Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
RUSCHA Edward.. A few Palm Trees.. Heavy Industry Publications, 1971.
Price: US$718.18 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Hollywood, Heavy Industry Publications, 1971. In-12 broché sous couverture noir brillant, muette, non paginé, illustrations en noir. Édition originale. 14 photographies de palmiers, principalement hollywoodiens, avec la localisation de chaque arbre en regard de la photo. Infime abrasion au revers du dernier feuillet blanc, sans gravité. Bel exemplaire. [Esthétique du livre d'artiste, p. 28].
Seller: Librairie Jean-Yves Lacroix, Gouloux, France
RUSCHA, Edward [ARTIST'S BOOKS]. A Few Palm Trees. Heavy Industry Publications, Hollywood, 1971.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Small squarish 12mo. Unpaginated. Illustrated with black & white halftone photo reproductions. Bound in stiff paper wraps printed all black, no titles. Covers minimally scuffed, edges rubbed, binding tight. Fourteen palm trees photographed with "camera facing west in all photos" printed recto, locations printed verso. Followed by several blank leaves. The twelfth of sixteen small artist's books produced by Ruscha. Now with a removable, clear archival jacket.
Seller: Long Brothers Fine & Rare Books, ABAA, Seattle, WA, U.S.A.
Edward Ruscha. A few palm trees. Heavy Industry Publications, 1971.
Price: US$773.42 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Hollywood, Heavy Industry Publications, 1971, 14x17,8 cm, black paperback without title, pp. [64], artists book illustrated with 14 black and white photographic images of the artist. First edition of 3.900 unnumbered copies. [Bibliography: Engberg - Phillpot 1999: volume II, B 13, pag. 125; Moeglin Delcroix 2011: pag. 434].
Seller: Studio Bruno Tonini / Tonini Editore, Gussago, BS, Italy
Ruscha, Edward. A Few Palm Trees. Heavy Industries Publications, 1971.
Price: US$800.00 + shipping
Description: Perfect bound in unprinted black wrappers. "Compliments of the Author" card laid in. From the library of Ron Padgett, with his neat pencil signature on title page. Light chipping at the edges of the laminated cover. Binding is tight (appears unopened), interior is fresh and bright, very near fine.
Seller: Granary Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Ruscha, Edward:. A few Palm Trees.. Hollywood, Heavy Industry Publications., 1971.
Price: US$806.87 + shipping
Description: 17,8x13,5 cm. 32 Bl. Mit 14 s/w. Fotografien. Schwarzer Originalumschlag. Originalausgabe. - Folge von kalifornischen Palmen mit Standortangaben. - Einband an den Kanten schwach berieben. Sprache: n.
Seller: Daniel Thierstein, Biel, Switzerland
Price: US$901.78 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Artists Book. First Edition (no further editions were printed). 178 x 141mm, 64pp printed b & w with glossy black softcover. A sequence of palm trees followed by blank pages. Unnumbered , unpaginated edition of 4000. Location of each palm tree given on facing page to the images. Camera facing west in all photos (statement beside first image). Condition : Some rubbing to edges and as is often the casewith this book some very small white spots occasionally showing through the black gloss covers. Slight rubbing to edges of covers. Very Good +
Seller: William Allen Word & Image, London, United Kingdom
RUSCHA, EDWARD; EDWARD RUSCHA. A Few Palm Trees. , 1971.
Price: US$1250.00 + shipping
Description: RUSCHA, EDWARD. A Few Palm Trees. Unpaginated artist's book with 14 b&w illustrations. 8vo, wraps. Hollywood, Heavy Industry Publications,1971. First edition, 1971. Photographs of Los Angeles palm trees with their locations identified by addresses and cross streets.
Seller: Ursus Rare Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Ruscha, Edward.. A FEW PALM TREES.. HEAVY INDUSTRY PUBLICATIONS., HOLLYWOOD, 1971.
Price: US$1500.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition. Fine in fine black printed wrappers. (64pp. ) (5 1/2" X 7") 3900 copies produced. Features 14 black & white photographs of palm trees in the Los Angeles area. An artist's book which was never reprinted. ; 5 1/2" x 7"
Seller: WAVERLEY BOOKS ABAA, Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$1500.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 5 1/2 inches x 7 in., 14 black and white photographs of palm trees, printed offset, with titles giving their locations on the facing pages. Black, semi-glossy coated paper card covers. First palm tree plate shows a light manufacturing crease to the upper right page corner, else a very fine copy. "The Works of Ed Ruscha" (1982); p. 169.
Seller: Peter Keisogloff Rare Books, Inc., Brecksville, OH, U.S.A.
Ruscha, Edward. A FEW PALM TREES. (Heavy Industry Publications), (Hollywood, CA), 1971.
Price: US$2000.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Signed first edition of Ruscha's fourteen spare, black and white photographs of California palms, each captioned with its home address. A FEW PALM TREES was one of three books Ruscha published in 1971 (the others were DUTCH DETAILS and RECORDS) and grew out of an unrealized idea for a book called SEVENTEEN HOLLYWOOD PALM TREES. It was followed the next year by his neon-bright COLORED PEOPLE, another plant photo series. Pressed for insight by Clive Phillpot, Ruscha said in 1998: "I guess at that time I was more involved in botanical phenomena [.] I thought, well, this is something I should maybe investigate." 7'' x 5.5''. Original glossy black wrappers. Edition of 3900. 14 black and white photographic illustrations. [64] pages, of which 34 are blank. Signed by Ruscha in pencil on front free endpaper. PROVENANCE: From the collection of longtime MIT Press editor Roger Conover, who published several books by and about Ruscha. Minimal edgewear.
Seller: Brian Cassidy Books at Type Punch Matrix, Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$3000.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition. Small octavo. One of 3900 copies. A fine association copy, SIGNED by Ruscha and inscribed in red pen to artist Billy Al Bengston and his girlfriend Penny Little: "For Billy + Penny / Hearts of palm. /. will never break - Ed." In addition to the inscription, Ruscha has drawn 4 musical notes. Near fine in plain black wrappers (there was no glassine jacket).
Seller: Harper's Books, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.