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1963-07 Playboy Magazine Contents

1963/07 — Vol. 10 No. 8. 152 pages.

Contents include:

  • Playbill
  • Dear Playboy
  • Playboy After Hours
  • The Playboy Advisor
  • The Playboy Panel: 1984 and Beyond – discussion is the first 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 8 – editorial by Hugh Hefner
  • A Night in the Byzantine Palace – fiction by Ray Russell
  • Rum’s the Word – drink by Thomas Mario
  • Change of Plan – fiction by Ken W. Purdy
  • Small Boats for Fun Afloat – modern living
  • Harry, the Rat with Women – conclusion of a novel by Jule Feiffer
  • Summertime Idyl – Playboy’s Playmate of the Month Carrie Enwright
  • Playboy’s Party Jokes – humor
  • The Sabbats of Satan – article by E.V. Griffith
  • Two on the Nile – attire by Robert L. Green
  • Letitia – memoir by Ben Hecht
  • The Bunnies – pictorial
  • Air France – man at his leisure by Leroy Neiman
  • Full Page Vargas Girl Color Illustration
  • The Way of a Traveling Man – ribald classic
  • The Road to Teevee Jeebies – satire by Shel Silverstein
  • How to Select Your Second Wife – satire by Shepherd Mead
  • On the Scene – personalities Cassius Clay, Edward Albee, Peter Falk
  • Little Annie Fanny – satire by Harvey Kurtzman and Will Elder
  • Playboy’s International Datebook -travel by Patrick Chase

    • 1963-06 Playboy Magazine Contents

    1963/06 — Vol. 10 No. 6. 198 pages.

    Contents include:

  • Playbill
  • Dear Playboy
  • Playboy After Hours
  • The Playboy Advisor
  • Playboy Interview: Billy Wilder – candid conversation
  • The Playboy Philosophy: Part 7 – editorial by Hugh Hefner
  • Harry, the Rat with Women – Part One of a novel by Jules Feiffer
  • The Queen’s Own Evaders – fiction by Ray Bradbury
  • Smorrebrod – food by Thomas Mario
  • Skin Deep – fiction by Brian Renvelaw
  • Folk, Folkum and the New Citybilly – article by Nat Hentoff
  • Symbolic Sex – humor by Don Addis
  • A Style of Her Own – Playboy’s Playmate of the Month Connie Mason
  • Playboy’s Party Jokes – humor
  • The Right Time – attire by Robert L. Green
  • On Her Majesty’s Secret Service – Conclusion of a novel by Ian Fleming
  • The Nudest Jayne Mansfield – pictorial
  • Requiem for Holidays – nostalgia by Charles Beaumont
  • Playboy’s Gifts for Dads and Grads – gifts
  • The Cost of the Cure – ribald classic by Petronius
  • The Greatest Teevee Jeebies Ever Told – satire by Shel Silverstein
  • How to Save Money on Your Wife’s Clothing – satire by Shepherd Mead
  • Playboy’s International Datebook -travel by Patrick Chase

    • 1963-02 Playboy Magazine Contents

    1963/02 — Vol. 10 No. 2. 146 pages.

    Contents include:

  • Playbill
  • Dear Playboy
  • Playboy After Hours
  • The Playboy Advisor
  • Playboy Interview: Frank Sinatra – candid conversation
  • The Playboy Philosophy: Part 3 – editorial by Hugh Hefner
  • Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves! – Part 1 of a new novelette by P.G. Wodehouse
  • Those American Virgins – travel by A.C. Spectorsky
  • The New Deal – fiction by Charles Einstein
  • The Pedestal – humor by Claude
  • A Playmate Pillow Fight – pictorial
  • Beyond Gravity – article by Arthur C. Clarke
  • Golden Girl – Playboy’s Playmate of the Month Toni Ann Thomas
  • Playboy’s Party Jokes – humor
  • The 1963 Playboy All-Stars – jazz by Nat Hentoff
  • Sounds of ’63 – modern living
  • How to Train Your First Wife – satire by Shepherd Mead
  • The Chicks of Cleopatra – pictorial
  • Full page Vargas Girl Color Illustration
  • The Wily Ways of a Diligent Salesman – ribald classic
  • The Perfect Alibi – fiction by Mike McGrady and Joe Hickey
  • From Collar to Cuffs – attire by Robert L. Green
  • The Bunch – satire by Jules Feiffer
  • The Right Wing – debate with Norman Mailer and William F. Buckley
  • Playboy’s International Datebook -travel by Patrick Chase

    • 1962-09 Playboy Magazine Contents

    1962/09 — Vol. 9 No. 9. 208 pages.

