Playboy: The Complete Centerfolds, 1953-2016:

by Hugh Hefner (Foreword), Dave Hickey (Introduction), Robert Coover (Contributor)

With the first centerfold image of the radiant Marilyn Monroe, Hugh M. Hefner masterminded a cultural icon: Playboy 's Playmate of the Month. This voluptuous new edition celebrates every nude centerfold from every issue of Playboy, from 1953 to February 2016. Initially published a decade ago, and now comprehensively updated, this must-have edition boasts 734 nude centerfolds and decade openers from literary luminaries, including an all-new essay by Elizabeth Wurtzel on the last decade of centerfolds, and a redesigned package that perfectly captures the complete cultural and aesthetic arc of the Playboy centerfold.
With contributions by:
- Robert Coover
- Paul Theroux
- Robert Stone
- Jay McInerney
- Daphne Merkin
- Maureen Gibbon
- Elizabeth Wurtzel

Genres: Photography, Art, Adult

848 pages, Hardcover

First published November 22, 2007

About the author

Hugh Marston Hefner also referred to colloquially as Hef, was the founder, majority owner, editor-in-chief, and Chief Creative Officer of Playboy Enterprises.

Reviews

[bernard juozapaitis · Rating 5 out of 5]

How can you mess up beautiful,classy women

They are exactly like I remember them.To me this volume prices that great beauty is for the ages.You can go from the fifties to thenineties

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04/20/22

[Jonathan Harbour · Rating 5 out of 5]

this is a delicious book for anyone who is a fan of glamour/bouduir photography. I enjoyed exploring the modesty and fashion that evolved over the decades. such as the very first photograph in Playboy featuring pubic hair in 1971 and the first full frontal nude in January 1972, my birth month. most of the women in Playboy are rather average looking. with some knockouts here and there. but that's the appeal of Playboy. an average girl next door can submit some photos and get a spread and make some money.

[Nicole · Rating 1 out of 5]

From the positive reviews, it looks like no one cares that Hugh Hefner trafficked underaged girls. He was a creep who turned men into sex addicted degenerates who objectified women and underaged girls. The government was bought off to prevent him from getting locked up for trafficking.