TITLE: ESQUIRE
["The Magazine for Men" -- Including all the great writers, illustrators, pictorials, vintage advertisements, fashion and more! -- See FULL contents below!]
ISSUE DATE: April, 1948; Vol XXIX, No 4, Whole No 173
CONDITION: LARGE magazine, Approx 10oe" X 13oe". COMPLETE and in clean, VERY GOOD condition. (See photo)

IN THIS ISSUE:
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PICTORIAL FEATURES:
ENCORE ... Painting by Ben-Hur Baz. [Beautiful gatefold pin-up painting -- SEE BELOW!].
SUNDAY ON GRANDE JATTE ISLAND ... Painting by Georges Seurat. [GATEFOLD reproduction, on opposite side of pin-up listed above! -- SEE BELOW!].
COVER ILLUSTRATION ... Painting by B. Shermund.
THE BLONDES IN THE BLACK SILK PAJAMAS ... Illustrations by Howard Baer.
METROPOLIS: U. S. A ... Paintings by Chesley Bonestell. [FULL PAGE each of Plains City and Mountain City]
MEXICAN YANKEE STADIUM ... Color photograph by Adrian J. Salvas.
MEMO TO A TRAVEL AGENCY ... Illustrations by Bernard Simpson.
THE SECRET LIFE OF DANNY KAYE ... Caricature by Alan Jedla.
THE LOST ART OF SHAVING MUGS ... Color photographs by Bob Smallman.
CHINA DOLL ... Color photograph by Don Christie. [Columbia pictures' latest dscovery, MAYLIA -- FULL PAGE Photo, SEE BELOW!]
ART:
GLENN GROHE: ATOMIC-AGE ARTIST ... Robert Ulrich Godsoe.
ART PORTFOLIO ... Paintings by Glenn Grohe.

ARTICLES:
THE FRAULEIN WINS THE PEACE ... Harry N. Sperber.
THE BLONDES IN THE BLACK SILK PAJAMAS ... Alexander E. Fox.
HANG ON TO THOSE VICES! ... J. B. Rice, M.D.
AMERICA'S NO. 1 COMPOSER ... Herbert Kubly. "What babe Ruth did for baseball, a lanky, balding Brooklyn born composer -- AARON COPELAND -- is doing for serious American music. Critics hailed his third symphony as the first major American work in the great classical tradition. His influence on composers is so great Oscar Levant cracked: 'In music, B.C. Stands for the dark ages Before Copeland' " [NICE article!]
"TAKE ANOTHER BOW, BABY!" ... Joe Laurie, Jr.
KENTUCKY'S COOKIN WHISKEY ... Don Whitehead.
THE COLD WAR ON HUSBANDS ... Herb Graffis.
CIRCULAR CHECKERS ... Sam Kaplan.
HELL OR HIGH WATER ... P. G. Fredericks.

FICTION:
UMFEFE SWALLOWED THE SUN ... Jay Williams.
HATE IS CLOSEST TO LOVE ... William Francis.
THE DIVERS OF ACAPULCO ... Patrick Nicholson, III.
WE CAN MAKE A MILLION ... Robert Switzer. Illustrated by Gustav Rehberger.
THE CHOCOLATE BROWN GLOVES ... William Valrick.
THE UNFORGETTABLE CASEY ... Barney R. Miller.
THE MAN WHO BEAT THE RACES ... Michael MacDougall.
MURDER NEEDS A MURDERER ... Joseph E. Kelleam.
NO REST FOR THE MEDIUM ... Eustace Cockrell.
FAIR EXCHANGE ... Hamilton Benz.
LEMONS IN OUR YARD ... Henry Steig.
JUST WE TWO ... Elwood Ulman.
GOLD REEF MANTRAP ... Clay Perry.
NEVER BE A BURGLAR ... Louis Paul.

PERSONALITY: A MUGG NAMED ABEL GREEN ... Sidney Carroll. "Variety's quick-witted, crisp-phrased editor is both seer and idolator of entertainment, calling the turns in every show from strip to pix, horse opera and legit."

BOOK CONDENSATION: IF YOU HAVE TEARS (Part I) ... John Evans.

POETRY:
METROPOLIS: U. S. A. ... Carl Sandburg. [Accompanies Chesley Bonestell paintings, listed above]
MEMO TO A TRAVEL AGENCY ... James Menzies Black, Jr.

WEARABLES:
THE BOLD LOOK ... Four pages of fashions.
STONE BROWN FOR SPRING ... Kodachrome by Lownds.
THE GOING GETS ROUGH! ... Kodachrome by Glantz.
COUNTRY CLASSICS ... Drawing by Merrill Harvey.
TIPS TAKE TO WINGS ... Kodachrome by Lownds.

SPORTS:
MR. McCARTHY GOES TO BOSTON ... Jimmy Cannon.
THE GREATEST BULLFIGHT EVER ... Barnaby Conrad.
MILES AND MILES OF BASKETBALL ... Robert W. Minton.

DEPARTMENTS:
Correspondence: THE SOUND AND THE FURY.
Contributors: BACKSTAGE WITH ESQUIRE.
Fashions: THE BOLD LOOK ... 0. E. Schoeffler.
Discs: THE WAXWORKS ... Herbert Kubly.
Reviews: BOOK BRIEFS.
credits: COLOR PHOTOGRAPH OF THE ORIGINAL PAINTING, SUNDAY ON GRANDE JATTE ISLAND, BY GEORGES SEURAT ... Gallegos.

FULL PAGE vintage ADS include:
NORRIS Exquisite candies; MORE!

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