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1966-09 Playboy Magazine Contents for September 1966

1966/09 — Vol. 13 No. 9. 286 pages.

Contents include:

  • Playbill
  • Dear Playboy
  • Playboy After Hours
  • The Playboy Advisor
  • Playboy’s International Datebook — travel by Patrick Chase
  • The Playboy Forum
  • Playboy Interview: Timothy Leary
  • “Buddy-Buddy” — Fiction by Garson Kanin
  • Jocelyn Lane — Heiress Apparent — Pictorial
  • “Rendezvous” — Fiction by John Christopher
  • It’s Superspa! — Reportage by Herbert Gold
  • “The Gold of Troy” — Fiction by Harry Mark Petrakis
  • Motorcycle Scavenger Hunt — Modern Living
  • The Cold Society — Article by Nat Hentoff
  • Instant Assignation — Humor by Dayton Herzog and Fabio Vargas
  • Illini Eyeful — Playboy’s Playmate of the Month Dianne Chandler
  • Playboy’s Party Jokes — Humor
  • Modified Mod — Attire by Robert L. Green
  • Nor Any Drop to Drink — Article by James Dugan
  • Playboy’s Pigskin Preview — Sports by Anson Mount
  • M’Lord’s Larder — Food by Thomas Mario
  • “All to Scale” — Fiction by Lawrence Durrell
  • Topless — Article/Pictorial
  • The America’s Cup — Man at His Leisure by Leroy Neiman
  • A Matter of Triple Duplicity — Ribald Classic
  • The History of Sex in Cinema — Part 10: The Forties – War and Peace in Europe — Article by Arthur Knight and Hollis Alpert
  • Back to Campus — Attire by Robert L. Green
  • On the Scene — Personalities features brief biographies with black & white photos of three personalities of the time over two pages, this issue: John Barry – Gordon McLendon – Edward Keating
  • Two page Vargas Girl “He tried everything–flowers, jewelry, candy, furs–and they all worked.”
  • The Playboy Art Gallery — Humor by Jim Beaman
  • Little Annie Fanny — Satire by Harvey Kurtzman and Will Elder

    • 1966-01 Playboy Magazine Contents for January 1966

    1966/01 — Vol. 13 No. 1. 262 pages.

    Holiday Anniversary Issue

    Contents include:

  • Playbill
  • Dear Playboy
  • Playboy After Hours
  • The Playboy Advisor
  • Playboy’s International Datebook — travel by Patrick Chase
  • The Playboy Forum
  • Playboy Interview: Princess Grace Kelly
  • The Wisdom of W. Somerset Maugham by W. Somerset Maugham
  • “The Last Act” — Fiction by Roald Dahl
  • Those Gilded Galas — Nostalgia by Lucius Beebe
  • John Held, Jr.: Creator of an Era – Nostalgia
  • Cheers! — Drink by Thomas Mario
  • “The Man Child” — Fiction by James Baldwin
  • Sex in the Stone Age — Humor by Richard Armour
  • The Playboy Mansion — Pictorial Essay
  • The Royal Smut-Hound — Article by Kenneth Tynan
  • The Parisians and the Germans — Memoir by Jean-Paul Sartre
  • Living With Automation — Article by J. Paul Getty
  • Despair — Fiction by Vladimir Nabokov
  • Redhead! — Playboy’s Playmate of the Month Judy Tyler
  • Playboy’s Party Jokes — Humor
  • The Great Books of 2066 — Opinion by Mortimer Adler and Clifton Fadiman
  • Retroactive New Year’s Resolutions — Humor
  • Senor Discretion Himself — Fiction by Budd Schulberg
  • When Will the Demonstrations End? — Article by James Farmer
  • Playboy’s Playmate Review — Pictorial
  • Manhattan – Man at His Leisure by Leroy Neiman
  • Two-page fold-out Vargas Girl “He only needed one shot for the leopard, but it took most of a fifth to get me.”
  • Just Who Is J.D. Salinger? — Humor by H. Allen Smith
  • Flamenca’s Bath – Ribald Classic
  • The Eleventh-Hour Santa – Gifts
  • Going Naked on the Riviera — Article by Geoffrey Bocca
  • A Luncheon at the Ritz — Reminiscence by Bennett Cerf
  • Did I? — Satire by Jules Feiffer
  • Little Annie Fanny — Satire by Harvey Kurtzman and Will Elder

    • 1966-04 Playboy Magazine Contents for April 1966

    1966/04 — Vol. 13 No. 4. 224 pages.

    Contents include:

  • Playbill
  • Dear Playboy
  • Playboy After Hours
  • The Playboy Advisor
  • Playboy’s International Datebook — travel by Patrick Chase
  • The Playboy Forum
  • Playboy Interview: George Lincoln Rockwell
  • “Chronicle of an Event” — Fiction by Ken W. Purdy
  • Playboy’s Spring and Summer Fashion Forecast — Attire by Robert L. Green
  • “Octopussy” – Part 2 of 2 of a Novelette by Ian Fleming
  • Tiger, Tiger, Burning Bright — Sports by Jack Denton Scott
  • Malibu Beachnik – Playboy’s Playmate of the Month Sue Williams
  • Playboy’s Party Jokes — Humor
  • A Playboy Pad: Palm Springs Oasis — Modern Living
  • The Goblet of Dreams — Article by Ira Cohen
  • “Marriage, Food, Money, Children, Ice Skating” — Fiction by Herbert Gold
  • The Playboy Cover Story — Pictorial Essay is an article covering the history, background and models of Playboy’s own covers, loaded with photos
  • The Double Deception of Janos the Jack – Ribald Classic
  • The History of Sex in Cinema – Part 8: Sex Stars of the Thirties — Article by Arthur Knight and Hollis Alpert
  • Depair – Part 5 of 5 of a Novel by Vladimir Nabokov
  • On the Scene — Personalities features brief biographies with black & white photos of three personalities of the time over two pages, this issue: Tom Wolfe – Michael Caine – Ramsey Lewis
  • Single page Vargas Girl “Sending a dozen roses was my boyfriend’s idea, but delivering them one at a time was the florist’s.”
  • The Playboy Art Gallery — Humor by Jim Beaman

    • 1966-03 Playboy Magazine Contents for March 1966

    1966/03 — Vol. 13 No. 3. 176 pages.

