Joshua James Curtis Foreword Ann (2 results)

Hardcover. Condition: VG++ in VG++ dust jacket. First Edition, First Printing. Oversize hardcover with just light edge wear, clean, tightly bound; internally bright, clean and unmarked. Light wear only to the dust jacket, clean, not price-clipped. Summary: Throughout the nation-defining decades of the 1930s and 1940s, the famous bodies of models, starlets, and movie stars were often found clad in sexy sunwear and swimwear for the eager eyes of the world. In this book, you are bathed in the glowing images of swimwear and the bathing beauties that prompted our beach-bound desires Experienced full-time bookseller since 1994. Images may be added by request. Questions welcome.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st. Pictorial boards, 160 pages, illustrations, portrait (some colour); 28 cm. SIGNED. Boldly signed by the author on the front free endpaper, no dedication. A fine copy of the first printing. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! Additional shipping charges may be requested for international & priority orders. Profusely illustrated. *** "Throughout the nation-defining decades of the 1930s and 1940s, the famous bodies of models, starlets, and movie stars were often found clad in sexy sunwear and swimwear for the eager eyes of the world. In this book, you are bathed in the glowing images of swimwear and the bathing beauties that prompted our beach-bound desires." - Publisher. *** CONTENTS: Introduction; The thirties; Publicity; Castle Rock; The Hays Office; Magazines; The forties. Size: 4to. SIGNED. Collectible.