Martignette, Charles and Louis Meisel — The Great American Pin-Up

Germany, Taschen, 1996. English. Hardbound. Blue cloth with bluish glossy illustrated dustjacket. 380 pp. over 900 illustrations mostly in color. An outstanding copy of the first edition. A real pleasure to leaf through! ontents as follows: Pin-up art: a historical commentary / Walt A. Reed -- The "fine" art of illustration / Louis K. Meisel -- The great American pin-up / Charles G. Martignette -- Art Deco -- From World War II to 1970: pin-up & glamour artists : Rolf Armstrong ; Boyce Ballantyne ; Al Buell ; Edward D'Ancona ; Billy De Vorss ; Peter Driben ; Harry Ekman ; Freeman Elliot ; Gil Elvgren ; Art Frahm ; Pearl Frush ; Earl MacPherson ; Al Moore ; Earl Moran ; Zoë Mozert ; K.O. Munson ; George Petty ; Edward Runci ; T.N. Thompson ; Alberto Vargas ; Fritz Willis ; Ted Withers -- Additional artists. VG/VG wear and small tears to dust jackets .