'He created his own universe and became its star' David Cronenberg, Guardian Andy Warhol carried a camera with him everywhere he went and, taken from ten years of extraordinary shots, his America aspires to the strange beauty and staggering contradictions of the country itself. Exploring his greatest obsessions - including image and celebrity - he photographs wrestlers and politicians, the beautiful wealthy and the disenfranchised poor, Capote with the fresh scars of a facelift and Madonna hiding beneath a brunette bob. He ...
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'He created his own universe and became its star' David Cronenberg, Guardian Andy Warhol carried a camera with him everywhere he went and, taken from ten years of extraordinary shots, his America aspires to the strange beauty and staggering contradictions of the country itself. Exploring his greatest obsessions - including image and celebrity - he photographs wrestlers and politicians, the beautiful wealthy and the disenfranchised poor, Capote with the fresh scars of a facelift and Madonna hiding beneath a brunette bob. He writes about the country he loves, wishing he had died when he was shot, commercialism, fame and beauty. An America without Warhol is almost as inconceivable as Warhol without America, and this touching, witty tribute is the great artist of the superficial at his most deeply personal.
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Add this copy of America to cart. $11.49, good condition, Sold by Firefly Bookstore rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Kutztown, PA, UNITED STATES, published 1985 by HarperCollins.
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Used Good. Wear and creasing to cover, bumped corners, pages tanned but clean and unmarked. Cover has been neatly reglued. Firefly Bookstore sells items online and in our store front. We try to add images and descriptions when we can, but if you need additional information or photos of the books we list, please contact us.
Add this copy of America to cart. $13.98, good condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Atlanta rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Austell, GA, UNITED STATES, published 1985 by HarperCollins Publishers.
Add this copy of America to cart. $14.50, very good condition, Sold by Gian Luigi Fine Books, Inc. rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Albany, NY, UNITED STATES, published 1985 by HARPER & ROW.
Add this copy of America to cart. $30.00, very good condition, Sold by Common Crow Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Pittsburgh, PA, UNITED STATES, published 1985 by Harper and Row.
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Very good. Small quarto, softcover, very good, light wear, some bunching or bubbling to the thin clear laminant on the covers, light soil to inside covers, contents very good and clean, lots of photos of Warhol's milieu in the 80s, including Basquiat, and Warhol's wonderful commentary.
Add this copy of America to cart. $32.95, very good condition, Sold by Bookworks rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Chicago, IL, UNITED STATES, published 1985 by Harper and Row.
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Very Good. Book First Paperback Edition, 1985. Clean and tightly bound with fine contents. Slight creasing to cover and several corners, otherwise near fine. A nice copy. International shipping may require added postage charges.
Add this copy of America to cart. $38.00, very good condition, Sold by Edmonton Book Store rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Edmonton, AB, CANADA, published 1985 by Harpercollins.
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Very Good. No Dj. pp. 224, b/w photographs, "'He created his own universe and became its star'. (David Cronenberg, "Guardian"). Andy Warhol carried a camera with him everywhere he went and, taken from ten years of extraordinary shots, his America aspires to the strange beauty and staggering contradictions of the country itself. Exploring his greatest obsessions-including image… 4to.
Add this copy of America to cart. $45.00, very good condition, Sold by Grendel Books, ABAA/ILAB rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Springfield, MA, UNITED STATES, published 1985 by Harper & Row,.
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Very Good. 0060960043. Black and white photographs throughout. First paperback printing. Light crease to rear cover, else very good or better in oversize pictorial wraps.
Add this copy of America to cart. $58.81, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1985 by HarperCollins.
Add this copy of America to cart. $68.15, new condition, Sold by Just one more Chapter, ships from Miramar, FL, UNITED STATES, published 1985 by HarperCollins.
