"Journalist, party girl, bookworm, muse, artist: by the time she'd hit thirty, Eve Babitz had been all of these things. Immortalized as the nude beauty facing Duchamp over a chessboard and as one of Ed Ruscha's Five 1965 Girlfriends, it turns out that Babitz was a writer with stories of her own. In Eve's Hollywood she gives us indelible snapshots of southern California's haute bohemians, of surpassingly lovely high school ingenues ("people with brains went to New York and people with faces came West") and enviably tattooed ...
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"Journalist, party girl, bookworm, muse, artist: by the time she'd hit thirty, Eve Babitz had been all of these things. Immortalized as the nude beauty facing Duchamp over a chessboard and as one of Ed Ruscha's Five 1965 Girlfriends, it turns out that Babitz was a writer with stories of her own. In Eve's Hollywood she gives us indelible snapshots of southern California's haute bohemians, of surpassingly lovely high school ingenues ("people with brains went to New York and people with faces came West") and enviably tattooed Chicanas, of burnt-out rock stars in the Chateau Marmont. In her deceptively conversational prose, we are brought along on a ride through an LA of perpetual delight: to a joint serving the perfect taquito, to the corner of La Brea and Sunset where we make eye contact with a rollerskating hooker, through the Watts Towers, and shopping at Central Market. This "daughter of the wasteland" is here to show us that her city is no wasteland at all, but a glowing landscape, swaying with fruit trees and bougainvillea, buffeted by earthquakes and Santa Ana winds. By the end, there is little doubt that Babitz herself is proof there's more to Hollywood than meets the eye"--
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Add this copy of Eve's Hollywood to cart. $800.00, good condition, Sold by Eat My Words rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Minneapolis, MN, UNITED STATES, published 1974 by Delacorte Press/S. Lawrence.
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Good. 0440023394. Stated first printing. Binding is a little shaken, but still solid. Pages unmarked but a little tanned. B&W photo section. Front free endpage has old price and sticker residue. Black cloth cover is generally a little scuffed, and spine is faded (although title still clear) and collapsed. No dustjacket.; 8vo 8"-9" tall; 296 pages.
Add this copy of Eve's Hollywood to cart. $1,250.76, very good condition, Sold by AJA Bookstore rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Venice, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1974 by Delacorte Press/S. Lawrence.
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First Edition, stated first printing with no additional printings noted, in very good condition. The pages are clean with no bent corners. Boards are solid, and the spine is square. The dust jacket has minor shelf wear, and there is a little rubbing on the edges of the text block. Still a nice copy of the book with unclipped DJ, and no remainder mark. All items guaranteed, and a portion of each sale supports social programs in Los Angeles. Ships from CA.
Add this copy of Eve's Hollywood to cart. $1,500.00, very good condition, Sold by Magers and Quinn Booksellers rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Minneapolis, MN, UNITED STATES, published 1974 by Delacorte Press/S. Lawrence.
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Very Good. Condition: Very Good; Hardcover in dustjacket. First Edition(stated). Book bound in black cloth with pink star on cover and pink printing on spine. Condition is Very Good in a Very Good dustjacket. Book has clean covers, straight spine and tight binding. Printing on covers bright. Interior pages clean with a hint of soiling to page edges. Bottom corner bumped. The dustjacket is clean and still fairly crisp. $7.95 price on flap. The spine top is a little nicked and there is rubbing along the spine. Short closed tear bottom corner. A clean, tight copy of this scarce First Edition. Photos upon request.
