Best of Mayfair Special Collector's Edition Brigitte Bardot Models SKU 1469

Original The Best of Mayfair – Special Collector’s Edition, issued as a Volume 16 Supplement and priced at £1.25.

This is a substantial retrospective-style Mayfair special bringing together a selection of the magazine’s photography, illustrated features, humour, fiction, motoring and archive material. The front cover specifically advertises:

“Our most beautiful girls – including Bardot – finest features and funniest cartoons in one superb issue.”

The cover has a distinctive pink/red design with a blonde model pictured carrying bound Mayfair volumes, giving it a very recognisable vintage collector’s-edition appearance.

Models / Glamour Features

The photographed contents page gives a useful breakdown of the model features included in the issue. Named subjects include:

• Brigitte Bardot
• Nicky
• Mandy
• Bonnie
• Jan
• Barbara
• Claire
• Tiowa
• Lesley
• Liselotte
• Olivia
• Kimberley
• Karen
• Inga
• Lindy
• Roberta

The Brigitte Bardot entry is especially notable for collectors, with the contents describing a dedicated Bardot feature and placing it among the issue’s principal glamour retrospectives.

Other model sections span a broad selection of Mayfair archive photography, making this more of a compilation/anthology than a standard single monthly issue.

Other Contents

The contents page also shows a substantial mix of editorial material, including:

• Legendary Lysander – aviation/history feature
• Gangster Gatling
• Drawing Power
• Eternal Oracles
• Oddships
• What’s in a Name?
• humour and cartoon features
• motoring articles
• fiction
• reader services and offers

Named contributors visible on the contents page include:

• Gerald Rawling
• Tony Jeeves
• Geoffrey Wheeler
• Ronald Cobb
• David Brenner
• Clive McLean
• Ed Alexander
• Roy Brewington
• Siver Ohlsson
• Colin Leary
• Peter Maddocks
• Colin Mace
• William Boddy
• Roderick Grant
• David Lee

This broad mix makes the issue useful not only to glamour-magazine collectors but also to buyers interested in vintage British publishing, illustration, humour, motoring and archive photography.

Issue Identification

Publication: Mayfair
Edition: The Best of Mayfair – Special Collector’s Edition
Series information: A Volume 16 Supplement
Original price: £1.25
Publisher shown inside: Fisk Publishing Co. Ltd.
Notable named model: Brigitte Bardot
SKU: 1469

Poster

I cannot clearly see a separate poster in the supplied photographs, so I would not advertise this copy as including a poster.

Condition

This is a pre-owned vintage collector’s magazine with quite noticeable age and storage wear.

From the supplied photographs:

• front cover has extensive surface rubbing and scuffing
• numerous fine scratches, handling marks and surface abrasions are visible across the pink cover
• noticeable creasing, including diagonal and vertical creases
• significant spine wear, with rubbing and whitening along the fold
• upper-left spine/corner area shows compression and wear
• top edge has visible creasing and small bends
• top-right corner is noticeably bent/creased
• bottom-left corner has heavier rubbing and edge wear
• bottom edge shows general shelf wear and some waviness
• cover remains attached in the photographed areas
• interior contents page appears generally clean and readable
• page edges show age-related wear
• rear cover has visible marks, rubbing, scratches and general soiling/discolouration
• rear corners and edges show wear and minor bending
• spine and lower edge show additional rubbing when viewed from the rear
• magazine appears to retain a reasonable overall shape despite the cosmetic wear

Overall this should be regarded as a well-used vintage copy rather than a high-grade example. The wear is quite evident, particularly to the outer covers and spine, but the magazine remains an appealing original collector’s edition with a substantial amount of period material inside.

Please study all supplied photographs carefully, as they show the actual copy being sold and form an important part of the condition description.

Postage & Packaging

The magazine will be packed carefully for dispatch. Depending on the finished parcel size, it will be protected using a sturdy cardboard box and/or suitable bubble wrap, with extra attention given to the spine, corners, cover edges and overall structure to help reduce the risk of bending, crushing or impact damage during transit.