THE LITTLE BOOK OF LEGS

Legs, legs, and more legs for a song Many loved u003ciu003eThe Big Book of Legsu003c/iu003e but some found it just too darn big, weighing in at nearly seven pounds. True, it was packed with shapely legs spanning six decades, from the first shy emergence of the ankle in the 1910s, through the rolled stockings and rouged knees of the 1920s, to the Betty Grable '40s, the stockinged and stilettoed '50s, on into the sexually liberated '60s and '70s, but it could still put a dent in your own thighs if you sat reading for too long.u003cbru003e u003cbru003e Fortunately here at TASCHEN we listen to your groans of agony as well as your moans of ecstasy; thus, the light and portable u003ciu003eLittle Book of Legsu003c/iu003e, packing over 100 of the choicest photos from the original volume, as well as u003cbu003e38 new photosu003c/bu003e, into a compact (and frankly adorable) package. From Betty Grable to Bettie Page, the greatest legs of the 20th Century can be found within, shot by Irving Klaw, Peter Gowland, Bunny Yeager, and the incomparable Elmer Batters, father of leg art. There are silk and nylon stockings, high heels in abundance, curvy calves, taut thighs, playful toes and towering arches—with no bothersome text to get in the way. Could leg love get any sweeter?