Wonderful, small book with the best photos by the still highly underrated Herbert Tobias. Herbert Tobias (1924 till 1982) was a German photographer who first became well known for his fashion photography during the 1950s. His portrait studies, his photographs of Russia during World War II and his homoerotic pictures of men are all of artistic value. He was one of the first well-known people in Germany to die from AIDS. Welcome to the "GERMAN PHOTOBOOKS" auction by Ecki Heuser (5Uhr30.com, Cologne) - with more than 100 fantastic lots. IF YOU WIN MORE THAN 1 BOOK IN THIS AUCTION, YOU WILL PAY ONLY 1 X SHIPPING COSTS - WORLDWIDE. Ars Nicolai Galerie, Berlin. 1994. First edition, first printing. Hardcover (as issued). 153 x 195 mm. 57 pages. Photos: Herbert Tobias. Edited and text: Janos Frecot. Text in German. Condition: Book inside excellent, fresh and flawless; clean with no marks and with no foxing. Outside fresh with sharp corners; covers with light trace of use. Overall very fine condition. Through publication of his work in many high-class magazines Herbert Tobias had become by 1956 an established figure in German fashion. His contacts in the worlds of fashion and film led in the following years to many photo-portraits of the famous, including Hildegard Knef, Zarah Leander, Valeska Gert, Amanda Lear, Klaus Kinski, Tatjana Gsovsky, Jean-Pierre Ponnelle and Andreas Baader. From 1972 his pictures started to appear in various gay magazines, particularly in "Him".