Bob mizer (121 Ergebnisse)

Original Wraps. Zustand: Near Fine in Wraps. dj. First Printing. First Printing. Original Wraps. Handsome copy of a renowned early "masculine" magazine. Minimal shelf/edge wear, else tight, bright, and unmarred. Pictorial b/w wraps. 8vo. 31pp. Illus. (b/w plates).

Wrappers. Zustand: Very Good. 68 pages. Full scale format paperback magazine. Texts in English. There is a moderate bump to one of the corners, with general light wear to the edges. But the binding is secure, with no markings. Staple-bound with 24 photos in color, and stiff illustrated paper covers. The premiere issue of Bob Mizer's only foray into large format color physique magazines. Posing straps kept the police away, but the intended audience were obviously the hungry gay men who had limited safe venues to explore their desires. A time capsule of male homosexual life in the early 1960s America. Book. …

Softcover. Zustand: Fine. First Edition. 21cm x 13cm. 16 pages, black and white illustrations. Illustrated saddle-stapled self-wrappers. Catalogue of models from the later blatantly homoerotic years of Bob Mizer's AMG, the physique photography powerhouse behind the most popular of beefcake magazines. Early issues feature scantily clad athletic men in fitness poses together with homoerotic artwork by Tom of Finland, Harry Bush, George Quaintance, and others. If you can stayed focused the text provides insight into gay culture and rights at the time, as well as details on the models and artwork. Into the late 1960s and 1970s as the laws around censorship change, the beefcake physique magazine became more naked and blatantly homoerotic. Category: LGBTIQ+; LGBTIQ+::Gay Studies; 20th Century: 1980s; Photography. Inventory No: 0017302.…

Softcover. Zustand: Fine. First Edition. 21cm x 13cm. 32 pages, black and white illustrations. Illustrated saddle-stapled self-wrappers. Single 1980s issue of the most popular of beefcake magazines, Physique Pictorial, produced by Bob Mizer's AMG. Early issues feature scantily clad athletic men in fitness poses together with homoerotic artwork by Tom of Finland, Harry Bush, George Quaintance, and others. If you can stayed focused the text provides insight into gay culture and rights at the time, as well as details on the models and artwork. Into the late 1960s and 1970s as the laws around censorship change, the beefcake physique magazine became more naked and blatantly homoerotic. Category: LGBTIQ+; Sexuality::Art & Erotica; LGBTIQ+::Gay Studies; 20th Century: 1980s; Photography. Inventory No: 0031995.…

Softcover. Zustand: Fine. First Edition. 21cm x 13cm. 32 pages, black and white illustrations. Illustrated saddle-stapled self-wrappers. Single 1970s issue of the most popular of beefcake magazines, Physique Pictorial, produced by Bob Mizer's AMG. Early issues feature scantily clad athletic men in fitness poses together with homoerotic artwork by Tom of Finland, Harry Bush, George Quaintance, and others. If you can stayed focused the text provides insight into gay culture and rights at the time, as well as details on the models and artwork. Into the late 1960s and 1970s as the laws around censorship change, the beefcake physique magazine became more naked and blatantly homoerotic. Category: LGBTIQ+; Sexuality::Art & Erotica; LGBTIQ+::Gay Studies; 20th Century: 1970s; Photography. Inventory No: 0031988.…

Softcover. Zustand: Fine. First Edition. 21cm x 13cm. 32 pages, black and white illustrations. Illustrated saddle-stapled self-wrappers. Single 1980s, and the penultimate issue in the original series of the most popular of beefcake magazines, Physique Pictorial, produced by Bob Mizer's AMG (a relaunch of the series published from 2017 by the Bob Mizer Foundation). Early issues feature scantily clad athletic men in fitness poses together with homoerotic artwork by Tom of Finland, Harry Bush, George Quaintance, and others. If you can stayed focused the text provides insight into gay culture and rights at the time, as well as details on the models and artwork. Into the late 1960s and 1970s as the laws around censorship change, the beefcake physique magazine became more naked and blatantly homoerotic. Category: LGBTIQ+; Sexuality::Art & Erotica; LGBTIQ+::Gay Studies; 20th Century: 1980s; Photography. Inventory No: 0031996.…

