Nine Swimming Pools and A Broken Glass

Los Angeles, CA: Edward Ruscha, 1968. First edition. Softcover. Printed in an edition of only 2500 copies. A collection of 10 color photographs of swimming pools. A very good copy in wrappers from the library of the Visual Studies Workshop with their sticker to the front panel but otherwise free of marks. Lacking the glassine. Despite the sticker a… Read more about this item

n.p. [Los Angeles]: (Edward Ruscha), 1976. Near fine.. Signed second edition of Ruscha's first book using color photographs, a series on water artificially contained and explosively freed. Nine blue Las Vegas swimming pools, separated by bright white blank leaves, and one smashed glass with water droplets running free of their artificial enclosure. On his choice of subject matter,… Read more about this item

Los Angeles: Self-Published, 1968. First Edition. Wraps. Very good. Limited to 2,400 copies. Octavo: [64] with 10 photographic images. Original white paper wrappers, with printed black titles. The label of Ruscha's distributor, Wittenborn and Company, appears on the verso of the rear panel. Some mild toning to the wrappers, more so along the spine; otherwise very good. … Read more about this item

NP: SELF-PUBLISHED. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1968. First Edition; First Printing. Softcover. First edition INSCRIBED & dated in December of 1968 on front blank to his friend Bob Wetterrau, manager of Flax art store in Westwood Village. Fine in white printed wrappers with black titles in the fragile clear glassine protective overlay. 2400 copies produced. Uncommon… Read more about this item