Five girls by HASKINS, Sam (1926-2009)

Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1996. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine Condition/Very Good. Dust Jacket w/ minor tears. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Pennsylvania; ISBN: 0395778476. ISBN/EAN: 9780395778470. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 22972. . 9780395778470

New York: Bantam Books, 1962. 1st Printing. Paperback. Some shelfwear, creasing to the spine. Very Good. [142]pp., illustrated throughout with b/w photos. An important book, Haskins' first book, which explores a fresh approach to photographing the nude female figure and contained important first explorations with black-and-white printing, cropping and book design, which were a key feature of Haskins' subsequent books. RG4479.

Crown Publishers 1962. Folio, grey heavy boards, red lettering to spine & front board, illus prelims, 143pp, illus/photos, VG- (heavy scuffing & soiling to boards & edges, boards sl warped, light foxing & soiling to page edges & eps, internally sound)

Corgi Books, London, 1969. Reprint. Softcover. Good/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Sam Haskins -- Photographer. foreword by photographer, technical information and special techniques. The text is illustrated with black-and-white photography by Sam Haskins. Black-and-white photographic front cover, showing the five girls of the title, with black coloured titles to the front panel and backstrip. Black-and-white photograph of the author to the verso of the rear cover. One photographer and five girls. As the photographer says in his foreword ".... my own personal statement against reliance on cliches in figure photography. I make a strong point of never confusing photography with psychology or literature. That is why I do not dream up explanations from my work. And that is why this book is, quite simply -- me, thinking pictures." -- from the forward page IX. Rubbing and slight creasing to the book corners and rubbing to the other book edges. Yellowing of the book panels,… Read More

New York: Bantam, 1968. 1st Edition . Mass Market Paperback. Fine. Fine first paperback printing. A collection of five photo stories each featuring a different young woman. Unpaginated. Black & white. A flawless copy. Clean, square, tight, no creases or tears. Internally unmarked. A wonderful example of innocent soft-core erotica. Introduction by Aaron Sussman. A Bantam Gallery Edition # RG4479.

1962. London, Gorgi Books, 1962. 4°. (140) S. Mit fotograf. Tafeln. Illustr. Orig.-Broschur.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

bodley head london 1965. first uk edition 143pp ills.[b/w photos by haskins] VG+ (grey cloth w.red titling to front cover and spine,minor soiling to extrems.and eps) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled w.some sl.scratching to rear cover,sl.wear to extrems.) author's first book;scarce in this condition

New York: Crown Publishers, 1962. First edition. Hardcover. First printing. Along with his other books "Cowboy Kate" and "November Girl" this book helped to capture the raw energy and beginning of the sexual revolution. A clean near fine copy in a very good dust jacket that has a number of tears and some creases and slight wear. Still, a very nice copy.

New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1962. Unpaginated. Pages are in very good, clean condition with slight yellowing on the edges. Endpapers yellowed. Beautiful b/w photographs. Pink cloth with white titles. Spine a little faded. Corners and bottom edge lightly bumped. Black and white, illustrated DJ with black titles. Spine and edges yellowed. Small tears and chips on the top edge. VG/GOOD+. First Edition. Hard Cover. VG/Good+. 11 x 14.