[Periodicals] Wet. The Magazine of Gourmet Bathing and Beyond Venice, (California, USA), Dec./ Jan. 1977 - Nov./ Dec. 1981. Vol. 1 (no. 4) - Vol. 6 (no. 4, last publ.; also numb. as Nos. 4-34); set of 30 issues missing only no. 17 (from the total of 34 published). Num. ills. and photos. Orig. pictorial wrs. Extremely rare, near-complete run of Leonard Koren's revered lifestyle magazine. The central topic was water and the art and delights of bathing; colourful covers, abundant photographic illustrations and numerous advertisements made this periodical a unique trendy/ glossy/ erotic publication. Eventually the periodical broadened the definition of bathing to include other water-related phenomena such as hot tubs, drinking water ('bathing from the inside'), and waterbeds, and gradually the magazine grew to encompass "gourmet bathing" in a metaphorical sense: an eclectic lifestyle grounded in the boundless appreciation of absurdity. Complete sets of Wet are institutionally very rare; Worldcat lists no complete holdings worldwide. 1 w. sm. tear in 1 cover, otherwise normal signs of age/ wear. (total 30)