Collection of works published by Taschen. - Lot 194

Collection of works published by Taschen. 1/ - Exotic. A new publication of the bizarre and unusual. The complete reprint of Exotique. The first 36 issues 1951-1957. Preface by Kim Christy. Taschen, 1998. 3 large in-8 volumes in color illustrated publisher's boards, in illustrated slipcases. Black photos and drawings. Each volume includes reprints of 12 magazines, each approximately 66 pages long. 2/- The Complete reprint of John Willie's. Bizarre vols 1-13 / Bizarre vols 14-26. Eric Kroll, San Francisco - Taschen, Cologne, 1995. 2 strong in-8 volumes in illustrated publisher's boards. Introduction by Eric Kroll (39 pp. of text) followed by a selection of drawings described in a 25 pp. table and 26 cover reproductions. The magazine was published at irregular intervals from 1948 to 1959. With a page count of around 50 at the start of publication (nos. 1 to 4, except no. 5, 34 pp.), the magazine exceeds 60 pp. from no. 6 onwards (between 62 and 68 pp.). The slipcase is missing. 3/ - John Willie's best of Bizarre. Edited by Éric Kroll, printed by Taschen in the "Icons" collection. In-8 illustrated softbound - 28 pp. (Presentation by Éric Kroll in English, German and French, and descriptive table, by issue number, of the pages selected in the rest of the book, [83 ff., corresponding to the above-mentioned table]. 4/ - Bizarre. 30 postcards. Cologne, Taschen, 1996. Booklet in 16 x 11.3 cm format - [2 ff. text] and 30 postcards, 10 of which reproduce covers from the magazine. Also included: Set of Pin-up books. 5/ - Mark Gabor. - The Pin-Up. A Modest history. London, Pan Books Limited, 1982. In-4 in clrs illustrated softcover - 223 pp. Illustrations in black and clrs. 6/ - Mark Gabor. - La Pin-up. Paris, Les Humanoïdes associés, 1977. In-4 in clrs illustrated soft cover - 94 pp. 7/ - [collective] - 1000 Pin-Up girls. Cologne, Taschen, 2008. Text in German and French. Fort in-8 in soft cover illustrated in clrs - 576 pp. Illustrations mainly in clrs. 8/ - Wetz, Dominique. - Girls, girls, girls. Issy-les-Moulineaux, Éditions Vents d'Ouest,1998. In-4 publisher's hardback album illustrated in clrs - 48 pp. Drawings in clrs.