Esquire: the Magazine for Men - February 1956 (British edition, volume 3, number 2, whole number 21)

This is the final edition of the separate British version of Esquire magazine, launched in the 1950s. After this point, the US version of the magazine is supplemented with an initial few pages of UK advertisements, and six months later, all UK content is gone.

 This magazine is in reasonable condition for its age, with most pages showing only light signs of use. The cover shows more signs of wear and there is a 3" tear on the bottom right of the cover which extends to the spine where the bottom edge is missing. There is a corner missing at the top right of the cover, and there are other small tears at the edge of the cover and along the spine. Some of the page corners have been turned.

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:
  • Cover by Henry Wolf
  • Comment:
    • Mother - by Aldous Huxley
    • Reflections after the Curtains Fall - by George Jean Nathan
    • This Man's World - by Paul Gallico
  • Fiction:
    • Bowery Idyll - by Leo Dillon Murtagh
    • The Damnedest Thing - by Garson Kanin
    • Demise of a Goldfish - by Walter Brooks
    • The Fabulous Oliver Chantry - by Jay Dratler
    • The Python and the Pawpaw - by Peter Tompkins
  • Articles:
    • Gadfly of Medicine - by Caroline Bird
    • The Drink that Made History - by Oscar Schisgall
    • St, Louis: the Dowager City - by Peter Wyden
    • Madison's Prodigal Prophet - by Warrington Colescott
    • How High is Hi-Fi? - by Igor Buketoff
    • Cross Section USA: Mill Town - by Monroe Fry
  • Personality:
    • Light-Tackle Man: Tommy Gifford - by George Wiswell
  • Pictorial:
    • Audrey Hepburn: Night Sprite - photograph by Erwin Blumenfeld
    • Esquire's Lady Fair: Marjorie Hellen (gate-fold) - photograph by William Read Woodfield
    • Esquire's Avenue of Fashion: Olive Street, St Louis (gate-fold) - drawing by Juliette Kida Renault
    • Brittany Spaniel: Dual Champion Helgramite Howie D'Acajou - photograph by Carl Perutz
    • Beauty and the Batik: Venetia Stevenson - photography by Don Ornitz
    • Gilbert Bundy's New York - sketches by Gilbert Bundy
    • XV Centuries New: fashions old and new
  • Wearables:
    • International Air: Travel Light and Like It
    • Resort Report: soft and easy textures
    • He and Schi: ski equipment
    • Surprise Package: Peacock Tones Have Arrived
  • Travel: 
    • The Countryside of Europe - words by Richard Joseph, drawings by John Groth
If you have any questions on condition or particular contents, please contact me.