Rare issue of Vanity Fair magazine July1923, published in America.
Cover -
Joseph B Platt iconic Harlequin cover
Contents -
English prose writing feature by TS Elliot
This very magazine published the very first story using the word "Gay" to refer to homosexuality. The story titled "Miss Furr and Miss Skeene" was written by the great Gertrude Stein. The writer had published it in her book of short stories the previous year, yet the Vanity Fair publication brought it to a much larger audience crowning this issue of VF as the first use of gay to relate to LGBT+!
Full of classic 1920's Culture:
THEATRE + Gloria Swanson & Lynne Fontanne portraits
ARTS
IDEAS
POETRY
LITERATURE
Jacob Epstein sculpture
Photography of actors on Broadway in silhouette by Conan Doyle Jr (related to Arthur Conan Doyle? Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was famous for his photographs of faeries so its possible that Jr was part of the Sherlock Holmes' author's family).
Other photography by Edward Steichen inc lotus flower
Full page portraits of Ethel Barrymore, and Lynn Fontanne
Menswear, rare and early full page feature
Illustration by Rockwell Kent
Car review, Hispano - Suiza
Cadillac car advertisment
20s fashion
114 pages
430g
32 x 25 cm
Published in the USA
July 1923
Good condition with wear to cover see detailed photographs. 100 + year old magazine, The photos show the actual copy you will receive.
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