[creasing and light wear to edges of covers due to slight overlap of text block; spine slightly turned, light external soiling]. (B&W photographs, cartoons, ads) Digest-sized publication, issued monthly for the amusement and titillation of the British male. Contains a mixture of light feature articles (on topics such as "Canoes Can Go Anywhere" and "Why I Hate Father's Day"), photographs of buxom but wholesome beauties (no nudity, in fact not even decent cheesecake, at least by American standards), and lots of cartoons (some captioned as stand-alone gags, others illustrating ... View More...
[nearly as new, extremely minor wear to the extremities; no address label, nor any sign that there ever was one]. (B&W and color photographs, ads, graphics) The cover story is about film director Spike Lee, and includes a long discussion and analysis of his then-current film was DO THE RIGHT THING. Also in this issue: a photo-essay, "Rites of Man," by Polly Brown; a tribute to journalist I.F. Stone; an article about Florida murderer Tom F. Sawyer; an article about the George H.W. Bush Administration's "too little, too timid, and too late" response to Tiananmen Squarecartoonis... View More...
[a nice clean copy, with just a bit of minor damage to base of spine, and a soft diagonal crease at the upper right corner of the front cover]. (B&W/color photographs, ads, etc.) As with most issues of Esquire from this period, this one contains an embarrassment of riches, notably: Norman Mailer's article "In the Red Light: A History of the Republican Convention in 1964"; a related article by Rowland Evans and Robert Novak, "The Unmaking of a President," focusing on Richard Nixon's role at the convention; a profile of comedian Godfrey Cambridge, by Mel Gussow; David Halberstam'... View More...
[rubbing to covers, small tear in right edge of front cover, another small tear and just a bit of paper loss at bottom of rear cover adjacent to spine]. (B&W/color photographs, ads, etc.) An exceptionally rich issue of this generally exceptional magazine. For starters, there are six pieces of fiction in English ("Mink Snopes" by William Faulkner; "End of a Relationship" by Alberto Moravia; "I Don't Need You Any More" by Arthur Miller; "Wake Before Bomb" by Wright Morris; "The Man Who Looked Like Jesus" by Howard Fast; "Actress with Red Garters"... View More...
[light handling/reading wear, minor soft finger-creasing to covers; printed subscription address block on front cover]. (B&W/color photographs, ads, etc.) Contains Burke's short story about a honky-tonk singer. Magazine also includes: profiles of Robert Downey Jr. and film director David Fincher; short features on Iggy Pop ("What I've Learned") and Christina Ricci; article, "The American Way of Justice," by Lt. Commander Charles Swift, about the Guantanamo Bay detention center. View More...
[presents very well, nice clean covers, just a tiny pinky-nail-size chunk out of the right edge of the front cover -- BUT NOTE that pp. 17/18 and pp.109-114 are missing]. (B&W and color illustrations and ads) Oversize vintage magazine (in those days the LHJ was approx. 11"x14", about the same size as The Saturday Evening Post and like publications), largely devoted to numerous "ladies'" features, grouped under useful headings such as "How to Cook," "How to Keep House," etc. Some of the vital topics covered are "Fitting Your Face to the Fashions," "P... View More...
[light handling wear, old address label (mostly peeled off) on rear cover]. (B&W graphics) Not exactly "countercultural," rather a sort of personal-liberationist periodical from the late-hippie (or early-New Age) era. As befitting an inaugural issue, there's quite a bit of space given over to statements of aims and philosophies, etc., e.g.: "Black Bart Brigade is primarily directed toward middle-age, middle-class, middle-income America, the kind of people who seldom go out of their way to find liberating publications." Contents include: "Alternative: The New Vocations Pro... View More...
[moderate wear at edges/corners, front cover clean and bright, very light dampstain at bottom of rear cover extending through about the last one-third of the magazine; no labels or exterior markings]. (B&W photos, other illus.) Oversize magazine (too big for my scanner!) with a terrific front cover color photo of W.C. Fields in POPPY; there is also a full-page ad for the movie, featuring a caricature of Fields, on page 11. The magazine gives a thorough rundown of what was happening in all the arts (mostly in New York), and includes articles, criticism, etc. by Marcia Davenport, Norris Houghto... View More...
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