9780151890507 - the Philosophy of Andy Warhol (from a to B and Back Again) by Warhol, Andy: Signed (25 results)
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Seller: Bookworks, Chicago, U.S.A.Bookworks
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. SIGNED by Andy Warhol ("AW") on the half title page. First Edition (stated), First Printing, 1975. Near Fine copy with fine contents. Slight smudging along the cover bottom margin and a thin line of fading at the spine head, otherwise fine. The uncli…pped dust jacket has slight rubbing to the gloss and very light edge wear, remains Near Fine. A very nice copy. Signed by Author(s).
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Seller: ThriftBooksVintage, Tukwila, U.S.A.ThriftBooksVintage
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Dust jacket missing. First edition. SIGNED by the author. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Signed by author on half title page. Minor wear to cover boards and spine. Staining visible on page 101. Moderate loosening to binding.…Secure packaging for safe delivery. signed by author.
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Seller: Waugh Books, Lawrence, U.S.A.Waugh Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: fine. Stated First edition. 8vo. Quarter orange cloth and yellow paper covered boards, with white and black spine lettering and bold facsimile of Warhol initials on front cover. Black end papers. 241 pages.SIGNED by Warhol ("AW") with a black marker on the half-title page. In il…lustrated dust-jacket (with "$7.95" price intact). A crisp, bright copy, initialed by Warhol, of the First Edition.
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Published by Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich, New York, New York and London, UK 1975
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Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, U.S.A.Second Story Books, ABAA
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Hardcover. First Edition, Second Printing. Octavo, 241 pages. In Very Good minus condition with Very Good minus condition dust jacket. Spine is black with yellow, white, and red lettering. Dust jacket protected by mylar covering, price cut, has mild general scuffing and soiling, mild shelving wear along head edges, mild surface…tearing along spine tail and front tail joint, and a ~4.25in. long hairline closed cut along fore edge of front cover. Boards have mild shelving wear along extremities, mild age toning and soiling along tail edges, rubbing wear to tail fore corners, and moderate soiling and age-toning along head edge; spine mildly cocked. Text block has mild foxing along edges, mild dust burning along head edge, and faint brown staining along tail edge; moderate signature bleedthrough on title page. Inscribed "For Betty, With Love, Gloria 1977" on half-title page head edge by previous owners. Signed flat by Andy Warhol on half-title page. DL Consignment. Shelved Room C. 1397019. Special Collections.
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Seller: Coalesce Bookstore, Morro Bay, U.S.A.Coalesce Bookstore
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Still tight. No markings inside, very clean. Dustjacket: some edgewear. First Edition, Signed copy. We, at Coalesce Bookstore, thank our customers and supporters, acknowledging that what we do would not be possible were it not for each of you. Signed by A…uthor(s).
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Seller: Grendel Books, ABAA/ILAB, Springfield, U.S.A.Grendel Books, ABAA/ILAB
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Near Fine. First printing. SIGNED (initialedl) by the author on the half-title page. About fine in like dust jacket. A bright, clean, and well preserved copy.; 241 pages; Signed by Author.
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Seller: Chase Rare Books, Fulmer, Buckinghamshire, United KingdomChase Rare Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. WARHOL, Andy. The Philosophy of Andy Warhol (From A to B & Back Again). New York and London: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1975. First edition, first printing. Signed by Warhol ( AW ) to the half-title. A loosely formed autobiography, told with Warhol's… trademark blend of irony and detachment, this compelling and eccentric memoir riffs and reflects on all things Warhol: New York, America, and his childhood in Pennsylvania, as well as the explosion of his career in the sixties, and his life among the rich and famous. Filled with the artist's reflections on Love, Beauty, Fame, Work, Time, Death, Atmosphere, Success, Art, and much more. Includes The Fall and Rise of My Favourite Sixties Girl , Warhol's fascinating portrait of Edie Sedgwick. HB (ISBN: 0151890501). 241 pp. 8vo, qtr cloth, a hint of light fading to foot of spine; bottom corner of front board very slightly bumped. Very good in very good dust jacket (a few minor nicks and chips; not price-clipped; in clear, removable protective sleeve). Jacket design by Herb Lubalin. Jacket photo of Andy Warhol by Philippe Halsman. Signed by Author(s).
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Seller: Novel Ideas Books & Gifts, Decatur, U.S.A.Novel Ideas Books & Gifts
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. First Edition; First Printing. Full signature "Andy Warhol" on half title page. Both the book and jacket spine have a small crescent shaped bit missing at the top (1/8" deep at max, by 1/2" across). Lower corner of front jacket flap has a 1/16" dog-ear. Otherwi…se both book and jacket are very good or better. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 241 pages; Signed by Author.
