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1974
J.
C. LEYENDECKER, gay illustrator, by Michael Schau, first edition,
ex library copy, 207 pp, 12 1/4" x 9 1/4", full of wonderful Leyendecker
works including many of the hot bodied males he loved to draw, about 1/2
in color and 1/2 in black and white, fine condition, it has a mylar cover
protecting the dust jacket so the dust jacket is in excellent condition,
the mylar cover has some wear though, the mylar has been taped to the inside
of the covers of the book and the library has been marked out on the inside
cover and on the top and bottom edges of the book, it has "discarded" next
to where the library name used to be, the spine has a library code, but
I think that will come off easily #CI25546
$145.00
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1917
TEAM SHOWERING IN IVORY AD, gay interest piece, 6 1/2" x 10", excellent
condition with some stray marks from the printing process (nothing that
really detracts) and some light bumping (not creases) on the corners
#BY27265 $87.00
HOLD
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1919 IVORY SOAP AD WITH WWI SAILOR
SWIMMING AND ENJOYING OTHER WATER SPORT, gay interest, 6 1/2 x 10", very
good condition with a crease on the top right corner and some stray
spots from the printing process on the left side of the illustration and
on the margin on the left side (not shown in scan) #BY26392
US $25.00
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1916 IVORY AD
WITH BUSINESSMEN IN THE WASHROOM, the guy who is bent over is whisking
the other guy's pants 6 1/2" x 9 3/4", excellent condition
(line on the right is another ad overlapping the one shown)
#BY29282 $12.50
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1950's WESTMORELAND
COSMETICS MAGAZINE AD WITH MARILYN MONROE, endorsing "River of No Return",
10 1/8" x 14", fine condition, some wear on the top edge and a few stray
marks from the reproduction process #MM25443
$18.00 SOLD
SEE ALSO MARILYN
MONROE PAGES
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1954
LUX SOAP AD WITH JUDY GARLAND, bl & w, advertising "A Star
Is Born" as well as Lux soap, "10" x 14", excellent condition, only a
small tear in the left margin, you can actually see it the photo, I must
have somehow caused a temporary separation in the 2 parts while I was scanning
it; in reality the tear is not at all apparent #garlux1
$5.00
SEE ALSO JUDY
GARLAND PAGES
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1968
DUKE NATURAL HAIR PRODUCTS AD with GORGEOUS ORCHESTRA CONDUCTOR,
9 5/8" x 13 1/4", excellent condition except for tight right margin - which
is how it was originally printed #BA25797
$5.00
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1935
SPUDS CIGARETTE AD WITH DEEP SEA DIVER AND "GAY MERMAID QUEEN", limerick
contest,
"A grizzled old
diver named Lee
When lifted up
out of the sea
Said, "A Gay
Mermaid Queen smoking Spuds I have seen ..."
this has lots
of potential to be very entertaining for guests when hung on a wall - lots
of double entendre to play with, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE THE MERMAID LOOKS LIKE
A MERMAN, 10 1/4" X 13 1/2", fine condition with some light wear
on the top and right edges which can easily be framed or cropped out, there
is some smudging of the ink in the printing process or some soiling in
a few places - specifically through a little bit of the text of the first
2 paragraphs of the left column - it looks much worse in the scan than
it does in reality, it really does not detract much #SP26117
$35.00
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1920
FAIRY SOAP AD, 10 1/2" X 16", fine condition, tear at the top center
almost into page header #BY25348 $16.00
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1919
IVORY SOAP AD WITH NAKED SAILORS (Military or civilian?) taking a bath
in what looks like a tarp, gay interest, 6 1/2" x 9", excellent condition
with a few stray marks from the printing process (nothing that really detracts)
and some lack of crispness to the page BY26098
US $55.00
SOLD
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"WANTED
... MORE MEN LIKE MIKE!", 1949 U. S. ARMY RECRUITING AD, 9 3/4" x 13",
very good condition with yellowing of the page and a VERY tight left margin
(really next to no margins at all) #ML29464
$18.00....
