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Vintage 1967 (no month) issue of men’s girlie cheesecake pin-up magazine Girl Show. Unlike pseudo-intellectual nudie magazines like Playboy, magazines such as this one claimed no such illusion. Their primary purpose was erotic imagery and in the publishing industry were considered nothing more than “rags”. It’s always a thrill when it’s from Vinnie DeVille!
Vintage 1969 (no month) issue of men’s girlie cheesecake pin-up magazine Peek-A-Boo. Unlike pseudo-intellectual nudie magazines like Playboy, magazines such as this one claimed no such illusion. Their primary purpose was erotic imagery and in the publishing industry were considered nothing more than “rags”. It’s always a thrill when it’s from Vinnie DeVille!
Vintage 1956 issue of Hollywood Confidential - a scandal and gossip Magazine. From the time that scandal, gossip and exposé journalism was the rage. The sensational covers would lure a prospective buyer in as bait, but in the end would almost always fail to deliver. It’s always a thrill when it’s from Vinnie DeVille!
Vintage 1965 (no month) issue of British men’s girlie cheesecake pin-up magazine Tip Top, which is devoted to nylons and leg art. Unlike pseudo-intellectual nudie magazines like Playboy, magazines such as this one claimed no such illusion. Their primary purpose was erotic imagery and in the publishing industry were considered nothing more than “rags”. It’s always a thrill when it’s from Vinnie DeVille!
Vintage 1959 (no month) of cat fighting fetish girlie pin-up magazine, Battling Babes. Unlike pseudo-intellectual nudie magazines like Playboy, magazines such as this one claimed no such illusion. Their primary purpose was erotic imagery and in the publishing industry were considered nothing more than “rags”. A new type of photo fiction - indeed. This is the precursor to female apartment wrestling. It’s always a thrill when it’s from Vinnie DeVille!
Vintage inaugural issue of Football World, the Official Magazine of the World Football League (WFL). Cover boy is league president Gary Davidson. A nice look back. It’s always a thrill when it’s from Vinnie DeVille!
Vintage 1950s issue (no date) of Modelette - a pseudo Art and Photography Magazine. This magazine is in poor shape, but still deserves to be seen. Part of the cover was removed for return credit and instead of being destroyed by the vendor was still sold - but at a discount. Magazines such as this one claimed to be published for artistic purposes to avoid censorship issues. Issue is devoted to several models in various stage of dress and undress. In reality these were basically just girlie, cheesecake, pin-up and nudie rags. I was an art student in the 1960s and have seen more than my share of these publications. Popular in their time - just not by artists, sculptors and photographers. It’s always a thrill when it’s from Vinnie DeVille!
If you are not already buying ENCOUNTER, Britain’s leading monthly of ideas, here is your chance to make its acquaintance. For the special price of 14/-, we will send you ENCOUNTER for six months, thereby saving you 6/-.
Your subscription will start with the October issue, just out. Lionel Trilling discusses pornography in relation to Vladimir Nabokov’s Lolita, the "shocking" novel that has still to find an English publisher. Michael Young looks ahead to 2033 A.D. and "The Rise of the Meritocracy". William H. Whyte (author of The Organisation Man) on "The City Eviscerated" and Richard Lowenthal on "Tito’s Gamble" are both thought-provoking. Frank ‘Norman (Prisoner J.F.N.1797 in our May issue) reveals "A Bit About Slang". A new long poem by Henry Reed (recently broadcast on the Third) and Gerd Ruge's "Conversations in Moscow" top up a sparkling number!
From the archive.org/details/sim_new-statesman_1958-09-27_56_1437/... Statesman 56, no. 17 (September 27, 1958), p. 412. The "new long poem" published in the October issue was Henry Reed's "The Auction Sale."
Vintage 1953 issue of British Cartoon Humor Magazine - A Basinful of Fun. Nice Good Girl Art cover and loaded with gags and gals. It’s always a thrill when it’s from Vinnie DeVille!
Vintage 1968 (no month) issue of The Astronaut Trail Magazine published by the Kennedy Space Center. The cover features the astronauts of Apollo 10. A nice look back at the Race for Space. It’s always a thrill when it’s from Vinnie DeVille!
Vintage February 1979 issue of Overdrive Magazine - The Magazine for American Truckers. The magazine price is the Price of Truth. Nice pin-up type cover - rockin’ the peasant top and hip-huggers. It’s always a thrill when it’s from Vinnie DeVille!
Vintage February 1933 issue of The Sphinx - An Independent Magazine for Magicians and Conjurers. Nice cover graphics. it’s always a thrill when it’s from Vinnie DeVille!
Vintage Spring 1958 issue of men’s girlie cheesecake pin-up magazine, Fiesta. Unlike pseudo-intellectual nudie magazines like Playboy, magazines such as this one claimed no such illusion. Their primary purpose was erotic imagery and in the publishing industry were considered nothing more than “rags”. It’s always a thrill when it’s from Vinnie DeVille!
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Vintage 1950s issue (no date) of Pulsating Beauty - a pseudo Art and Photography Magazine. Magazines such as this one claimed to be published for artistic purposes to avoid censorship issues. Issue is devoted to several models in various stage of dress and undress. In reality these were basically just girlie, cheesecake, pin-up and nudie rags. I was an art student in the 1960s and have seen more than my share of these publications. Popular in their time - just not by artists, sculptors and photographers. It’s always a thrill when it’s from Vinnie DeVille!
Last issue dated September 20, 2017 of the long running Village Voice Newspaper. Great cover photo of Bob Dylan saluting good-bye from the newspaper’s archives. Cover photo by Voice staff photographer Fred W. McDarrah. It’s always a thrill when it’s from Vinnie DeVille!
Vintage July 1954 issue of Astounding Science Fiction Magazine with a Gay Interest Beefcake Physique Cover. Interestingly enough the cover image has nothing to do with anything inside the magazine. Cover “bait” at its finest as it appears the publisher was trying to lure in readers of beefcake physique magazines. It’s always a thrill when it’s from Vinnie DeVille!
Vintage March 1967 issue of Men’s Digest Magazine with actress Elle Sommer on the cover. Combination men’s interest and pin-up magazine, and not your typical nudie, but sleazy none-the-less. Cover stories, like this one with Elke Sommer, would always “bait” someone to purchase the magazine, the story itself would always fail to deliver. It’s always a thrill when it’s from Vinnie DeVille!
Mostly from the interwar period (1920s-1930s), assorted titles for those who can't get enough naval affairs.
(If that describes you, check out the rare and very assorted Japanese Naval Collection at UPenn, of which this is a small fraction. There are several online articles linked from the collection page that go in-depth on the history and context. You can also view items that are fully digitized for free here.)
Vintage June 1962 issue of men’s adventure magazine, Peril - the All Man Magazine. As an art student in the 1960s I was always fascinated with the cover graphics of these magazines and how the antagonists were always depicted as less than human. While these publications are widely known as Men’s Adventure Magazines, the magazine publishing industry referred to them as “Sweats”. Unfortunately later in 1970s the covers became a mix of photos and illustrations, in addition to the stories turning more to the sleazy side of life. Looking back at it now, the covers were the best part of the magazine, as the pages within always failed to deliver. It’s always a thrill when it’s from Vinnie DeVille!