Plexus. Complete run from issue No. 1 (April/May 1966) to No. 37 (July 1970)

Published by Société des Éditions Planète; Société Générale de Publications Périodiques, Paris, 1970

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Seller: ERIC CHAIM KLINE, BOOKSELLER (ABAA ILAB), Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.ERIC CHAIM KLINE, BOOKSELLER (ABAA ILAB)

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Octavo (8 x 7"). Original illustrated covers. Complete collection of "Plexus," a renown French magazine devoted to humor and eroticism published in Paris from 1966 to 1970. The magazine was first published bimonthly (issues 1-12), then every six weeks (issues 13 to 17), and finally monthly from issue 18 to 37. Censored in 1967 because of its "pornographic" material, the magazine contained many articles on sensuality, eroticism, sexuality, but also science-fiction, history and philosophy, as well as erotic photographs and reproductions of artworks by Félix Labisse, Picasso, Clovis Trouille, Paul Delvaux, Rodin, Moise Kisling, Leonor Fini, Arrabal, Enrico Brandani, Renoir, Bonnard, Dali, etc. Photographic erotic studies by Nicolas Treatt, Bill Brandt, Wolfgang Beer, Yehuda Neiman, John Rawlings, Wingate Paine, Hubert Grooteclaes, Emil Perauer, Sam Haskins, Floris Michael Neusüss, Emil Cadoo, Lucien Clergue, etc. With illustrations by Pierre-Yves Trémois, Mitschké, Fernando Krahn, Chagall, Henri Matisse, Sempé, Christian Broutin, Tony Munzlinger, James Thurber, Gilles Rimbault, Claude Joubert, Isabelle Drouin, Gérard Gachet, Tiger Tateishi, etc. Includes comic strips such as: Jazz Bond (a parody of James Bond) by Falco, and The Adventures of Phoebe Zeit-Geist, by Michael O'Donoghue and Frank Springer. Moderate and sporadic rubbing / creasing along edges of wrappers. Previous owner's inscription at upper margin of back cover of issues 1 to 3, 5 to 13, 15, 16, 18 to 23, 25 and 27 (never affecting lettering). Page 151/152 of issue 6 cut out, but present. Book block of issue 9 split in two, but complete. Issue 13, with pages 83 to 118 disbound but present. The first 24 pages of issue 14 are disbound but present. Upper corner of issues 23 and 27 bumped, thus affecting pages throughout. Text in French. Wrappers in overall good- to very good, interior in good to very good condition. …

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Bibliographic details

Title
Plexus. Complete run from issue No. 1 (April/May 1966) to No. 37 (July 1970)
Author
Grall, Alex; Louis Pauwels; Jacques Mousseau (Eds.); Pierre Chapelot (Artistic Director); Guy Breton, Jean Chouquet, Lo Duca and Jacques Sternberg (Editorial board)
Publisher
Société des Éditions Planète; Société Générale de Publications Périodiques, Paris
Publication year
1970
Condition
g- to vg
Binding
Softcover
Edition
First printing.
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ERIC CHAIM KLINE, BOOKSELLER (ABAA ILAB)

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Since 1985 we offer individual books for sale from our inventory of 150,000 rare, out-of-print and antiquarian volumes on many topics, with an emphasis on Judaica, Hebraica, Bibles and rabbinics, the fine and decorative arts, architecture, photography, textile and wallpaper sample books, Bauhaus and the avant garde, expressionist dance, Olympic Games and sport, the ancient near-east and archeology, erotica, illustrated and foreign-language books, especially German, Yiddish, Polish and Hebrew, as well as books from the Weimar Republic and the Third Reich, plus Russian constructivist materials. We create book collections, both large and small, for individuals, decorators, archives and libraries¿currently available: a 10,000-volume research collection on Judaica in the German language. In addition, we maintain a beguiling selection of original works of art and photography. Eric Chaim Kline provides appraisal services for estate, insurance and tax purposes, often helping to match book donors with libraries and museums. We purchase books of merit and entire collections; we also take books on consignment with favorable terms. We are a rental source for movie and tv production, occasionally providing the prop on which the plot turns. Traveling throughout the U.S. and Europe, Eric Chaim Kline has been buying and selling old and rare books since the 1980¿s, when in graduate school at Brandeis University. Proprietor of bookshops in several Los Angeles locations since 1985, he hosts visitors by appointment in our lively bookstore and ships books to collectors, libraries and museums worldwide. Kline occasionally lectures on topics in book collecting and Jewish studies. He sponsors the annual Bibliography Award granted by the Association of Jewish Libraries and serves on the national board of the Antiquarian Booksellers¿ Association of America. We welcome your inquiries.…

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