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Burlesque

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Burlesque

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1 1000 Pin-Up Girls Taschen
Taschen 3836505053 / 9783836505055 Paperback New 
"Girls, Gags & Giggles" - this was publisher Robert Harrison's recipe for dishing up the American pin-up to the U.S. male. In the 1950s, his girlie magazines sold by the millions, before becoming icons of pulp and trash culture.These skilfully illustrated girls with their curvaceous forms and inviting lingerie soon overtook America's national dessert, in terms of popularity, and even developed considerable potential as a cultural export during the 1940s. 'Never show everything,' was always the motto. Smiling prettily at the camera, the models exuded just the right amount of sex appeal without seeming too sophisticated or artful. They were the 'girls next door' whose wholesome attraction soon made one forget the magazines' deliberately trashy presentation. Their rosy complexions and innocent allures still titillate even in an age when far more graphic material is the norm. This is for everyone who enjoys pin-ups, push-ups and pulp style! 
Price: 24.95 AUD
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2 Alberto Vargas Reid Stewart Austin, Hugh Hefner
Bulfinch 0821257927 / 9780821257920 Hardcover New 
The legendary pin-up girls painted in the 1940s and 1950s by Alberto Vargas are fiercely fought over by collectors with one Playboy pin-up bringing in an auction record of $71700 at Christie's in 2003. The publishing rights to the artist's work have been tied up in litigation for the past ten years. Now the family is finally able to release a generous new collection of Vargas paintings and drawings many of which are little known or previously unpublished. The famous Varga Girls from Playboy are here of course but alongside these highly sought-after pictures are early unseen works from the 1920s unpublished watercolours rendered for Esquire the celebrated Legacy Nudes and much more. The accompanying essay and captions are by Vargas biographer Reid Stewart Austin whose knowledge of the artist's work is second to none. 
Price: 69.95 AUD
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3 Art Of Baron Von Lind Baron Von Lind
SQP Inc 0865621349 / 9780865621343 Paperback New 
Jerry von Lind has a fondness for "old-school", as is evident by the use of his actual family title "Baron", and the lovely young girls he illustrates to classic pin-up perfection. A long-time commercial artist and portrait painter, Jerry's exquisite visions has been highly valued at Madison Avenue, Hollywood, and even Washington DC. As honoured as he is to create portraits of the rich and powerful, it's the lithesome ladies that keep the Baron flying high! This first collection of his pin-up art will have you in the clouds as well, as von Lind's remarkable style and wit is showcased. 
Price: 22.95 AUD
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4 Art Of Baron Von Lind Vol 2 Baron Von Lind
SQP Inc 0865621950 / 9780865621954 Paperback New 
Baron Von Lind knows how to create pin-up art that's as bewitching and alluring as anything created in the last century. This title presents a gallery of fresh pieces that celebrates the Baron's need for luscious ladies in lingerie and not-so-innocent smiles on beautiful faces. 
Price: 22.95 AUD
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5 Bettie Page Olivia
Ozone Productions 0929643259 / 9780929643250 Hardcover New 
Bettie Page was one of the most popular pin-ups of the 1950s. She first appeared as a Playmate in the pages of PLAYBOY in January, 1955 in a fetching yuletide photo shot by Bunny Yeager. At the end of the decade, she disappeared, but her legend continued to grow until, by the 1990s, she had become an icon. 
Price: 32.95 AUD
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6 Bettie Page Rules Jim Silke
Dark Horse Comics 1593077564 / 9781593077563 Paperback New 
If ever there were reason to believe in love at first sight that reason would be Bettie Page. From the moment the first pin-ups of Bettie appeared the world fell in love. Even now a half-century after those first pictures were published men desire her women emulate her and more and more people all over the world adore her. What did Bettie offer the camera that the other more celebrated beauties of her time - including Marilyn Brigitte and Sophia - did not? Legendary pinup artist and entertainment historian Jim Silke dives into these tempting waters and offers his first-hand account of life behind the lens of the '50s pinup scene with his freshest book to date Bettie Page Rules!. Combining fun and informative writing with his singular insight into the world of gorgeous dames Silke delivers a tantalizing pictoral portrait of all the 1950s bombshells. But that's just the tip of the cheesecake! 
Price: 49.95 AUD
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7 Bunny Yeager's Beautiful Backsides Bunny Yeager
Schiffer 076433963X / 9780764339639 Paperback New 
Booty from Bunny Yeagers treasure trove of a photographic archive graces the pages of this rare vintage look at the female derriere. Uncovering the posteriors of Bunnys top models from the 1950s to the 1970s, this playful and sexy collection features 213 images shot on location at exotic beaches, in fancy hotel rooms, on yachts, and at poolside. Bunny presents models with assets of all sizes, shapes, and colors in her signature poses and settings, capturing everything from the sweetness of the girl next door to the sexiness of a voluptuous and mysterious woman. From butts in bikinis to butts in lacey lingerie to butts in the buff, Bunnys gorgeous models bare it all in this nostalgic collection of the female form. 