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Seller: Austern & Co/ BrooklynBooks, Brooklyn, U.S.A.Austern & Co/ BrooklynBooks
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Twice signed 1st edition, in a very nice dust jacket. Size: 8vo - over 7¾. Signed by Andy Warhol. Book.
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Seller: Nicholas J. Certo, Newburgh, U.S.A.Nicholas J. Certo
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First printing (with first edition statement on copyright page as required, later printings drop the first edition slug) Initialed by Warhol on title page with black marker which has bled through to page beneath. Tiny spot to lower edge of rear board… else FINE and fresh. The dust wrapper is bright and glossy with $7.95 price intact. Lower front flap corner with faint crease else strictly fine. Photos of any of our books sent on request. Signed by Author(s).
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Published by Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, New York and London 1975
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Seller: ERIC CHAIM KLINE, BOOKSELLER (ABAA ILAB), Santa Monica, U.S.A.ERIC CHAIM KLINE, BOOKSELLER (ABAA ILAB)
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Hardcover. First edition, second printing. Octavo. 240 [1]pp. Original half orange cloth over yellow paper boards with Warhol initials printed to cover, black and white lettering with publisher's device on spine, in original photo-illustrated dustjacket with white, yellow and orange lettering on spine. Black endpapers. Signed in… felt tip pen with full diagonal signature across half-title. "The Philosophy of Andy Warhol is an incredible potpourri: sublimely irreverent, unfailingly funnyabove all, true. Andy pokes and prowls around all the sacred cows of American life (work, success, fame, love, beauty) with such seriousness that they beg to be laughed at; he shakes the dust out of platitudes and lets them flap in the open air. At the same time, spinning unique theories about aspects of life normally left unexplored, he reveals the qualities that have made him one of the most powerful forces." (Publisher) Very small crease at top inside flap next to price. Two minor scuffs at top, several at bottom of cover at yellow part of boards. Minor remnants of pencil entry in upper right corner of half title above signature. `Very good to near fine condition.
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Seller: Brian Cassidy Books at Type Punch Matrix, Silver Spring, U.S.A.Brian Cassidy Books at Type Punch Matrix
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Condition: Near Fine. dj. First Edition. Inscribed first printing of Warhol's impressionistic semi-memoir, both initialed and signed in full. Compilation of Warhol's shorter aphoristic sayings and longer pieces, much of it adapted from taped conversations with the artist's collaborators and ghostwriters. Which is to say: an enti…rely Warholian production. Included with the book is the original receipt from the Washington D.C. department store Woodward & Lothrop where Warhol did a signing in October, 1975. With the soup can and provenance, an excellent copy. 8.25'' x 5.5''. Original quarter orange cloth over yellow boards. In original unclipped ($7.95) color photographic jacket designed by Herb Lubalin. [14], 242 pages. Initialed by Warhol on the half title and additionally inscribed by the artist: "to Chip / Andy Warhol." Trace shelfwear. Tiny smudge on title page. Touch of soil to fore-edge. Overall, clean and sound. Near fine in a near fine jacket. Signed.
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Seller: ANARTIST, New York, U.S.A.ANARTIST
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Hardcover with dustjacket, 242 pages, inscribed and signed in green pen on the half-title page, "To Katie Jones / Some Kisses / Andy Warhol / October 1978"; with a drawing of a soup can labeled Campbells Tomato Soup; throughout the book there are 20 total drawings of soup cans, many also initialed and/or labeled on 18 other sepa…rate pages including: the title page; the dedication page; 2 of the table of contents pages, the "Just a little piece" page; and pages: 1, 7, 16, 17, 31, 81, 113, 145, 153, 177, 199, 235, 241; the dustjacket also has faint ghost green pen lines in "The" title and ghost "Katie / AW" letters in the red square at lower right corner; very good condition; light rubbing to dj; Savile Book Store sticker on inside front flap; no other internal marks. Foreign shipping may be extra.
