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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

    • 1965-07 Playboy Magazine Contents

    1965/07 — Vol. 12 No. 7. 162 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: Marcello Mastroianni
  • Look Away — Fiction by Hoke Norris
  • The West Coast Way — Attire by Robert L. Green
  • Sex and the Single Sherman — Humor by Allan Sherman
  • Summer Punch Bowl — Drink by Thomas Mario
  • Ludlow Kissel and the Dago Bomb — Memoir by Jean Shepherd
  • The Invasion — Fiction by Avram Davidson
  • Symbolic Sex — Humor by Don Addis
  • The Great American Build-Up — Article by Murray Teigh Bloom
  • Clown Princess — Playboy’s Playmate of the Month Gay Collier
  • Playboy’s Party Jokes — Humor
  • The Man With the Golden Gun — Fiction by Ian Fleming (Conclusion)
  • Fun For the Road — Sports by Charles Beaumont
  • The Game of Hide and Seek — Fiction by Herbert Gold
  • The Girls of the Riviera — Pictorial Essay
  • Vargas Girl — “Well, you’ve finally convinced me, Mr. Wyngate. I’m ready to throw in the towel.”
  • The Choice of Ilonka the Chaste — Ribald Classic
  • Little Annie Fanny — satire by Harvey Kurtzman and Will Elder

    • 1965-06 Playboy Magazine Contents

    1965/06 — Vol. 12 No. 6. 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: Melvin Belli
  • “Shiela” — Fiction by Robert Ruark
  • The Big Bunny Hop — Pictorial Essay

  • In Praise of Obesity — Humor by Robert Morley
  • “The Man With the Golden Gun” — Fiction by Ian Fleming (Part 3)
  • Stop the World, I Want to Get Salads — Food by Thomas Mario
  • “The Academy” — Fiction by David Ely
  • Word Play — Satire by Robert Carola
  • Brussels Sprite – Playboy’s Playmate of the Month Hedy Scott
  • Playboy’s Party Jokes – Humor
  • Portrait of the Machine as a Young Artist — Article by J.R Pierce
  • Summer Stripes for Urban Types — Fashion by Robert L. Green
  • The Overnight Guest — Memoir by Pietro Di Donato
  • She Is Ursula Andress — Pictorial
  • Keg O’ My Heart — Article by William Iversen
  • Cruising – Reportage by Paul Jacobs
  • The Tale of an Ass — Ribald Classic
  • Teevee Jeebies, Please Come Home — Satire by Shel Silverstein
  • Playboy’s Gifts for Dads and Grads — Gifts
  • The History of Sex in Cinema — Article by Arthur Knight and Hollis Alpert — Part 3: The Twenties — Hollywood’s Flaming Youth
  • Hostileman — Satire by Jule Feiffer

    • 1965-05 Playboy Magazine Contents

    1965/05 — Vol. 12 No. 5. 206 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: Jean-Paul Sartre
  • The Visitor — Fiction by Roald Dahl
  • Motoring’s Classic Revival — Article by Ken W. Purdy
  • The Man With the Golden Gun — Fiction by Ian Fleming (Part 2)
  • The Kiss–Circa ’65 — Pictorial
  • The Liberal Dilemma — Opinion by Marquis Childs
  • Proofs Positive — Drink by Thomas Mario
  • Souvenir — Fiction by J.G. Ballard
  • Mademoiselle from Avignon — Playboy’s Playmate of the Month Maria McBane
  • Playboy’s Party Jokes — Humor
  • Pour Le Sport — Attire by Robert L. Green
  • Being Refined — Fiction by William Saroyan
  • Hows and Whys of the Perfect Murder — Article by Murray Teigh Bloom
  • Poetry for Moderns — Humor by Jack Sharkey
  • Stella by Starlight — Stella Stevens Pictorial
  • On the Scene — Personalities features brief biographies with black & white photos of three personalities of the time over two pages, this issue: Robert Jastow, Frank Gallo, and John Lindsay
  • Vargas Girl — “As long as you’re up, darling, get me my pants.”
  • The Invisible Lover — ribald classic
  • The History of Sex in Cinema — Article by Arthur Knight and Hollis Alpert — Part 2: Compounding the Sin looks at the decade of the 1910’s
  • The Playboy Art Gallery — Humor by Jim Beaman
  • Little Annie Fanny — satire by Harvey Kurtzman and Will Elder

