Long before Stonewall and the gay pride movement, a small, tightly knit group of daring men helped pave the way for male sexual liberation. Through extraordinary research, David Leddick has traced the modeling careers of these artists, writers, and photographers, from the 1930s to the 1950s, as they gave birth to new notions of male beauty and desire. Profiles include Yul Brenner, Tennessee Williams, and Paul Cadmus. 90 photos.
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Long before Stonewall and the gay pride movement, a small, tightly knit group of daring men helped pave the way for male sexual liberation. Through extraordinary research, David Leddick has traced the modeling careers of these artists, writers, and photographers, from the 1930s to the 1950s, as they gave birth to new notions of male beauty and desire. Profiles include Yul Brenner, Tennessee Williams, and Paul Cadmus. 90 photos.
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Seller's Description:
As New in As New jacket. Book. 4to-over 9æ-12" tall. Large quarto hardcover, printed gray and black patterned paper covered boards, in original publisher's non price-clipped dust-jacket. 128 pages. Index (of featured models). Foreword by Quentin Crisp. Illustrated throughout with black and white, and some color, photographs. First edition, first printing with full number line. A photo enhanced documentary survey of the American renaissance in the depiction of the male figure, during a period from the depression era of the 1930's up through the mid 1950's, when such activities were still both culturally taboo and illegal. No previous ownership marks. A clean, tight, fresh and unmarked copy, like new in dust-jacket. As new in an as new dust-jacket. Oversize book, Priority and International orders may require additional postage, please inquire.
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Very Good, Very Good. 4TO, B/W Illus, Hardcover. Hardcover in dust jacket. SIGNED by author David Leddick on first endpaper. Clean black and grey plaid boards with title on spine. Text/photo pages are clean. Black and white photo illustrated dust jacket has green Autographed Copy sticker on lower front. Jacket shows light edge wear. Spine sunned. Looks good in new protective mylar. Always carefully wrapped and shipped in cardboard boxes to protect your purchase.
