This is a VINTAGE WINTER 1953-1954 NUMBER 9 Gentry magazine.

Has the most wonderful old illustrations and advertisements. Contents include a tipped in lithograph by Georges Braque, The Golden Rule Across the Ages, Chasm in Thinking by Jikishin, Ten Oxherding Pictures, The Weaning: a poem by Thomas Foreman, The Photography of Clarence H. White, etc. 148 pages.

Gentry was a men's high-fashion men's magazine published by William Segal with an editorial board headed by Christopher Fremantle; In addition to fashion, it includes articles on philosophy art culture and world religions; An elaborate element of the magazine is that in includes tipped-in cloth swatches, art and greeting cards.

SIZE: Approx. 9" x 12".

GENTRY was a lavishly illustrated and produced monthly magazine published by William Segal for seven years in the 1950s.

History
The founder of Reporter Publications was also the publisher and editor of its flagship periodicals, American Fabrics and GENTRY. The former was an elegant trade magazine which included fabric samples attached to the pages. GENTRY was envisioned as "a magazine that could have a great cultural influence" and which would "allow people to see the esthetic element that was a factor in choosing clothing." The magazine was designed to be superior in every aspect of production with first rate printing, paper, design and content. Like Fleur Cowles' short-lived but elaborate fashion magazine for women, Flair, GENTRY included many innovative (and expensive) features like the inclusion of fabric swatches, booklets, limited prints, die-cuts and other unusual and influential design elements.

While GENTRY was largely aimed at an audience of men (with a stated goal of 100,000 subscribers), it offered a well-rounded content of fashion, art, sport, literature (the first publication in America with excerpts from Hermann Hesse's Siddhartha) and life-style all encompassed in a magazine of exceptional creativity and design. The magazine, begun in 1951, ceased publication in 1957, but its innovation and style are echoed in some of today's most creative publications like Nest, Flaunt and Visionaire.

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Cover: Discoloration with wear on edges. Inside: Excellent, near mint condition.