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 Two. C-2
[BURTMAN, Leonard] Connoisseur Number Two. C-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 additional drawings by Bilbrew. Small ink price to front cover, faint vertical crease 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 three short stories plus numerous photographs and drawings by Bilbrew.