Cover Girl Magazine July 1978 Vol 1 No 4 Mick Easterby Sporting Vintage SKU 1535

Original vintage Cover Girl Magazine, Volume One, Number Four, dating from July 1978. A genuine late-1970s British men's magazine combining glamour photography with sporting coverage, interviews, entertainment, fiction and contemporary adult-oriented features.

The front cover has a striking period design featuring a female model against a dark background, with the large Cover Girl masthead and the magazine's original slogan:

“The Magazine for the Sporting Man who likes Sporting Girls!”

The cover also carries the original 18+ age restriction, UK price of £1 and Canadian price of $2.50.

This is an interesting surviving example of late-1970s British men's publishing, with a mix of sport, glamour, interviews and social commentary typical of the era.

Featured Content

The photographed contents page provides a particularly useful overview of this issue. Features include:

• Ace Visits M. Easterby – relating to horse-racing trainer Mick Easterby
• Cover Girl Looks at the Movies
• Strange Stories of Sex – Birmingham
• Blackmail
• Katie
• Champions of a Lifetime – Brigadier Gerard
• Probe – Six Who Go for Strangers
• Star Girl of the Month – Taurus
• Lena & The Tramps Ball
• Love Thy Neighbour
• Cover Girl Cover-Up
• Cover Girl Looks at the Soccer Greats – Jack Charlton
• Debbie’s Progress in Southampton
• The Piper Must Be Paid
• Michelin
• Cover Girl Interview – Wilhelm Roestein
• A Gentleman’s Guide to Leisure in London
• Suzanne
• Science Fiction Special
• Sex Gladiators of Siraittan
• Cover Girl Flashback – Sabrina

The sporting side of the magazine is particularly notable, with material connected to horse racing, football and sporting personalities, while the editorial discusses expanding sports coverage for readers.

Mick Easterby / Horse Racing Interest

One of the strongest collector angles of this issue is the advertised Mick Easterby interview/feature. Easterby is prominently named on the front cover and again in the contents, making this issue potentially interesting not only to collectors of vintage men's magazines but also to collectors of British horse-racing memorabilia and racing-related ephemera.

The contents also reference Brigadier Gerard, one of the most famous British racehorses of the period, adding further racing interest.

Football Content

The issue also contains a feature on Jack Charlton under the magazine's “Soccer Greats” section. This gives the magazine additional crossover appeal for collectors of vintage British football material and 1970s sporting publications.

Adult Glamour Content

This is an original 18+ adult publication and contains extensive period glamour and nude photography.

The supplied photographs show multiple full-page and multi-image glamour layouts, alongside the magazine's editorial and sporting material. The imagery is characteristic of British adult men's magazines of the late 1970s.

Condition

Used vintage condition with noticeable age and handling wear.

From the supplied photographs:

• Front cover retains strong colour and presents reasonably well for its age.
• There is visible surface rubbing and general handling wear.
• A noticeable long vertical crease/line runs down the central area of the front cover.
• Additional lighter creasing and surface marks are visible.
• Edge wear is present around the perimeter.
• Corners show wear and some softening.
• Spine area shows rubbing and age-related wear.
• Lower edges display some small knocks and irregularities.
• Rear/outer extremities show normal storage and handling wear.
• Interior pages remain strongly printed and colourful.
• Some page curvature and age-related handling are visible.
• The photographed binding appears to remain intact.
• No major detached sections are apparent from the supplied photographs.

This is not a mint-condition copy, and the front-cover creasing is worth noting, but it remains a visually attractive and collectable example of an original 1970s publication.

Please study all supplied photographs carefully as they form an important part of the condition description.

Important – Original Extras

Any gifts, supplements, inserts, loose photographs, promotional items or other extras that may originally have been supplied with this magazine are no longer included unless clearly shown in the photographs.

The sale is for the magazine itself only.

Packaging

UK orders: Magazine will be securely packaged and sent in a hardback envelope.

International orders: Magazine will be securely packaged in a cardboard mail-size box for additional protection during transit.

SKU: 1535