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Harmony Books. Fine with no dust jacket. 1978. early. Softcover. Quarto in glossy wraps, unread unworn and quite FINE. Features many of Vargas' iconic pieces of beautiful women. "...one of the true giants of American illustration." -Tribune; 4to 11" - 13" tall .

Harmony Books. Fine with no dust jacket. 1978. early. Softcover. Quarto in glossy wraps, unread unworn and quite FINE. Features many of Vargas' iconic pieces of beautiful women. "...one of the true giants of American illustration." -Tribune; 4to 11" - 13" tall .

New York: Harmony Books, 1978. Bound in stiff glossy wraps. First coffee-table sized paperback printing; foreword by Hugh Heffner; illustrated in color and black & white; 128pp.. First Paperback. Soft Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

New York, NY: Harmony Books. Good+/NO DUSTJACKET. (1978). ........ Paperback. 4to., 128 pp., lower front corner lightly bumped .

NY: Harmony Books, 1978. 3rd pr.. Softcover. Very Good/None. Alberto Vargas. Softcover, 128 pages. Foreword by Hugh Hefner, illustrated in color and black & white. A monographic study of the art of Alberto Vargas back to his earliest known work. His draughtsmanship and technique in depicting the female nude is unsurpassed. Moreover, he was a cultural force. The work he did for Playboy is confined to a few pages at the end. Clean, bright copy. Record # 384587

Plexus Publishing Ltd, 1981. Trade paperback. Very Good. Joaquin Alberto Vargas (9 February 1896 - 30 December 1982) was a noted Peruvian-American painter of pin-up girls. He is often considered one of the most famous of the pin-up artists. Vargas became famous in the 1940s as the creator of iconic World War-II era pin-ups for Esquire magazine known as "Vargas Girls." Between 1940 and 1946 Vargas produced 180 paintings for the magazine. The nose art of many American and Allied World War II aircraft was inspired and adapted from these Esquire pin-ups, as well as those of George Petty, and other artists. The nose art of many American and Allied World War II aircraft was inspired and adapted from these Esquire pin-ups, as well as those of George Petty, and other artists. Vargas' artistic work, paintings and color drawings, were periodically featured in some issues of Playboy magazine in the 1960s and 1970s.

NY 1978 first edition. Harmony Books. Hardcover large 4to. 128p. Nearly all pages with color drawings or bw photo illus. Celebration of female body.. Fine in very near Fine dust jacket ( just tiny bit of wear on two lower corners of dj. Price not clipped. .

New York: Harmony, 1978. hardcover. very good(+)/very good. Vargas, Alberto. Foreword by Hugh Hefner. 200 illustrations, 60 in color. 128 pages. 4to, cloth-backed boards, edgeworn d.w. New York: Harmony Books, (1978). A very good(+) copy in a very good dust wrapper.<br/> <br/>

New York: Harmony, 1978. hardcover. very good/very good(-). Vargas, Alberto. Foreword by Hugh Hefner. 200 illustrations, 60 in color. 128 pages, 4to, cloth-backed boards, d.w.; red remainder mark on foredge, dust wrapper worn. New York: Harmony Books, (1978). A very good copy in a very good(-) dust wrapper.<br/> <br/>

Bell Publishing Co., 1984. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Thus. Large Quarto. A large, heavy book which will require extra shipping charges - cannot ship outside U.S.A..

NY: Harmony Books, 1978. 4to, pp. 128. Foreword by Hugh Hefner. Illustrated wtih photographs and with many reproductions of Vargas' pinups and illustrations, many if full color. Paper wraps. Cover littlesoiled, o/w a nice copy.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

New York: Harmony, 1978. First Edition. fine/near fine. 1st edition. Fine in near fine dustjacket. Signed and inscribed, in ink, on the half-title, "Best Wishes to you / Alberto Vargas" and not a common 1st edition when it's signed. 60 color plates, twice that many more in black and white, comprehensive, and inclusive, spanning the entirety of Vargas' career.