SIGNED COPY Los Angeles: copyright Ed Ruscha, printed by Anderson, Ritchie & Simon, 1970. Softcover with glassine dust jacket. Second Edition limited to only 700 unnumbered copies. 12mo. Unpaginated (48pp) with 16 b&w illustrations. Originally published in 1964, "Various Small Fires and Milk" is Edward Ruscha's second photographically illustrated artist book-a humorous cataloguing of flames and a glass of milk. Elegantly SIGNED by Ed Ruscha to the fep. Cited in B2 in Siri Engberg's "Edward Ruscha: Editions 1959-1999"; pp 198-201 of The Hasselblad Center's "The Open Book"; and p. 140 of Martin Parr and Gerry Badger's "The Photobook: A History Volume II". BOOK CONDITION: Fine; a solid, tight, clean copy in a Near Fine glassine jacket showing light toning, slight rubbing and soiling with a hints or wear to margins. Overall a nice, clean, collectible copy, especially so when SIGNED by Ruscha.

Fine