PHOTO - Topless Dance Performance San Francisco.
San Francisco: Century Photo Research, ca. 1968. 8 x 10" glossy b/w photo. Features a shot of topless dancers at an unknown topless club in the North Beach area of San Francisco. More
BURLESQUE
PHOTO - Topless Dance Performance San Francisco.
San Francisco: Century Photo Research, ca. 1968. 8 x 10" glossy b/w photo. Features a shot of topless dancers at an unknown topless club in the North Beach area of San Francisco. More
SHOW. Vol. 2, No. 4, December.
New York: Show Magazine, Inc., 1953. 68 pp., including covers. Approx. 4.25 x 5.75". A men's magazine featuring b/w and duotone pin-up style photos of women, movie and entertainment news, etc. Highlights: Cat Girl Mixes Voodoo Love Potion (Lilly Christine). Dotty Makes Like a Singer (Dotty Mack).Show Stars: Vanessa Brown..... More
SIR KNIGHT. Vol. 01, No. 10.
Los Angeles: Sirkay Publishing Company, 1959. magazine of 68pp. including covers, printed in b/w, duotone and color. The classic magazine for men, featuring pictorials of nude women, humor, articles, and fiction. Pictorials: Joan Webb. Aliscyn Sanborn. Lynn Hayward. Luana Chilton. Marge Martibn. Ann Atmar. Portrait of a Burlesque Producer; Ed..... More
SIR KNIGHT. Vol. 01, No. 11.
Los Angeles: Sirkay Publishing Company, 1959. magazine of 68pp. including covers, printed in b/w, duotone and color. The classic magazine for men, featuring pictorials of nude women, humor, articles, and fiction. Pictorials: Cheryl Kubert. Karen Dodge. Sheka Moser. Shirley Quimby. Pat Gregory. Sexy South Seas Party Wows Hollywood. Sizzling Sexorama..... More
SPECTATOR; The Voice of Erotic San Francisco. Issue 1403, September 19-October 1 2005.
San Francisco, CA: 2005. 20pp., including covers. A San Francisco sex news, reviews, photos, music, fiction tabloid. Plus classifieds and sex worker personals. Features: San Francisco's Colorful Strip Club History, by Dave Patrick; S.F. Tease-O-Rama (burlesque(. More
SPREE. No. 39, 1963.
Hollywood: New Publishing Co., 1963. 88pp., including covers, men's magazine featuring articles, fiction, cartoons, and pictorials, illustrated throughout with b/w, duotone and color photos with fold-out color centerfold. Pictorials: Sexy Foreign Actresses (bold and bare-chested!); Spree Goes to Las Vegas (oh! Those dancing girls!); Exchange Student (dazzling coed Margie Simms);..... More
SPREE. Vol. 01, No. 03, 1958.
Los Angeles: New Pub. Co., 1958. 60pp., including covers. A men's magazine featuring articles and fiction, illustrated throughout with nude pictorials in b/w and color. Pictorials: Having a Wonderful Honeymoon. Gallic Guppie: Liliane Brousse. Cabaret Mayol. Big Game Hunting (includes an 8-page color digest bound in the center of the..... More
SPREE. Vol. 01, No. 06, 1958.
Los Angeles: New Pub. Co., 1958. 60pp., including covers. A men's magazine featuring articles and fiction, illustrated throughout with nude pictorials in b/w and color. Pictorials: An Adult Westerner (Diane Webber, nude on horseback). Juli Reding: Blonde and Bodyful. Portfolio of a Nymph (Freddi Robbins). A Quiet Evening at Home..... More
TEASE; The Magazine of Sexy Fun. Vol. 2, No. 1, 1994.
New York: Pure Imagination, 1994. Premier Issue. [Formerly The Betty Pages]. Magazine of 72pp., including covers, on semi-gloss stock featuring pin-up and glamour photography, interviews, histories, appreciations, and reviews. Illustrated throughout with b/w photographs and illustrations, plus color centerfold. This premiere issue features an interview with John Waters - "Underage..... More
TEMPEST STORM.
Tearsheets. Six sheets.Color cover from FROLIC, plus b/w sheets. Of note: former owner has taken a b/w photo and neatly collaged a color beaver shot with garter and stockings over Storm's genitals. Unusual. More
TID BITS OF BEAUTY. Vol. 02, Winter Issue.
Personality Publications Inc. and Tid Bits, Inc., 1945. magazine of 60 pp., including covers, illustrated from b/w photos, with color cover. Photo-features on pin-up models and burlesque dancers. Models: Val de Val. Earl Carroll. Diane Ross. Barbara Tracy. Grace Arthur. Peggy Payne. Mildred Adams. Dusty Clarke. Alyne Payne. Amy Gentry..... More
VENUS THE BODY.
Tear sheet. One b/w page from unknown source. More
WOLF BAIT; The Playgirl Periphery. Vol. 1, No. 2.