Softcover. Zustand: Near Fine. First Edition. 21cm x 13cm. 32 pages, black and white illustrations. Illustrated saddle-stapled self-wrappers. Single 1980s issue of the most popular of beefcake magazines, Physique Pictorial, produced by Bob Mizer's AMG. Early issues feature scantily clad athletic men in fitness poses together with homoerotic artwork by Tom of Finland, Harry Bush, George Quaintance, and others. If you can stayed focused the text provides insight into gay culture and rights at the time, as well as details on the models and artwork. Into the late 1960s and 1970s as the laws around censorship change, the beefcake physique magazine became more naked and blatantly homoerotic. Very minor insect damage to top edge. Category: LGBTIQ+; Sexuality::Art & Erotica; LGBTIQ+::Gay Studies; 20th Century: 1980s; Photography. Inventory No: 0031990.…

Softcover. Zustand: Fine. First Edition. 21cm x 13cm. 32 pages, black and white illustrations. Illustrated saddle-stapled self-wrappers. Single 1980s issue of the most popular of beefcake magazines, Physique Pictorial, produced by Bob Mizer's AMG. Early issues feature scantily clad athletic men in fitness poses together with homoerotic artwork by Tom of Finland, Harry Bush, George Quaintance, and others. If you can stayed focused the text provides insight into gay culture and rights at the time, as well as details on the models and artwork. Into the late 1960s and 1970s as the laws around censorship change, the beefcake physique magazine became more naked and blatantly homoerotic. Category: LGBTIQ+; Sexuality::Art & Erotica; LGBTIQ+::Gay Studies; 20th Century: 1980s; Photography. Inventory No: 0031994.…

Softcover. Zustand: Fine. First Edition. 21cm x 13cm. 32 pages, black and white illustrations. Illustrated saddle-stapled self-wrappers. Single 1970s issue of the most popular of beefcake magazines, Physique Pictorial, produced by Bob Mizer's AMG. Early issues feature scantily clad athletic men in fitness poses together with homoerotic artwork by Tom of Finland, Harry Bush, George Quaintance, and others. If you can stayed focused the text provides insight into gay culture and rights at the time, as well as details on the models and artwork. Into the late 1960s and 1970s as the laws around censorship change, the beefcake physique magazine became more naked and blatantly homoerotic. Category: LGBTIQ+; Sexuality::Art & Erotica; LGBTIQ+::Gay Studies; 20th Century: 1970s; Photography. Inventory No: 0031984.…

Softcover. Zustand: Fine. First Edition. 21cm x 13cm. 32 pages, black and white illustrations. Illustrated saddle-stapled self-wrappers. The only 1990s issue, and the final issue in the original series of the most popular of beefcake magazines, Physique Pictorial, produced by Bob Mizer's AMG (a relaunch of the series published from 2017 by the Bob Mizer Foundation). Early issues feature scantily clad athletic men in fitness poses together with homoerotic artwork by Tom of Finland, Harry Bush, George Quaintance, and others. If you can stayed focused the text provides insight into gay culture and rights at the time, as well as details on the models and artwork. Into the late 1960s and 1970s as the laws around censorship change, the beefcake physique magazine became more naked and blatantly homoerotic. Category: LGBTIQ+; Sexuality::Art & Erotica; LGBTIQ+::Gay Studies; 20th Century: 1990s; Photography. Inventory No: 0031997.…

Softcover. Zustand: Fine. First Edition. 21cm x 13cm. 32 pages, black and white illustrations. Illustrated saddle-stapled self-wrappers. Single 1970s issue of the most popular of beefcake magazines, Physique Pictorial, produced by Bob Mizer's AMG. Early issues feature scantily clad athletic men in fitness poses together with homoerotic artwork by Tom of Finland, Harry Bush, George Quaintance, and others. If you can stayed focused the text provides insight into gay culture and rights at the time, as well as details on the models and artwork. Into the late 1960s and 1970s as the laws around censorship change, the beefcake physique magazine became more naked and blatantly homoerotic. Category: LGBTIQ+; Sexuality::Art & Erotica; LGBTIQ+::Gay Studies; 20th Century: 1970s; Photography. Inventory No: 0031986.…

Softcover. Zustand: Fine. First Edition. 21cm x 13cm. 32 pages, black and white illustrations. Illustrated saddle-stapled self-wrappers. Single 1980s issue of the most popular of beefcake magazines, Physique Pictorial, produced by Bob Mizer's AMG. Early issues feature scantily clad athletic men in fitness poses together with homoerotic artwork by Tom of Finland, Harry Bush, George Quaintance, and others. If you can stayed focused the text provides insight into gay culture and rights at the time, as well as details on the models and artwork. Into the late 1960s and 1970s as the laws around censorship change, the beefcake physique magazine became more naked and blatantly homoerotic. Category: LGBTIQ+; Sexuality::Art & Erotica; LGBTIQ+::Gay Studies; 20th Century: 1980s; Photography. Inventory No: 0031993.…

