Martin, Will, and Richard B. Kendennis, Cici Adwell (eds.); Harry Belil (art dir.); Barbara Amy Lee (subscriptions); Steve S. Shannon, Adobe James, Hoyt McAfee, Eric Welles, Sherry Lase, Terry Wolter, Warren Caryl (contributors)
 
Gem (Vintage adult magazine, Michelle Angelo cover, 1968)
 
New York: L & L Publications, 1968. V10 N1, April 1968; B/W/Color throughout, 74pp, distributed by Kable ("K" logo on front), saddle-stapled. British rubberstamps on front. Vintage adult magazine featuring cover/5pp/centerfold of Michelle Angelo as "Machelle, part-time airline hostess" in pink, Black lingerie/heels; same session from Man to Man (11/67). Angelo a Texas native & prolific curvaceous 1960s model, notably a familiar face (& bust) in Parliament News magazines & paperbacks, acted in films & "nude loops". Brandon House paperbacks show her lush dimensions & girl-next-door appeal regularly, a few other appearances from less reputable publishers. Spinoff of "Jem" magazine, began 1950s, entire line ran to 1990s, emphasis on buxom women.
 
Michelle front cover, Mellinger Co. ad rear cover.  Lisa Matthews front inside "Swinger" ad, LP/book reviews (William S. Burroughs' "The Ticket that Exploded"), group love, buxom Gilda "The Golden Girl" 6pp, unwed pregnant housemaids, Walter Gartaldo art,stairwell brunette Tisha 5pp, Juarez vice, crime fiction, sweet Sherry outdoors 4pp, Bill Wenzel art, Nuremberg Toy Fair (Petit Frere), Deberny art, ribaldry, horror, B. Wiseman art, Mona outdoors 2pp, Isroy cartoon, Anderson cartoon, Marie in black 4pp, Bob Zahn cartoon, ads (Futura Books, Sherbourne Press, "Bronze Amazon" Margo Renee, Jayne Mansfield, Iris Bristol, Bettie Page, Joe Weider, Greenwich Village Books, John Amslow books, X-Ray from Hidden Devices, Barmar 8mm, Cambridge Group 8mm: Michelle Angelo, June Palmer, Marg. Middleton, Vikki Kennedy). 
 
Very Good, short spine tears, ink to front, tiny creases, centerfold loose but present.  [Book ID 126186] [Magazines]