Varga, The Esquire Years: A Catalogue Raisonné, First Printing, 1987, Very Good HC w/DJ.

Vonnegut, Kurt. New York: Alfred Van Der Marck Editions, 1987.

English, First Printing, HC, 4to, 12 1/2" x 9 1/2", 176 pp. 

ISBN: 0912383488

First Printing, hardcover in light blue cloth with wrap around blind stamped lettering and circles. Laid-in magazine clippings of pin-ups illustrations. Minor cocking to spine, water mark to front panel near tail, some sunning, and light interior soiling. Very Good black pictorial dust jacket, minor shelf wear, light wear and bumps to tips and head, now in Mylar. 176 pp. Replete with full-color reproductions of seminal Peruvian-American pin-up artist Alberto Vargas's illustrations, with a few black-and-white images. Includes a Foreword by celebrated American satirical and science-fiction novelist, Kurt Vonnegut. From inside the dust jacket: "Every Esquire Varga Girl is represented in this volume: the gatefolds, the calendars, and the military edition back covers...All of the non-Esquire advertising art done over the Varga signature from 1941 to 1947 is also reproduced herein, along with a biographical essay accompanied by many never-before-reproduced paintings and photos."