Books by Vargas Alberto

New York: Harmony Books. 1978. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. First paperback edition, 1978, paperback, quarto, 128pp., illustrated in b&w and color. Book near fine with some wear to top rear corner, lightest rubbing and hint of edge wear elsewhere, binding tight, text clean bright and unmarked, with rear 33 pages softly echoing bump to corner of panel. No DJ. ... more information

New York Bell Publishing Company 1984 Hardcover Early printing 128pp. Folio [31 cm] 1/2 tan cloth with cream colored paper covered boards and a red ink stamped title on the spine. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Foreword by Hugh Hefner. From the jacket- "Now his finest works are here collected into a single richly illustrated volume, which traces the evolution of Vargas's work from the 1920s to the present."... more information

New York Bell Publishing Company 1984 Hardcover Later printing 128pp. Folio [31 cm] Cream colored paper covered boards and a red ink stamped title on the spine. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Foreword by Hugh Hefner. From the jacket- "Now his finest works are here collected into a single richly illustrated volume, which traces the evolution of Vargas's work from the 1920s to the present."... more information

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. ... more information

1942. Fine. Complete set of 6 cards featuring the famous Varga Girl drawings from Esquire. Fine in worn original envelope. Also includes 6 George Hurrell color pin-up photos from Esky Set #3, complete, no envelope. ... more information

1957. Several pieces of material, including: September 17, 1957 typed letter signed from Alberto Vargas to recipient on Long island which includes (1) set of 3 pages of stapled typed copy "Idea and Design by Alberto Vargas..." delineating a short movie about his work called "Heavenly Body" and which is a melding of his pin-up girl artistry with a proposed automobile design - describing in minute, item-numbered detail a staged 'routine' and storyline, with singing and dramatic act... more information