ADONIS: The Male Physique Pin-Up, 1870-1940

Author: Chapman, David (Introduction)
Title: ADONIS: The Male Physique Pin-Up, 1870-1940
Publication: London: The Gay Men Press, 1989
Edition: First Edition

Description: Wraps. Signed and dated by David Chapman on the half-title. An essential chronicle, tracing the history and development of physique photography from the classic fin-de-siècle statuesque pose of the first musclemen to the wasp-waisted boys of mid-century Hollywood. Square quarto: 106, [2] pp. with black-and-white photographs throughout. Original pictorial wrappers. Some mild rubbing, with a crease to the spine; otherwise very good. Very good.

Seller ID: 78336

Subject: Sexuality

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