Softcover. Zustand: Fine. First Edition. 21cm x 13cm. 32 pages, black and white illustrations. Illustrated saddle-stapled self-wrappers. Single 1970s issue of the most popular of beefcake magazines, Physique Pictorial, produced by Bob Mizer's AMG. Early issues feature scantily clad athletic men in fitness poses together with homoerotic artwork by Tom of Finland, Harry Bush, George Quaintance, and others. If you can stayed focused the text provides insight into gay culture and rights at the time, as well as details on the models and artwork. Into the late 1960s and 1970s as the laws around censorship change, the beefcake physique magazine became more naked and blatantly homoerotic. Category: LGBTIQ+; Sexuality::Art & Erotica; LGBTIQ+::Gay Studies; 20th Century: 1970s; Photography. Inventory No: 0031981.…

Wrappers. Zustand: Near Fine. 32 pages (including front and rear covers). Paperback. Texts in English. Minor wear along the spine edge, with a bit of tanning consistent with age. But still a very crisp, tight, sharp, and clean condition copy, with virtually no evidence of having been read or admired. Staple-bound with illustrated paper covers. Dozens of black and white photographs of nude, athletic men posed in numerous positions. Posing straps protect the more sensitive viewers from having genitals forced visually upon them (and protects AMG from unwanted attention from the censors). Erotic drawings of male nudes by Art-Bob and others pepper the presentation of black and white photographs. Ostensibly advertising films or packets of images of the models for the viewer's personal use, the Physique Pictorial magazine historically provided an outlet for numerous gay men throughout the country. The history of Physique Pictorial, although seen as somewhat campy and kitschy today, remains an important chapter in the history of homosexuality in the United States. Each issue still packs an erotic punch that is hard to beat. Book.…

Wrappers. Zustand: Near Fine. 32 pages (including front and rear covers). Paperback. Texts in English. Minor wear along the spine edge, with a faint age related tanning. But still a very crisp, tight, sharp, and clean condition copy, with virtually no evidence of having been read or admired. Staple-bound with illustrated paper covers. Dozens of black and white photographs of nude, athletic men posed in numerous positions. Posing straps are in place to protect the faint of heart from the unwanted visual exposure to male genitalia (and to protect AMG from the censors and police). Models include Seymour Koenig, John Beels, Dick Marine, Alan Albert, and others. Erotic drawings by Spartacus, Tom of Finland and others keep things lively. Ostensibly advertising films or packets of images of the models for the viewer's personal use, the Physique Pictorial magazine historically provided an outlet for numerous gay men throughout the country and remains an important chapter in the history of homosexuality in the United States. Perhaps seen as innocent camp and kitsch now, each issue still packs an erotic punch that is hard to beat. Book. …

Wrappers. Zustand: Near Fine. 32 pages (including front and rear covers). Paperback. Texts in English. Minor wear along the spine edge, with a faint age related tanning. But still a very crisp, tight, sharp, and clean condition copy, with virtually no evidence of having been read or admired. Staple-bound with illustrated paper covers. Dozens of black and white photographs of nude, athletic men posed in numerous positions. Posing straps have been consigned to the dustbin, and the buff models cavort in solo or duo poses en flagrante and in full naked glee. Models include Hank Hulk, Jeffrey Willis, Mike Rodriguez, Robert Comey, and others. Cryptically hand drawn codes next to each model give Mizer's subjective character analysis of the men, if you can break the code! Ostensibly advertising films or packets of images of the models for the viewer's personal use, the Physique Pictorial magazine historically provided an outlet for numerous gay men throughout the country and remains an important chapter in the history of homosexuality in the United States. Perhaps seen as innocent camp and kitsch now, each issue still packs an erotic punch that is hard to beat. Book. …

