FOR THE BOYS, THE RACY PIN-UPS OF WORLD WAR II, BY MAX ALLAN COLLINS. 1ST AMERICAN ED. 2000. SIGNED ON 5 LAID IN BOOKPLATES WHERE THE FIGHTER GROUPS ARE PICTURED ARE ACES OF THE 4TH FG, DON BLAKESLEE & OSCAR COEN, FROM THE 14TH FG MARLOW LEIKNESS & WILLIAM L. LEVERETTE(WITH WRITE-UP), FROM THE 79TH FG PAUL G. McARTHUR(WITH WRITE-UP). SIGNED IN THE BOOK pg.144 BY 56TH FG ACE WALKER MAHURIN. $120.00SOLD
ELVGREN, HIS LIFE & ART, BY MAX ALLAN COLLINS & DRAKE ELVGREN. 1ST ED. 1998, SPECIAL EDITION IN PROTECTIVE SLIPCASE. INCLUDE A SIGNED COLLECTOR CARD BY COMIC IMAGES #41 "INTERMISSION" THAT IS SIGNED BY THE MODEL MYRNA HANSEN THAT POSED FOR THIS PRINT. LAID IN ON pg.171, CHAPTER 7, AN ARTIST AND HIS MODELS. A WRITEUP ON HANSEN STARTS ON THE BOTTOM OF PAGE 176. $110.00SOLD
PIN-UP THE ELVGREN COLLECTION (POSTER BOOK), BY COLLECTORS PRESS.(2 COPIES). (1ST COPY) IS A 1ST ED. 1995. LIMITED EDITON #479 OF 1000 SIGNED BY MARIANNE OHL PHILLIPS (HER WRITEUP ON pg.7) AND SIGNED BY DRAKE ELVGREN(SON OF GIL ELVGREN). BOTH ON SPECIAL PAGE LETTERED IN GILT. $120.00
(2ND COPY), 1ST ED. 1995 WRAPPERS. SIGNED ON TITLE PAGE BY MARIANNE OHL PHILLIPS (HER WRITEUP ON pg.7) AND TWICE BY J.D."DANIEL" VANCAS WHO IS THE ONLY LICENSED REMARQUE ARTIST OF SEVERAL PIN-UP ARTIST SUCH AS ELVGREN, VARGAS, PETTY, MORAN ETC. WHO'S ARTWORK ARE ALL COPYRIGHT PROTECTED. PLUS 2 LAID IN ELVGREN ADVERTISING CALENDAR CARDS AT THEIR PIX, 1947 & 1948. $75.00
THE BEST OF GIL ELVGREN, BY REID STEWART AUSTIN. 1ST ED. 1999 WRAPPERS. SIGNED ON A LETTER TO ME FROM REID STEWART AUSTIN & LAID IN ON INTRODUCTION PAGE. ALSO LAID IN A PAGE OF PIX IS A CALENDAR TOP FROM THE 40's WITH THE BROWN & BIGELOW STAMP. $65.00SOLD
ELVGREN GIRLS I & II, BY MAX ALLAN COLLINS. 2 SEPERATE EDITIONS BOTH 1ST ED. 1999 WRAPPERS. BOOK I HAS AN ELVGRIN PICTURE LAID IN, CUTOUT FROM A 1965 CALENDAR WITH BROWN & BIGELOW STAMP, PIX TITLED "SITTING PRETTY" . BOOK II HAS 3 OLD ADVERTISING CALENDAR CARDS LAID IN, EACH CREATED BY BROWN & BIGELOW WITH A ELVGREN PIX AND DATED; JUNE 1959, JUNE 1960 & AUGUST 1960 ALL IN MINT CONDITION. $65.00
VARGA, THE ESQUIRE YEARS A CATALOGUE RAISONNE' BY ALFRED VAN DER MARCK EDITIONS NEW YORK. 1ST ED. SEPTEMBER 1987, GATEFOLDS. SIGNED IN BOOK BY EDITOR, REID STEWART AUSTIN AND AFFIXED INSIDE FRONT COVER WITH PAPER CORNERS IS A LETTER ON HIS LETTERHEAD STAMPED AT TOP IN GOLD LETTERING "VARGAS" DATED 4-12-75 TO REID AUSTIN AND SIGNED BY ALBERTO VARGA. ALSO LAID IN BOOK ARE 3 VARGA CALENDAR PAGES DATED; MARCH 1941, FEB.1943 & DEC.1946. $445.00SOLD
VARGAS, BY ALBERTO VARGAS AND REID AUSTIN. 1ST HARDBACK ED. 1984. (2 COPIES) (1ST COPY) SIGNED IN BOOK BY REID STEWART AUSTIN AND ON pg.52 AT HIS PICTURE WITH VARGAS & HIS WIFE BY PLAYBOY PUBLISHER HUGH HEFNER. ALSO AFFIXED TO FRONT FREEPAGE WITH PAPER CORNERS IS A LETTER ON HIS LETTERHEAD STAMPED AT TOP IN GOLD LETTERING "VARGAS" DATED JULY 4TH, 1975 TO REID AUSTIN AND SIGNED BY ALBERTO VARGAS. $395.00SOLD