    Contents include:

  • Playbill
  • Dear Playboy
  • Playboy After Hours
  • The Playboy Advisor
  • Playboy’s International Datebook — travel by Patrick Chase
  • The Playboy Forum
  • Playboy Interview: Bob Dylan
  • The Playboy Panel – Crisis in Law Enforcement — Discussion
  • “Octopussy” – Part 1 of 2 of a Novelette by Ian Fleming
  • The Contemporary Planesman — Modern Living
  • “O’Hara’s Love” — Fiction by Pietro Di Donato
  • Revelations — Pictorial
  • A New Set of Sex Movies – Satire by Auro Roselli
  • We’re Happening All Over, Baby! — Article by Nat Hentoff
  • Fine Form – Playboy’s Playmate of the Month Priscilla Wright
  • Playboy’s Party Jokes – Humor
  • Step Right Up! — Attire by Robert L. Green
  • “The Good Doctor” — Fiction by Allan Seager
  • Symbolic Sex — Humor by Don Addis
  • Depair – Part 4 of a Novel by Vladimir Nabokov
  • Trio Con Brio – Pictorial featuring Christiane Schmidtmer – Shirley Anne Field – Rossana Podesta
  • Goldilocks and the three Bears — Humor by James Ransom
  • The Purple Grapes of Queen Julishka — Ribald Classic by Csonka
  • On the Scene — Personalities features brief biographies with black & white photos of three personalities of the time over two pages, this issue: Nicol Williamson – John Williams – William Lear
  • Single page Vargas Girl “My agent says I can become a star if I let the right people handle me.”
  • Little Annie Fanny — Satire by Harvey Kurtzman and Will Elder

    • 1966-07 Playboy Magazine Contents for July 1966

    1966/07 — Vol. 13 No. 7. 170 pages.

    Contents include:

  • Playbill
  • Dear Playboy
  • Playboy After Hours
  • The Playboy Advisor
  • Playboy’s International Datebook — travel by Patrick Chase
  • The Playboy Forum
  • Playboy Interview: Ralph Ginzburg
  • One the Secret Service of HIs Majesty the Queen — Parody by Sol Weinstein
  • The Bespoke Ford — Modern Living
  • “The Better Man” — Fiction by Ray Russell
  • Slices of the Apple — Nostalgia by Rex Stewart
  • Red China, the U.S. and the U.N. — Opinion by Max Lerner
  • Sean Connery Strikes Again – Pictorial
  • The Day Arnold Palmer was Blackballed — Humor by Peter Andrews
  • Patrician Playmate — Playboy’s Playmate of the Month Tish Howard
  • Playboy’s Party Jokes – Humor
  • “Don’t Laugh Unless It’s Funny” — Fiction by William Saroyan
  • In the Swim — Attire by Robert L. Green
  • Gyps That Pass in the Night — Article by J. Paul Getty
  • Ursula — Ursula Andress Pictorial
  • The Royal Ascot — Man at His Leisure by Leroy Neiman
  • The Generous Gift of Gabon — Ribald Classic
  • The Alfresco Bunch — Food and Drink by Thomas Mario
  • On the Scene — Personalities features brief biographies with black & white photos of three personalities of the time over two pages, this issue: James Coburn – Richard Petty – David Gilmour
  • Two page Vargas Girl spread declares “How do you like my Dynamic Duo” with topless subject wearing Batman cape, mask, utility belt and other gear on the run
  • Little Annie Fanny — Satire by Harvey Kurtzman and Will Elder

    • 1966-10 Playboy Magazine Contents for October 1966

    1966/10 — Vol. 13 No. 10. 228 pages.

    Contents include:

  • Playbill
  • Dear Playboy
  • Playboy After Hours
  • The Playboy Advisor
  • Playboy’s International Datebook — travel by Patrick Chase
  • The Playboy Forum
  • Playboy Interview: Mel Brooks
  • “The Man in the Rorschach Shirt” — Fiction by Ray Bradbury
  • Ann-Margret as Art — Pictorial
  • “A Woman for Titus” — Fiction by Hugh Nissenson
  • Wiped Out! — Article by An Anonymous Investor
  • Limericks — Humor
  • Head Start/Body Boosters – Grooming
  • Let Joy Be Unconfirmed — Article by James Blish
  • A Playboy Pad: Texas Retreat — Modern Living
  • “Untitled” — Fiction by Ken W. Purdy
  • The Treasure of the Sierra Madre — Playboy’s Playmate of the Month Linda Moon
  • Playboy’s Party Jokes — Humor
  • Playboy’s Fall and Winter Fashion Forecast — Attire by Robert L. Green
  • Like, Once Upon a Time — Satire by Larry Siegel
  • The 1967 Playboy Jazz Poll — Jazz
  • The Bawdy Bard — Satire by Jerry Yulsman

  • “First Aid for Freddie” — Fiction by P.G. Wodehouse
  • A Crafty Constable Confounded — Ribald Classic by Honore de Balzac
  • Theatrial Fare — Food by Thomas Mario
  • Tropic of Cuba — Article by Pietro Di Donato
  • The History of Sex in Cinema – Part 11: Sex Stars of the Forties– Article by Arthur Knight and Hollis Alpert
  • On the Scene — Personalities features brief biographies with black & white photos of three personalities of the time over two pages, this issue: Bill Dana – Roman Polanski – Alan Arkin
  • Single page Vargas Girl “They’re watchdogs, Mr. Tate, but I usually don’t let them.”
  • Who’s Afraid of the Teevie Jeebies? — Satire
  • Little Annie Fanny — Satire by Harvey Kurtzman and Will Elder

    • 1966-02 Playboy Magazine Contents for February 1966

    1966/02 — Vol. 13 No. 2. 192 pages.