    • 1965-04 Playboy Magazine Contents

    1965/04 — Vol. 12 No. 4. 190 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: Art Buchwald
  • The Man With the Golden Gun — Fiction by Ian Fleming (Part 1)
  • Those Frisky Friscotheques
  • The New Barbary Coast — Article by Herbert Gold
  • The Nude Discotheque — Pictorial
  • Stylish Stout — Fiction by P.G. Wodehouse
  • From Russia With Love — Food by Thomas Mario
  • The Force of Habit — Article by J. Paul Getty
  • OId Man Pulaski and the Infamous Jawbreaker Blackmail — Nostalgia by Jean Shepherd is about candy
  • Maelstrom II — Fiction by Arthur C. Clarke
  • Seduced–Sicilian Style — Satire by Ray Russell
  • The Playboy Bed — Modern Living
  • Sweet Sue — Playboy’s Playmate of the Month Sue Williams
  • Playboy’s Party Jokes — humor
  • Double-Take — Fiction by Jack Finney
  • Playmate Play-Off — Pictorial — Cast Your Vote with photos of Jo Collins, China Lee, and Astrid Schulz
  • Vargas Girl — “Can anyone beat my pair?”
  • Pomposity Repaid by a Knave — Ribald Classic
  • Topping Off the Well-Groomed Man — Article by Jay Sebring
  • The History of Sex in Cinema — Article by Arthur Knight and Hollis Alpert — Part 1: The Original Sin looks at the nickelodeon days
  • Send Me No Teevee Jeebies — Satire by Shel Silverstein
  • The Playboy Art Gallery — Humor by Jim Beaman

    • 1965-03 Playboy Magazine Contents

    1965/03 — Vol. 12 No. 3. 182 pages.

    Contents include:

  • Cover art by Vargas
  • Playbill
  • Dear Playboy
  • Playboy After Hours
  • The Playboy Advisor
  • Playboy’s International Datebook — travel by Patrick Chase
  • The Playboy Forum
  • The Playboy Panel: Uses and Abuses of the New Leisure — discussion
  • A Clowny Night in the Red-Eyed World — Fiction by Calder Willingham
  • Grand Prix Garb — Attire by Robert L. Green
  • The Scotsman’s Revenge — Opinion by Ken W. Purdy
  • The Unsinkable Fanny Hill — Pictorial Essay
  • The Eye — Fiction by Vladimir Nabokov (Part 1)
  • Far-Out Safari — Sports by Robert Ruark
  • Portrait of Jenny — Playboy’s Playmate of the Month Jennifer Jackson
  • Playboy’s Party Jokes — Humor
  • What Is Normal? — Article by Wardell B. Pomeroy
  • 2-page Vargas girl spread — “Mother was so pleased when she learned Mr. Hefner would only be using my face on the cover of Playboy”
  • Oh Danny Boy — Fiction by Walt Grove
  • Simply Great — Attire by Robert L. Green
  • The Legal Art of Tax Avoidance — Article by Alvin Toffler
  • The Waters of Stingray — Fiction by William Hoffman
  • Carol Lynley Grows Up — Pictorial
  • The New York Playboy Club — Man at His Leisure by Leroy Neiman
  • The Bounty of Belisa — Ribald Classic by Juan Timoneda
  • Somewhere Not Far From Here — Fiction by Gerald Kersh
  • Silverstein In Mexico — Humor by Shel Silverstein
  • Symbolic Sex — Humor by Don Addis

    • 1965-02 Playboy Magazine Contents

    1965/02 — Vol. 12 No. 2. 178 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 — The Beatles
  • This Time Tomorrow — Fiction by Ken W. Purdy
  • At Home With Kim — Kim Novak Pictorial
  • The Eye — Fiction by Vladimir Nabokov (Part 2)
  • The 1965 Playboy All-Stars — Jazz — with color paintings by Richard Frooman of Duke Ellington (full-page), Milt Jackson (full-page), Ella Fitzgerald, Wes Montgomery, Cannonball Adderley, Dave Brubeck Quartet, Double Six of Paris, Ray Brown (full-page), Stan Getz (full-page), Elvin Jones, Oscar Peterson, Gerry Mulligan, Dizzy Gillespie, JJ Johnson, Buddy DeFranco, and Frank Sinatra (full-page)
  • Greek Baring Gifts — Playboy’s Playmate of the Month Jessica St. George
  • Playboy’s Party Jokes — humor
  • Apres-Ski Cuisine — Food by Thomas Mario
  • The Strategy & Tactics of Job Jumping — Article by Vance Packard
  • European Fashion Dateline — Attire by Robert L. Green
  • My Friend Wainscott — Fiction by Alastair Reid
  • Playmate’s Progress — Donna Michelle Pictorial
  • Double Exposure — Fiction by John Reese
  • Vargas Girl — “How thoughtful of him–an engraved proposition!”
  • The Suduction of Cecilia — Ribald Classic by Petronius
  • Sounds of ’65 — Modern Living
  • Twang Furty Takes Five — Satire by James Ransom
  • The Heavies — Nostalgia by Charles Beaumont is about Hollywood heavies
  • On the Scene — Personalities features brief biographies with black & white photos of three personalities of the time over two pages, this issue: Mike Nichols, Leroi Jones, Ward Swingle
  • The Playboy Art Gallery — Humor by Jim Beaman
  • Little Annie Fanny — satire by Harvey Kurtzman and Will Elder

