HISTORY OF MENS ADV MAGAZINES HC VOL 02 POST WAR TO 1959 (MR pick up and deliver Stephen Carpenter

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HISTORY OF MENS ADV MAGAZINES HC VOL 02 POST WAR TO 1959 (MR pick up and deliver Stephen CarpenterPlayboy, launched in December 1953, made a huge impact on publishing, but it was not the only American men's magazine in the 1950s. The quirky burlesque titles Beauty Parade, Wink, Titter and Eyeful, featuring Bettie Page and covers by artist Peter Driben, inspired a spate of competing titles. Much loved WWII pin ups, often of aspiring starlets, led to "news and nudes" titles with cover girls Marilyn Monroe and Jayne Mansfield, and to more lurid