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1950 CHEVROLET
TRUCKS AD WITH THE "TRIANGLE DINER", art deco diner, great color, illustration
by Helek, 10 1/2" X 13 1/2", excellent condition #DC2623
$8.50
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1921 KUPPENHEIMER
CLOTHES AD WITH GOLF CADDY BY COLLECTIBLE ILLUSTRATOR J. C. LEYENDECKER,
8 1/2" x 12", fine condition with some of the printing from the reverse
side showing through, a small tear on the left edge #LEY29738
$24.00
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"That
made-for-you look ...", 1947 HART SCHAFFNER & MARX COAT AD WITH "THE
LOOK", photographer checks out the football player, 10" x 13", fine condition
with really no margin at all on the left side as the tiny text starts right
on the edge - this is the way it was originally printed though; also a
tiny tear that goes a little ways under the tiny text on the left side
(tiny text only refers to finding the product label)
FS29048 $15.00
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1948
STETSON AD with COWBOYS AROUND CHUCK WAGON, illustration titled "Chuck
Wagon", illustrated by Melbourne Brindle, about 9 3/4" x 13 1/2", very
good condition with a tight right margin #W29179
$10.00....
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1959
TROPICAL ART DECO AD FOR BANK OF AMERICA WITH A PINK FLAMINGO, 6 1/2" x
10", excellent condition with a slight waviness on the bottom of the sheet
- nothing that detracts much #DC27465
$15.00
OTHER
ART DECO
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1918 Ivory soap
ad, men in the washroom, gay interest ad, 6 1/2" X 10", near mint condition
#BY27056 US $7.50
SOLD
1919 SAME AS ABOVE,
6 1/2" x 9 3/4", good condition with some light soiling and wear around
the edges, some foxing in the margins, a small tear on the top edge, small
crease on the top left corner, and one foxing mark in the illustrated area
of the ad #BY27056 $6.50....
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1939
WUTHERING
HEIGHTS MAGAZINE AD, WITH MERLE OBERON, DAVID NIVEN AND LAURENCE
OLIVIER, HARD-TO-FIND, DIRECTED BY WILLIAM WILDER AND PRESENTED BY SAMUEL
GOLDWYN, 10 3/8" X 14", near mint condition with only a couple tiny stray
spots from the printing process #WUTH1
$25.00
OTHER
STARS AND MOVIES
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1919 IVORY SOAP AD WITH WWI SOLDIERS
SKINNY DIPPING, gay interest, 6 1/2 x 10", fine condition condition with
a small smudge on the bottom right corner #BY26393
US $25.00 SOLD
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1928 MEASURED
DRAWING OF THE YMCA SWIMMING POOL AT JERSEY CITY, NJ, John F. Jackson architect,
photos of the pool and notes about materials and features on the reverse,
double-page, 12 3/4" x 17 1/2", excellent to near mint condition with a
crease in the center (published that way), #ARH26600
$60.00
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1928 architectural
prints of the Y.W.C.A. BUILDING IN HONOLULU HAWAII (HA), Julia Morgan -
architect, 4 pages on 2 sheets; includes small second floor plan and text,
photos of the exterior, photos of the library and sitting room and the
upper loggia; 9" x 12 1/2", excellent condition with a some stray marks
from the printing process and a paper defect (show as a small greyish spot)
above the title of the largest exterior view #ARH29113
$15.00
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"In Defense
of Homosexuals" (article on the Oscar Wilde trial), RAVE, MAY
1956, gossip magazine; Grace Kelly and Oleg Cassini on the cover, small
photo of Marilyn Monroe dancing with Truman Capote in article on bums (Capote
was the bum), other articles about Grace Kelly, Arthur Godfrey, James Dean
(Did he really die?), Mae West (Queen of the Musclemen), Al Capone, Frank
Sinatra, Harlem and Hollywood, Howard Hughes (about his bra), Aly Khan,
Gene Tierney, , and a 2 page cartoon on Ava Gardner and her singers; 8
x 10", 66pp complete, very good condition with some light soiling
on the covers, the bottom right cover of the top cover turns up a bit and
has a very tiny nick off it #R556 $8.00....
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"Why They Call
Broadway the 'GAY' White Way" (article on "deviate stranglehold on the
theater" - very offensive language and attitude but important because
this was a mainstream magazine), TIP-OFF, APRIL 1956, gossip magazine;
Katherine Hepburn, Gloria Vanderbilt, Sugar Ray (article about mobsters)
and Churchill on the cover; also articles on Ed Sullivan , Gypsy
Rose Lee, Diana Dors, Barbara Hutton and Von Cramm, Margaret O'Brien, Ingrid
Bergman and Rossellini, Gays on Broadway (casting couch scandals), and
Racketeers in baseball; 8" x 10 1/2", 74 pp, complete, condition is good
with the front cover having a small amount of wear, the back cover has
moderate wear, the inside pages are excellent except for yellowing with
age, the spine looks like it was gnawed on for about 2 " on the bottom
(gnawing doesn't effect covers), and spine is separated about 1" on the
top, still the covers seem to be attached well #TO456
$7.00....
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