Author: Jarrat, Phil.
Publisher: Wattle Books, A Kevin Weldon Production, McMahons Point, NSW.
Format: Large hardcover quarto with dustjacket, quarter navy and white paper boards, 204pp including two gate-fold pages, 36.3 x 26cm.
First edition. Photographers included are Rennie Ellis, Brent Melton, Greg Weight, and Gerrit Fokkema.
A book dedicated to Australian leisure and pleasure, depicting Australian girls and guys in all manner of undress at the beach, the races, the cricket, the pub, and the movies, with a section dedicated to the artists Bruce Goold, Cressida Campbell, and Tony Edwards. The people watching is prime.
Phil Jarratt (Australian, b.1951) was the editor of Australian Playboy, Penthouse, and Tracks [surfing] magazines before becoming a writer.
Old tape and glue stains to jacket flaps and endpapers, foxing to prelim and ending pages.
