Adonis: The Male Physique Pin-Up, 1870-1940; David Chapman, 1997, Very Good softcover.

Chapman, David [intro]. England: Éditions Aubrey Walter, 1997.

English, Very Good, SC, 4to, 10" x 9", 106 pp. 

ISBN: 085449250X

Softcover in purple pictorial gatefold wraps. Minor edgewear, light soiling to bottom edge and first page. 106 pp. Replete with reproductions of black-and-white pin-up photographs that focus on the male physique taken by various photographers, such as American photographer, Al Urban. From the back panel: ”Adonis traces the history and development of the genre from the classic fin-de-siecle statuesque pose of the first musclemen to the wasp-waisted boys of mid-century Hollywood... Here, in one volume, is the evolution of the male body beautiful - dreamy languid nudes, stunning athletes and vaudeville strongmen.”