Description

Large paperback, perfect bound folio size volume bound in stiff white card covers with nude fetish scene on upper cover. 128 pages. Trilingual introductory essay by editors in Italian, English and French. Illustrated throughout with captioned fetish drawings by Eugene “Gene” Bilbrew, aka Eneg, in English and Italian. First edition. Gene Bilbrew entered the world of fetish illustration in 1951, thus becoming “the first black career fetish artist in history.” He was friends with Eric Stanton, whom he met at illustrator’s school and soon became a contributor to underground publishers Irving Klaw, Edward Mishkin, Stanley Malkin, and the Sturman brothers. A well produced homage to one of the pioneers of fetish art. No previous ownership marks. A clean, tight, fresh and unmarked copy with sharp corners and straight undamaged spine. Near fine. An oversize book, Priority and International orders will require additional postage and be charged at actual cost.