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] Extatique. A New Publication of Fancy Fashion Fantasy, Issue #2
[BURTMAN, Leonard] Extatique. A New Publication of Fancy Fashion Fantasy, Issue #2
Edited by Greg Herrick
New York: Tele-Foto Publishing Corporation, no date (late 1950s). First Edition. Stapled wrappers. Octavo. 64pp. Cover artwork by Gene Bilbrew, with additional illustrations by Bilbrew inside, including a 4-page cartoon serial. With b&w photos including one of Jackie Miller. Some rubbing and wear to cover, staple holes near foredge, price stamp to front. A very good copy.
Tele-Foto Publishing Corporation was another one of Burtman's "under the radar" imprints. Includes a short story credited to Jacques Renard called "A True Friend was Ann." Also a story called "Patent Leather" by Damion Daimler, reader's letters, and a 4-page cartoon serial by Gene Bilbrew called "Blue Lace."