COWBOY KATE & OTHER STORIES

NYC: Crown Publishers,1965
36 x 27.7cm, unpaginated. Original boards with dust jacket. First American edition of this classic photographic tome which details the naked adventures of Kate (for one) in the old Wild West. On one level a straightforward exploitation of male desire to look at lovely naked women (and probably mostly bought for that reason) but in fairness the quality of the photography is far beyond other similar books given its detailed grey tones, an eye for studding composition and a clever use of shadow and chiaroscuro that other publications serving up eye candy could never aspire to. Sadly here the dustjacket has some obvious wear and small tears especially at the edges and along the spine with some minor dampstains on the back.  The book itself is in very good conditions with some damp traces and stains at the first and last blank pages. Inside pages are clean and unmarked. Overall close to very good but we have priced this to take account of the minor condition issues.