Joyce James

Gay Parisienne - January 1936. Enoch Bolles / George Quintana. Pin-Up Pulp

1936 · ref. 000999 — Dover DE: D.M. Publishing 1936. First Edition . Wrappers. Very Good. 10 1/8" x 7 1/8. Dover DE: D.M. Publishing Co. 1936. First Edition. January 1936 issue Volume VII Number 1. 10 1/8" x 7 1/8" illustrated wrappers 64 pp. with illustrations and photographs nudes. Cover artist is uncredited but is certainly either Enoch Bolles or George Quintana see scan. Over-eighteen purchase only. Sturdy condition; some spine loss toward bottom some cover creasing one small chip. Pages toned at margins but quite supple. Quite bright and unsoiled compared to typical examples. A strong Very Good perhaps better. A scarce issue from of a thirties girlie mag which is in fact scarce throughout its 7 year run 1931-1937. A classic from a classic genre collectible both for its cover by either of the equally enigmatic Enoch Bolles and George Quintana but also for its standard-fare contents: 16 full-page B&W nude photographs soft by today's standards erotica short stories and B&W illustrations for those stories which are often rather art-deco-y and rather collectible in their own right. With the exception of the occasional signed cover the illustrations in this genre were generally unsigned and uncredited and the authors of the stories were pseudonymic; while the genre was certainly not "indecent" enough to be banned these magazines were not something most artists photographers and authors particularly wanted credit for at that time. Stories in this issue: "When in Rome" Michael Villon; "Lovely Pirate" Gene Dolby; "Not So Dummy!" Frank Roberts; "The Jeweled Garter" Joyce Carroll; "Honey Cake!" Gloria Dean; "Just For Excitement" Arthur Wallace; "The Rainy Day" Nona Benford; and "High Hat" Ralph Gordon. Seasoned with a variety of sometimes rather intriguing ads and letters to the editor as well. Rare piece of periodical history. L100 D.M. Publishing unknown