    Contents include:

  • Playbill
  • Dear Playboy
  • Playboy After Hours
  • The Playboy Advisor
  • Playboy’s International Datebook — travel by Patrick Chase
  • The Playboy Forum
  • Playboy Interview: Federico Fellini
  • “How Simon Got His Bureau” — Part 3 of a Novel by Bernard Wolfe
  • European Fashion Dateline — Attire by Robert L. Green
  • “A Valentine” — Fiction by William Saroyan
  • Jazz ’66 by Nat Hentoff
  • “Despair” — Fiction by Vladimir Nabokov

  • Student Princess — Playboy’s Playmate of the Month Melinda Windsor
  • Playboy’s Party Jokes — Humor
  • A Little Lexicon of Love — Article by Ray Russell
  • Instant Gourmet Cookery — Food by Thomas Mario
  • Mood Ebony — Article by James Farmer
  • Patridge Shoot From Elephantback — Sports by Jack Denton Scott
  • The Girls of Rio – Pictorial Essay
  • Madam Filippa’s Defense — Ribald Classic by Boccaccio
  • Sights and Sounds of ’66 — Modern Living
  • The History of Sex in the Cinema – Part 7: The Thirties — Article by Arthur Knight and Hollis Alpert
  • Single page Vargas Girl – “I never go out with married men, so won’t you please come in?”
  • On the Scene — Personalities features brief biographies with black & white photos of three personalities of the time over two pages, this issue: Bart Lytton – William Dozier – Charles Weltner

    • 1966-05 Playboy Magazine Contents for May 1966

    1966/05 — Vol. 13 No. 5. 230 pages.

    Contents include:

  • Playbill
  • Dear Playboy
  • Playboy After Hours
  • The Playboy Advisor
  • Playboy’s International Datebook — travel by Patrick Chase
  • The Playboy Forum
  • The Playboy Philosophy – Editorial by Hugh Hefner
  • Playboy Interview: Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.
  • “The Roach Powder in the Maple Walnut” – Fiction by Bernard Wolfe
  • Brava Costas! — Travel by Geoffrey Bocca
  • “The Master Copy” — Fiction by Frank Dobinson
  • Why Does My Art Go Boom? — Article by Len Deighton
  • The Case for American Wines — Drink by Thomas Mario
  • “The Eastern Sprints” — Fiction by Tom Mayer
  • Bunny From Britain — Playboy’s Playmate of the Month Dolly Read

  • Playboy’s Party Jokes – Humor
  • Snap Decisions — Modern Living by Vincent T. Tajiri with photos featuring Woody Allen showing off cameras and gear
  • “The Hayloft” — Fiction by Pietro Di Donato
  • Captial Punishment — Article by Michael Disalle
  • Boss Tweed — Attire by Robert L. Green
  • How to Be a Faquir — Article by Daniel P. Mannix
  • Playmate of the Year — Allison Parks Pictorial
  • The Cunning of Khalbas the Cuckold — Ribald Classic
  • Playmate First Class: Jo Collins in Vietname – Pictorial Essay
  • Lord Love a Teevie Jeebie — Satire by Shel Silverstein
  • Little Annie Fanny — Sature by Harvey Kurtzman and Will Elder
  • Vargas Girl – Two page spread – “I must admit that some undercover assignments are more interesting than others”

    • 1967-06 Playboy Magazine Contents

    1967/06 — Vol. 14 No. 6. 222 pages.

    Contents include:

  • Playbill
  • Dear Playboy
  • Playboy After Hours
  • The Playboy Advisor
  • Playboy’s International Datebook — travel by Patrick Chase
  • The Playboy Forum
  • Playboy Panel: Religion and the New Morality — discussion
  • The Wreck of the Ship John B. — Fiction by Frank Robinson
  • 007’s Oriental Eyefuls — Pictorial Essay — By Roald Dahl
  • It’s Not Far, But I Don’t Know the Way — Fiction by Hoke Norris
  • The Eyes Have It — Accouterments
  • Business Is Business — Article by J. Paul Getty
  • Climate of Violence — Opinion by Max Lerner
  • Horse Sense — Article by Ernest Havemann
  • Pin Money — Fiction by James Cross
  • Pal Joey — Playboy’s Playmate of the Month Joey Gibson
  • Playboy’s Party Jokes — Humor
  • A Snob’s Guide to Magazines — Humor by Dan Greenburg and James Ransom
  • Playboy’s Gifts for Dads and Grads — gifts
  • The History of Sex in Cinema — Article by Arthur Knight and Hollis Alpert
  • Peacock Dreams — Fiction by Herbert Gold
  • How the Sultan Made Peace in His Harem — ribald classic
  • Spit Roasting — food by Thomas Mario
  • Silverstein in London — humor by Shel Silverstein

    • 1968-07 Playboy Magazine Contents

    1968/07 — Vol. 15 No. 7. 202 pages.

    Contents include:

  • Playbill
  • Dear Playboy
  • Playboy After Hours
  • The Playboy Advisor
  • The Playboy Forum
  • The Playboy Interview: Paul Newman
  • Playing Fields — Fiction by John Cheever
  • Cover Girl Uncovered — Kecia Pictorial
  • Variety Quiz by Sheldon Wax
  • The Fully Automated Love Life of Henry Keanridge — Fiction by Stan Dryer
  • Time for Sport — Accouterments
  • My Country, Far Right or Wrong — Humor by Ralph Schoenstein
  • A Pretty Girl — Playboy’s Playmate of the Month Melodye Prentiss
  • Playboy’s Party Jokes — Humor
  • Ollie Hopnoodle’s Haven of Bliss — Humor by Jean Shepherd
  • Star Billing for a Bit Player — Food by Thomas Mario
  • A New Order of Priorities — Opinion by U.S. Senator J. William Fulbright
  • Bright on White — Attire by Robert L. Green
  • Must the Tedium Be the Message? — Article by Newton Minow
  • Silverstein Among the Hippies — Humor by Shel Silverstein
  • Masks — Fiction by Damon Knight
  • It Happens in Monterey — Travel by Len Deighton
  • Vargas Girl — “Doesn’t this look like a nice spot for a picnic, Mr. Morton?”
  • The Last Strategem — Ribald Classic
  • The History of Sex in Cinema — Article by Arthur Knight and Hollis Alpert

    • 1966-12 Playboy Magazine Contents

    1966/12 — Vol. 13 No. 12. 354 pages.

