The History of MEN'S ADVENTURE MAGAZINES In Postwar America.The Rich Oberg Collection.

GERMANY,heavy,thick 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn. [Text in English, German and French.] FINE/FINE. No owner inscrptn and absence of published price - so no clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,matt,facsimile colour pictorial illustrated artwork illustrated dw/dj panels: both by Will Hulsey,cover for 'True Men Stories',9/1962 and cover for Man's Life,9/1965 respectively.Front panel of dw/dj,with capitalised,glossy yellow-lettered part-title,and red-lettered sub-title,other capitalised black lettering and capitalised,white-lettered publisher name; black background to spine/backstrip with yellow+red lettered part-title and other capitalised white lettered credit for the RICH OBERG COLLECTION to foot of same and publisher's white-lettered & colour illustrated colophon to head of same,rear panel with aforementioned facsimile colour pictorial illustrated artwork.Negligible shelf-wear,bumping, creasing to edges and corners – no nicks,tears or splits present.Top+fore-edges clean without foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips,appears unread,other than my own collation.Publisher's bright, crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,original red paper-covered boards with black ink lettering to front and spine/ backstrip,a white headband,and immaculate repeated publisher's name illustrated endpapers.Germany,thick, heavy 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,6-382pp [paginated] includes full colour,full page illustrated frntisHistory narrative of Men's Adventure Magazines in 3 languages as are all following 5 chapters - When Animals Attack, From the High Seas to High Noon, The Natives Were Getting Nervous, Life and Death on the Front Lines, The Red Menace and the Yellow Peril themes respectively,and profuse b/w+colour facsimile reproduction illustrations throughout the text and the book; plus [unpaginated] full colour,full page illustrated frntis,title page,a b/w thumbnail b/w facsimile credtied illustrated double-paged Contents list/table,and to the rear,a dedication and contributors Acknowledgements,plus a note about the Rich Oberg Collection. Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional,and even internally,the book is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation for a book of its 15-year-old age. It really is an exceptional,exemplary copy for its cleanliness and brightness. A hefty and heavy comprehensive guide to postwar American men's adventure magazines - weighs 1.25Kg unpackaged - which includes descriptions of history, culture and artistry of these men's adventure magazines of the US of and from the1950's-1970's.An extensively-illustrated history of American men's adventure magazines. Supplementing the narrative history (texts in English, German and French) are b/w+colour facsimile reproduction illustrations of hundreds of lurid magazine covers and artwork from scores of magazines,with titles like "Man to Man," "Man's Action," and "Real Men." Collector Rich Oberg began collecting the magazines and the original art that graced their covers in 1982 and now maintains the largest known collection in the United States. Max Allan Collins is a novelist and filmmaker.His novel 'Road to Purgatory' is the sequel to his famed 'Road to Perdition', the basis of the motion picture starring Tom Hanks. He is also the author of the Nathan Heller novels, which have won him a Life Achievement Award from the Historical Mystery Appreciation Society. George Hagenauer has been Collins's research associate for 20+ years, assisting on over two-dozen historical novels and collaborating with him on the Edgar Award-nominated 'The History of Mystery'. His own freelance writing has been in the true crime field. Steven Heller is the author of 'The Swastika: A Symbol Beyond Redemption' and 'Merz to Emigre and Beyond: Avant Garde Magazines of the Twentieth Century',among over 80 other titles. Please contact seller,because of the heavier weight of this item,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,that stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of any inexpensive book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **