VINTAGE FETISH: LEONARD BURTMAN
Books published by Leonard Burtman such as Exotique (inspired by Willie’s Bizarre Magazine), Masque, Connoisseur, Bizarre Life, and many others, including single issue topical publications. He was the first to employ a professional, nationwide distribution network for his fetish publications.
[BURTMAN, Leonard] Masque: The Publication of Bizarre Fads and Fashions, Number Two. M-2
[BURTMAN, Leonard] Masque: The Publication of Bizarre Fads and Fashions, Number Two. M-2
New York: Selbee Associates, No date (early 1960s). First Edition. Stapled color wrappers. Octavo. 64pp. Cover art by Gene Bilbrew. Illustrated with b&w photographs plus one full-page drawing by Eric Stanton. Tiny corner crease to back cover. A near fine copy.
Masque was Leonard Burtman's attempt to continue his successful fetish magazine, Exotique. It ran for 4 issues before morphing into Connoisseur. This issue is a correspondence volume with numerous letters from readers.