VINTAGE FETISH: IRVING KLAW
Books published by and about Irving Klaw, whose imprint ‘Nutrix’ began selling digest-sized fetish books in the late 1950s, featuring illustrations by some of the best fetish artists in the business (Eric Stanton, Gene Bilbrew, Ruiz, Jim, and many others). Klaw also produced similar books using bondage photographs instead of illustrations.
[KLAW, Irving] Chained Captives in Bondageville, Volumes 1 and 2
[KLAW, Irving] Chained Captives in Bondageville, Volumes 1 and 2
San Francisco: B. Publications, No date (1970s?). Reprint. Stapled card covers. Octavo. 2 separate volumes, each 32pp. Illustrated with b&w drawings by "Jim". Some price sticker residue to upper left of each booklet, with volume one showing a short tear in the paper. Otherwise both volumes in very good condition.
These were originally published by Irving Klaw's Nutrix imprint in 1960. These are reprints from the early 1970s. The artwork is by Jim who began his career as a draftsman in his native Switzerland, producing technical drawings. The bondage illustrations he did for Mr. Klaw reflect his industrial orientation. In the scenes portrayed here, the artist utilizes mainly ropes and chains, binding the shapely prisoners to leather, steel, bamboo and wood devices, including pillories, stocks, yokes and an enormous spoked wheel.