    • 1965-01 Playboy Magazine Contents

    1965/01 — Vol. 12 No. 1. 238 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 — Martin Luther King
  • “The Eye” — Fiction by Vladimir Nabokov (Part 1)
  • A Hypothetical History of Harems — Pictorial
  • “Bingo Bans the Bomb” — Fiction by P.G. Wodehouse
  • Seeing Is Believing — Article by Terry Southern
  • Political Conventions as Showbiz — Article by Budd Schulberg
  • Remembrances of Things Future — Credo by Ray Bradbury
  • Retroactive New Year’s Resolutions — Humor
  • The Age of Overbreed — Article by Sir Julian Huxley
  • I Don’t Get It — Humor by William Saroyan
  • Progressive Dinner Party — Food/Fashion by Thomas Mario and Robert L. Green
  • The Not-So-Classic Classics — Opinion by Mortimer Adler
  • Designing Female — Playboy’s Playmate of the Month Sally Duberson
  • Playboy’s Party Jokes — Humor
  • “Tea Party” — Fiction by Harold Pinter
  • Uncle Shelby’s Kiddie Corner — Humor by Shel Silverstein
  • The Psychology of Personnel Management — Article by J. Paul Getty
  • “Good Blonde” — Fiction by Jack Kerouac
  • Eleventh-Hour Santa — Gifts
  • Wag Dogs Tales — Humor by Bennet Cerf
  • Joe — Nostalgia by Jed Harris
  • “Dial ‘F’ for Frankenstein” — Fiction by Arthur C. Clarke
  • Symbolic Sex — Humor by Don Addis
  • Playboy’s Playmate Review — Pictorial
  • The Trial of a True Friend — Ribald Classic by Shaykh Al Nefzawi
  • Beatle in the Bull Ring — Article by Kenneth Tynan
  • My War With the Machines — Humor by Woody Allen
  • My Fair Teevee Jeebies — Satire
  • 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: Soichiro Honda – Vittorio Gassman – Edwin D. Etherington
  • The Playboy Art Gallery — Humor by Jim Beaman
  • Little Annie Fanny — Satire by Harvey Kurtzman and Will Elder

    • 1965-01 Playboy Magazine Contents

    1965/01 — Vol. 12 No. 1. 238 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: Martin Luther King
  • “The Eye” – Fiction by Vladimir Nabokov
  • A Hypothetical History of Harems — Pictorial
  • “Bingo Bans the Bomb” — Ficiton by P.G. Wodehouse
  • Seeing Is Believing — Article by Terry Southern
  • Political Conventions as Showbiz — Article by Budd Schulberg
  • Remembrances of Things Future — Credo by Ray Bradbury
  • Retroactive New Year’s Resolutions — Humor
  • The Age of Overbreed — Article by Sir Julian Huxley
  • I Don’t Get It — Humor by William Saroyan
  • Progressive Dinner Party — Food/Fashion by Thomas Mario & Robert L. Green
  • The Not-So-Classic Classics — Opinion by Mortimer Alder
  • Designing Female – Playboy’s Playmate of the Month Sally Duberson
  • Playboy’s Party Jokes
  • “Tea Party” — Fiction by Harold Pinter
  • Uncle Shelby’s Kiddie Corner — Humor by Shel Silverstein

  • The Psychology of Personnel Management – Article by J. Paul Getty
  • “Good Blonde” – Fiction by Jack Kerouac
  • Eleventh-Hour Santa – Gifts
  • Wag Dogs Tales – Humor by Bennet Cerf
  • Joe – Nostalgia by Jed Harris
  • “Dial ‘F’ For Frankenstein” – Fiction by Arthur C. Clarke
  • Symbolic Sex – Humor by Don Addis
  • Playboy’s Playmate Review – Pictorial
  • The Trial of a True Friend – Ribald Classic by Shaykh Al-Nefzawi
  • Beatle in the Bull Ring – Article by Kenneth Tynan
  • My War With the Machines – Humor by Woody Allen
  • My Fair Teevee Jeebies – Satire
  • 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: Soichiro Honda, Vittorio Gassman, and Edwin D. Etherington
  • The Playboy Art Gallery – Humor by Jim Beaman
  • Little Annie Fanny — Satire by Harvey Kurtzman and Will Elder

