Every Building on the Sunset Strip

Ed Ruscha, Los Angeles, 1970. Book. Good. Wrappers with board Slipcase. Inscribed by the Artist. Second Printing. Originally published in 1966 as is stated on the title page, this is one of an unnumbered second printing of 5,000 copies printed in 1970. [INSCRIBED BY THE ARTIST] in ink on the inside front cover: "To Mary Ann / Cheers / Ed Ruscha." There is vertical creasing to the spine, with some light soiling. The white paper bellyband that was present at first issue is missing. There are some cracks and separations at the joints of the silver Mylar covered cardboard slipcase at the opening, and the Mylar is worn and slightly lifting along the edges. Still, the edges and corners of the book are sharp, and aside from the aforementioned artist's inscription, the interior is clean and free of markings. Softbound in white printed stiff paper, this 7 x 5 5/8 inch book opens out accordion-style into a 296 5/8 continuous sheet of pasted and folded sheets of black and white photographic images of buildings, neatly captioned only with the street number of each. In this edition, the folded blank flap at the end of the sheet (between 9176 and 9171 Sunset Boulevard) is not present, having been eliminated by the artist after the first printing..