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Seller: Red Fox Rare Books, Portland, U.S.A.Red Fox Rare Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. New York: Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich, (1975). First edition, 1st printing. 8vo. 241 pp. Original quarter orange cloth over yellow paper covered boards, stamped in black, white, in original unclipped ($7.95) dust jacket. Light edge wear, particular t…o spine ends and corners, with a few small tears - one particular to front panel top, right corner, mended with tape. Handling and shelf wear minor. Book is tight, square and firm. Mild handling wear present with some rubbing to panel edges. Bumps to bottom corners. Light curling to spine ends. Some edge toning. Interior clean and unmarked. Uncommonly, signed in full on the title page by the author. Dust Jacket: Near Fine Hardcover: Near Fine "The book is an assemblage of vignettes about love, beauty, fame, work, sex, time, death, economics, success, and art, among other topics, by the "Prince of Pop". Warhol signed two book contracts in 1974 with Harcourt, one for The Philosophy and the second for a biography of Paulette Goddard, which was never completed. The Philosophy was ghostwritten by Warhol's frequent collaborator, Pat Hackett, and Interview magazine editor Bob Colacello. Much of the material is drawn from taped interviews Hackett did with Warhol specifically for the book, and also from conversations Warhol had taped between himself and Colacello and Brigid Berlin.". Signed by Author(s).
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Seller: Bucklin Gallery, Thornwood, U.S.A.Bucklin Gallery
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: near fine. First Edition, First Printing. SIGNED COPY Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, N. Y., 1975. Hard Cover. First Edition, First Printing (the full letter line underneath "BCDE" and the "First Edition" designation) SIGNED/INSCRIBED "To Arianna / Love / Andy" on the title page. BOO…K CONDITION: Fine tight, clean copy in a Near Fine dust jacket with light overall shelf wear with a small 1/2 inch closed tear to upper rear panel at head of spine/joint. Overall a highly collectible copy SIGNED by Andy Warhol. Signed.
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Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, U.S.A.Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB
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hardcover. Condition: fine. Dust Jacket Condition: fine. 241 pages. 8vo, yellow boards with red-orange cloth spine, d.w. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, (1975). First edition. Fine. Presentation copy, boldly signed in full on the half-title in red marker, with an abbreviated version of his soup can. Also initialed AW in bla…ck marker. Andy Warhol (illustrator).
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Seller: Books From California, Simi Valley, U.S.A.Books From California
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Includes dust jacket. Signed. SIGNED copy, with Andy Warhol's signature and a drawing of soup can on the half-title page. Second printing. Dust jacket shows minimal wear, pages clean.
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Seller: The First Edition Rare Books, LLC, Cincinnati, U.S.A.The First Edition Rare Books, LLC
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: near fine. First Edition, Second Printing. Octavo, [14], [242pp]. Yellow boards, orange cloth spine, title stamped in white and black. A second printing, with no first edition statement on the copyright page and "BCDE" letter line present. Solid text block, a fine example. In th…e publisher's dust jacket, $7.95 on front flap, light shelf wear, a near fine example. Signed on the half title Andy Warhol. The Philosophy of Andy Warhol, signed by the author. (illustrator). Signed.
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Published by Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, New York and London 1975
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Seller: Type Punch Matrix, Silver Spring, U.S.A.Type Punch Matrix
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Condition: Very good in very good jacket. dj. Inscribed early printing, boldly signed and dated by Warhol with an original drawing of his iconic soup can. Compilation of Warhol's shorter aphoristic sayings and longer pieces, much of it adapted from taped conversations with the artist's collaborators and ghostwriters. Which is to… say: an entirely Warholian production. Included with the book is the original receipt from the Washington D.C. department store Woodward & Lothrop where Warhol did a signing in October, 1975. With the soup can and provenance, an excellent copy. 8.25" x 5.5" Original quarter orange cloth over yellow boards. In original unclipped ($7.95) black printed dust jacket designed by Herb Lubalin. [14], 242 pages. Inscribed ("To Peggy and Conner") and signed in full by Warhol in black marker across half-title page, with an original drawing of a Campbell's soup can dated "Oct 1975." Loosely laid in is the original 1975 Woodward & Lothrop receipt for the book. Mild edgewear, rubbing to jacket. Some foxing to verso of jacket and to edges of book. Slight lean. Bright. Signed.
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Seller: Village Works, New York, U.S.A.Village Works
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Stated First Edition with B C D E line with no A, so presumably a Second Printing of a First Edition. Signed with his initials as he would do sideways on the bottom right corner of the half title page, with black felt marker, the ink of which seeps o…nto the next page. Has a removable protective plastic cover. Signed by Author(s).
