The Playboy Book: Fifty Years

by Gretchen Edgren

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Fine gentlemen's entertainment since 1953 Relive Playboy's fifty-year history with this sweeping retrospective of the groundbreaking magazine that grew from Hugh Hefner's pet project into an icon as recognizable as Disney and Coca-Cola. Visit Hef's Playboy Mansion, canoodle with his delectable Bunnies, tour the DC-9 Big Bunny jet, experience the sizzling atmosphere of the Playboy Clubs, read the best Playboy interviews, original fiction, and humor, cackle at the irreverent cartoons and social satire pieces, and'of course'admire each Playmate of the Month since the first issue (all six hundred of them!) All of the magazine's most glorious moments are highlighted in this extravaganza of Playboy nostalgia. With an introduction by Hugh Hefner… (more)

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A certain campy nostalgia pertains.

kencf0618 | Dec 29, 2007 |

I liked this book, and had it in a coffee table position for a few months. Needless to say, everyone took a gander, and had an opinion. I must say though, that I have a soft spot in my heart for the women from the 70's...long, natural hair; natural curves; natural breasts; and much more diverse in appearance overall. The articles of retrospection were also entertaining as well as relevant for the anniversary theme. (

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Tahlil77 | Mar 26, 2007 |

One odd aspect of this book, is that it's like a flip book of changing ideas of what a sexy woman looks like. As time goes on, the models get blonder, and more 'done'. By the late 1980s, the models look creepifyingly similar: blond, tanned, with fake tits, fake nails and a metric butt load of makeup and airbrushing. I way prefer looking at earlier decades.

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It’s an intoxicating collection—provoking no small amount of loopy nostalgia. But that’s all part of its charm.

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Fine gentlemen's entertainment since 1953 Relive Playboy's fifty-year history with this sweeping retrospective of the groundbreaking magazine that grew from Hugh Hefner's pet project into an icon as recognizable as Disney and Coca-Cola. Visit Hef's Playboy Mansion, canoodle with his delectable Bunnies, tour the DC-9 Big Bunny jet, experience the sizzling atmosphere of the Playboy Clubs, read the best Playboy interviews, original fiction, and humor, cackle at the irreverent cartoons and social satire pieces, and'of course'admire each Playmate of the Month since the first issue (all six hundred of them!) All of the magazine's most glorious moments are highlighted in this extravaganza of Playboy nostalgia. With an introduction by Hugh Hefner

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