St. John, Archer (creator, founder); Michael St. John (ed., publisher); George Wisell (ed. dir.); William Ulman (art dir.); Gerald Adams (art asst.); John Dodge (feat. ed.); Joe Shore (advert. rep.); B. Wadsworth (bus. mgr.); Charles Edward Smith, Thomas Martin, Bernard Wolfe, Reuben Flair, Arnold Omar, Horace McCoy (contribs.) Al Shean, Lou Myers, Cem, Ruge, Reamer Keller, Bill Wenzel, Herbert Goldberg, Wolfgang Beck, Bill Wiseman, Porges, Buelow (illus.); Aquilera, Frank Bez, Chuck Stewart, Robert Parent, Johnson, Paul Wagner, Al Weiss (photogs.)

Nugget [The Man's World] (Vintage magazine, 1959)

New York: Nugget, Inc., 1959. V4 No. 1, February 1959; 50c cover price, 70pp, side-stapled and perfect-bound, distributed by Kable News, B/W/Color throughout. Vintage magazine devoted to erotic photography, literature, tongue-in-cheek illustration, acknowledging the preferred lifestyle of a progressive single male, akin to Playboy. Series ran 1955-2006, becoming like so many, pornographic after the VHS revolution. An important magazine with regard to music coverage and a staff of "Humorama" regular artists. Fashion redhead & stud cover/5pp, Buelow illus. rear cover, Jean Patrick 5pp, Terry Higgins seminude in desert 5pp/vignette, jazz 1958 4pp, "America's Top Illustrators", Brandy liquor, drinkware, fiction (hi-fi, fairy tale, Christmas play, and "Crashout" by McCoy). Very Good overall, rubbing, creases, tiny chips, light foxing. For consenting, mature audiences. [Book ID 126534]