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Seller: Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA, Wadsworth, U.S.A.Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA
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dj. First Edition. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. A memoir of sorts from the pop art icon that was adapted in part from conversations. A tight very near fine copy in a very near fine dust jacket. Signed by Warhol with his initials on the half title page and additionally signed and inscribed in full by him and with…a drawing of a Campbell's tomato soup can. A better formed and less rushed drawing than usual. Signed.
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Seller: ANARTIST, New York, U.S.A.ANARTIST
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Hardcover with dustjacket, 242 pages, inscribed on the half-title page, "To Claudia de Monte" (a New York artist); in blue pen with a drawing of a soup can labeled Campbells Soup; and signed by Andy Warhol with his full name below the drawing; also initialed "AW" in black marker on right edge of the page; very good condition; th…e drawing is still very clean and crisp; the dj is in very good condition with only light edgewear and a vertical crease down the inner front flap; no other internal marks. Foreign shipping may be extra.
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Seller: Ground Zero Books, Ltd., Silver Spring, U.S.A.Ground Zero Books, Ltd.
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Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition [stated]. [14], 241, [1] pages. DJ has some wear, soiling, and edge tear. Signed on half-title page with some bleed through to the title page. Signature has been authenticated and comes with a Letter of Authenticity from JSA [James Spence Authentication]… Certification Number XX34894. A loosely formed autobiography by Andy Warhol, told with his trademark blend of irony and detachment. In The Philosophy of Andy Warhol, which, with the subtitle "(From A to B and Back Again)," is less a memoir than a collection of riffs and reflections. He talks about love, sex, food, beauty, fame, work, money, and success; about New York, America, and his childhood in McKeesport, Pennsylvania; about his good times and bad in New York, the explosion of his career in the sixties, and his life among celebrities. Andy Warhol (born Andrew Warhola; August 6, 1928 - February 22, 1987) was an American artist, film director, and producer who was a leading figure in the visual art movement known as pop art. His works explore the relationship between artistic expression, advertising, and celebrity culture that flourished by the 1960s, and span a variety of media, including painting, silkscreening, photography, film, and sculpture. Some of his best known works include the silkscreen paintings Campbell's Soup Cans (1962) and Marilyn Diptych (1962), the experimental films Empire (1964) and Chelsea Girls (1966), and the multimedia events known as the Exploding Plastic Inevitable (1966-67). He authored numerous books, including The Philosophy of Andy Warhol and Popism: The Warhol Sixties. The book is an assemblage of self-consciously ironic "quotable quotes" about love, beauty, fame, work, sex, time, death, economics, success, and art, among other topics, by the "Prince of Pop". Warhol signed two book contracts in 1974 with Harcourt, one for The Philosophy and the second for a biography of Paulette Goddard, which was never completed. The Philosophy was ghostwritten by Warhol's frequent collaborator, Pat Hackett, and Interview magazine editor Bob Colacello. Much of the material is drawn from taped interviews Hackett did with Warhol specifically for the book, and also from conversations Warhol had taped between himself and Colacello and Brigid Berlin. Warhol promoted the book in September 1975 on a nine-city U.S. book tour, followed by stops in Italy, France, and England. Derived from a Kirkus review: Warhol's immense immersion into the trivia of his life (by way of a tape-recorder he calls his "wife") is undeniably, hypnotically enjoyable. It makes no difference that Warhol seems, or really is, emotionally frozen at fourteen years old. His mind-book is a repository of ideas that may well survive the century -- an indispensable bag of what it's like to spend a crammed Saturday afternoon in Macy's, Woolworth's and Gimbel's shopping for fifteen pairs of jockey shorts and eight pairs of Supphose (all navy). Warhol is his own greatest straight man, with a Buster Keaton deadpan in his far-outness and no sense of put-on. He really believes in himself, his "nothingness," his insecurity, his shopping bags full of candy. He deliberately surrounds himself with love's cast-offs so that he won't be exposed to any real feelings that might make him nervous; he has incredibly long phone talks full of insane minutiae; he plays four TVs at once in his bedroom. This book is the real Warhol -- it wasn't ghosted, but it has benefited from a "redactor's" editing, thank heaven. And it's quotable: "I have a Fantasy about Money: I'm walking down the street and I hear somebody say -- in a whisper -- 'There goes the richest person in the world' . . . Money is my MOOD . . . I don't feel like I get germs when I hold money. . . When I pass my hand over money, it becomes perfectly clean to me." Or, "sex is nostalgia for sex," and "being born is like being kidnapped. And then sold into slavery." Bravura passages of Campbell's soup cans. Philippe Halsman (Jacket photograph) (illustrator).
