Beefcake’s Vintage Male Erotica

With male pornography illegal until the 1960s, it was under the guise of "physique magazines" that the golden age of male erotica flourished. Compiled by Petra Mason, Beefcake: 100% Rare, All-Natural (Universe Publishing, $50) presents an anthology of the best in vintage homoerotic photography, and it's steeped in stripped-down gladiators and oiled-up Greek wrestlers.

Written, one can assume, between pauses to wipe the drool and, as she so delicately puts it, "cream" from her jeans, Lady Bunny's foreword celebrates the often anonymous -- and often straight -- men who grace the pages of the collection. From daredevils to demigods, cowboys to sailors, there's a prime cut here for everyone.