terrier, Jennie, who leaves her master for the unreachable Castle Yonder.
THE AMAZING BONE
(1976)
First printing of this vibrant story of Pearl the Pig and her new friend, a magical talking bone – winner of a Caldecott Honor and nominee for the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award.