    Contents include:

  • Playbill
  • Dear Playboy
  • Playboy After Hours
  • The Playboy Advisor
  • Playboy’s International Datebook — travel by Patrick Chase
  • The Playboy Forum
  • Playboy Interview: Sammy Davis Jr.
  • “An Expensive Place to Die” — Fiction by Len Deighton
  • Dialog in Black & White — Discussion with James Baldwin and Budd Schulberg
  • “Accidentally Good” — Fiction by Robert Ruark
  • “So Pretty and So Green” — Fiction by Mackinlay Kantor
  • Playboy’s Christmas Cards — Verse by Judith Wax
  • My Favorite Sleuths — Article by Kingsley Amis
  • London — Playboy on the Town
  • The IBM and I — Article by Brooks Atkinson
  • “The Truth About Orlik” — Fiction by Gerald Kersh
  • Women as Angels — Article by Pearl Buck
  • The Intimate Notebook — Belles-Lettres by Gustave Flaubert
  • God Bless the Gentile — Article by Harry Golden
  • Growing Up Glamorous — Playboy’s Playmate of the Month Sue Bernard
  • Playboy’s Party Jokes — Humor
  • “The Only Game in Town” — Fiction by Garson Kanin
  • The Incredible Shrinking Ferrari — Article by Stirling Moss
  • Is My Culture Showing? — Opinion by Malcolm Muggeridge
  • Santas for All — Satire
  • The 12-to-12 Party — Food and Drink by Thomas Mario
  • The Big Spenders — Article by Lucius Beebe
  • The Seven Coffins — Memoir by John Gunther
  • Silverstein’s Songbook — Humor by Shel Silverstein
  • The Girls of Tahiti — Pictorial Essay
  • The Scamp He Would a Scribbler Be — Ribald Classic by Poggio Fiorentino

    • Fantastic Trio:

  • “Playback” — Fiction by Arthur C. Clarke
  • “Lovemaking” — Fiction by Frederik Pohl
  • “Cephalotron” — Fiction by Thomas M. Disch
  • Our Man at the Film Festivals — Article by Kenneth Tynan
  • Playboy’s Christmas Gift Guide — Gifts
  • The History of Sex in Cinema — Article by Arthur Knight and Hollis Alpert — Part 13: The Fifties – Sex Goes Internationa
  • Symbolic Sex — Humor by Don Addis
  • Little Annie Fanny — Satire by Harvey Kurtzman and Will Elder

    • 1966-11 Playboy Magazine Contents

    1966/11 — Vol. 13 No. 11. 254 pages.

    Contents include:

  • Playbill
  • Dear Playboy
  • Playboy After Hours
  • The Playboy Advisor
  • Playboy’s International Datebook — travel by Patrick Chase
  • The Playboy Forum
  • Playboy Interview: Norman Thomas
  • “The Ancient Company” — Fiction by Herbert Gold
  • “A Most Miraculous Organ” — Fiction by Ray Russell
  • The Ninth Upland Game Bird — Sports by Vance Bourjaily
  • Daphne Bigelow and the Tin-Foil Noose — Humor by Jean Shepherd
  • How I Would Start Again Today — Article by J. Paul Getty
  • The Hallucinogenic Hotel Room — Pictorial
  • “The Swimmers” — Fiction by William Saroyan
  • Building a Business Wardrobe — Attire by Robert L. Green
  • The Sexual Freedom League — Article by Jack Lind
  • Member of the Wedding — Playboy’s Playmate of the Month Lisa Baker
  • Playboy’s Party Jokes — Humor
  • Skiing Europe — Sports
  • The Technical Editor Moves Up — Satire by Jacob Hay
  • The Supreme Court — Article by Nat Hentoff
  • No Cover, No Minimum — Pictorial
  • The Merry Nights of Mistinguette — Ribald Classic by Gabriel Chappuys
  • Christmas Customs — Gifts
  • The History of Sex in Cinema — Article by Arthur Knight and Hollis Alpert — Part 12: The Fifties – Hollywood Grows Up
  • The Honeymoon — Humor by John Dempsey

    • 1966-08 Playboy Magazine Contents

    1966/08 — Vol. 13 No. 8. 180 pages.

    Contents include:

  • Playbill
  • Dear Playboy
  • Playboy After Hours
  • The Playboy Advisor
  • Playboy’s International Datebook — travel by Patrick Chase
  • The Playboy Forum
  • Playboy Interview: H.L. Hunt
  • “Hello, Charlie, Goodbye” — Fiction by Ken W. Purdy
  • The French Fonda — Jane Fonda Pictorial
  • “The Manuscript of Doctor Arness” — Fiction by Gahan Wilson
  • The Light Italian Hand — Food by Thomas Mario
  • On the Secret Service of His Majesty the Queen — Parody by Sol Weinstein
  • The Death of God — Opinion by The Reverend William Hamilton
  • Go Western, Young Man — Attire by Robert L. Green
  • Picture Playmate — Playboy’s Playmate of the Month Susan Denberg
  • Playboy’s Party Jokes — Humor
  • “My Father, His Father and Ben” — Fiction by Herbert Gold

  • The Discovery and Use of the Fake Ink Blot — Humor by Woody Allen

  • The Bunnies of Dixie — Pictorial Essay
  • The New Linen Look — Attire by Robert L. Green
  • Gentleman Julep — Drink by Thomas Mario
  • The Case of the Warbling Cuckold — Humor by Jean Shepherd
  • An Unusual Cure for a Pain in the Eye — Ribald Classic
  • The History of Sex in Cinema — Article by Arthur Knight and Hollis Alpert — Part 9: The Forties – War and Peace in Hollywood
  • Symbolic Sex — Humor by Don Addis

    • 1966-06 Playboy Magazine Contents

    1966/06 — Vol. 13 No. 6. 200 pages.

