#299 - New Exotique 38 Kaysey Sales

New Exotique, Number 38
Kaysey Sales Co., Inc.
New York, New York
c. 1959

digital replica

The First E-book from 30th Street Graphics, January 2006
From 1955 to 1959, Leonard Burtman published Exotique magazine, a digest-sized periodical “dedicated to Fads, Fashions and Fancies,” which is another way of saying, “specializing in the interests of fetishists.” Some historians characterize Exotique as a quarterly, and, during its first years of publication, may have been published at that frequency. It is difficult to discern as most issues show no dates. After 1959, Mr. Burtman discontinued the title and began publishing several full-size magazines.

In 1998, Benedict Taschen published a complete reprint of the first 36 issues. The three volume, slip-case anthology does not include issues 37 and 38.

For those interested in this esoteric corner of publishing history, we offer an ebook version of Exotique No. 38, published in 1959. It contains one short story, an essay about rubber, an essay about leather, editor’s notes, 15+ photos of models in stockings, gloves, heels and corsets, three Gene Bilbrew illustrations, and a cover illustration by Bilbrew. Like most other issues of Exotique, this one has 64 interior pages.

Although the cover shows “No. 38”, the word “NEW” is positioned above the nameplate. Most of the preceding issues expressed Exotique in a streamlined script. Issue 38 shows the name in block letters. Unlike other issues, page 3 consists of a statement of editorial policy, probably written by Mr. Burtman. He writes, “Exotique is a publication for the connoisseur. It is devoted to making you think . . .” This may be a kind of disclaimer but the inclusion of a quote from a U. S. Supreme Court justice elsewhere in the magazine suggests the intellectual ambitions of its creator.

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