    • 1964-12 Playboy Magazine Contents

    1964/12 — Vol. 11 No. 11. 292 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: Ian Fleming
  • Gifting the Girls — by Robert L. Green
  • “Once, In Aleppo” fiction by Irwin Shaw
  • The Catered Christmas Affair — food & drink by Thomas Mario
  • Words of a Native Son — soliloquy by James Baldwin
  • The Christmas Carol Caper — humor by William Iversen
  • Baker in the Budoir — Carroll Baker pictorial
  • The French Myth — opinion by Joseph Wechsberg
  • “Sauve Qui Peut” fiction by Lawrence Durrell
  • “The Hunters” fiction by Gerald Kersh
  • Word Play — satire by Robert Carola
  • Happiness Is Just a Thing Called Jo — Playboy’s Playmate of the Month Jo Collins
  • Playboy’s Party Jokes — humor
  • Waldo Grebb and His Electric Baton — memoir by Jean Shepherd
  • The Lido — man at his leisure by Leroy Neiman
  • The Pursuit of Unhappiness — opinion by Joseph Wood Krutch
  • Five Yuletide Vacations — travel
  • Semantics and the Cold War — opinion by Bertrand Russell
  • “Velvet and Apollo” fiction by Frederic Morton
  • Playboy’s Christmas Cards — verse by Judith Wax and Larry Siegel
  • Readers’ Choice — pictorial of ten favorite Playmates from Playboy’s first ten years
  • The Virgin’s Cup — ribald classic by Petofi
  • Merry Christmas! — gifts
  • “The Mission” fiction by Hugh Nissenson
  • Macbeth the Knife — satire by Ray Russell
  • On the Scene — personalities — 3 brief bios w/photos spread over 2 pages, this issue is Jack Jones, Godfrey Cambridge, and Bill Mauldin
  • “The Dot and Dash Bird” fiction by Bernard Wolfe
  • Around the World with Teevee Jeebies — satire
  • The Playboy Art Gallery — humor by Jim Beaman
  • Hostileman — satire by Jules Feiffer
  • Little Annie Fanny — satire by Harvey Kurtzman and Will Elder

    • 1964-11 Playboy Magazine Contents

    1964/11 — Vol. 11 No. 11. 210 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: Governor George Wallace
  • The Playboy Panel: America’s Cultural Explosion — discussion
  • “Naked in Xanadu” fiction by Ray Russell
  • Vacation in Style — attire by Robert L. Green
  • “The Pirates of Padre Island” fiction by Michael O’Connell
  • “The Pool” fiction by Jack Sharkey
  • The Playboy Cars — 1965 -modern living by Ken W. Purdy
  • Fine Art, the Finest Investment — article by J. Paul Getty
  • Hallelujah, The HIlls — Playboy’s Playmate of the Month Kai Brendlinger
  • Playboy’s Party Jokes — humor
  • The Cuisine of Castile — food by Thomas Mario
  • Beyond Centaurus — article by Arthur C. Clarke
  • A Short History of Shaves and Haircuts — article by William Iversen
  • The Marriage Counselor — humor by John Dempsey
  • The Girls of Germany — pictorial essay
  • The Mark of a Master — ribald classic
  • “Running Man” fiction by Herbert Gold
  • Playboy’s Preview of Presents Perfect — gifts
  • Playmates Revisited — 1963 — Pictorial
  • Anatomy of a Teevee Jeebie — satire by Shel Silverstein
  • On the Scene — personalities — 3 brief bios w/photos spread over 2 pages, this issue is Les Crane, Bill Moyers, Allan Sherman
  • The Playboy Art Gallery: Whistler’s Mother — humor by Jim Beaman
  • Our Friend Marsha — satire by Jules Feiffer

    • 1964-10 Playboy Magazine Contents

    1964/10 — Vol. 11 No. 10. 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 Interview: Cassius Clay
  • “Heavy Set” fiction by Ray Bradbury
  • Marco Polo’s Spices — pictorial
  • Rainbows in a Bucket — article by Vance Bourjaily
  • Instant Epitaphs — humor by Larry Siegel
  • “Requiem on the Moon” fiction by David Duncan
  • Playboy’s Fall & Winter Fashion Forecast — attire by Robert L. Green
  • “Sue Me Rich” fiction by Bernard Wolfe
  • Hail Britannia! — Playboy’s Playmate of the Month Rosemarie Hillcrest
  • Playboy’s Party Jokes — humor
  • The Pious Pornographers Revisited — article by William Iversen
  • “The Brass Telephone” fiction by Ken W. Purdy
  • Playboy’s Electronic Entertainment Wall — modern living
  • The 1965 Playboy Jazz Poll — jazz
  • Symbolic Sex — humor by Don Addis
  • Caught in the Act — satire by Jerry Yulsman
  • Music of the Absurd — opinion by James Bush
  • The Tutor Who Taught Too Well, Alas — ribald classic by Ser Giovanni
  • Chantilly — man at his leisure by Leroy Neiman
  • Playmates Revisited — 1962 — pictorial
  • “The Touched Nest” fiction by Prentiss Combs
  • On the Scene — personalities — 3 brief bios w/photos spread over 2 pages, this issue is Chet Baker, Dr. Theodore H. Maiman, and Bill Hartack
  • Little Annie Fanny — satire by Harvey Kurtzman and Will Elder