    Contents include:

  • Playbill
  • Dear Playboy
  • Playboy After Hours
  • The Playboy Advisor
  • Playboy’s International Datebook — travel by Patrick Chase
  • The Playboy Forum
  • Playboy Interview: Mike Nichols
  • Venus Defiled — Article by William Iversen
  • Three Summer Vacations — Travel
  • “The Rich Girl” — Fiction by Dan Wakefield
  • Marvin the Torch — Humor by Jimmy Breslin
  • Urban Luau — Food and Drink by Thomas Mario
  • Dempsey’s Nudists — Humor by John Dempsey
  • “My Father and His Gangsters” — Fiction by Herbert Gold
  • Freckle-Face — Playboy’s Playmate of the Month Kelly Burke
  • Playboy’s Party Jokes — Humor
  • Playboy’s Gifts for Dads and Grads — Gifts

    • “Here’s Looking at You Kid” — The Bogart Boom

  • The Man and the Myth by Kenneth Tynan
  • The Career and the Cult by Bosley Crowther
  • A Bogart Quiz
  • Bogart Filmography and Bibliography

    • “The Light of Darkness” — Fiction by Arthur C. Clarke

  • The Mystique of Moral Overkill — Opinion by Romain Gary
  • The Girls of Texas — Pictorial Essay
  • The Miller Would a Cobbler Be — Ribald Classic by Masucchio
  • Get Out of Town — Attire by Robert L. Green
  • On the Scene — Personalities features brief biographies with black & white photos of three personalities of the time over two pages, this issue: Bart Lytton – William Dozier – Charles Weltner

    • 1965-12 Playboy Magazine Contents

    1965/12 — Vol. 12 No. 12. 304 pages.

    Contents include:

  • Playbill
  • Dear Playboy
  • Playboy After Hours
  • The Playboy Advisor
  • Playboy’s International Datebook — travel by Patrick Chase
  • The Playboy Forum
  • The Playboy Philosophy — editorial by Hugh M. Hefner
  • Playboy Interview: Al Capp
  • Getting the Girls by Robert L. Green

  • “Despair” — Fiction by Vladimir Nabokov
  • Lincoln and Kennedy — Article by Jim Bishop
  • The Lass Menagerie — Pictorial by Eugenio Hirsch
  • The Old Neighborhood — Memoir by Henry Miller
  • What Do They Mean, Coexistence? — Opinion by William Benton
  • Playboy’s Christmas Cards — Verse by Judith Wax and Larry Siegel
  • “Jeeves and the Greasy Bird” — Fiction by P.G. Wodehouse
  • The Festive Fowl — Food by Thomas Mario

  • Jack Gelber KO’s a Chinese Commie, Maybe — Humor by Jack Gelber
  • The Circle of Sex — Article by Alan Watts
  • Red Ryder Nails the Hammond Kid — Nostalgia by Jean Shepherd
  • The Shel Silverstein Songbook — Humor by Shel Silverstein
  • Letter Perfect — Playboy’s Playmate of the Month Dinah Willis
  • Playboy’s Party Jokes

  • Matzohball — Parody by Sol Weinstein
  • Three Yuletide Vacations — Travel
  • Symbolic Sex — Humor by Don Addis
  • “The Birthday Party” — Fiction by Evan Hunter
  • Project Sleigh — Humor by Jacob Hay
  • Nothing Works and Nobody Cares — Article by Robert Ruark
  • The Playboy Portfolio of Sex Stars — Pictorial – 1 page each with 3 photos per page of: Ursula Andress, Carroll Baker, Brigitte Bardot, Arlene Dahl, Sophia Loren, Tina Louise, Carol Lynley, Jayne Mansfield, Elsa Martinelli, Kim Novak, Stella Stevens, Susan Strasberg, Elziabeth Taylor, and Mamie Van Doren (while some of the photos are nudes, probably more than half are not, but all are revealing)
  • “Bread on the Waters” — Fiction by John LeCarre
  • Czar Nikita and His 40 Daughters — Ribald Classic by Alexander Pushkin
  • Playboy’s Christmas Gift Guide — Gifts
  • On the Scene – Personalities features brief biographies with black & white photos of three personalities of the time over two pages, this issue: Johnny Janis, John Chancellor, Oskar Werner
  • The Advocate — Satire by Jules Feiffer
  • Little Annie Fanny — Satire by Harvey Kurtzman and Will Elder

    • 1965-11 Playboy Magazine Contents

    1965/11 — Vol. 12 No. 11. 226 pages.

    Contents include:

  • Playbill
  • Dear Playboy
  • Playboy After Hours
  • The Playboy Advisor
  • Playboy’s International Datebook — travel by Patrick Chase
  • The Playboy Forum
  • The Playboy Philosophy — Editorial by Hugh M. Hefner
  • Playboy Interview: Sean Connery
  • “Etta At Night” — Fiction by Frederic Morton
  • The Nude Look — Pictorial
  • The Silence of Oswald — Article by John Clellon Holmes
  • Name Your Poison — Humor by Ray Russell
  • After the Fall — Attire/Gear by Robert L. Green
  • “The Goblin of Curtery Sink” — Fiction by T.K. Brown III
  • Creative Collecting — Article by J. Paul Getty
  • Pat Pending — Playboy’s Playmate of the Month Pat Russo
  • Playboy’s Party Jokes — Humor
  • “Deathwatch” — Fiction by Norman Spinrad
  • The Playboy Cars — 1966 — Modern Living by Ken W. Purdy
  • “An Angel of Mercy” — Fiction by David Ely
  • James Bond ‘s Girls — Pictorial Essay by Richard Maibaum
  • A Scamp and His Bagpipes Bold — Ribald Classic by Masuccio
  • Playboy’s Preview of Presents Perfect — Gifts
  • Word Play — Satire by Robert Carola
  • The History of Sex in Cinema — Article by Arthur Knight and Hollis Alpert — Part 6: The Thirties — Censorship and the Depression
  • Barbed Wires — Humor by Joyce Denebrink

    • 1965-10 Playboy Magazine Contents

    1965/10 — Vol. 12 No. 10. 230 pages.

