Bruce of Los Angeles
by Jim Dolinsky (Editor)
- Used
- Very Good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 3924163650
- ISBN 13
- 9783924163655
- Seller
-
Staten Island, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Berlin, Germany: Bruno Gmunder Verlag GmbH, 1990. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Large quarto paperback bound in pictorial white card covers. Unpaginated (104 pages). Introduction by editor in German, English and French. Profusely illustrated throughout with black and white photographs, plus three full page plates in color. Presumed first edition, albeit no printing information on colophon page. Iconic male nude and physique photography by Bruce Harry Bellas [aka Bruce of Los Angeles]. No previous ownership marks. No spine crease. Very light off-setting to end-papers from printed Beardsleyesque inside covers. A clean, tight, copy with all photographs in fine condition. White paper covers show mild age wear and evidence of light scratching and indentations from writing. Very good. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Great Expectations Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 021222
- Title
- Bruce of Los Angeles
- Author
- Jim Dolinsky (Editor)
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 3924163650
- ISBN 13
- 9783924163655
- Publisher
- Bruno Gmunder Verlag GmbH
- Place of Publication
- Berlin, Germany
- Date Published
- 1990
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾ - 12"
- Keywords
- Male Nude and Physique Photography
- Bookseller catalogs
- Photography; Erotica;
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About the Seller
Great Expectations Rare Books
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Staten Island, New York
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- Spine
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- First Edition
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- Tight
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- Colophon
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- Fine
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- Quarto
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