    • 1964-09 Playboy Magazine Contents

    1964/09 — Vol. 11 No. 9. 232 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: Henry Miller
  • The Pious Pornographers Revisited — article by William Iversen
  • How to Be a Jewish Mother — humor by Dan Greenburg
  • Playboy in Jamaica — pictorial essay
  • “Side by Side” fiction by John Tomerlin
  • The Deadly Halls of Ivy — opinion by Paul Goodman
  • Playboy’s Pigskin Preview — sports by Anson Mount
  • Midnight Special — attire by Robert L. Greeen
  • Dutch Treat — Playboy’s Playmate of the Month Astrid Schulz
  • Playboy’s Party Jokes — humor
  • Current Attractions — food by Thomas Mario
  • Letters from Bohemia — nostalgia by Ben Hecht
  • “Youth, Love, Death” fiction by J.P. Donleavy
  • The Nudest Peter Sellers and the Nudest Elke Sommer — pictorial
  • “Bertram and the Networks” fiction by Daniel A. Jenkins
  • The Wily Deception of Wasil — ribald classic
  • Big Man on Campus — attire/accoutrements by Robert L. Green
  • Grover Dill and the Tasmanian Devil — memoir by Jean Shepherd
  • Playmates Revisited — 1961 — pictorial
  • The Playboy Art Gallery: Van Gogh Self-Portrait — humor by Jim Beaman
  • The Wonderful World of Teevee Jeebies — satire by Shel Silverstein
  • Little Annie Fanny — satire by Harvey Kurtzman and Will Elder

    • 1964-08 Playboy Magazine Contents

    1964/08 — Vol. 11 No. 8. 148 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: Dick Gregory
  • “And I Mean That Sincerely!” — Fiction by Ray Russell

  • Ford Flat Out — Sports by Ken W. Purdy
  • “The Moor’s Tale” — Fiction by William Wiser

  • The Homogenized Man — Article by J. Paul Getty
  • St. Tropez — Man at His Leisure, by Leroy Neiman
  • Revoltion Below the Belt – Ipinion by John Clellon Holmes
  • The Colorful Summer Spectrum — Attire by Robert L. Green
  • China Doll — Playboy’s Playmate of the Month China Lee
  • Playboy’s Party Jokes
  • “The Happy Hipster” — Fiction by Herbert Gold
  • Smoking for Pleasure — Food by Thomas Mario
  • The Bunnies of Chicago — Pictorial Essay
  • “The Shining Ones” — Fiction by Arthur C. Clarke
  • The Deceit of Danae – Ribald Classic by Le Sage
  • Playmates Revisited — 1960 — Pictorial – Includes a shot of Stella Stevens
  • Symbolic Sex — Humor by Don Addis
  • On the Scene — personalities — 3 brief bios w/photos spread over 2 pages, this issue is Terry Southern, Tom O’Hara, and E. William Henry

    • 1964-07 Playboy Magazine Contents

    1964/07 — Vol. 11 No. 7. 148 pages.

    Contents include:

  • Playbill
  • Dear Playboy
  • Playboy After Hours
  • The Playboy Advisor
  • Playboy’s International Datebook — travel by Patrick Chase
  • The Playboy Philosophy — editorial by Hugh M. Hefner
  • Playboy Interview: Salvador Dali
  • “John Grant’s Little Angel” fiction by Walt Grove
  • Beach Ball — modern living
  • “A New Chapter in the Human Comedy” fiction by William Saroyan
  • Snobs’ Guide to Status Cars — humor by Dan Greenburg
  • New Under the Sun — attire by Robert L. Green
  • A Toast to Melba — Playboy’s Playmate of the Month Melba Ogle
  • Playboy’s Party Jokes — humor
  • Sex and the Office — article by Helen Gurley Brown
  • BB: The Sex Kitten Grows Up — personality by Andre Maurois is about Brigitte Bardot with photos
  • Swimming in Red Ink — humor by Bernard Wolfe
  • High Spirits — drink by Thomas Mario
  • Playing the Fields — quiz by Norman Lobsenz
  • “A Tribute to Al Zack” fiction by Robert Cenedella
  • The Conquest of a Clever Clerk — ribald classic
  • Playmates Revisited — 1959 — Pictorial
  • Home — satire by Jules Feiffer
  • It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Teevee Jeebies — satire by Shel Silverstein
  • Little Annie Fanny — satire by Harvey Kurtzman and Will Elder

    • 1964-03 Playboy Magazine Contents

    1964/03 — Vol. 11 No. 3. 182 pages.

    Contents include:

  • Playbill
  • Dear Playboy
  • Playboy After Hours
  • The Playboy Advisor
  • Playboy’s International Datebook — travel by Patrick Chase
  • Playboy Interview: Ayn Rand
  • The Playboy Forum
  • Silverstein’s History of Playboy — humor by Shel Silverstein
  • “A Bit of a Dreamer, A Bit of a Fool” fiction by Romain Gary
  • The Italian Line — modern living by Ken W. Purdy
  • “BIffen’s Millions” fiction by P.G. Wodehouse
  • The Mediterrean Way — attire by Robert L. Green
  • Living With Labor — article by J. Paul Getty
  • “The Delicate Operation” fiction by Jon Edward Manson
  • Diagnosis: Delightful — Playboy’s Playmate of the Month Nancy Scott
  • Playboy’s Party Jokes — humor
  • Global Linkage — food by Thomas Mario
  • Eeny, Meeny, Miny , Mot — quiz by Ralph Woods
  • The Meddlers — opinion by Arthur C. Clarke
  • The Girls of Russia — pictorial essay
  • HowDid It Ever Get on Television — humor by Rory Harrity
  • The Tale of a Welcoming Wife — ribald classic by Apuleius
  • How to Talk Dirty and Influence People — autobiography by Lenny Bruce
  • On the Scene — personalities — 3 brief bios w/photos spread over 2 pages, this issue is Stanley Kubrick, Jasper Johns, and Bob Dylan
  • Playmates Revisited — 1959 — Pictorial includes a shot each of Jayne Mansfield, Janet Pilgrim, Pat Lawler, Bettie Page and others