    Contents include:

  • Playbill
  • Dear Playboy
  • Playboy After Hours
  • The Playboy Advisor
  • Playboy’s International Datebook — travel by Patrick Chase
  • The Playboy Forum
  • The Playboy Interview: Madalyn Murray
  • The Great Comic-Book Heroes — Nostalgia — 9-page article by Jules Feiffer filled with comic reproductions, article is subtitled Superman, Batman, Captain Marvel and all the rest of that marvelous crew; whence they came, who created them, and why they occupied a special place apart in the fantasies of our youth
  • City of Light ’65 — Fiction by Herbert Gold
  • France’s Deneuve Wave — Catherine Deneuve pictorial
  • The Fireplace — Fiction by Pietro Di Donato
  • The Unhurried View of Ralph Ginzburg — Article by Dan Wakefield
  • Duplex Digs — Playboy Pad
  • Limmericks
  • The Nail and the Oracle — Fiction by Theodore Stugeon
  • The Cherished Cheroot — Modern Living, article subtitled a redolent wrap-up of the manly joys of a leaf well rolled, plus a guide on what to do till Castro goes away
  • The Official Sex Manual — Satire by Gerald Sussman
  • The Orpheum Gravy Boat Riot — Nostalgia by Jean Shepherd
  • Natural Wonder — Playboy’s Playmate of the Month Alison Parks
  • Playboy’s Party Jokes
  • Playboy’s Fall & Winter Fashion Forecast — Attire by Robert L. Green
  • The 1966 Playboy Jazz Poll
  • The Bunnies of Miami — Pictorial Essay
  • Vargas Girl — “Yes, madam, I’m sure he’s in the bath.”
  • Lotus Blossoms — Ribald Classic
  • Loxfinger — Parody by Sol Weinstein
  • Oysters “R” In Season — food by Thomas Mario
  • Symbolic Sex — Humor by Don Addis
  • On the Scene — Personalities features brief biographies with black & white photos of three personalities of the time over two pages, this issue: Charles Aznavour, Richard Lester, and Gerald Tsai
  • The Playboy Art Gallery — Humor by Jim Beaman
  • Little Annie Fanny — satire by Harvey Kurtzman and Will Elder

    • 1965-09 Playboy Magazine Contents

    1965/09 — Vol. 12 No. 9. 266 pages.

    Contents include:

  • Playbill
  • Dear Playboy
  • Playboy After Hours
  • The Playboy Advisor
  • Playboy’s International Datebook — travel by Patrick Chase
  • The Playboy Forum
  • Playboy Interview: Peter O’Toole
  • “Chariot of Fire” — Fiction by Ray Russell
  • The Moreau Mystique — Pictorial featuring Jeanne Moreau
  • “An Unevenness of Blessings” — Fiction by Herbert Gold
  • Chairmen of the Boards — Games
  • Call Them Madem — Article by Irving Wallace
  • The Lordly Chesterfield — Attire by Robert L. Green
  • “The Ultimate Brunette” — Fiction by Algis Budrys
  • Horsing Them in With Hemingway — Memoir by Arnold Gingrich
  • Playboy’s Pigskin Review — Sports by Anson Mount
  • Reining Playmate — Playboy’s Playmate of the Month Patti Reynolds
  • Playboy’s Party Jokes — Humor
  • The Sex Institute — Article by Ernest Havemann
  • Back to Campus — Attie by Robert L. Green
  • “The Muses of Ruin” — Fiction by William Pearson
  • Through a Wineglass Hazily — Nostalgia by Edward B. Marks
  • Saturday Night With Genghis Khan — Pictorial
  • “Afternoon in Andalusia” — Fiction by Robert Ruark
  • Bye-Bye Stick Shift — Article by Ken W. Purdy
  • The Quick-Witted Miller — Ribald Classic by Marguerite of Navarre
  • Gahan Wilson’s Mother Goose — Humor by Gahan Wilson
  • The History of Sex in Cinema — Article by Arthur Knight and Hollis Alpert — Part 5: Sex Stars of the Twenties
  • On the Scene — Personalities features brief biographies with black & white photos of three personalities of the time over two pages, this issue: Robert Shaw – Hallock Hoffman – Don Adams
  • What’s New, Teevee Jeebies? — Satire by Shel Silverstein
  • Ich! — Satire by Jules Feiffer

    • 1965-08 Playboy Magazine Contents

    1965/08 — Vol. 12 No. 8. 168 pages.

    Contents include:

  • Playbill
  • Dear Playboy
  • Playboy After Hours
  • The Playboy Advisor
  • Playboy’s International Datebook — travel by Patrick Chase
  • The Playboy Forum
  • Playboy Interview: Robert Shelton
  • “The Most Beautiful Race in the World” — Fiction by Paul Darcy Boles
  • A Playboy Pad: Manhattan Tower — Modern Living
  • “Melodramine” — Fiction by Henry Slesar
  • Playmate of the Year — Pictorial featuring Jo Collins
  • Milestones of Success — Article by J. Paul Getty
  • Bright With White — Attire by Robert L. Green
  • “Barbara” — Fiction by Robert Ruark
  • Comely Colleague — Playboy’s Playmate of the Month Lannie Balcom
  • Playboy’s Party Jokes — Humor
  • Where There’s Smoke There’s Ire — Article by Poyntz Tyler
  • Fore! — Sports
  • What’s Nude, Pussycat? — Humor by Woody Allen
  • “Friendship” — Fiction by Ken W. Purdy
  • The Giraglia Yacht Race — Man at His Leisure by Leroy Neiman
  • The Sheet of Love — Ribald Classic by Abdullah Ben Almocaffa
  • The History of Sex in Cinema — Article by Arthur Knight and Hollis Alpert — Part 4: The Twenties — Europe’s Decade of Decadence and Delirium
  • Silverstein on Fire Island — Humor by Shel Silverstein
  • On the Scene — Personalities features brief biographies with black & white photos of three personalities of the time over two pages, this issue: Carroll Shelby – Edward Brooke – Thomas Schippers
  • Pickup — Satire by Jules Feiffer

    • 1967-12 Playboy Magazine Contents

    1967/12 — Vol. 14 No. 12. 320 pages.

