The Queens of Burlesque: Vintage Photographs from the 1940s and 1950s

A photographic celebration of the women of the American burlesque stage.

For the first time, stunning images of the women of the burlesque stage are gathered together in one great volume. In period photographs the timeless beauty of those exotic women who titillated, teased, and sometimes tortured their audiences is captured and celebrated.

These memorable images make it clear that, when it comes to a beautiful body and a gorgeous face, tastes change very little. And just as in the past,...