    • 1964-02 Playboy Magazine Contents

    1964/02 — Vol. 11 No. 2. 186 pages.

    Contents include:

  • Playbill
  • Dear Playboy
  • Playboy After Hours
  • The Playboy Advisor
  • Playboy’s International Datebook — travel by Patrick Chase
  • The Playboy Panel: Jazz — Today and Tomorrow — discussion
  • The Playboy Forum
  • The Playboy Philosophy — editorial by Hugh M. Hefner
  • Silverstein’s History of Playboy — humor by Shel Silverstein
  • The 1964 Playboy All-Stars — jazz by Nat Hentoff
  • The Playboy LP Library — modern living
  • “Biffen’s Millions” novel by P.G. Wodehouse
  • Joe Meets Sam — satire by James Ransom
  • In Bed With Becket — pictorial
  • “The Nightmare” fiction by Pat Frank
  • The Hide of Fashion — attire by Robert L. Green
  • “Where Does It Say in Freud?” fiction by Jack Raphael Guss
  • Georgia Peach — Playboy’s Playmate of the Month Nancy Jo Hooper
  • Playboy’s Party Jokes — humor
  • The Moneygrabbers — article by Murray Teigh Bloom
  • Sounds of ’64 — modern living
  • Symbolic Sex — humor by Don Addis
  • Mamie — Mamie Van Doren pictorial
  • Lady Luck and Lyricist — humor by Jack Sharkey
  • Angelique’s Delightful Deception — ribald classic
  • The Hippest of the Squares — attire by Robert L. Green
  • How to Talk Dirty and Influence People — autobiography by Lenny Bruce
  • Playmates Revisited — 1954 — Pictorial

    • 1964-01 Playboy Magazine Contents

    1964/01 — Vol. 11 No. 1. 248 pages.

    Contents include:

  • Playbill
  • Dear Playboy
  • Playboy After Hours
  • The Playboy Advisor
  • Playboy’s International Datebook — travel by Patrick Chase
  • Playboy Interview: Vladimir Nabokov
  • The Playboy Forum
  • The Playboy Philosophy — editorial by Hugh M. Hefner
  • How to Talk Dirty and Influence People by Lenny Bruce
  • Silverstein’s History of Playboy — humor by Shel Silverstein
  • “An Actor’s Life for Me” — Fiction by Philip Roth

  • A Short History of Toasts and Toasting — Article by William Iversen
  • Here’s How — Toasts

  • …And Here’s How — Drinks by Thomas Mario
  • “The Property of a Lady” — Fiction by Ian Fleming
  • The Hosting Jacket — Attire by Robert L. Green
  • The Wisdom of Pablo Picasso — Credo by Pablo Picasso
  • MM Remembered — Pictorial Essay of Marilyn Monroe – 10 pages
  • The Boy Allies — Satire by Larry Siefel
  • The Festive Fondue — Food by Thomas Mario
  • On Being a Managerial Misfit — Article by Vance Packard
  • The Conflicting Ideologies of the East & West — Opinion by Bertrand Russell
  • Retroactive New Year’s Resolutions — Humor
  • Triple Treat — Playboy’s Playmate of the Month Sharon Rogers
  • Playboy’s Party Jokes
  • The Uses of the Blues — Soliloquoy by James Baldwin
  • The Vargas Girl Circa 1920 – Nostalgia by Alberto Vargas – 9 pages including a 2-page spread for “Fleurs du Mal” from 1920
  • The Very Acme of Romantic Love — Allegory by Wolf Makowitz
  • Fun and Games — Entertainment
  • Fox Hunting, Who Needs It? – Humor by P.G. Wodehouse
  • The Death of Boxing — Article by Budd Schulberg
  • Advice to a Young Man – Aphorisms by Ernest Hemingway – Just 1 page
  • “The Homecoming” – Fiction by Frederic Morton
  • Word Play – Satire by Robert Carola
  • Playboy’s Playmate Review – Pictorial
  • The Most Remarkable Dream – Ribald Classic
  • Gidget Goes TeeVee Jeebies — Satire
  • The Eleventh-Hour Santa — Gifts
  • The Hanger-On — Satire by Jules Feiffer
  • The Playboy Art Gallery – American Gothic – Humor by Jim Beaman
  • Little Annie Fanny — Satire by Harvey Kurtzman and Will Elder

    • 1963-12 Playboy Magazine Contents

    1963/12 — Vol. 10 No. 12. 278 pages.