    Contents include:

  • Playbill
  • Dear Playboy
  • Playboy After Hours
  • The Playboy Advisor
  • Playboy Interview: Miles Davis
  • Stirling Moss – personality by Ken W. Purdy
  • The Sound of Hirsh – fiction by Leonard Michaels
  • Playboy’s Pigskin Preview – sports by Anson Mount
  • Wall Street in Crisis – article by J. Paul Getty
  • The Bloody Pulps – nostalgia by Charles Beaumont. This article looks back at classic pulps and mentions titles such as Doc Savage, The Shadow and The Spider
  • Hey, Look at Me! – fiction by Jack Finney
  • The Next Sound You Hear – article by Morton M. Hunt
  • Back to Campus – attire by Robert L. Green
  • Reining Beauty – Playboy’s Playmate of the Month Mickey Winters
  • Playboy’s Party Jokes – humor
  • The Apertif : An Appreciative Appraisal – drink by Thomas Mario
  • On the Scene – personalities Herb Gardner, Johnny Carson, Sonny Rollins
  • Romeo and Juliet – satire by Jules Feiffer
  • The Thin Red Line – fiction by James Jones Part 2
  • Beware of Hasty Marriage – satire by Shepherd Mead
  • Playboy Salutes Madison Avenue – satire
  • The One-Button Suit – attire by Robert L. Green
  • Full page Vargas girl illustration
  • The Devious Ways of Decius Mundus – ribald classic
  • Conversational Conveyances – humor by Phil Hahn and Paul Coker, Jr.
  • Playboy’s International Datebook – travel by Patrick Chase

    • 1962-07 Playboy Magazine Contents

    1962/07 — Vol. 9 No. 7. 112 pages.

    Contents include:

  • Playbill
  • Dear Playboy
  • Playboy After Hours
  • The Playboy Advisor
  • The Pilgrimage of Roger Haydock – fiction by Robert Lewis Taylor
  • Grooming Gear – accouterments by Robert L. Green
  • Bus Story – fiction by Calder Willingham
  • The Galley Chef – Food by Thomas Mario
  • The Sorry Plight of the Human Male – satire by Shepherd Mead
  • The Bandit – memoir by Ben Hecht
  • Midsummer Madness – attire by Robert L. Green
  • Super Salesgirl – Playboy’s Playmate of the Month Unne Terjesen
  • Playboy’s Party Jokes
  • The Right Man for the Right Job – fiction by J.C. Thompson
  • Through the Racial Looking Glass – article by Nat Hentoff
  • Word Play – humor by Robert Carola
  • A Sense of Values – article by J. Paul Getty
  • Janet Pilgrim in Palm Springs – pictorial
  • Who Shall Dwell – fiction H.C. Neal
  • The Homebody – satire by Jules Feiffer
  • Full-page Vargas girl illustration
  • The Crafty Lover – ribald classic by La Fontaine
  • Playboy’s International Datebook – travel by Patrick Chase

    • 1962-05 Playboy Magazine Contents

    1962/05 — Vol. 9 No. 5. 142 pages.

    Contents include:

  • Playbill
  • Dear Playboy
  • Playboy After Hours
  • The Playboy Advisor
  • The Wonderful Clouds – fiction by Francoise Sagan
  • For the Rich They Sing-Sometimes – fiction by Ken W. Purdy
  • Valentine Revisited – pictorial Cynthia Maddox
  • Queen Dido – memoir by Ben Hecht
  • Frozen Assets – food by Thomas Mario
  • The Bonapartes are Phfft! – satire by Larry Siegel
  • Shoemaker’s Snakes – humor by Howard Shoemaker
  • Control Somnambule – fiction by William Sambrot
  • On the Scene – personalities Jean -Paul Belmondo, Albert Finney, Marcello Mastroianni
  • The Miracle – fiction by Harry Mark Petrakis
  • Water Sprite – Playboy’s Playmate of the Month Marya Carter
  • Playboy’s Party Jokes – humor
  • Ship to Shore – attire by Robert L. Green
  • The Master Swindlers – article by Spencer Klaw
  • The Playboy Town House – modern living
  • What Makes an Executive – article by J. Paul Getty
  • The Oxford-Cambridge Race – man at his leisure
  • Full page Vargas girl color illustration
  • The Language of the Birds – ribald classic
  • The Villain Still Pursues Her – pictorial
  • Playboy’s International Datebook – travel by Patrick Chase

    • 1962-04 Playboy Magazine Contents

    1962/04 — Vol. 9 No. 4. 142 pages.

