History of Men's Magazines: 1960 At The Newsstand (3): v.3

I've had volumes 3 & 4 for a couple of days and have been thrilled and very amused by them. I haven't particularly been conscious of the chronological order of things, perhaps because I'm mostly rather aimlessly flicking through them.I'm far more interested in the way the girls themselves look, behave, dress/undress etc. than the development of these magazines. The 1960s is characterised by a typically voluptuous figure at the beginning to middle of the decade and there's lots of long hair throughout. The posing tends to be of a generally passive, cute nature and I enjoyed that. The underwear is important because in the mainstream US publications, pubic hair couldn't be displayed in the titles on sale in newsagents throughout the decade. That shouldn't put you off! For me, burlesque makes it more exciting. It's easy to get very nostalgic about the whole thing.The writing is intelligent and incisive, but unlike Playboy (in my opinion), that doesn't get in the way of the girls. Note that all the text is in English, French and German throughout. Mostly side by side. Publisher Taschen does a lot of that.The books are large, so make sure you can think of a place to put them when not in use. I wouldn't recommend the coffee table unless your visitors are broad-minded. Other than that, don't think twice - buy them. You won't regret it.

Alles bestens gerne wieder. Schnelle Lieferung, 1A Ware.Ich würde auch wieder bei diem Händler kaufen wenn das Angebot stimmt.

Book is as described, bought as used, but it is good as new. Packaged well to prevent damage, and received in a reasonable length of time. Thanks for exceeding my expectation on this book.

This is the third volume in the History of Men's Magazines. This one was the 1960's at the Newsstands. Like the previous editions the author had some interesting information to share. It was amazing to see the effect Playboy had on men's magazines both here in the U.S. and particularly in Europe. In both locations it spelled the doom of the digest type magazines or pulps as they were sometimes called. But in Europe where men's magazines led the way in the 30's, 40's and even early 50's now the U.S. was the leader and the European magazines were now copying stuff coming from the U.S. Of particular note in this edition was the chapter on Bill Ward a major player in the cartoon features of men's magazines and the history of Penthouse. Like in the previous edition where the author covered the history of Playboy from it's start in the 50's to the time of the printing of book in 2004, she does the same with Penthouse. This makes for a very interesting chapter. As usual the covers are amazing. There is also an interesting chapter on Men's Adventure/Action magazines. These magazines were a big hit after WWII with the veterans and apparently had many stories on battles from that war. While they hinted at sex on their covers most did not have pinup pictures inside. Halfway through the series and so far I have enjoyed the books. Easy read as most of the book is pictures of magazine covers. Also the book is printed in 3 languages simultaneously so only the first column on the page is in English. The other columns are in German and French.

I am building my set of these phenomenal books by Dian Hanson - pick them up in decent shape used while you still can, this is a fantastic and invaluable set to have that will only go up in value. The printing quality on these huge originals is superb. Some people complain about the matte paper they're printed on, but this was done because most of the images contained in the books came from pulp-printed men's magazines of the day - transferring that to glossy paper wouldn't have worked well and would've resulted in more blurry images. Taschen knew what they were doing when they put this set out.Buy them while you can, this one is particularly interesting due to the explosion of men's magazines which occurred during the 1960's. This one and Volume 4 are some of the better volumes in the series.

Begins with the late 50s redefinition of obscenity laws and documents the resulting avalanche of sex titles around the world in the 60s. The emergence of Penthouse and magazines from around the world. Ms. Hanson breaks the topic down from the universally known to the obscure, countries and pivotal individuals, and illustrates each chapter with photos and drawings from the various magazines and lending her own personal stories where appropriate.