    Contents include:

  • Playbill
  • Dear Playboy
  • Playboy After Hours
  • The Playboy Advisor
  • The Playboy Forum
  • The Playboy Philosophy Part 13 — editorial by Hugh M. Hefner
  • Playboy’s International Datebook — travel by Patrick Chase
  • Playboy Interview: Albert Schweitzer
  • Getting the Girls by Robert L. Green

  • “The Vacation” — Fiction by Ray Bradbury
  • What a Night Before Christmas! – Humor
  • Holiday Spirits –Hot…and Cold — Drink by Thomas Mario
  • “Eyewitness” — Fiction by Alberto Moravia

  • How to Read a Book Superficially — Article by Mortimer Adler
  • Susan and Kim — Pictorial featuring Susan Strasberg and Kim Novak
  • Everybody Shinny on His Own Side — Opinion by Robert Paul Smith
  • The Morals of Money — Article by J. Paul Getty
  • To Paradise, By Ferry — Memoir by Arthur Kopit
  • Playboy’s Christmas Cards — Humor by Judith Wax and Larry Siegel
  • “Conversation Over Moo Goo Gai Pain” — Fiction by Anatole Broyard
  • The Holiday Roast — Food by Thomas Mario
  • Prima Donna — Playboy’s Playmate of the Month Donna Michele
  • Playboy’s Party Jokes
  • Saltpeter and Wolf — Article by William Zinsser
  • “A Corking Evening” — Fiction by Lawrence Durrell
  • Symbolic Sex — Humor by Don Addis
  • “Beelzebub” — Ficiton by Robert Bloch
  • Editors’ Choice – Pictorial – A page each with three photos include Janet Pilgrim, Christa Speck, Connie Mason, and other favorites
  • The Lady and the Wench — Ribald Classic
  • Madison Square Garden – Man at His Leisure by Leroy Neiman

  • On the Scene – Personalities features brief biographies with black & white photos of three personalities of the time over two pages, this issue: Edwin H. Land, Jim Clark, Woody Allen
  • The “Noble” Experiment — Nostalgia by Ben Hecht
  • Choice Cartoons of Christmas Past – Humor
  • How to Talk Dirty and Influence People — Autobiography by Lenny Bruce
  • Merry Chrsitmas! — Gifts
  • The Teevee Jeebies Story — Satire
  • The Loan — Humor by Jules Feiffer
  • The Playboy Art Gallery — The Mona Lisa — Humor by Jim Beaman
  • Little Annie Fanny — Satire by Harvey Kurtzman and Will Elder

    • 1963-11 Playboy Magazine Contents

    1963/11 — Vol. 10 No. 11. 220 pages.

    Contents include:

  • Playbill
  • Dear Playboy
  • Playboy After Hours
  • The Playboy Advisor
  • Playboy’s International Datebook -travel by Patrick Chase
  • Playboy Interview: Jimmy Hoffa – candid conversation
  • The Playboy Philosophy: Part 12 -editorial by Hugh Hefner
  • Lafcadio, the Lion Who Shot Back – fable by Shel Silverstein

    • Hallucinogens – articles:

  • A Reporter’s Objective View by Dan Wakefield
  • A Novelist’s Personal Experience by Alan Harrington
  • A Philosopher’s Visionary Prediction by Aldous Huxley
  • Bernie the Faust – fiction by William Tenn
  • Skiing USA – modern living
  • Ambush – fiction by John Reese
  • Fair Deal – Playboy’s Playmate of the Month Terre Tucker
  • Playboy’s Party Jokes – humor
  • Thanksgiving Dinner A Deux – food by Thomas Mario
  • The Strange Gig – fiction by Borden Deal
  • The Girls of Canada – pictorial essay
  • Playboy’s Preview of Presents Perfect – gifts
  • Full-page Vargas Girl Color Illustration
  • The Eighth Wonder of the World – ribald classic by Petronius
  • How to Talk Dirty and Influence People – autobiography by Lenny Bruce
  • The Playboy Dinner Jacket – attire by Robert L. Green
  • Cleopatra–Italian Style – pictorial
  • Little Annie Fanny – satire by Harvey Kurtzman and Will Elder

    • 1963-10 Playboy Magazine Contents

    1963/10 — Vol. 10 No. 10. 240 pages.

