Pin-Ups: A Portfolio of .... Breathtaking Beauties (First Edition)
by Bernard of Hollywood
- Used
- very good
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Parkville, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
Self published, 1950. Very Good. First Edition, 10.5 x 14 in quarto, $1 cover price, 64pp, b/w throughout, color wrapper, saddle-stapled. A monograph of glamour and pin-up photography, with Bernard chiming-in on cameras and shutter speeds, composition and execution. Notable models featured: Barbara Nichols 2pp (same session seen in her arcade card appearance), early Marilyn Monroe 1pp (he'd snap her again in 1955 on "The Seven Year Itch"), Val Njord, Joi Lansing 2pp, Laurette Luez 2pp, Lili St. Cyr 2pp, Maila Nurmi, Minka Diaz, June McCall, Ava Norring, Jane Greer, Pat Hall, Gwenn Caldwell, Dardy Orlando, Jo Jordan, and more. Very Good, a few short tears, light toning, spine stress, brief ink and dampstains.
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- Bookseller
- Well-Stacked Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 126671
- Title
- Pin-Ups: A Portfolio of .... Breathtaking Beauties (First Edition)
- Author
- Bernard of Hollywood
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Self published
- Date Published
- 1950
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