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The Playmate Book - Six Decades of Centerfolds (Hardcover)

by Hugh M. Hefner (Author), Gretchen Edgren (Editor)
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Product details

  • Hardcover: 472 pages
  • Publisher: Taschen GmbH; illustrated edition edition (28 Oct 2005)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 3822848247
  • ISBN-13: 978-3822848241
  • Product Dimensions: 30.6 x 23.8 x 4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 99,191 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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    #30 in  Books > Biography > Medical, Legal & Social Sciences > Anthropology & Sociology
    #64 in  Books > Art, Architecture & Photography > Photography > Subjects & Types > Erotic Photography

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In celebration of Playboy magazine?s 50th anniversary, TASCHEN brings you this ultimate Playboy Playmate tribute featuring each and every Playmate of the Month since issue number one. Beginning with Marilyn Monroe herself and including such favorites as Pamela Anderson, Anna Nicole Smith, and Jenny McCarthy, this chronological look at the history of Playboy centerfolds includes photos of the Playmates as well as updated personal information about their lives to this day - just enough to spark your memory or pique your interest and surely leaving you yearning for more...Hugh Marston Hefner was born in Chicago on April 9, 1926. The first issue of Playboy magazine, featuring the now-famous calendar photo of Marilyn Monroe, was produced in 1953 on a card table in his South Side apartment. Playboy grew at a phenomenal rate and by the end of the decade, the magazine was selling more than a million copies a month. At the start of the Sixties, Hef began to live out the "Good Life" depicted in the pages of his publication. He hosted a popular syndicated television show called Playboy?s Penthouse, purchased the Playboy Mansion, and opened the first Playboy Club on the Near North Side of Chicago. Throughout the Sixties, Hef and Playboy became what Chicago columnist Bob Greene has called "a force of nature." Hef wrote an extended series of editorials titled "The Playboy Philosophy," championing the rights of the individual and challenging the country?s heritage of puritan repression. By 1971, when Playboy Enterprises went public, the magazine was selling 7 million copies a month and there were 23 Playboy Clubs, resorts, hotels and casinos with more than 900,000 members worldwide. Hef established a second residence in Los Angeles, which quickly became known as Playboy Mansion West, and in 1975 decided to settle there permanently. In 1980, Hef championed the reconstruction of the Hollywood sign (then in serious disrepair) and was honored with a star on the Hollywood walk of fame for his efforts. Since the mid-Eighties, daughter Christie Hefner has served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Playboy Enterprises, but Hef continues to serve as the magazine?s editor-in-chief.


About the Author

The author: Before her retirement from the magazine in August 1992, Gretchen Edgren was a senior editor of Playboy. In that capacity she assigned, edited and supervised copy for several sections of the magazine, and as a Playboy writer she also interviewed a number of noted figures, including Erica Jong and Clint Eastwood. Since her retirement, Edgren has been a Playboy contributing editor.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Only for the articles? I think not!, 17 Sep 2001
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Can you remember when you first saw Playboy magazine? Was it in James Bond film? (can you remember which one?). You probably won't forget the first playmate you ever saw. Never more than tastefully nude, this book features all of the playmates from Marylin Monroe in 1953 to the more recent ones from the nineties. As Playboy once more becomes hip, take a look at the enduring visions within 'The Playmate Book'. There are many familiar faces, facts and 'figures' to be seen here, many of whom may not have become as familiar without the Hefner launchpad. You'll probably also see some old friends who take you right back to the day you first saw them.
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