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BIG & BOUNCY Magazine ~ 1960s Busty Babes
Here's an illusive digest sized magazine from the early 1960s, Big & Bouncy, devoted to busty babes published by World Wide News Corp. Short lived, maybe two issues published, filled with "Big,...
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Fetish Digests: Beyond EXOTIQUE & BIZARRE ~ A Selection
In the world of collectible magazines the digest sized fetish, bondage magazines stand out as desirable and avidly sought after. Exotique and John Willie's Bizarre magazines top the "must have" lists....
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IRVING KLAW Model Joan "Eve" Rydell 1950s
Prior to her extensive modeling career with Irving and Paula Klaw, Joan "Eve" Rydell, a local New York City girl, began selling her photographs via mail order. She worked with a very competent...
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SELBEE Magazines: LEG SHOW SATANA HIGH HEELS PEPPER Garter Belts & Stockings
Selbee, located in New York, was among the first of the specialty publishers to move out of the confines of the digest size magazines and into the standard, full-size format. Out of that came one of...
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FRENCH GIRLIE: Regal Magazine 1953 Nudes Strip Series
One of a large crop of digest size, Parisian girlie magazines appearing in the early 1950s, Regal conformed to the genre: seductive females posed nude and in lingerie usually emphasizing legs and...
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Los Angeles ART BOOK FAIR Jan. 29th ~ Feb.1st 2015
Vasta Images/Books is pleased to announce our participation in the Los Angeles Art Book Fair, January 29 ~ February 1, 2015 at The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA. Save the date and hope to see you there....
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Vasta @ LA ART BOOK FAIR Vintage & Contemporary
Here's a preview of the recent additions to my inventory available for purchase at the LA Art Book Fair at the end of January. As always, I will be presenting vintage material alongside the...
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VASTA Stand at the LA Art Book Fair 2015
 Just back to the NYC deep freeze after the great turn out at the Geffen Center for the third annual LA Art Book Fair. We love the enthusiasm of the west coast buyers, the professionalism of the...
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Paris Paper Show: Champerret February 13~17th
 Peering in the Window Librairie de la Lune, Paris Brassai ca.1930sBack to Paris in a few days for the Salon de Vieux Papier (Old Paper Show) at the Espace Champerret. Looking forward to digging...
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Paris PAPER SHOW Feb'15 CHARLIE HEBDO Hommage
Back in Paris for the February paper show at Champerret there was a special exhibition hastily put together by one of the dealers, Philippe Grosjean. It took a brief look at the history of French...
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Paris Exhibition DRAWING BOOKS Les Halles St.Pierre
Wonderful exhibition at one of my favorite Parisian cultural institutions, Les Halle Saint Pierre locate at the foot of the Sacre Coeur church. Ignore the tourists traps, the fabric stores and the...
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Next Show: Postcard EXPO New York March 20 & 21st
Adding a third show to the NYC postcard calendar, Mary Martin is presenting Postcard Expo New York City, March 20 and 21st at the Midtown Holiday Inn, details here. As always I will be presenting rare...
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Next Show: New York PHOTO SHOW April 17 & 18th
My next show is the annual New York Photo Show, April 17th & 18th at the Lighthouse exhibition space on East 59th Street. Here's a preview of some of the photographs I have reserved for the show,...
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LE SOURIRE Art Deco Era Risque Satire ~ Paris '20s/30s
Sourire, one of the great French magazines of the art deco era, was a beautifully illustrated, risque humor and satirical review. A spin-off from the publishers of La Vie Parisienne magazine and...
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GARTER BELTS & STOCKINGS Men's Magazines 1960s
In the early 1960s what was emerging from the publishers of men's magazines was to desire for much more than nudity. The response was a variety of titles from major publishers focusing on models...
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Euro Nudist Magazines 1960s ~ Friends of the Sun
In the late '50s early '60s some of the most beautiful magazines in the adult genre were the medium format nudist publications from Europe. The main titles were Helios, Sonnen Freunde, Tidlosa and...
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ENGLISH NUDES Everard Bird Roye 1930s ~ '40s
Three of the best photographers of the female nude in the United Kingdom in the late 1930s and 1940s, John Everard, Horace Roye and Walter Bird and largely unknown outside of the world of collectors....
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BITCHCRAFT + WHIP 'N ROD CORPORAL Spank 1970s
Another of the emerging genres of the early 1970s, in the form of full-sized adult only magazines, was spanking, corporal punishment, male and female domination titles published by Eros Gold Stripe and...
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Next Show: Metro Postcard Show NYC May 1st & 2nd
It's show time once again! We had the first postcard show this year presented by Mary Martin in March. Now it's the traditional spring show presented by The Metropolitan Postcard Club of New York, May...
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GENE BILBREW Peerless Sales 1950s Female Domination
Gene Bilbrew (aka Eneg) is best known for the fetish and bondage illustrations he created for Exotique magazine as well as Irving Klaw's Nutrix publications. One of the rarely seen publications that...
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