Royal Road Test

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This artist's book documents the "road testing" of a Royal typewriter, thrown from the window of a moving car. The book records the test site, point of impact, results of the "test" and the collaborators.

Royal Road Test

Ed Ruscha

Artist: Ed Ruscha (b.1937) (collaboration with Mason Williams and Patrick Blackwell)
Title: Royal Road Test
Medium: Black offset printing on 80-ib. white Prentice Gloss Text paper
Date: 1967
Edition: From the first edition of 1,000 copies
Exterior: Softcover; manila-coloured paper; title printed in black ink on front
Binding: Spiral binding by California Bindery-Griswold Corp., Downey, California
Size: 24.0 x 16.5 x 0.5 cm : 9 7/16 x 6 1/2 x 3/16 in. (closed dimensions)
Pages: 60 (30 pages with 36 captioned photographic illustrations, 16 pages with text only, 12 blank pages, 1 title page, 1 copyright page)
Printer: Blair Litho, Los Angeles
Publisher: Artist
Notes: In fair condition, some soft creases to the lower right corner of the upper softcover; some minor handling creases and marks to softcover; some pale staining to lower edge of upper softcover
Literature: Engberg / Philpott B6
Reference: C14-09