DIAN HANSON'S THE HISTORY OF MEN'S MAGAZINES Vol 1

Taschen has done it again! They've put together an outstanding, eye-popping collection of covers and interior art from vintage men's magazines from the early 20th century--nearly 1,000 images!

This sumptuous collection (most full-color and full page images) features classic pin-up art and erotica from men's magazines around the world, including Paris--the cradle of print erotica--as well as "model study" magazines, Tijuana Bible porn, spicy pulps of the 1930s, American detective and nudist magazines, and much more.

DIAN HANSON'S THE HISTORY OF MEN'S MAGAZINES Vol 2

More rare and amazing covers and interior artwork from around the world, documenting the evolution and explosion of men's magazines after WWII. Here are exposès of celebrity sin in the "scandal magazines," John Willie's fetishistic Bizarre publications, the meteoric rise of Playboy, sleazy pulp digests, beefcake and cheesecake in the 1950s, and more. Includes a special section on the top five American cover girls, Diane Webber, June Wilkinson, Jayne Mansfield, Bettie Page, and Marilyn Monroe.

DIAN HANSON'S THE HISTORY OF MEN'S MAGAZINES Vol 3

This traces the explosion of new American men's magazines following the redefinition of U.S. obscenity laws in the late 1950s. It examines the enormous impact of Playboy, not only on American titles, but on magazines worldwide.

Over 400 full color pages of vintage covers and interiors and a well-researched text profiling quirky publishers and artists, individual magazines, and the place of it all in the "swinging sixties" culture. Includes a long chapter on the "Sweats," men's adventure mags, and a close look at the art of Bill Ward. Plus lots on nudist magazines.

DIAN HANSON'S THE HISTORY OF MEN'S MAGAZINES Vol 4

Covering a distinctly different, more risquè side of men's magazine publishing in the "swingin' sixties," this concentrates on the emergence of California's specialty magazine industry and how it spawned the state's multi-billion dollar sex industry of today.

Also includes fetish masters Elmer Batters and Irving Klaw; the specialty magazines of England; and Sweden and Denmark's emergence as the new powers in European publishing. Over 400 full color pages of magazine covers and interiors.