[Willem de Ridder, ed] - LOVE; America's First Reader Written Magazine. No. 42

[Willem de Ridder, red] - LOVE; America's First Reader Written Magazine. No. 42 - Beverly Hills USA / [Italy] - Love International - 1977 - 1st edition - [80] pp - Stapled wrappers - 17,5 x 27,5 cm. - Cover artwork: Elsa del Puerto.

Condition: Good.

Underground sex magazine by Fluxus artist Willem de Ridder (1939-2022) with pornographic stories written by the subscribers themselves. Illustrated with black and white porn photos (again submitted by the readers themselves) and comics.

This issue with "BBC fellatio" cover, based on a photo submitted that accompanies an article "I melt when he cheapens and degrades me". Also a lot of "Hausfrauen porno" from the USA.

¶ LOVE was founded in December 1974 and was distributed in exile from Italy from 1976 onwards. It was available in 'Limited Edition' for up to 1001 paid subscriptions of $25 per year (12 issues). Not in NCC. An image of a cover of a Dutch version of the magazine can be found in 'Onder de toonbank' p. 237.