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TASCHEN Books For Sale — 1 Comment

  1. 17 of 18 people found the following review helpful
    3.0 out of 5 stars
    better than nothing, May 18, 2005
    By 
    Cicero

    This book is flawed but if you want the covers from Robert Harrison’s magazines by famous pin-up artists this is good. One problem is the cropped covers that prevent the reader from seeing the whole effect. The images also cover the full page so there is no white margin to absorb finger marks and other edge damage from use without harming the image. Taschen should have focused on the pin-up artists rather than trying to make a book cover all of Robert Harrison’s magazines. By changing focus to the artists they could have dumped the black and white photos and shrunk the book. They then could have published full covers in an oversized book.

    Taschen has published the same material in two other books but they are also flawed. First, is the original volume “Girlie Magazines.” With 60 fewer pages it is a significantly thicker volume because the pages are thicker. While “1000 Pin-Ups is a good value, in my opinion “Girlie Magazines” remains the better book, with better paper quality. Second, is a small selection of covers from “Girlie Magazines” titled “Pin-Ups” in the Icons Series by Giles Neret. I would just buy a good used version of “Girlie Magazines” for a little more and get 3-4X the illustrations.

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