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Uncovered.


Uncovered

Douglas Ellis

Adventure House

914 Laredo Road, Silver Spring, MD 20901

1886937745 $40.00 www.amazon.com www.adventurehouse.com

During the 1920s and 1930s girlie girl·ie also girl·y  
adj. Informal
Featuring minimally clothed or naked women typically in pornographic contexts: girlie magazines.
 pulp magazines Noun 1. pulp magazine - an inexpensive magazine printed on poor quality paper
pulp

mag, magazine - a periodic publication containing pictures and stories and articles of interest to those who purchase it or subscribe to it; "it takes several years before a
 were sold 'under the counter' and hidden away, with talented pulp artists producing pin-up art which was largely hidden from public view. The story of these artists, their publishers, and their fight against censorship censorship, official prohibition or restriction of any type of expression believed to threaten the political, social, or moral order. It may be imposed by governmental authority, local or national, by a religious body, or occasionally by a powerful private group.  is told in Uncovered: Hidden Art Of The Girlie Pulps with over 400 covers reproduced in color and over fifty artists' works receiving in-depth representation and background history, making for an unusual and exceptional gift for any fan of pinup pin·up  
n.
1.
a. A picture, especially of a sexually attractive person, that is displayed on a wall.

b. A person considered a suitable model for such a picture.

2.
 or pulp art.
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