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Los Angeles, CA: Self Published, 1970. First edition. Softcover. Printed in an edition of 4000 copies. Another one of Ruscha's terrific small artist books. A collection of twenty five black and white photographs. An about very good copy in printed wrappers but from the library of the Visual Studies Workshop with their small sticker to the front cover but otherwise a clean copy. Lacking the glassine.

1970. RUSCHA, Edward. Real Estate Opportunities. [2] pp. Illustrated with 25 black and white photographic illustrations. 8vo., 178 x 140 mm, bound in publisher's white paper wrappers. [Los Angeles: Edward Ruscha], 1970. $ 2500.00 First Edition. Ruscha's early photographic work on empty lots and "real estate opportunities" in the surrounding Los Angeles area. The black and white photographs capture various run-down buildings and plots of land that were currently for sale. Inscribed to Paul Cornwall-Jones by Ruscha. With Ed Ruscha's card laid-in.

n.p. [Los Angeles]: Edward Ruscha, 1970. First printing. Fine.. 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. The 25 black and white photographs of REAL ESTATE OPPORTUNITIES frequently include "For Sale" signs, recalling Ruscha's early life as an aspiring commercial artist who "learned sign-painting techniques and painted many commercial signs, including For Sale signs" (Phillpot). Properties pictured, captioned with their addresses, include houses, residential lots, and forlorn stretches of barren land whose only neighbors are the telephone poles and roads of southern California. Uncommon signed. 7'' x 5.5''. Original white printed wrappers. Lacking glassine jacket. Edition of 4,000 unnumbered copies. 25 black and white photographic illustrations. [48] pages. Signed by Ruscha in pencil on front free endpaper. PROVENANCE: From the collection of longtime MIT Press editor Roger Conover, who… Read More