Peters, Ann (featured)

Pretty Pat (vintage adult pinup digest magazine, 1950s)

N.p.: E-B-W, 1950s. Vintage adult digest magazine featuring model Ann Peters (as Pat), posing & emphasizing natural assets, in lingerie, on couch, white toreador pants, & great centerfold. Ann acted in Russ Meyer's "The Immortal Mr. Teas," seen in several men's & tabloid magazines, some aimed at fans of buxom women, lush dimensions. Popular mid 1950s-60s.

Hundreds of similar digest magazines were produced by fly-by-night operations, mainly around New York, notably Burmel Publishing (Lenny Burtman's enterprise). Many were published as photography and/or art "studies" booklets, w/ technical camera data, exposure chart, & the standard emphasis on sexual liberation; early issues featured several models per issue & many maintain airbrushing techniques rolled over from nudist magazines, much of the posing naturally obscures otherwise censored areas. Still scarce institutionally.

32pp, 5.25 x 8.25 inches, B/W throughout, duochrome wrapper, saddle-stapled. Very Good, light rubbing/foxing, spine stress. Stamp price presumed as issued.

Steve Sullivan, "Glamour Girls: The Illustrated Encyclopedia," p298, 1999; Jim Linderman, "Proto-Porn: The Art Figure Study Scam of the 1950s," 2012. [Book ID 126114] []