{"id":81641,"date":"2026-07-10T20:06:18","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T20:06:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/bookshop\/?post_type=product&p=81641"},"modified":"2026-07-10T20:18:30","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T20:18:30","slug":"eros-volume-one-number-three-autumn-1962","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/bookshop\/catalog\/eros-volume-one-number-three-autumn-1962\/","title":{"rendered":"Eros, Volume One Number Three, Autumn 1962"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n

Eros<\/em> Magazine, Vol. 1 No. 3<\/strong>\u00a0is a legendary artifact of the Sexual Revolution and a landmark piece of American editorial design. Edited and published by the radical journalist Ralph Ginzburg<\/strong>, this high-concept, casebound quarterly “magbook” was engineered to push the boundaries of mid-century censorship.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

This specific issue remains the most highly sought-after and culturally explosive volume in the magazine\u2019s short, four-issue run. Six weeks before her tragic passing, Marilyn Monroe sat for photographer Bert Stern<\/strong>. This volume famously features those final studio portraits across a stunning, intimate 18-page photo spread. The raw, breathtaking portfolio includes Monroe\u2019s own hand-scratched marks directly onto the film, serving as an irreplaceable time capsule of an American icon.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Design & Typography<\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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  • Herb Lubalin Art Direction:<\/strong> Features the revolutionary typography and tight image-text integration that defined Lubalin’s legendary graphic design career.<\/li>\r\n
  • Hardcover Format:<\/strong> Bound in clean, white pictorial boards featuring a close-up photograph of Marilyn Monroe rather than a traditional soft magazine cover.<\/li>\r\n
  • Large Folio Scale:<\/strong> Designed as a premium coffee-table artifact measuring approximately 10″ x 13″.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

    Content Highlights<\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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    • The Last Sitting:<\/strong> The iconic 18-page layout of Marilyn Monroe’s final studio portraits.<\/li>\r\n
    • Literary Curiosa:<\/strong> Includes an excerpt from John Cleland’s controversial Fanny Hill<\/em>, alongside pieces by Dan Greenburg, David Bar-Illan, and fitness pioneer Bonnie Prudden.<\/li>\r\n
    • Historic Banned Media:<\/strong> This very issue provoked an obscenity lawsuit from U.S. Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, ultimately leading to Ginzburg’s infamous Supreme Court conviction and imprisonment.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

      A must-have for serious collectors of mid-century photography, counterculture literature, and graphic design history.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n

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      Note to customers:<\/strong> This is a vintage, first-edition item from 1962 in fine condition as pictured with light amount shelf wear to the pictorial boards. [4.4]<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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