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ED RUSCHA, Royal Road Test 1967, Signed Book
Estimate:
$700 - $1,400
Sold
$400
Live Auction
March Exceptional Estates
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Description
Spiral-bound book titled "Royal Road Test" by Ed Ruscha (American, b. 1937), Mason Williams and Patrick Blackwell. Self-published first edition, one of 1000 copies, signed by Ed Ruscha on back of the front free endpaper opposite title page. Original manila cover, Los Angeles, 1967. A photographic record of the damage done to a Royal typewriter that was thrown out of the window of a car on Highway 91 in Nevada in 1966. This item can be shipped in-house.
Condition
Inside cover has "RRA, Okla. 1969," which has made a ghost impress on ffep. Inside back cover has splotch of what appears to be white-out. Minor creasing to back cover visible only by raking light. Overall very fine condition.