Wrappers. Zustand: Near Fine. 32 pages (including front and rear covers). Paperback. Texts in English. Minor wear along the spine edge, with a faint age related tanning. But still a very crisp, tight, sharp, and clean condition copy, with virtually no evidence of having been read or admired. Staple-bound with illustrated paper covers. Dozens of black and white photographs of nude, athletic men posed in numerous positions. Posing straps are safely in place to protect the faint of heart from the unexpected glimpse of male genitalia (and to protect AMG from the much more harsh gaze of the censor and police). Hand drawn hieroglyphics published next to each model purport to give Mizer's subjective analysis of their character if you can break the code. Models include Mike Liscio, David O'Boyle, Mike Richards, and others. Apart from the covers, there is another illustration by both Tom of Finland and Harry Bush inside. Ostensibly advertising films or packets of images of the models for the viewer's personal use, the Physique Pictorial magazine historically provided an outlet for numerous gay men throughout the country and remains an important chapter in the history of homosexuality in the United States. Perhaps seen as innocent camp and kitsch now, each issue still packs an erotic punch that is hard to beat. Book. …

Wrappers. Zustand: Near Fine. 32 pages (including front and rear covers). Paperback. Texts in English. Minor wear along the spine edge, with a faint age related tanning. But still a very crisp, tight, sharp, and clean condition copy, with virtually no evidence of having been read or admired. Staple-bound with illustrated paper covers. Dozens of black and white photographs of nude, athletic men posed in numerous positions. Posing straps are safely in place to protect the faint of heart from the unexpected glimpse of male genitalia (and to protect AMG from the much more harsh gaze of the censor and police). Investigative journalistic essay "Are any physique magazines directed towards a homosexual audience?" Six pages of Tom of Finland illustrations. Ostensibly advertising films or packets of images of the models for the viewer's personal use, the Physique Pictorial magazine historically provided an outlet for numerous gay men throughout the country and remains an important chapter in the history of homosexuality in the United States. Perhaps seen as innocent camp and kitsch now, each issue still packs an erotic punch that is hard to beat. Book. …

Wrappers. Zustand: Near Fine. 32 pages (including front and rear covers). Paperback. Texts in English. Minor wear along the spine edge, with a faint age related tanning. But still a very crisp, tight, sharp, and clean condition copy, with virtually no evidence of having been read or admired. Staple-bound with illustrated paper covers. Dozens of black and white photographs of nude, athletic men posed in numerous positions. Posing straps are in place, but readers are warned that the issue following would be a double-issue and will be made up entirely of "natural (nude) photographs." Tom of Finland illustration on cover, with portions (the top half) of other Tom of Finland "natural" drawings inside. Models include Von La Mon, the Latschkowski and Dawn brothers, Gary Rust, Johnny Stumps, Brian Idol, and others. Ostensibly advertising films or packets of images of the models for the viewer's personal use, the Physique Pictorial magazine historically provided an outlet for numerous gay men throughout the country and remains an important chapter in the history of homosexuality in the United States. Perhaps seen as innocent camp and kitsch now, each issue still packs an erotic punch that is hard to beat. Book. …

Wrappers. Zustand: Near Fine. 32 pages (including front and rear covers). Paperback. Texts in English. Minor wear along the spine edge, with a faint age related tanning. But still a very crisp, tight, sharp, and clean condition copy, with virtually no evidence of having been read or admired. Staple-bound with illustrated paper covers. Dozens of black and white photographs of nude, athletic men posed in numerous positions. Posing straps have been cast aside, and the models cavort joyously alone or in pairs, letting it all hang out. Hand drawn hieroglyphics next to most models purport to give Mizer's subjective analysis of their character if you can break his code. Models include Arnie Payne, Avery Heath, Damien Frost, Danny Durnell, and others. Erotic drawings by Art-Bob, Tom of Finland and others keep things lively. Ostensibly advertising films or packets of images of the models for the viewer's personal use, the Physique Pictorial magazine historically provided an outlet for numerous gay men throughout the country and remains an important chapter in the history of homosexuality in the United States. Perhaps seen as innocent camp and kitsch now, each issue still packs an erotic punch that is hard to beat. Book. …

Wrappers. Zustand: Near Fine. 32 pages (including front and rear covers). Paperback. Texts in English. Minor wear along the spine edge, with a faint age related tanning. But still a very crisp, tight, sharp, and clean condition copy, with virtually no evidence of having been read or admired. Staple-bound with illustrated paper covers. Dozens of black and white photographs of nude, athletic men posed in numerous positions. Posing straps are in place to protect the faint of heart from the unwanted visual exposure to male genitalia (and to protect AMG from the censors and police). Models include Jerry Richards, Richard Hamilton, Jim Jones, and others. Hand-drawn hieroglyphic published next to most of the models gives Mizer's subjective character analysis of each of the men if you can break his code. Erotic drawings by Tom of Finland and Gordon keep things lively. Ostensibly advertising films or packets of images of the models for the viewer's personal use, the Physique Pictorial magazine historically provided an outlet for numerous gay men throughout the country and remains an important chapter in the history of homosexuality in the United States. Perhaps seen as innocent camp and kitsch now, each issue still packs an erotic punch that is hard to beat. Book. …