    Contents include:

  • Playbill
  • Dear Playboy
  • Playboy After Hours
  • The Playboy Advisor
  • Playboy’s International Datebook — Travel by Patrick Chase
  • The Playboy Forum
  • The Playboy Interview: Johnny Carson
  • “The Mannichon Solution” — Fiction by Irwin Shaw
  • Bodies Politic – Pictorial by Eugenio Hirsch

  • “A Good Cigar Is a Smoke” — Fiction by P.G. Wodehouse
  • Far-Flung Fling — Food and Drink by Thomas Mario

  • Art Nouveau Erotica — Pictorial
  • Resolving Our Vietnam Problem — Opinion by John Kenneth Galbraith

  • Playboy’s Christmas Cards — Verse by Judith Wax
  • The UFO Gap — Article by J. Allen Hynek

    • Pardon Me, Sir, But Is My Eye Hurting Your Elbow — Three Plays:

  • “Plums and Prunes” by Terry Southern

  • “An Incident in the Park” by Arthur Kopit
  • “Juan Feldman” by Jack Richardson
  • Love and Hate in Rent-A-Car Land — Humor by Harold Greenwald
  • Developing Playmate — Playboy’s Playmate of the Month Lynn Winchell
  • Playboy’s Party Jokes
  • The Criminal Mentality — Article by John Bartlow Martin
  • The Wicked Dreams of Elke Sommer – Pictorial
  • Reincarnation — Article by Robert Graves
  • Return of the Smiling Wimpy Doll — Humor by Jean Shepherd
  • “The Lecture” — Fiction by Isaac Bashevis Singer
  • Bopper Brigade — Satire by Jack Newfield and Howard Smith

  • The Attack on Privacy — Article by Justice William O. Douglas
  • Bunnies of Hollywood — Pictorial Essay

  • Why Napoleon Erected the Obelisk — Ribald Classic

  • Symbolic Sex — Humor by Don Addis
  • “Dance With a Stranger” — Fiction by Jacob Brackman
  • Stellar Attractions — Gifts
  • On the Scene — Personalities features brief biographies with black & white photos of three personalities of the time over two pages, this issue: Charles Lloyd, John Usher Monro, Walter Matthau
  • Little Annie Fanny — Satire by Harvey Kirtzman and Will Elder

    • 1968-01 Playboy Magazine Contents

    1968/01 — Vol. 15 No. 1. 272 pages.

    Contents include:

  • Playbill
  • Dear Playboy
  • Playboy After Hours
  • The Playboy Advisor
  • Playboy’s International Datebook — travel by Patrick Chase
  • The Playboy Forum
  • The Playboy Interview: Norman Mailer
  • “The Yellow Room” — Fiction by John Cheever
  • God and the HIppies — Article by Harvey Cox

  • “Welcome to the Monkey House” — Fiction by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
  • Midnight Explosion & Breakfast in Bed — Food and Drink by Thomas Mario
  • Death Warmed Over — Opinion by Ray Bradbury
  • Encore for Stella — Pictorial featuring Stella Stevens

  • “A Latin from Killarney” – Fiction by Budd Schulberg
  • Remember the Yavuz! – Humor by Marvin Kitman
  • When Earthman and Alien Meet — Article by Arthur C. Clarke

  • That Was the Year That Was — Humor by Judith Wax
  • Informally Formal — Attire by Robert L. Green
  • Two New Poems — Verse by Evgeny Evtushenko
  • Word Play — Satire by Robert Carola

  • Moving Up in the World — Playboy’s Playmate of the Month Connie Kreski
  • Playboy’s Party Jokes
  • “The Old System” — Fiction by Saul Bellow
  • Paper Plimpton — Humor by Art Buchwald
  • The Vargas Girl — From the Thirties to the Present — Nostalgia
  • Rosati — Man at His Leisure by Leroy Neiman
  • The Mystique of the Racing Driver – Sports by Stirling Moss
  • Saying No to the Yes Mentality — Article by J. Paul Getty
  • Out on a Limerick — Humor by Ogden Nash
  • The War of the Tabloids – Article by Jim Bishop
  • The Case for Lobbies – Article by US Senator Stephen M. Young
  • City of the Future – Article by R. Buckminster Fuller
  • Playboy’s Playmate Review — Pictorial
  • The New Girl – Opinion by John Clellon Holmes
  • The Bloody Bey’s Silver Cup – Ribald Classic by Alexander Dumas
  • The Eleventh Hour Santa – Gifts
  • Silverstein in Hollywood – Humor by Shel Silverstein
  • Little Annie Fanny — Satire by Harvey Kurtzman and Will Elder

    • 1968-05 Playboy Magazine Contents

    1968/05 — Vol. 15 No. 5. 226 pages.

    Contents include:

  • Playbill
  • Dear Playboy
  • Playboy After Hours
  • The Playboy Advisor
  • The Playboy Forum
  • The Playboy Interview: Masters and Johnson
  • The Annex — Fiction by John D. MacDonald
  • There Once Was an Indian Maid — Julie Newmar Pictorial
  • Henne Fire — Fiction by Isaac Bashevis Singer
  • Indy — The Golden Brickyard — Sports by Ken W. Purdy
  • Ulysses at Cannes — Article by William Wiser
  • Casual Convertibles — Attire by Robert L. Green
  • There’s One Born Every Second — Nostalgia by Daniel Mannix
  • Never Press the Lapels — Fiction by Gerald Cleaver
  • Here Comes Miss Jordan — Playboy’s Playmate of the Month Elizabeth Jordan
  • Playboy’s Party Jokes — Humor
  • The Dead Astronaut — Fiction by J.G. Ballard
  • Playboy’s Guide to a Continental Holiday — Travel by Len Deighton
  • The Snooping Machine — Article by Alan Westin
  • Playmate of the Year — Angela Dorian Pictorial
  • Vargas Girl — “I don’t mind of a man loves me and leaves me–as long as he leaves me enough”
  • The Virgin of Venice — Ribald Classic
  • The Art of Composing a Meal — Food and Drink by Thomas Mario
  • Exotica — Satire by Jules Feiffer
  • On the Scene — Personalities features brief biographies with black & white photos of three personalities of the time over two pages, this issue: John Conyers, Jr., The 5th Dimension, and Tom Stoppard

    • 1969-04 Playboy Magazine Contents

    1969/04 — Vol. 16 No. 4. 266 pages.

