Lawrence Beau (4 results)

92p., 8x11 inch gay erotica magazine in very good condition. SM, Bondage, and Rough Trade/Leathermen, stories, news, reviews, art, personal ads.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 100 pages. Published in 1978. Rare Playgirl Magazine collectible item. A near-pristine copy of Playgirl Magazine's "Playgirl's Men" 1978 Companion Issue. The first of only two such "The Best" Special Portfolio Issues. Retrospective collection of male nudes. The first and only edition. Published in a small and limited print run as a softcover original only that sold out upon publication. There is no ISBN. The Special Portfolio Issue is now rare. Presents Playgirl Magazine's "Playgirl's Men: The Best: The Year's Best Centerfolds, Discoveries, Fantasies, Fiction" Special Portfolio Issue. The sequel and companion volume to the 1975 Inaugural Issue. One of the earliest - and still one of the best - portfolios ever published by Playgirl in its history: Page after sexy page of male nudes. The models, who all appeared in the original issues of Playgirl Magazine, represent, individually and collectively, some of the handsomest and sexiest men Playgirl Magazine ever discovered and photographed. John Dexter, Geoffrey Kane, and Beau Lawrence, all now-iconic PG supermodels are just three of the many showcased in this lovely collection. It is a well-established fact that a significant number, if not a majority, of Playgirl's readers and collectors are men, gay as well as, by open admission, straight, who were looking to compare and size themselves up versus the models, and in the hope of landing on PG's coveted Centerfold, too. While the "physique" magazines of yore scored their fair share of good-looking and well-endowed models, they remained esoteric and could not attract many of the otherwise willing specimens of American male beauty because the latter feared being branded as gay. That fear was effectively extinguished for good by Playgirl Magazine with its "For Women Only" branding - while being fully aware that men constitute a large, unacknowledged audience. Whatever one's feelings about this strategy, it worked brilliantly, and hastened the acceptance of the male nude as no "physique" magazine - before AND after PG - ever could. Today, Playgirl is seriously collected throughout the world, as nostalgia for a more innocent, happier time Before The Internet, and for the incomparably beautiful men who graced its pages. Many of them will not be equalled much less surpassed. An absolute "must-have" title for Playgirl Magazine and male erotic photography collectors. This title is an erotic photography classic. As far as we know, this is the only copy of the 1978 Special Portfolio Issue available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright. The condition of this copy, after all these years, must be seen to be believed in its unblemished beauty. It is the single most beautiful copy we have ever seen. A rare copy thus. Lavishly illustrated with color plates. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER PLAYGIRL MAGAZINE TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). no.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st edition. Near Fine. Folio, 54pp, stapled wrappers. Unusually nice copy of this scarce oversized mid-seventies issue of the classic San Francisco underground Beat magazine, includes a range of luminaries. Unmarked copy with light wear and toning. Not Signed.

Three-Quarter Leather. Condition: Fine. Limited Edition. Complete 15 volume set; Edition De Luxe, this set numbered 990 of 1,000 copies. Collection of ten literary biographies [see below], beautifully bound in an elegant and refined "arts and crafts" style; contemporary three-quarter green morocco, gilt-decorated spines including floral motifs highlighted in red. Top edges gilt, other edges uncut; green and gold marbled end papers. Richly illustrated with hand-coloured frontispiece plates in each volume and, throughout the set, a further 75 b/w plates with captioned tissue-guards. In fine condition with minimal rubbing to extremities. Contents clean and tight, unmarked, no inscriptions. Following the Grolier Society's successful Beaux & Belles of England, this collection of entertaining biographies was published including: Lawrence Sterne, Horace Wallpole, Beau Nash, Fanny Burney, Lady Montagu, Peg Woffington, Mrs Jordan, Colley Ciber and Captain Gronow. A fine set, beautifully bound. Size: Royal 8vo (23 x 15.5 cm). Book.