Wrappers. Zustand: Near Fine. 32 pages (including front and rear covers). Paperback. Texts in English. Minor wear along the spine edge, with a faint age related tanning. But still a very crisp, tight, sharp, and clean condition copy, with virtually no evidence of having been read or admired. Staple-bound with illustrated paper covers. Dozens of black and white photographs of nude, athletic men posed in numerous positions. Posing straps protect the more sensitive viewers from having genitals forced visually upon them (and protects AMG from censors) Models include John Tristram, Bob Brumer, Reed Phippen, and others. "Hygeine for the mouth. In addition to outside bathing, colonics and douches for the trunk orifices, have you considered the value of regularly washing the inside of the mouth with a small hose?" Ostensibly advertising films or packets of images of the models for the viewer's personal use, the Physique Pictorial magazine historically provided an outlet for numerous gay men throughout the country and remains an important chapter in the history of homosexuality in the United States. Perhaps seen as innocent camp and kitsch now, each issue still packs an erotic punch that is hard to beat. Book. …

Wrappers. Zustand: Near Fine. 32 pages (including front and rear covers). Paperback. Texts in English. Minor wear along the spine edge, with a faint age related tanning. But still a very crisp, tight, sharp, and clean condition copy, with virtually no evidence of having been read or admired. Staple-bound with illustrated paper covers. Dozens of black and white photographs of nude, athletic men posed in numerous positions. Posing straps are in place to protect the faint of heart from the unwanted visual exposure to male genitalia (and to protect AMG from the censors and police). Models include Don Deckman, Evret Lee Jacksosn, Dick Reagen, Terry Caldwell, and others. Erotic drawings by Tom of Finland and Spartacus keep things lively. Ostensibly advertising films or packets of images of the models for the viewer's personal use, the Physique Pictorial magazine historically provided an outlet for numerous gay men throughout the country and remains an important chapter in the history of homosexuality in the United States. Perhaps seen as innocent camp and kitsch now, each issue still packs an erotic punch that is hard to beat. Book. …

Wrappers. Zustand: Near Fine. 32 pages (including front and rear covers). Paperback. Texts in English. Minor wear along the spine edge, with a faint age related tanning. But still a very crisp, tight, sharp, and clean condition copy, with virtually no evidence of having been read or admired. Staple-bound with illustrated paper covers. Dozens of black and white photographs of nude, athletic men posed in numerous positions. Posing straps are safely in place to protect the faint of heart from the unexpected glimpse of male genitalia (and to protect AMG from the much more harsh gaze of the censor and police). Double-page illustration of ancient Greek wrestlers by Spartacus. Models include Alan Albert, Ron Acker, Robert Rex, and others. Still images from the film Aztec Sacrifice look like erotic campy fun. Ostensibly advertising films or packets of images of the models for the viewer's personal use, the Physique Pictorial magazine historically provided an outlet for numerous gay men throughout the country and remains an important chapter in the history of homosexuality in the United States. Perhaps seen as innocent camp and kitsch now, each issue still packs an erotic punch that is hard to beat. Book. …

Wrappers. Zustand: Near Fine. 32 pages (including front and rear covers). Paperback. Texts in English. Minor wear along the spine edge, with a faint age related tanning. But still a very crisp, tight, sharp, and clean condition copy, with virtually no evidence of having been read or admired. Staple-bound with illustrated paper covers. Dozens of black and white photographs of nude, athletic men posed in numerous positions. Posing straps protect the more sensitive viewers from having genitals forced visually upon them (and protects AMG from censors) A fun assembly on the last page of "Gentlemen at their bath" depict 16 different men in the shower! Ostensibly advertising films or packets of images of the models for the viewer's personal use, the Physique Pictorial magazine historically provided an outlet for numerous gay men throughout the country and remains an important chapter in the history of homosexuality in the United States. Perhaps seen as innocent camp and kitsch now, each issue still packs an erotic punch that is hard to beat. Book. …

