Blake Gopnik

Originally purchased at LACMA in Los Angeles. Book is amazing of you enjoy Andy Warhol. 

IT’S A CHONKER. 

Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

California

The definitive biography of a fascinating and paradoxical figure, one of the most influential artists of his--or any--age  



To this day, mention the name "Andy Warhol" to almost anyone and you'll hear about his famous images of soup cans and Marilyn Monroe. But though Pop Art became synonymous with Warhol's name and dominated the public's image of him, his life and work are infinitely more complex and multi-faceted than that.

 In Warhol, esteemed art critic Blake Gopnik takes on Andy Warhol in all his depth and dimensions. "The meanings of his art depend on the way he lived and who he was," as Gopnik writes. "That's why the details of his biography matter more than for almost any cultural figure," from his working-class Pittsburgh upbringing as the child of immigrants to his early career in commercial art to his total immersion in the "performance" of being an artist, accompanied by global fame and stardom--and his attempted assassination.  

The extent and range of Warhol's success, and his deliberate attempts to thwart his biographers, means that it hasn't been easy to put together an accurate or complete image of him. But in this biography, unprecedented in its scope and detail as well as in its access to Warhol's archives, Gopnik brings to life a figure who continues to fascinate because of his contradictions--he was known as sweet and caring to his loved ones but also a coldhearted manipulator; a deep-thinking avant-gardist but also a true lover of schlock and kitsch; a faithful churchgoer but also an eager sinner, skeptic, and cynic.

Wide-ranging and immersive, Warhol gives us the most robust and intricate picture to date of a man and an artist who consistently defied easy categorization and whose life and work continue to profoundly affect our culture and society today.

Warhol

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Grace R. Reynolds

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

'Lady of The House' is the story of Lady, a 1940s riveter turned suburban housewife post WorldWar II. After the return of her spouse from war she finds herself cast out of a role she found meaningfulthat gave her purpose. Her role as a housewife has become a depressing state of being for her and sheharbors resentment that festers into malice.

Lady of the House

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Leo Tolstoy

Book is in good condition - a few pages have been dog-eared and spine is cracked (see photos) but most pages are pristine. I’ve had this one in my collection for quite some time. 

A magnificent drama of vengeance, infidelity, and retribution, Anna Karenina portrays the moving story of people whose emotions conflict with the dominant social mores of their time.

Sensual, rebellious Anna falls deeply and passionately in love with the handsome Count Vronsky. When she refuses to conduct the discreet affair that her cold, ambitious husband (and Russian high society) would condone, she is doomed. Set against the tragic love of Anna and Vronsky, the plight of the melancholy nobleman Konstantine Levin unfolds.

In doubt about the meaning of life, haunted by thoughts of suicide, Levin's struggles echo Tolstoy's own spiritual crisis.But Anna's inner turmoil mirrors the own emotional imprisonment and mental disintegration of a woman who dares to transgress the strictures of a patriarchal world.

In Anna Karenina, Leo Tolstoy brought to perfection the novel of social realism and created a masterpiece that bared the Russian soul.

Anna Karenina

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Mike Alfaro

Deck is brand new and never used. Comes with a small guidebook as well. 

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

Millennial Lotería Edition

El Tarot Deck

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I bought this at Urban Outfitters during PEAK Tumblr Era aesthetic.  Enjoy. 

Read This if You Want to be Instagram Famous

Arne Bellstorf

Graphic Novel based on The Beatles. 
Unfortunately, there is some slight water damage from a spilled drink - see attached photos. 

Astrid Kirchherr, Stuart Sutcliffe, and the Beatles

Meet the Beatles . . . right at the beginning of their careers. This gorgeous, high-energy graphic novel is an intimate peek into the early years of the world’s greatest rock band. The heart of Baby’s In Black is a love story. The “fifth Beatle,” Stuart Sutcliffe, falls in love with the beautiful Astrid Kirchherr when she recruits the Beatles for a sensational (and famous) photography session during their time in Hamburg. When the band returns to the UK, Sutcliffe quits, becomes engaged to Kirchherr, and stays in Hamburg. A year later, his meteoric career as a modern artist is cut short when he dies unexpectedly. The book ends as it begins, with Astrid, alone and adrift; but with a note of hope: her life is incomparably richer and more directed thanks to her friendship with the Beatles and her love affair with Sutcliffe. Author/illustrator Arne Bellstorf tells this tender story with stirring, romantic black-and-white artwork. Baby’s In Black is based on a true story.

Baby's in Black

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Phoenix McFarland

Laurel Ennis

This book has been in my private collection since 2005. Has minor wear and some writing on the first page. Published by Llewelynn!

magpie books

@dreamagpie

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