    Contents include:

  • Playbill
  • Dear Playboy
  • Playboy After Hours
  • The Playboy Advisor
  • The Wonderful Clouds – fiction by Francoise Sagan
  • Paris – playboy on the town
  • The Stancias’ House – fiction by Paul Darcy Boles
  • Folk Songs for Moderns – satire by Larry Siegel
  • A Way to Make It – fiction by Henry Slesar
  • Cinema on a Shoestring – article by Arthur Knight
  • Right Number – Playboy’s Playmate of the Month Roberta Lane
  • Playboy’s Party Jokes – humor
  • Playboy’s Spring & Summer Fashion Forecast – attire by Robert L. Green
  • You Can’t Get There from Here – article by Arthur C. Clarke
  • Playmate of the Year – pictorial Christa Speck
  • Adam Frost – fiction by Vance Aandahl
  • Full page Vargas girl illustration
  • The Story of Dumb Hanns – ribald classic
  • The Mad Scientist – humor by Shel Silverstein
  • On the Scene – personalities Stewart Hegeman, Jackie Gayle, Donald Hyatt
  • Southern Accent – food by Thomas Mario
  • Playboy’s International Datebook – travel by Patrick Chase

    • 1962-02 Playboy Magazine Contents

    1962/02 — Vol. 9 No. 2. 136 pages.

    Contents include:

  • Playbill
  • Dear Playboy
  • Playboy After Hours
  • The Playboy Advisor
  • My Brother, Ernest Hemingway – biography by Leicester Hemingway
  • Anthony From Afar – fiction by Bernard Wolfe
  • Fitting Out for Twin-Eared Sounds – modern living
  • Comedy of Eros – humor by Larry Siegel
  • Silverstein’s Zoo – satire by Shel Silverstein
  • The Perils of Passion – quiz by Rolf Malcolm

    • Three Fashion Finds – attire by Robert L. Green

  • The Spanish Prisoner – fiction by Gerlad Kersh
  • Good Skate – Playboy’s Playmate of the Month Kari Knudsen
  • Playboy’s Party Jokes – humor
  • Bugatti – article by Ken W. Purdy
  • The 1962 Playboy All-Stars – jazz by Leonard Feather
  • The Investor fiction by Bruce Jay Friedman
  • Timely Revival – accouterments
  • The Girls of Rome – pictorial essay
  • Full-page Vargas girl color illustration
  • The Eunuch – ribald classic
  • Playboy’s International Datebook – travel by Patrick Chase

    • 1959-01 Playboy Magazine Contents

    1959/01 — Vol. 6 No. 1. 80 pages.

    Contents include:

  • Playbill
  • Dear Playboy
  • Playboy After Hours
  • “The Music of the Yellow Brass” — Fiction by Charles Beaumont

  • Party Games – Entertainment
  • Magnifique Mardi Gras – Food by Thomas Mario
  • Hollywood Horizontal — Humor by Marion Hargrove
  • The Yawn — Satire by Jules Feiffer
  • Far-East Fabric — Attire by Blake Rutherford
  • “The Right Approach” — Fiction by P.G. Wodehouse
  • Girl Who Wears Glasses — Playboy’s Playmate of the Month Virginia Gordon
  • Playboy’s Party Jokes — Humor
  • “A Dish of Desire” — Fiction by J.P. Donleavy
  • No Room for Vice — Nostalgia by Ben Hecht
  • Le Cafe Chambord — Man at His Leisure
  • Playboy’s Playmate Review – Pictorial
  • Cock of the Walk — Ribald Classic by Bonaventure Desperriers
  • Brisk-Weather Walk — Attire
  • Playboy’s International Datebook — Travel by Patrick Chase