The first lavish, full-color collection of the sensationally popular art of Alberto Vargas, whose scintillating Varga Girls became the 1940s feminine ideal. More than 150 full-color plates.
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The first lavish, full-color collection of the sensationally popular art of Alberto Vargas, whose scintillating Varga Girls became the 1940s feminine ideal. More than 150 full-color plates.
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Seller's Description:
Book. Large Quarto; G/G; dark gray spine with white text; first printing; dust jacket exterior shows modest soiling; few crinkles to edges; some foxing to interior of dust jacket; cloth exterior has slight sunning to edges; cocked spine; textblock exterior edges have modestly age toned; slight foxing to some pages; wear to gutter to several pages, probably due to cocked spine; profusely illustrated; pp 176; arts-Collections. 1365828. FP New Rockville Stock.
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Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. Book First Ed. Near fine/Near fine condition, slight over all wear to book and dustjacket. 176 pp. Light grey cloth with Varga's name blind stamped into the cloth in a decorative pattern. Silver lettering on spine. Color illustrated dustjacket. Color illustrations throughout with only an occasional black and white photograph reproduction. Includes a couple of fold-out illustrations. Every "Esquire" Varga girl will be found in this volume, including the gatefolds, calendar girls and Esky by-products such as the playing cards and date books, along with a biographical essay accompanied by many previously unavailable reproductions of paintings and photos. Most of the illustrations in this book are reproduced by contemporary methods for the first time, thus providing the quality level these delicate works deserve to showcase the artistic expressions of one of the legends of American Pin-up pop culture.
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Very good. 1987. Alfred van der Marck. Hard Cover. Book-VG. DJ-VG, protective covered. 12.5x9. 176pp. Colour frontis, profuse colour plates, some folding, colour illus front endpaper. On October 15th, 1940, 'Esquire' magazine introduced Alberto Vargas's Varga Girl to the world. By the end of World War II, troops in every part of the world were attesting to the Varga Girl's unique importance as a motivator. A combination of barely concealed sexuality and wholesome domestic virtue, she had come to represent everything American soldiers were fighting to defend. Every 'Esquire' Varga Girl is represented here, documenting her brief life which ended in 1947.
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As New. 0912383488. *** FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request ***-*** IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT-FLAWLESS COPY, BRAND NEW, PRISTINE, NEVER OPENED--176 pages. [Alberto Vargas, Catalogue Raisonne, Catalog Raisonné, Complete Works, Life and Work, Raisonnee]--with a bonus offer---May be EITHER: out of print (OOP) and extremely rare in this pristine condition; signed by author or contributor; or a first or special edition; (inquire for details)
