DISCO
First printing of Morgan's popular illustrated guide to disco fever and how to catch it.
Near fine in near fine jacket.
Price: $250.00
DISCO
"[Y]ou should go to extremes in your disco make-up, by using heavy mascara, liberal amounts of striking eye shadows, and crayons to outline your eyes."
At the end of the 1970s, some people assured the author that "disco was dead or dying," but Morgan knew better. Following a brief history of the immortal genre, DISCO lays out the basics for new entrants to the lifestyle: capsule biographies of disco greats Gloria Gaynor, the Bee Gees, Cher, and the Village People; dance instructions (with diagrams) for doing the Hustle, the New York Hustle, the Latin Hustle, and the Tango Hustle; a list of North America's greatest nightclubs from Lucifer's of Indianapolis to Regine's of Montreal; outfit suggestions of chiffon dresses and evening pajamas. Liza Minnelli, Rudolph Nureyev, and Truman Capote all go disco dancing at Studio 54. Why not you?
The Object
First edition. New York: Bell Publishing Company, (1979). 11'' x 8''. Original photographic pictorial boards. In original black and magenta photographic dust jacket. Cover photos by Bellissimo/Wright and Greg Pease. Illustrated with 8 pages of color photographs; additional black and white photographs throughout. 63, [1] pages. Book with light edgewear, faint toning to pastedowns. Light rubbing to jacket, gentle bump at spine head. Bright.
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