Price: 29.95 AUD
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8 Burlesque And The Art Of The Teese Dita Von Teese
Regan 0060591676 / 9780060591670 Hardcover New 
On one side Dita Von Teese shares the beauty of the burlesque world with bubblegum dreams and show tunes to strip to. Flip over for fantasies in fetish with dramatic costumes and the allure of submission. 
Price: 54.95 AUD
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9 Burlesque Handbook Jo Weldon
It Books 006178219X / 9780061782190 Paperback New 
"The Burlesque Handbook" is the essential manual to understanding and performing both classic and neo-burlesque. Written by Jo Weldon, award-winning founder of the New York School of Burlesque, this book features easy-to-follow suggestions and exercises for developing stage-worthy confidence, presence, and sexiness. You'll learn about the fabulous makeup, costumes--including pasties!--moves, grooves, and attitudes of burlesque. "The Burlesque Handbook" is the must-have guide for everyone interested in this vibrant and wildly popular performance art, providing inspiration and practical information that readers can take straight from the page to the stage! 
Price: 24.95 AUD
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10 Femmes Fatales Of The 1950s Bunny Yeager
Schiffer 0764330306 / 9780764330308 Paperback New 
Look out! Here come sixty sultry femmes fatales captured at their most alluring by world famous photographer Bunny Yeager. Each image was hand-picked by Yeager herself from her vast photo archives of seductive flirtatious beautiful women. These images are sure to hold every reader's attention and heighten an appreciation for the artistry portrayed on every page. Photo locations range from the familiar and intimate to the wild and exotic yet all the while maintaining a certain 1950s style and flair. Here are the girls you wished had lived next door including actress Allison Hayes ready to capture you with the very first glance. 
Price: 44.95 AUD
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11 Jazz Age Beauties Alfred Cheney Johnston
Universe 0789313812 / 9780789313812 Hardcover New 
Despite Prohibition, the '20s was the decade of jazz, flappers and hip flasks. While some took their vote and joined the Woman's Christian Temperance Movement, others, well, took liberties. Compiled here for the first time are more than 200 publicity stills and photos of some of America's first "It" girls--the silent film-era starlets who paved the way for the cacophony of Monroes and Madonnas to follow. Accompanying these iconic images are the stories behind them, including accounts from surviving Ziegfeld Girls, as well as ads featuring them that helped perpetuate the allure of It girl glamour. When rare and striking portraits of these women surfaced on the internet in 1995, author Robert Hudovernik began researching their source. What he discovered was the work of one of the first "star makers" identified most with the Ziegfeld Follies, Alfred Cheney Johnston. Johnston, a member of New York's famous Algonquin Round Table who photographed such celebrities as Mary Pickford, Fanny Brice, the Gish Sisters, and Louise Brooks, fell out of the spotlight with the demise of the revue. A sumptuous snapshot of an era, this book is also a look at the work of this "lost" photographer. 
Price: 69.95 AUD
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12 Lady Of Burlesque: The Career Of Gypsy Rose Lee Robert Strom
McFarland & Co Inc 0786438266 / 9780786438266 Paperback New 
A brilliant woman who happened to disrobe for a living, Gypsy Rose Lee was commonly known as the "intellectual stripper." Born Rose Louis Hovick in 1911, she had meager beginnings, no formal education, and a mentally ill stage mother who never failed to criticize and demean her daughter. This book details how, despite these hurdles, Gypsy climbed to the peak of every career she tackled. It chronicles her triumphs as an actress, novelist, playwright, artist, political activist, and, ultimately, a star. Three appendices include details on Gypsy's will and estate, the original production and Broadway revivals of her play Gypsy, and complete filmographies and discographies. The book also includes many rare and never-before-published photographs. 
Price: 39.95 AUD
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13 Stars Of Burlesque Len Rothe
Schiffer 0764306030 / 9780764306037 Paperback New 
Len Rothe has again pulled from his collection of original photographs of entertainers this delightful selection of over 100 images of Burlesque stars. Together with a revealing text that introduces burlesque to today's new audience, these photographs retain the surprise and teasing elements that endeared the dancers on stage in the heydays of burlesque shows. 
Price: 27.95 AUD
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14 Suicide Girls Missy Suicide
Feral House 1932595031 / 9781932595031 Paperback New 
The SuicideGirls adult-entertainment website mixes the edginess smarts and attitude of the best alternative music and culture sites with an unapologetic grassroots approach to sexuality. It is empowered erotica in which women outside of mainstream culture showcase their unique personal styles on their own pages where they put up sexy pinup-style photos of themselves post a personal profile and keep online journals in which they discuss daily experiences (both naughty and nice). In this way they are in charge of their own image and how they are represented. The Girls are from all over the world including the United States Canada England Finland and Sweden. In addition to journal entries selected from the site and over 200 artful X-rated color photos the book contains an introduction by Missy Suicide about how she got involved with this revolutionary culture and started the website. 
Price: 26.95 AUD
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