    Contents include:

  • Playbill
  • Dear Playboy
  • Playboy After Hours
  • The Playboy Advisor
  • The Playboy Forum
  • The Playboy Interview: Allen Ginsberg
  • Ada — Fiction by Vladimir Nabokov
  • Volatile Vanessa — Vanessa Redgrave Pictorial
  • Serendipitous Ceylon — Travel

    • The Toys and Games of War and Peace — Articles:

  • Playing for Keeps by Jules Siegel
  • Playing for Fun by Robert Russel
  • Playing for the Upper Hand by Philip Meyer
  • The Light Touch — Modern Living
  • I Cut Out Her Heart and Stomped on It! — Article by Reginald Potterton — freakies and weirdos, violence and kinky erotica are the lurid staples of the national tabloids
  • The Language of Legs — Pictorial
  • 2-page Vargas Girl illustration “Mr. Wilson, I think you’ve discovered a delightful way to bridge the generation gap.”
  • Master of the Ball Hawks — Fiction by Patrick McGivern
  • Comely Camper — Playboy’s Playmate of the Month Lorna Hopper
  • Playboy’s Spring & Summer Fashion Forecast — Attire by Robert L. Green
  • The Swingers — Article by Richard Warren Lewis
  • The Grandstand Passion Play — Humor by Jean Shepherd
  • Bebe Bares All — Brigitte Bardot Pictorial
  • The Fixer — Ribald Classic
  • Prey — Fiction by Richard Matheson
  • Chili Weather — Food by Thomas Mario
  • On the Scene — Personalities features brief biographies with black & white photos of three personalities of the time over two pages, this issue: David Levine, Paul Young, and Tom O’Horgan
  • Little Annie Fanny — satire by Harvey Kurtzman and Will Elder

    • 1969-06 Playboy Magazine Contents

    1969/06 — Vol. 16 No. 6. 266 pages.

    Contents include:

  • Playbill
  • Dear Playboy
  • Playboy After Hours
  • The Playboy Advisor
  • The Playboy Forum
  • The Playboy Interview: Gore Vidal
  • Downwind from Gettysburg — Fiction by Ray Bradbury
  • The Paramilitary Right — Article by Eric Norden
  • De Sade — Pictorial
  • Two-page Vargas Girl — “There’s nothing wrong with premarital sex, as long as it doesn’t hold up the cermeony.”
  • The Grand Hotels — Article by Robert Morley
  • High Water Marks — Attire by Robert L. Green
  • The American Novel Made Us — Article by Seymour Krim
  • Le Mans — Man at His Leisure by Leroy Neiman
  • I Do Not Like Thee, Dr. Feldman — Fiction by Henry Slesar
  • Hare Apparent — Playboy’s Playmate of the Month Helena Antonaccio
  • Playboy’s Party Jokes — Humor
  • Paella Y Sangria — Food and Drink by Thomas Mario
  • The Risk Takers — Article by Robert Daley
  • Gemini — Fiction by Ray Russell
  • Playboy’s Gifts for Dads and Grads — Gifts
  • Playboy’s Guide to Mutual Funds — Article by Michael Laurence
  • A Life in the Day Of — Fiction by Frank M. Robinson
  • Word Play — Satire by Robert Carola
  • Playmate of the Year — Connie Kreski Pictorial
  • Wanda Hickey’s Night of Golden Memories — Humor by Jean Shepherd
  • The Lady in Green Slippers — Ribald Classic by Restif de la Bretonne
  • Breezy Does It — Attire by Robert L. Green
  • Hostileman — Satire by Jules Feiffer
  • On the Scene — Personalities features brief biographies with black & white photos of three personalities of the time over two pages, this issue: Tom Jones, Arthur Ashe, and Buck Henry

    • 1969-07 Playboy Magazine Contents

    1969/07 — Vol. 16 No. 7. 222 pages.

    Contents include:

  • Playbill
  • Dear Playboy
  • Playboy After Hours
  • The Playboy Advisor
  • The Playboy Forum
  • The Playboy Interview: Rod Steiger
  • Beginnings — Fiction by Evan Hunter
  • Letting Go — Article by Robert Kaiser
  • Putting the Dash in Haberdashery — Attire by Robert L. Green
  • Birds of America — Pictorial
  • Wenceslas and the Russian Bear — Article by Heinrich Boll
  • The Thinking Lovers — Humor by John Dempsey
  • The Myth of a Balanced Budget — Article by J. Paul Getty
  • The Outs and Ins of Sunmanship — Accouterments
  • Executive Stiletto — Article by Lawrence Linderman
  • Somebody Owes Me Money — Fiction by Donald E. Westlake
  • Nancy With the Smiling Face — Playboy’s Playmate of the Month Nancy McNeil
  • Playboys Party Jokes — Humor
  • Slaves or Masters? — Article by David Rorvik
  • Two-Page Vargas Girl — “No, darling, I don’t want to overexpose myself on the first day.”
  • Sand Blast! — Modern Living
  • A Breath of Lucifer — Fiction by R.K. Narayan
  • The Three Sisters of Knarr — Humor by Roger Price
  • To the Manner Born — Tina Aumont Pictorial

  • The Public Be Damned — Article by Justice William O. Douglas
  • The Worshipful Widow — Ribald Classic
  • On the Scene — Personalities features brief biographies with black & white photos of three personalities of the time over two pages, this issue: Biff Rose, Gilbert E. Kaplan, and Hal Prince
  • Little Annie Fanny — Satire by Harvey Kurtzman and Will Elder