This collection comprises vintage periodicals focused on adult cinema and erotic interest, primarily dating from the late 1960s and early 1970s. The lot includes a variety of titles reflecting the era’s journalism surrounding adult film and glamour photography. Included is the premiere issue of Oui magazine, dated October 1972. This inaugural publication from Playboy features a colour cover photograph of a nude woman on a beach and advertises an interview with Marlon Brando. Other titles in the collection include Take 4, featuring ‘The [XX] Film Scene’ with articles such as ‘I am a Nymphomaniac’; Cinema Today, Volume 2, Number 4 from 1967, featuring a black and white cover within a red film-strip border; X-Films, Volume 4, Number 12, referencing the film ‘Deep Throat’; Cinema Blue, a Cinema X Production listing stars including Linda Lovelace, Marilyn Chambers, Georgina Spelvin, and Sylvia Kristel; Art Films, an issue dated December/January; and Exciting Cinema, Volume 2, Number 8. An additional unidentified film periodical featuring a collage of cinema stills is also present. The magazines are produced via offset lithography on paper and display both US and UK pricing, indicative of the international distribution of such publications during this period.
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