Zoo Magazine 15-21 June 2005 Lucy Pinder Michelle Marsh Sophie Howard SKU 1486

Original Zoo Magazine, Issue 71, dated 15-21 June 2005.

A strong early Zoo issue centred heavily around Lucy Pinder and Michelle Marsh, with both models dominating the front cover and receiving a substantial 16-page souvenir pull-out feature inside. The photographed pages confirm that this is an integrated magazine feature rather than a separate poster.

The Lucy & Michelle section is billed as “Lucy & Michelle’s Greatest Hits” and brings together a selection of photographs from their modelling appearances up to that point. The opening spread shows the pair together in a close-up glamour photograph, with Zoo describing the section as a collection of favourite images spanning their modelling careers.

Also visible in the issue is Sophie Howard, listed in the contents and featured elsewhere as part of the magazine’s glamour coverage.

Other notable content visible from the photographed pages includes:

• Lucy Pinder & Michelle Marsh – major 16-page souvenir pull-out / retrospective glamour feature
• Sophie Howard
• Jodi Albert
• Ricky Gervais – promoted on the cover with “40 New Gervais Jokes”
• Paris Hilton
• Football feature examining high-profile alleged “cheats”
• Greatest Of All Time sporting feature
• Lomu vs Johnson
• Merv Hughes
• Wimbledon coverage
• The Sopranos DVD feature
• Batman Begins movie coverage
• Ferrari/motoring feature
• Regular Zoo humour, television, music, sport and entertainment sections

The contents page also advertises further glamour features including “Lucy & Michelle” and “Uncensored”, alongside the usual mixture of sport, cars, films, comedy and popular culture that characterised Zoo during the mid-2000s.

For collectors of Lucy Pinder, Michelle Marsh, Sophie Howard or early British lads’ magazines, this is a particularly appealing issue because of the unusually large Lucy & Michelle retrospective section.

Condition

Pre-owned with noticeable but generally moderate age and handling wear.

The front cover remains bright and strongly coloured, with the main artwork and text presenting well. There is visible handling wear around the edges and corners, including light creasing, small bends and rubbing.

The spine shows clear wear, including several small white scuffs/nicks and minor splitting or surface loss along portions of the folded edge. There is also a more noticeable small tear/crease around the lower section of the spine visible in the side photograph.

The lower and outer cover corners show some bending and rubbing, and the magazine has a slight natural waviness/curve from storage and use.

Interior pages photographed appear securely attached, clean and strongly printed, with only normal handling curvature and light age-related edge wear visible. The large Lucy Pinder & Michelle Marsh pull-out section appears present in the supplied photographs.

The back cover shows some general surface and edge wear but remains intact.

No major detached sections or severe page damage are apparent from the supplied photographs.

Please study all photographs carefully, as they form an important part of the condition description and show the exact magazine being offered.

Postage & Packaging

The magazine will be carefully protected for dispatch. Depending on parcel size, it may be packed using cardboard reinforcement, protective bubble wrap and/or a suitable cardboard box to help prevent bending and protect the cover, spine, edges and corners while in transit.

SKU 1486