Candid (3 vintage digest magazines, 1953-54) by [Manly Publications] - 1953-54

Manly Publications, 1953-54. Very Good. Three vintage digest magazines, the series' first three issues. Devoted to Americana, politics, war, fashion, food, multimedia, and many issues contained full-page pinup photography of celebrities, dancers, models, actresses. Presumably became the more salacious 1970s title. V1 N1, Sep 1953: Sheree North cover/8pp. Black Sox scandal, Cairo dope, "snipe" boats, ballerina Nellie Anderson, Naples, Calabria blood cult, sleepwalking, Mickey Rooney, San Quentin, jokari, Amish living, Calcutta dolls, burlesque (Tempest Storm), Charlie Chaplin, hot Gloria Grahame centerfold, Marilyn Monroe vignette. Very Good.V1 N2, Nov 1953: Anita Ekberg cover/7pp. Roberta Haynes centerfold/layout, Aborigines, Helene Dixon, Princeton Prof. Joseph Brown, Luz del Fuego, Bobo Rockefeller, Paris vice, torture, Harlem living, Dawn Addams, camel thief, divorce in Virgin Islands, Hitler, chorus girls, Abilities Inc., Joe Louis. Very Good PlusV1 N3, Jan 1954: Jeanne Crain cover/7pp. Foreign cars, Yvonne de Carlo ("Paradise" film), boar hunting, Rumania's iron curtain, Mamie Van Doren, Mara Corday, women love gangsters, Sara Shane, Barrymore family, Sarong dancing, Elroy "crazylegs" Hirsch, female impersonator, Ruthie Fontanini, Joy Lansing, water polo, leprosy, Judy Garland. Good.Good to Very Good, brief insect chew, rubbing, scant creases, light foxing.