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There is no sex here, and no full nudity. If it sounds quirky, it is, and it is that quirkiness married to Willie's technical prowess and self-restraint which makes this collection as intriguing - and engaging - as it is. John Willie was, without equivocation, the master of genteel fetish art, technically beautiful illustrations of gorgeous women simultaneously in formal attire and bondage. This book is almost all different material, a good portion of it previously unpublished, and the quality of the edition is high enough to make it a keepsake in anyone's library. If you have the Taschen reprints of the collected Bizarre magazines and are wondering about this book - as I was - don't worry.
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including 4 previously unpublished photographs of the artist! The biographical introduction has been expanded to include much new information about J.W. Along with the black and white illustrations are an equal number of full-color pages many of which are previously unpublished. Also included in this expanded edition are 36 black and white reproductions of drawings and paintings (circa 1935-50), most from original artwork and all but 2 have never been published before.
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It contains 368 pages, which includes a wealth of previously unpublished and uncollected work by the artist. This revised edition was published on December 9, 1999, the birthday of `John Willie`, as well as the twenty-fifth anniversary of the publication of the first edition. It was translated into French, German and Italian, and was also made into a movie, THE PERILS OF GWENDOLINE (1984, directed by Just Jaeckin). This is the Second Edition (Revised & Enlarged) of a work that was originally published in 1974 (144 pages, cloth) and sold over 26,000 copies in the US alone.
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