{"id":81556,"date":"2026-06-24T16:32:48","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T16:32:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/bookshop\/?post_type=product&#038;p=81556"},"modified":"2026-06-24T16:33:24","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T16:33:24","slug":"crackers-1969-first-edition","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/bookshop\/catalog\/crackers-1969-first-edition\/","title":{"rendered":"Crackers (1969, first edition)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Stills from a film made by Pop artist Ed Ruscha, from a script by comedy writer and musician Mason Williams entitled \u201cHow to Derive the Maximum Enjoyment from Eating Crackers in Bed,\u201d make up this silly photo-story. A man turns the bed in a run-down hotel room into a bed of lettuce, sprinkling it with vegetables; he then invites a classy woman over to lie in it, dousing her with vinegar and oil to turn her into a huge salad. Suddenly the man realizes what\u2019s missing; he dashes off to get a box of Saltines, which he then eats alone in a different (much nicer) hotel room. Williams\u2019 script is included on the back flap of the dust jacket.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>One of 5000 copies printed. Published in 1969 by Heavy Industry Publications, CA. 240pp. Paperback; cardstock covers with white wax paper dust jacket (rather like a box of crackers\u2026) VG; small chip on front cover dust jacket, see photo. [PB10]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stills from a film made by Pop artist Ed Ruscha, from a script by comedy writer and musician Mason Williams entitled \u201cHow to Derive the Maximum Enjoyment from Eating Crackers in Bed,\u201d make up this silly photo-story. A man turns the bed in a run-down hotel room into a bed of lettuce, sprinkling it with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":81557,"template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[253,7,100,54,56],"product_tag":[252,1322,1321],"class_list":["post-81556","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","product_cat-artist-books-arts-culture","product_cat-arts-culture","product_cat-first-signed-editions-rare-used-op","product_cat-modernism-contemporary","product_cat-pop-art-fluxus","product_tag-ed-ruscha","product_tag-fumetti","product_tag-mason-williams","first","instock","taxable","shipping-taxable","purchasable","product-type-simple"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/bookshop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/81556","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/bookshop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/bookshop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/bookshop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/81557"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/bookshop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81556"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/bookshop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=81556"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/bookshop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=81556"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/bookshop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=81556"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}