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Hollywood Nudes: The Physique Photos of Fred Kovert
by Chapman, David [ed.]; Kovert, Fred
- Used
- as new
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- As New
- ISBN 10
- 0854492941
- ISBN 13
- 9780854492947
- Seller
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Staten Island, New York, United States
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About This Item
London: Éditions Aubrey Walter, Heretioc Books Ltd., 2000. Book. As New. Soft cover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Octavo size paperback, perfect bound in stiff pictorial paper covers with large French Flaps. 64 pages. Introduction by David Chapman. Illustrated throughout with black and white photographs. First edition with no additional printings listed. A photobook of mid-twentieth century nudes taken in Kovert's downtown Hollywood studio. Classically posed and professionally rendered, these photographs reflect an important contribution to male physique photography in a period of continuing prejudice and law-enforcement harassment. Laid-in loose is a 16 page, color illustrated catalog, featuring the gay art and photography of Éditions Aubrey Walter. No previous ownership marks. A clean, fresh unmarked and like new copy, appears unopened and unread. As new. .
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- Bookseller
- Great Expectations Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 021282
- Title
- Hollywood Nudes: The Physique Photos of Fred Kovert
- Author
- Chapman, David [ed.]; Kovert, Fred
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0854492941
- ISBN 13
- 9780854492947
- Publisher
- Éditions Aubrey Walter, Heretioc Books Ltd.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2000
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- Gay Erotic Photography, Gay Men California Pictorial Works
- Bookseller catalogs
- Photography; Erotica;
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Great Expectations Rare Books
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Staten Island, New York
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