Esquire: the Magazine for Men - August 1954 (British edition, volume 1, number 3)

This is the third edition of the British version of Esquire magazine, launched in the 1950s.

This magazine is in good condition for its age, with most pages showing only light signs of use. The cover has some fold marks and there is a small tear at the top of the spine.

See photographs of covers, contents page, sample articles, illustrations and advertisements for more details. 

To ensure it arrives in the best condition, this large-format magazine (10.25" x 13.25") will be shipped in an A3 card-backed envelope via Royal Mail parcel post.

Content highlights:
  • Articles:
    • Nymphos Have No Fun - by Allen Churchill & Pierre Rubé MD
    • Promenade on the High Seas - by Martin Mayer
    • The Tools of Ignorance - by Jack O'Brien
    • Houston vs. the Jitters - by Monroe Fry
    • The Pill's Grim Progress - by Bernard Davis
    • Circus in Paris - by Paul Gallico
    • Court Etiquette: your manners matter
  • Personality:
    • Hero in Hell: Wallace Reid - by Laurence Stallings
    • From Mount Vernon to Montmartre: Art Buchwald guide to Paris - by Robert Emmett Ginna
  • Fiction:
    • Just Out of the High-Rent District - by John Harrold
    • Men Without Bones - by Gerald Kersh
    • Them Monumental Blues - by Charles Embree
    • Several Shades of Red - by Frank Harper
  • Pictorial:
    • Esquire's Lady Fair: Vanessa Brown (gate-fold) - photography by Philip Halsman
    • Esquire's Avenues of Fashion: Promenade Deck of the Queen Mary (gate-fold) - watercolour by Jean Pagès
    • 52nd Street: the last gasp - photography by Sam Shaw
    • Under a Paris Skylight - photography by Wendy Hilty
    • Automotive Fashions: The Dodge Firearrow - watercolour by Leslie Saalburg
  • Wearables:
    • Viewing the Light Switch: lightweight fashion
    • Shooting the Breeze: summer apparel
    • Short Takes: men's shorts
    • Robert Q Lewis: man of the month
  • Travel: the Mediterranean
  • Potables: Midsummer Plight's Dream: seven specials to beat the heat
  • Esquire's Food Fair: including the hot dog, beer in food, hot-weather delights, salads
If you have any questions on condition or particular contents, please contact me.