ZEUS - INFERNO XI 1982 Chicago Documentary Mikal Bales VINTAGE, SUPER

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Inferno XI — © 1983, the official documentary photo album of the Chicago club’s invitation-only annual gathering of September 1982, photographed and designed by Mikal Bales, whose Los Angeles studio defined the genre’s visual style for a generation. Approximately 200 invited attendees from five countries and 33 states, documented on location; illustrated castle-gate commemorative artwork with the event dates on the rear wrap. This title is institutionally collected — cataloged in WorldCat, with the sister volume held in university special collections — and handled by antiquarian rare book dealers. A period bookshop sticker remnant from Barcelona shows this copy’s export retail history, a nice provenance touch. Event albums from this publisher surface far less often than the studio’s model portfolios. More gems drop daily — vintage LGBT+ magazines, covers, and rarities from one of the largest private collections around, released a few at a time. Hunting something impossible to find? Message us. We’ve probably got it, and we’ll answer fast.

• Publisher: The Zeus Collection
• Year: 1982
• Condition: Very Good

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