    Contents include:

  • Playbill
  • Dear Playboy
  • Playboy After Hours
  • The Playboy Advisor
  • Playboy Interview: Jawaharlal Nehru – candid conversation
  • The Playboy Forum
  • The Playboy Philosophy: Part 11 -editorial by Hugh Hefner
  • The Going Price for Adoration – fiction by Bernard Wolfe
  • Liqueurs – drink by Ken W. Purdy
  • No Time for the Billiard Ballet – fiction by Jack Finney
  • How to Talk Dirty and Influence People -autobiography Part 1 by Lenny Bruce
  • Fairy Tales for the Jet Set – satire by Larry Siegel
  • Playboy’s Fall & Winter Fashion Forecase -attire by Robert L. Green
  • Growing Wonder – Playboy’s Playmate of the Month Christine Williams
  • Playboy’s Party Jokes
  • Lament for the High Iron – nostalgia by Charles Beaumont is about trains
  • Cliche Safari – humor by Phil Hahn and Paul Coker, Jr.
  • It Didn’t Happen – fiction by Fredric Brown
  • The Little World of David Merrick – personality by Alvin Toffler
  • The 1964 Playboy Jazz Poll – jazz
  • Symbolic Sex – humor by Don Addis
  • Elsa Martinelli – pictorial
  • The Calfayan Collection – fiction by Peter Sourian
  • Full page Vargas Girl Color Illustration
  • Persuasion – ribald classic
  • Gone With the Teevee Jeebies – satire by Shel Silverstein
  • Disneyland for Adults – pictorial is about the 6 Playboy Clubs in the U.S.
  • On the Scene – personalities Jay Ward, Valeri Brumel, Franco Corelli
  • Playboy’s International Datebook -travel by Patrick Chase

    • 1963-09 Playboy Magazine Contents

    1963/09 — Vol. 10 No. 9. 240 pages.

    Contents include:

  • Playbill
  • Dear Playboy
  • Playboy After Hours
  • The Playboy Advisor
  • Playboy Interview: Richard Burton -candid conversation
  • The Playboy Forum
  • The Playboy Philosophy: Part 10 – editorial by Hugh Hefner
  • Love, Death and the Hubby Image – article by William Iversen
  • Playboy’s Pigskin Preview – sports by Anson Mount
  • Ah, Women, Women – fiction by Alberto Moravia
  • The Relationship – satire by Jules Feiffer
  • Beefing it Up – food by Thomas Mario
  • The Life Work of Juan Diaz – fiction by Ray Bradbury
  • 2-page Vargas Girl color illustration
  • Coated and Noted – attire by Robert L. Green
  • Noon Gun – fiction by Theodore Sturgeon
  • Viva Victoria – Playboy’s Playmate of the Month Victoria Valentino
  • Playboy’s Party Jokes – humor
  • The Mirror of Gigantic Shadows – fiction by Stephen Barr
  • The Businessman at Bay – article by J. Paul Getty
  • Limericks – humor
  • Europe’s New Sex Sirens – pictorial includes several stars including Elke Sommer, Sylva Koscina, Catherine Deneuve, Claudia Cardinale, Dahlia Lavi, Romy Schneider, and more, though not everyone is nude
  • World’s Billiard Championship / Sardi’s – man at his leisure by Leroy Neiman
  • Buckskin Man – ribald classic
  • Back to Campus – attire/accouterments by Robert L. Green
  • On the Scene – personalities Lorin Maazel, Toshiro Mifune
  • How to Handle Women in Business – satire by Shepherd Mead
  • News-Reals – humor by Gerald Gardner
  • The Thinker of Tender Thoughts – humor by Shel Silverstein
  • Little Annie Fanny – satire by Harvey Kurtzman and Will Elder
  • Playboy’s International Datebook -travel by Patrick Chase

    • 1963-08 Playboy Magazine Contents

    1963/08 — Vol. 10 No. 8. 144 pages.

    Contents include:

  • Playbill
  • Dear Playboy
  • Playboy After Hours
  • The Playboy Advisor
  • The Playboy Panel: 1984 and Beyond – discussion is part of a series featuring opinions of several science fiction writers, Poul Anderson, Isaac Asimov, James Blish, Ray Bradbury, Algis Budrys, Arthur C. Clarke, Robert A. Heinlein, Frederik Pohl, Rod Serling, Theodore Sturgeon, William Tenn, and A.E. Van Vogt. Includes a small photo of each.
  • The Playboy Forum
  • The Playboy Philosophy: Part 9 – editorial by Hugh Hefner
  • Naked Nude – fiction by Bernard Malamud
  • England’s Favorite Son – article by Ken W. Purdy is about Stirling Moss
  • The Imp of the Impossible – article by J. Paul Getty
  • Car On the Mountain – fiction by T.K. Brown III
  • African Queen – pictorial Gillian Tanner
  • Four Fateful Fables for Today – fiction by Slawomir Mrozek
  • Little Dipper – Playboy’s Playmate of the Month Phyllis Sherwood
  • Playboy’s Party Jokes – humor
  • The Measure of Fashion – attire by Robert L. Green
  • The Cool Approach – food by Thomas Mario
  • Silverstein in a Nudist Camp – humor by Shel Silverstein
  • Playboy’s Patio-Terrace – modern living
  • Full Page Vargas Girl Color Illustration
  • Young Lancelot and the Forester’s Daughter – ribald classic
  • The Only Pure Love – fiction by Herbert Gold
  • Conceiving Can Be Fun – satire by Shepherd Mead
  • Playboy’s International Datebook -travel by Patrick Chase