MY FACE FOR THE WORLD TO SEE: THE DIARIES, LETTERS, AND DRAWINGS OF CANDY DARLING, ANDY WARHOL SUPERSTAR.
[Honolulu, HI]: Hardy Marks Publications, 1997. First edition. Octavo. Pink vinyl padded boards with gilt lettering and decoration; diary lock with two keys on a pink cord; wrapped in original plastic from publisher. 127,[1] pp. Fine.
First edition. Preface by the filmmaker Mary Harron who directed I Shot Andy Warhol, and by Jeremiah Newton and Francesca Passalacqua, Candy's friends and roommates. The "diary" is a compilation of diary and journal entries, letters, sketches, and personal and publicity photos of the a transgender woman, whose dead name was James Lawrence Slatterly, who gloriously emerged as Candy Darling, an Andy Warhol Superstar. Candy reveals her transformation through her drawings and writings, and further relates her frustration at society, and the film industry's refusal to accept her for the woman she knows herself to be. Fine. Item #641
Price: $375.00