Soft cover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. GOOD READING COPY.
Published by Esquire, Chicago, 1968
Seller: A&D Books, South Orange, NJ, U.S.A.
First Edition
Magazine. First edition. Fair magazine with loss to the spine, light to moderate soiling to the covers, and moisture staining along the bottom edge of the last third; otherwise, interior is clean. BOOKS SHIP THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY, WRAPPED IN PADDING, IN A BOX. The March 1968 issue of Esquire magazine with: six color photographs of professional hockey players by Duane Michals with text by George Frazier IV; a Pete Turner nude; The Second Civil War by Garry Wills about the police war on African-Americans; A Negro Reporter's Dilemmas; seven self portraits by Raphael Soyer, 1927 to 1965; fiction by Grace Paley and Herbert Wilner; men's fashions; How to Buy a Used Car; What is the best way to fly across the Atlantic?; the radio announcer Norman S. Morris; the rise of child models (the Micro-bopper); "These Two Men Think They Can Fly Like Birds"; Never order whiskey in Ireland; and much more. Advertising in the issue includes a shoe ad illustrated by Jack Davis, a Famous Photographers School ad with an Irving Penn portrait of the staff including Richard Avedon, a 2-page Corvette ad, Porsche, and the usual car, liquor, fashion, etc. Edited by Harold T.P. Hayes. 168 pages with 1 gatefold; color and b&w illustrations throughout; 10.25 x 13 inches.
Published by Flying Eagle Publications, New York, 1962
First Edition
Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Good. First Edition. An early men's publication in the model of Playboy. 74 pages with color and black and white photos. Pictorial: Paris digs crazy American sex hit Le Streep! - article with great photos of Carole Von Ryva, Rapha Temporel, Maia Turov, Ghora DeVenise, and Poupee LaRose; A Day with Charity Leigh - article and photos of the ups and downs of a loving secretary. Fashion: Shirting the Issue - photo review of the fall sports shirt scene. Shelba - color photo feature of Miss Shelba Jean Britt. Fiction: First Kill; Allison and Saint Skippy. Humor: The Smuttybaggers; Fables for Flips; Joker. Articles: How to Live in an All-Night Movie - Lady Joyce guides you into the 3am world of fruits and nuts; The Bang Bang Boys - A Naked Portrait of Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner; We Regret to Inform You That; The Gimmick and the Facelift - a salty study of the new cars for 1963; Are You Hombre Enough To Take a Mistress?; Jazz Review Board. Great one-page photo ad promoting investments in Florida land. Small reply ad clipped from page 3, affecting book review on page 4, otherwise clean and unmarked with light wear. A nice vintage copy.