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] Exotique. A New Publication of the Bizarre and the Unusual. No. 15 (1957)
[BURTMAN, Leonard] Exotique. A New Publication of the Bizarre and the Unusual. No. 15 (1957)
New York: Burmel Publishing Co., No date [1957]. First Edition. Stapled color wrappers. Octavo. 64pp. Cover art by Gene Bilbrew. Additional artwork by Bilbrew and Eric Stanton inside, plus b&w photos. Old price stamp to front, some staple holes near foredge, light edge and corner wear. A very good copy.
Contents include :Farewell Party" (fiction by Ellen Harris); Letters from Readers; La Cabeza Humana - Conclusion (fiction by Allan Wilson); From Me to You - a Column by Tana Louise (Burtman's wife). Cartoon serial by Gene Bilbrew called "Mistress."