The Playboy Book - 50 Years
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
About the artist:
Hugh Marston Hefner was born in Chicago on April 9, 1926. He served as an infantry clerk in the U.S. Army during World War II and received his bachelor of art degree in psychology from the University of Illinois in 1949. He started Playboy magazine in 1953, and currently resides in Los Angeles.
About the editor:
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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The Playboy Book - 50 Years
Edgren, Gretchen (Editor)
Hefner, Hugh M. Hardcover, 22.8 x 30 cm (9 x 11.8 in.), 480 pages $ 39.99 |
- Reviews (19 items)
"50 ans écrit en lettres dorées, une couverture noire qui ne laisse rien transparaître, les initiés auront reconnu l`emblème, un lapin stylisé. Comme un pied de nez à son succès et à ses détracteurs, Playboy ne s`affiche pas en couverture pour fêter son cinquantenaire. A l`intérieur, l`ouvrage, chronologique, fait défiler une fois encore les playmates et stars nues, l`humour ravageur de leur BD et caricatures, l`ironie des reportages de l`américain way of life et les talentueuses interviews des Miles Davis, Malcom X et autre Madonna. La photographie s`exprime dans une liberté et un talent qui rend bien pâles pas mal de créations contemporaines."
De l'air, Paris, France
De l'air, Paris, France
- Clippings (27 items)
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Rocky Mountain News, United States, December 03, 2005
Rocky Mountain News, United States, December 03, 2005
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