Wrappers. Zustand: Near Fine. 32 pages (including front and rear covers). Paperback. Texts in English. Minor wear along the spine edge, with a faint age related tanning. But still a very crisp, tight, sharp, and clean condition copy, with virtually no evidence of having been read or admired. Staple-bound with illustrated paper covers. Dozens of black and white photographs of nude, athletic men posed in numerous positions. Posing straps protect the more sensitive viewers from having genitals forced visually upon them (and protects AMG from censors) Models include Joe Cyr, John LeGrande, James D. Jones, and others. Ostensibly advertising films or packets of images of the models for the viewer's personal use, the Physique Pictorial magazine historically provided an outlet for numerous gay men throughout the country and remains an important chapter in the history of homosexuality in the United States. Perhaps seen as innocent camp and kitsch now, each issue still packs an erotic punch that is hard to beat. Book. …

Wrappers. Zustand: Near Fine. 32 pages (including front and rear covers). Paperback. Texts in English. Minor wear along the spine edge, with a bit of tanning consistent with age. But still a very crisp, tight, sharp, and clean condition copy, with virtually no evidence of having been read or admired. Staple-bound with illustrated paper covers. Dozens of black and white photographs of nude, athletic men posed in numerous positions. Posing straps protect the more sensitive viewers from having genitals forced visually upon them (and protects AMG from unwanted attention from the censors). Ostensibly advertising films or packets of images of the models for the viewer's personal use, the Physique Pictorial magazine historically provided an outlet for numerous gay men throughout the country. The history of Physique Pictorial remains an important chapter in the history of homosexuality in the United States, and still packs an erotic punch that is hard to beat. Book.…

Wrappers. Zustand: Near Fine. 32 pages (including front and rear covers). Paperback. Texts in English. Minor wear along the spine edge, with a faint age related tanning. But still a very crisp, tight, sharp, and clean condition copy, with virtually no evidence of having been read or admired. Staple-bound with illustrated paper covers. Dozens of black and white photographs of nude, athletic men posed in numerous positions. Posing straps have been cast aside, and the models cavort joyously alone or in pairs, letting it all hang out. Hand drawn hieroglyphics next to most models purport to give Mizer's subjective analysis of their character if you can break his code. Seventeen pages of small (16 to a page) images of "model candidates" that will have you grabbing for your.um.magnifying glass for a closer view. Ostensibly advertising films or packets of images of the models for the viewer's personal use, the Physique Pictorial magazine historically provided an outlet for numerous gay men throughout the country and remains an important chapter in the history of homosexuality in the United States. Perhaps seen as innocent camp and kitsch now, each issue still packs an erotic punch that is hard to beat. Book. …

Wrappers. Zustand: Near Fine. 32 pages (including front and rear covers). Paperback. Texts in English. Minor wear along the spine edge, with a faint age related tanning. But still a very crisp, tight, sharp, and clean condition copy, with virtually no evidence of having been read or admired. Staple-bound with illustrated paper covers. Dozens of black and white photographs of nude, athletic men posed in numerous positions. Posing straps protect the more sensitive viewers from having genitals forced visually upon them (and protects AMG from censors) Models include Jovan Martinovic, David Stubbs, Irvin Koszewski, and others. "Is the so-called 'anti-smut' campaign communist inspired?" "Why America does not want to solve its dope problem." Ostensibly advertising films or packets of images of the models for the viewer's personal use, the Physique Pictorial magazine historically provided an outlet for numerous gay men throughout the country and remains an important chapter in the history of homosexuality in the United States. Perhaps seen as innocent camp and kitsch now, each issue still packs an erotic punch that is hard to beat. Book. …

Wrappers. Zustand: Near Fine. 32 pages (including front and rear covers). Paperback. Texts in English. Minor wear along the spine edge, with a faint age related tanning. But still a very crisp, tight, sharp, and clean condition copy, with virtually no evidence of having been read or admired. Staple-bound with illustrated paper covers. Dozens of black and white photographs of nude, athletic men posed in numerous positions. Posing straps protect the more sensitive viewers from having genitals forced visually upon them (and protects AMG from unwanted attention from the law) Early drawings by Tom of Finland and Harry Bush. More than the usual groupings of more than one model. A "key to the symbols" drawn next to each model is advertised as available separately by mail, along with an essay about how heterosexuality can be cured! Ostensibly advertising films or packets of images of the models for the viewer's personal use, the Physique Pictorial magazine historically provided an outlet for numerous gay men throughout the country. The history of Physique Pictorial remains an important chapter in the history of homosexuality in the United States, and still packs an erotic punch that is hard to beat. Book. …