Irving Klaw was the legendary New York-based mail order merchant who, between around 1949 and his eventual prosecution for obscenity in 1966, produced thousands of films, photographic sets and printed booklets based on themes of fetishism, bondage, and sado-masochism. Although best-known for his discovery and promotion of the iconic bondage model Betty Page, Klaw s greatest legacy undoubtedly lies in his pioneering publishing work in the field of bondage illustration. Klaw s earliest bondage art series which he published as photographs in sets of episodes were mostly themed around images of girls fighting. But Klaw s activities soon attracted other artists, such as Eric Stanton and Gene Bilbrew ( Eneg ), who offered work more firmly based on bondage, restraint, and cruelty. The popularity of this type of art was quickly established, and Klaw went on to produce dozens of sets by a whole range of like-minded artists throughout the 1950s. PSYCHO GIRLS IN BONDAGE is a new anthology which collects some of the most outstanding examples of bondage art and fiction originally published by Klaw. The featured artists are Stanton, Eneg, Jim, Ruiz, and Dixon, all stalwarts of Klaw s bondage-art catalogue. The book includes over 200 images. Klaw Klassix is a new illustrated book series of classic non-nude erotic art and fiction, dedicated to preserving and presenting the very best works originally published by Irving Klaw."
