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The Night I Lost My Baby. A Los Vegas Vignette (Inscribed by Williams)
by RUSCHA, Edward (book designer), with Mason Williams and Patrick Blackwell
- Used
- Condition
- Vegas-appropriate golden cloth boards, with minor chipping to top of spine and some rubbing, else near fine. With 8 OCLC records
- Seller
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East Hampton, New York, United States
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About This Item
Los Angeles: [Mason Williams], 1966. Vegas-appropriate golden cloth boards, with minor chipping to top of spine and some rubbing, else near fine. With 8 OCLC records located in North America.. Limited Edition. Tall octavo. One of 500 copies. Inscribed by Mason Williams to front endpaper: "To Jerry and Myrna / With love." An elegant example of Edward Ruscha's work as book designer, executed for his friend and musician Mason Williams. Featuring black-and-white photography of Los Vegas by Patrick Blackwell, paired with a poetic/paranoid narrative from Williams, set in stylized handset type.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Harper's Books, Inc.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 28150
- Title
- The Night I Lost My Baby. A Los Vegas Vignette (Inscribed by Williams)
- Author
- RUSCHA, Edward (book designer), with Mason Williams and Patrick Blackwell
- Book Condition
- Used - Vegas-appropriate golden cloth boards, with minor chipping to top of spine and some rubbing, else near fine. With 8 OCLC records
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Los Angeles: [Mason Williams]
- Date Published
- 1966
- Bookseller catalogs
- Art;
Terms of Sale
Harper's Books, Inc.
Books may be returned for any reason within two weeks provided they are received in the same condition as they were sent.
About the Seller
Harper's Books, Inc.
Biblio member since 2009
East Hampton, New York
About Harper's Books, Inc.
Harper's Books, founded in 1997, is a bookshop and photography gallery located in East Hampton, New York. We are one of the world's leading dealers in photographic literature, with particular emphasis placed on association copies and landmark books presented in exceptional condition. In addition to our book business, we maintain a gallery space where photographs are exhibited in concert with books. Harper's Books is a member of the ABAA, and the only American rare book dealer chosen to exhibit yearly at Paris Photo.
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
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