Volume 1
[Bob Delmonteque]Los Angeles: [Bob Delmonteque], 1957.
First Edition.
27cm x 21.5cm. [28] pages, black and white illustrations. Pictorial saddle-stapled wrappers.
Bob Delmonteque (1921-2011), a Detroit-born bodybuilder first gained fame as a physique model for Douglas of Detroit in the late 1940s before establishing his own Los Angeles based photography and mail-order business. This volume reproduces 25 original catalogue sheets at an enlarged scale, supplemented by a series of full-page plates. Models include Glenn Bishop, Richard Alan, and Norman Tousley, though Delmonteque himself appears frequently, both as photographer and subject.
Minor rubbing to spine. Near Fine Condition.
The Book Merchant Jenkins is exhibiting at Firsts: London's Rare Book Fair, 14-17 May, 2026. Online orders placed during this period will be processed and shipped from early June.
AU$250.00
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