Playboy: The Complete Centerfolds, 1953-2016: (Hugh Hefner Playboy Magazine Centerfold Collection, Nude Photography Book)

Author/Contributor(s):	Hefner, Hugh ; Hickey, Dave
Publisher:	Chronicle Books
Date:	09/05/2017
Binding:	Hardcover
Condition:	NEW

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 Wurtze