Product #447
Three Ebooks on CD
first listed, March 2008

Black Stocking Parade, Volume 1, Number 2, ebook on CD
WWNC?, 1963?
digital replica

Sheer Hose, Volume 1, Issue 1, ebook on CD
Sampson Publishing & Distributing Co., 1963
digital replica

Black Stocking Parade, Volume 1, Number 2, and
Sheer Hose,Volume 1, Issue 1, ebook on CD
optimized for ebook viewing

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Black Stocking Parade, Volume 1, Number 2
No publisher or publication date is shown on this volume. The top right corner of the cover shows a red globe logo with the letters WWNC, which probably refers to the print shop.

The pages measure close to 6” by 9”, somewhat larger than a typical Selbee digest-sized zine, like Exotique. The contents seem like Selbee leftovers, defects and rejects, as most of the models in the five photo sets have been seen in Selbee magazines. Like Selbee magazines, the model on the cover is seldom seen inside.

On the other hand, most photos show models in stockings, and many of them are black. Most of these shapely posers are rather pretty, nicely dressed in hosiery, garter belts, panties, bras, and footwear with three-inch heels. The last couple of pages consist of a group of small pictures, one per model, in the nicest stockings and heels. Although it doesn't belong in the original, I've kept the picture article about Spanish bullfights in the replica version.

The photography is good, with a pleasing spectrum of grays, which we've adjusted. Specks and blemishes have been retouched on the models. Conscientious printing and materials yield picture clarity. Some of the page layouts have been revised slightly to obtain larger pictures. Every word and picture of the original is in the ebook, including the ads.

Sheer Hose, Volume 1, Issue 1
Sampson Publishing & Distributing produced several pinup titles in the early 1960s, including Nylon Mood. The page layouts reflect the graphic trends of their “modern” era, and a light tone prevails. Like the Parliament magazines that began at about this time, nearly all of the photography shows airbrushing.

Sultry, saucy, cute and sexy, these young ladies have plenty of pinup appeal. Models include Loretta Lynly, Scarlet O'Toole, Vicky Kennedy, Andrea Loren, Luci Delbert, Sophia Daun, Carol Lewis, Mandy Morgan, and Jane Mattis.

Although the magazine's title refers to hosiery, less than half of the pictures show legs in stockings. The heels are about three inches in most pictorials, which also show garters, garter belts, stockings, cinchers, and assorted lingerie. One short story, another fiction piece, cartoons and two pages of ads.

The ebook consists of a page-for-page replica of the original magazine. Every photo, cartoon, word and ad is included. When ebook pages are viewed at full size, photos are clear. The page sequence has been revised slightly to achieve continuity of lengthy prose. Page layouts have been revised slightly to obtain larger pictures of models. The tonality of photos has been adjusted and specks and blemishes retouched.

Black Stocking Parade and Sheer Hose optimized for ebook viewing
While the digital replicas present magazines page-by-page, optimized versions show magazine content picture-by-picture. (Some of the smaller pictures are a bit rough or grainy.) Each photograph has been placed on a separate ebook page, showing an image of the model that fills the screen from top to bottom or side to side. The product is a unique pinup album of more than 170 pages that makes the most of pictures and computer capabilities. If you owned these rare publications and had looked at them many times, the optimized ebook would provide a superior viewing experience that disclosed details you had not seen..

These are the 165th, 166th and 167th vintage magazine ebooks we have offered on ebay.

PROCESS
Pages were scanned at 600 dpi and the resolution subsequently reduced to 155 dpi. I adjusted the tonality of  photographs slightly and cleared specks.

The scans were assembled as a book in a publishing program. Then, the file was exported to Acrobat .pdf format. Acrobat files are opened in Acrobat Reader, available without charge for both PC and MAC platforms at adobe.com. Users can open picture-viewing and video programs while reading ebooks in Acrobat Reader. The Reader allows zooming and printing of pages.

The three .pdf files are 25 mb, 39 mb and 35 mb.

DELIVERY