New York: Zee Zee Publications [Zee Zee Martine], 1959. 48 pp., plus covers. Approx. 5 x 8.25". A collection of black-and-white pin-up photos of burlesque and striptease stars, plus articles, cartoons, humor, etc. Includes pics of Zee Zee Martine, Sonia, Dee Milo,Cheri Swift, Mara Gaye, Eleanora Rossi Drago, Julie Gibson..... More
BURLESQUE: A Living History.
Albany: BearManor Media, 2009. 440pp., with many b/w photos throughout. "Captures the spirit of this unique art form through hundreds of photographs and stories from many who were a part of America's most colorful past. This book highlights the careers and contributions of selected artists, many of whom were the..... More
STRIPPERS & SEX QUEENS OF THE EXOTIC WORLD. No. 3/ 1994.
Seattle: Eros Comix, 1994. 1st Printing. 48pp., with color photo cardstock covers, and b/w interior. Photos and galleries of strippers and burlesque stars. Features:. Photos & galleries of strippers & burlesque stars. This issue features interviews with Dixie Evans, Sheri Champagne, and Dusty Sage. More
STRIPPERS & SEX QUEENS OF THE EXOTIC WORLD. Number Four.
Seattle, WA: Eros Comix, 1994. 1st printing. 48pp. + cardstock covers, matte interiors printed in b/w half-tone. Photos & galleries of strippers & burlesque stars. This issue features an interview with Becky Sunshine, plus photos; The Search for Miss Exotic World; and a photo-illustrated report from Glamour Con 2. Galleries..... More
STRIPPERS & SEX QUEENS OF THE EXOTIC WORLD. Nos. 1-4 [A Complete Set].
Seattle: Eros Comix, 1993-94. 1st Printings. Four issues each 48pp., with color photo cardstock covers, and b/w interior. Photos and galleries of strippers and burlesque stars. Features: The Searth For The Erotic World; A Tour Of The Erotic World; Pasties, G-Strings, Gimmicks And Stunts; Seaarch For Miss Exoic World; and..... More
LIVE NUDE GIRLS: The Top 100 Strip Clubs in North America.
New York: St Martin's Press / Griffin, 1998. 160 pp. Illustrated trhoughout with b/w photos. Foreword by Robin Byrd. Map. Proflies, background and reviews of clubs from Texas to Quebec, California to Florida and all points between. Includes descriptions of strip clubs, comments and trivia, as well as profiles of..... More
FOLIES BERGERE - FEMMES EN FOLIE 1935 Souvenir Program; Album de la Revue.
Paris: Folies Bergere, 1935. 4to. An elaborately produced programme for this celebrated Paris night club. Photos and pin-ups of the legendary revue, its performances and performers. La Femmes en Folie. King Pausole's Latest Adventure. Le Ballet Bourbon (color centerspread). Mariage a Hollywood. Demoiselles d'Honneur. La Mer de Plumes .L'Ile des..... More
SCREW; The Sex Review. Number 0009, April 18, 1969.
New York: Milky Way Productions, 1969. 24 pp. Illustrated with graphic b/w photos and artwork. Sex in the news and counterculture. Reviews, events in NYC, satire, plus personals and other ads. And Al's acid editorial (Is Jackie Gleason a Pig?). Regular features include Homosexual Citizen ('The Twilight Zone' - your..... More
SEE: A Journal of Visual Culture. Issue 2.2.
San Francisco: The Friends of Photography, 1996. 72pp., plus covers. Illustrated throughout with b/w and color photographs. Features: "The Life and Times of Raoul Gradvohl" by Michael Read, on the LA-based photographer who photographed burlesque and go-go dancers as "Raoul Photo"; Felix Gonzalez-Torres remembered; photographs by John Pfahl, Catherine Wagner..... More
THE PORN PEOPLE.
Watertown, MA: American Publishing Corporation, 1974. Sm. 4to. 124 pp. Illustrated with b/w photos. "An in-depth, photo-illustrated, inside look at the performers, makers, sellers, and users who make up America's erotic marketplace." Eight chapters featuring interviews with a variety of people and professions within the sex industry: Screw editor Al..... More
FLING. Vol. 09, No. 01, March 1966.
Evanston, IL: Relim Publishing Co., Inc., 1966. 68pp., including covers, semi-glossy erotic men's magazine featuring articles, fiction, reviews and interviews relating to sexuality and culture with an emphasis on big bust models, illustrated with color, duo-tone and b/w nude photography. Pictorials: The Soho Swingers (Marie Deveraux, Vicki Kennedy, Ann Austin...... More
FLING; Man's Favorite Pastime. Vol. 12, No. 05, November 1969.
Evanston, IL: Relim Publishing Co., Inc., 1969. 68pp., including covers, semi-glossy erotic men's magazine featuring articles, fiction, reviews and interviews relating to sexuality and culture with an emphasis on big bust models, illustrated with color, duo-tone and b/w nude photography. Models include Shawn Devereaux and Barbara Kockritz. Features include: Psychedelic..... More