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] Connoisseur Number One. C-1
[BURTMAN, Leonard] Connoisseur Number One. C-1
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 additional drawings by Bilbrew. Price stamped to front cover. A very good copy.
Connoisseur was an extension of Masque magazine, which was somewhat of a continuation of Leonard Burtman's Exotique magazine. Issue number one of Connoisseur is technically issue number 5 of Masque (Masque still listed on top of verso pages). Includes four short stories plus numerous photographs and drawings by Bilbrew.