Ed Alexander Photographs English Beauties

My latest purchase arrived this afternoon and one that I’ve been after for a while, but unfortunately it’s been going for silly prices on eBay, so I’ve always missed out.  By accident I found a copy for sale on Amazon yesterday at a very reasonable price, so despite my reservations I bought it, but for that price it had to be a very poor copy surely?  It arrived today, the day after I ordered it, it was very well securely sealed, then wrapped in brown paper and had a wonderful set of stamps attached (several Channel Tunnel ones if your interested).

Well to my surprise it’s a very good condition copy of the magazine, clean crisp pages, no discolouration and for a magazine 50 years old immaculate! So well played to the seller on Amazon for such a good buying experience, if only all sellers showed such commitment. 

Anyway onto the magazine! As the title says it’s full of English beauties photographed by Ed Alexander, including none other than Dawn Grayson on the cover (one of the reasons I wanted it!).  Published by Whitestone Publications in 1964 it’s a 112 page extravaganza of well known models, both clothed and nude, including Eve Eden, Sophia Dawn, Annette Johnson, Molly Peters and of course Dawn. The strange thing is apart from Annette Johnson, they are all using different or uncommon names, like Sophie Dorn, Kay Stern and Connie Fielding. A wonderful magazine and insight into glamour photography and lots of location shots inside and outside at Ewhurst Manor.

I’m off to scan a few pages to share with you all, then putting it up on eBay for an extortionate selling price (joking, it’s one of the few I may keep)

Dawn Grayson Figure Quarterly Cover

About time I had some more of my favourite redhead!  This time gracing the cover of Figure Quarterly Vol.45 (Spring 1966) a beautifully bound full size magazine, with this edition featuring UK photographer Ken Williams, who snapped many of the same models as GHM, including Dawn.

The Dream Team!

The dream team of June Palmer, Marina Jones and Dawn Grayson on the Roman bath set being directed by Harrison Marks himself!  I’m not sure which film this is from, as don’t recall seeing a film with all three of these models in?  In other images June looks like she is playing Cleopatra?

Happy Christmas & Thank You!

I just wanted to wish everyone a Happy Christmas for the coming festivities and hope everyone has a relaxing break with family, as I plan to do!

Dawn Grayson from the first page of Kamera Winter Special (1967) – Yum!


I also wanted to thank everyone for the support they have shown to this site since it started in March and to the new Just June site.  Special thanks must go to John W, Simon, Phil, David, Alexei, Roop and everyone else for all their great contributions from original images and scans to the great comments and information that they impart – Thanks guys!

I’ll continue to update the sites over the Christmas period, but not as regularly as normal.

Happy Christmas and see you all in 2014!

Cheers,

Wonder

Xmas Cracker – Dawn Grayson (2)

A wonderful festive shot of Dawn Grayson as today’s Xmas Cracker, posing on the festive set again and looking as stunning as ever as she poses with the familiar fur coat.  This comes from the Kamera Winter Special (1967)

Xmas Cracker – Dawn Grayson

One of my favourite Xmas Crackers today in the shape of Dawn Grayson.  This is an uncensored view of Ms Grayson showing her shaven pubic region very clearly and was taken from the Kamera Winter Special published by Harrison Marks in 1967.  Thank god that’s not real snow, her bits would be well and truly frozen!

Dawn Grayson – Blonde & Pink!

Dawn Grayson by Harrison Marks on the ‘Studio set’ at Lily Place studio’s probably mid 1960’s.  The blonde wig was worn when she appeared under the name ‘Liza Martelle’ and the pink underwear set seems to have been worn by other models such as Nicky Stevens and Julie Collins to name two.

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