(2ND COPY), 1ST WRAPPERS EDITION 1978. SIGNED BY REID STEWART AUSTIN ON A VARGAS POST CARD TO ME AND LAID IN AT TITLE PAGE. $75.00SOLD
PETTY, THE CLASSIC PIN-UP ART OF GEORGE PETTY, BY REID STEWART AUSTIN. 1ST ED. 1997. SIGNED IN BOOK BY AUTHOR REID STEWART AUSTIN AND ON pg.93 IS A LAID IN B&W PHOTO OF THE MEMPHIS BELLE SIGNED BY 6 OF THE BELLE CREW; PILOT ROBERT K. MORGAN, CO-PILOT JIM VERINIS, TOP GUNNER HAROLD LOCH, RADIO OPERATIOR ROBERT "BOB" HANSON, TAIL GUNNER JOHN P. QUINLAN & R. WAIST GUNNER CASIMER NASTAL(ALL MEMPHIS BELLE CREWMEN ARE NOW DECEASED). THIS PAGE(PG.93) SHOWS THE MEMPHIS BELLE AND PETTY'S WORK OF THE GIRL. $295.00 SOLD
PETTY, THE CLASSIC PIN-UP ART OF GEORGE PETTY, BY REID STEWART AUSTIN. 1ST ED. 1997. THIS IS A: "DELUXE EDITION WITH BONUS GATEFOLD". NOT MANY OF THESE DELUXE EDITIONS WERE MADE & ALL DELUXE EDITIONS HAVE BEEN SOLD. THIS BOOK IS IN PRISTINE CONDITION. BELOW IS ALSO A PICTURE OF THE GATEFOLD THAT COMES WITH THIS SPECIAL EDITION. $90.00 SOLD
HOW AND WHAT TO PAINT VOL. 6, 60's circa. LAID IN WHERE THERE IS AN ARTICAL ON PAINTING BY PIN-UP ARTIST FRITZ WILLIS IS A 1967 CALENDAR WITH 7 MONTHS, JAN., FEB., MAY, JUNE, OCT. NOV. & DEC. WITH THE BROWN & BIGELOW STAMPS ON EACH CALENDAR PAGE. $40.00SOLD
THE BEST OF AMERICAN GIRLIE MAGAZINES, BY BENEDIKT TASCHEN. 1ST ED 1997 WRAPPERS. COMES WITH A "FLIRT" MAGAZINE, APRIL 1949, AS SHOWN IN THE BOOK(NEAR THE BACK) WITH ARTWORK BY BILLY DeVORSS. $40.00
THE PIN-UP, A MODEST HISTORY, BY MARK GABOR. 1ST ED. 1996. INSIDE FRONT PAGE HAS COLOR PLATE OF THE 1951 CALENDAR PIN-UP THAT INTRODUCED MARILYN MONROE. LAID IN AT pg.183 AT THE WRITEUP ABOUT FEMALE PIN-UP ARTIST ZOE MOZERT IS A CALENDAR TOP TITLED "OBSERVATION POST" BY ZOE, ALONG WITH A CANCELED CHECK WITH ZOE MOZERT'S SIGNATURE, DATED 10-9-74. $75.00
3 BOOKS. (1)BILLY DEVORSS VIGNETTE, THE CLASSIC PIN-UPS. 1ST ED. 1997 WRAPPERS. (2) MEL RAMOS, POP ART IMAGES, BY TASCHEN. 1ST ED. 1997. (3) EXOTIC LADIES, ARTIST ARCHIVES, BY MAX ALLAN COLLINS. 1ST ED. 1999. $35.00
SORAYAMA, A CATALOG OF HIS IMAGES. NO DATE, CREASES AT BOTTOM OF CATALOG. INSCRIBED ON FRONT BY SORAYAMA. $20.00SOLD
LET THEM EAT CHEESECAKE, THE ART OF OLIVIA, BY OZONE PRODUCTIONS, LTD. 1ST ED. 1993. SIGNED IN GOLD INK BY OLIVIA ON FRONT FREE PAGE. $75.00
OLIVIA, LIMITED EDITIONS THE 1992-93 COLLECTION, PRINTED 1992. SIGNED BY OLIVIA IN GOLD INK ON FRONT COVER. $35.00
PIN UP POSTER BOOK, (2 BOOKS/WRAPPERS) 1ST BOOK, THE BILLY DEVORSS COLLECTION, BY MAX ALLAN COLLINS. 1ST ED. 1997. 2ND BOOK, THE EDWARD RUNCI COLLECTION, BY CHARLES G. MARTIGNETTE & LOOUIS MEISEL. 1ST EDITION 1997. $40.00SOLD
