Sex +++still sealed+++

Language: English

Published by Warner Books, Inc., New York, 1992

0446517321 / 9780446517324

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Unopened, still sealed in publisher's metallic outer sleeve. Bound in original aluminum covers, metal spiral spine. Includes comic book, CD in metallic envelope and pictorial metallic outer sleeve. Sex is a 1992 coffee table book written by American singer Madonna, with photography by Steven Meisel Studio and Fabien Baron. It was edited by Glenn O'Brien and published by Warner Books, Maverick and Callaway. The book features adult content including softcore pornography and simulations of sexual acts including sadomasochism. Madonna developed Sex after Judith Regan of Simon & Schuster publishers suggested a book of erotic photographs. She wrote it as a character named "Mistress Dita", inspired by 1930s film actress Dita Parlo. It was influenced by punk rock and fashion figures including Guy Bourdin, Helmut Newton and Robert Mapplethorpe. The photos were shot in early 1992 in New York City and Miami, in locations including hotels, burlesque theaters, and city streets. The book includes cameos by actress Isabella Rossellini, rappers Big Daddy Kane and Vanilla Ice, model Naomi Campbell, gay porn star Joey Stefano, actor Udo Kier, and socialite Princess Tatiana von Fürstenberg. The cover is made of aluminium, spiral bound and wrapped in a boPET sheet. Madonna's publishers were apprehensive about the release and the book's commercial potential. It was released on October 21, 1992, the day after Madonna's fifth studio album Erotica. A CD single was also packaged with the book which contained the song "Erotic", a song similar in composition to her similarly named single "Erotica". It sold over 150,000 copies on its first day in the United States, and topped the New York Times Best Seller list for three weeks. In a matter of days, Sex went on to sell more than 1.5 million copies worldwide and remains the best- and fastest-selling coffee table book. It also remains as one of the most in-demand out-of-print publications of all time. Sex attracted extensive media attention and backlash, but Madonna remained unapologetic. Though it initially received negative reviews from fans and critics, who felt she had "gone too far", later reviews have been more positive, with academics deeming it a defining phase in Madonna's career. Sex is noted for its social and cultural impact and is considered a bold postmodern feminist work.…

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Title
Sex +++still sealed+++
Author
Madonna; Steven Meisel Studio
Publisher
Warner Books, Inc., New York
Publication year
1992
Condition
New
Dust jacket
New
Binding
Hardcover
Language
English
ISBN 10
0446517321
ISBN 13
9780446517324
Edition
1st Edition
Printing
1st Printing
Item weight
1,300 grams

Zagava

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Firmenname und Rechtsform: Jonas J. Ploeger, Geschäftsadresse: Kappeler tr. 28. 40597 Düsseldorf E-Mail Adresse: jonas@zagava.de Telefonnummer: 0211 7118836 Umsatzsteueridentifikationsnummer: DE7901550 Bevollmächtigten: J. Ploeger

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onas Jürgen Ploeger
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