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Seller: Ground Zero Books, Ltd., Silver Spring, U.S.A.Ground Zero Books, Ltd.
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Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. First Edition [stated]. [14], 241, [1] pages. Signed on half-title page with some bleed through to the title page. Signature has been authenticated by comparison with a nearly identical signature on another copy of Philosophy, found on the Internet, signed in app…roximately the same page location. A loosely formed autobiography by Andy Warhol, told with his trademark blend of irony and detachment. In The Philosophy of Andy Warhol, which, with the subtitle "(From A to B and Back Again)," is less a memoir than a collection of riffs and reflections. He talks about love, sex, food, beauty, fame, work, money, and success; about New York, America, and his childhood in McKeesport, Pennsylvania; about his good times and bad in New York, the explosion of his career in the sixties, and his life among celebrities. Andy Warhol (born Andrew Warhola; August 6, 1928 February 22, 1987) was an American artist, film director, and producer who was a leading figure in the visual art movement known as pop art. His works explore the relationship between artistic expression, advertising, and celebrity culture that flourished by the 1960s, and span a variety of media, including painting, silkscreening, photography, film, and sculpture. Some of his best known works include the silkscreen paintings Campbell's Soup Cans (1962) and Marilyn Diptych (1962), the experimental films Empire (1964) and Chelsea Girls (1966), and the multimedia events known as the Exploding Plastic Inevitable (196667). He authored numerous books, including The Philosophy of Andy Warhol and Popism: The Warhol Sixties. The book is an assemblage of self-consciously ironic "quotable quotes" about love, beauty, fame, work, sex, time, death, economics, success, and art, among other topics, by the "Prince of Pop". Warhol signed two book contracts in 1974 with Harcourt, one for The Philosophy and the second for a biography of Paulette Goddard, which was never completed. The Philosophy was ghostwritten by Warhol's frequent collaborator, Pat Hackett, and Interview magazine editor Bob Colacello. Much of the material is drawn from taped interviews Hackett did with Warhol specifically for the book, and also from conversations Warhol had taped between himself and Colacello and Brigid Berlin. Warhol promoted the book in September 1975 on a nine-city U.S. book tour, followed by stops in Italy, France, and England. Derived from a Kirkus review: Warhol's immense immersion into the trivia of his life (by way of a tape-recorder he calls his "wife") is undeniably, hypnotically enjoyable. It makes no difference that Warhol seems, or really is, emotionally frozen at fourteen years old. His mind-book is a repository of ideas that may well survive the century -- an indispensable bag of what it's like to spend a crammed Saturday afternoon in Macy's, Woolworth's and Gimbel's shopping for fifteen pairs of jockey shorts and eight pairs of Supphose (all navy). Warhol is his own greatest straight man, with a Buster Keaton deadpan in his far-outness and no sense of put-on. He really believes in himself, his "nothingness," his insecurity, his shopping bags full of candy. He deliberately surrounds himself with love's cast-offs so that he won't be exposed to any real feelings that might make him nervous; he has incredibly long phone talks full of insane minutiae; he plays four TVs at once in his bedroom. This book is the real Warhol -- it wasn't ghosted, but it has benefited from a "redactor's" editing, thank heaven. And it's quotable: "I have a Fantasy about Money: I'm walking down the street and I hear somebody say -- in a whisper -- 'There goes the richest person in the world' . . . Money is my MOOD . . . I don't feel like I get germs when I hold money. . . When I pass my hand over money, it becomes perfectly clean to me." Or, "sex is nostalgia for sex," and "being born is like being kidnapped. And then sold into slavery." Bravura passages of Campbell's soup cans. Philippe Halsman (Jacket photograph) (illustrator).
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Seller: White Ink Books, Washington, U.S.A.White Ink Books
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Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1975. Hardcover. First edition. Book and dust jacket condition: as new. (This books ships in the United States only. No shipping outside of the U.S.) Stated first edition with "BCDE" underneath. Basically as new condition. Appears unre…ad. Dust jacket: as new. Book: as new. Dust jacket, yellow boards, text block, interior are all fine. No bumps, chips, worn edges, rubbing, foxing or marks. Outstanding condition. Beautiful copy signed by Andy Warhol in black marker across half title page - "Andy Warhol." Signed at Govinda Gallery in Washington D.C. Very rare in such fine condition with Warhol's full signature (Warhol often signed books with just his initials). Comes with James Spence Agency signature authentication. Available for sale to customers in the United States only. No orders outside the United States. Signed by Author(s).
