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

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

With the first centerfold image of the radiant Marilyn Monroe, Hugh M. Hefner masterminded a cultural icon: <em>Playboy</em>'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 <em>Playboy</em> centerfold.<br>With contributions by:<br>- Robert Coover<br>- Paul Theroux<br>- Robert Stone<br>- Jay McInerney<br>- Daphne Merkin<br>- Maureen Gibbon<br>- Elizabeth Wurtzel