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COMPLETE SET 1955 Playboy Magazines (12 issues) all in Very Good+ condition...all pages intact...clean and bright inside...One of the nicest overall sets you'll find for 1955
Magazines Features include:
January Excellent Condition...slight tear at bottom of binding..slight pencil date on cover (almost unnoticable)
Playboy Magazine January 1955
Volume 2 Issue # 2 Number 14
Table of Contents
Playmate of the Month
Bettie Page photographed by Bunny Yeager
Features
"The Concrete Mixer" by Ray Bradbury.
"West Coast Jazz is Nowhere" by Bob Perlongo.
"Carnival" by Erskine Caldwell.
"The Ears of Johnny Bear" by John Steinbeck.
The Stag at Eve" by Ray Russell.
Playboy Magazine February 1955 Very good condition..slight scuff on corner...slight pencil date on cover (almost unnoticeable)
Volume 2 Issue # 3 Number 15
Table of Contents Playboy February 1955
Playmate of the Month
Jayne Mansfield photographed by Hal Adams
Personality
"Red Beans & Ricely Yours (The Story of Satchmo)" (Louis Armstrong) by Charles Beaumont.
Features
"The Most Horrible Story" by John W. Jakes.
"Boxing 1955" by Ed Pazdur.
"Ribald Classics" by Guy de Maupassant.
"Broadway's Turkish Delight" (Nejla Ates) photographed by Douglas Grundy.
"Kley's Winter" sketchs by Heinrich Kley.
"Voluptua (TV geta Love Goddess)" photographed by Larry Barbier Jr.
No March Issue
Playboy Magazine April 1955 Excellent to near mint condition...slight pencil date on cover
Volume 2 Issue # 4 Number 16
Table of Contents Playboy April 1955
Playmate of the Month
Marilyn Waltz by Hal Adams.
Features
"The Hunger" by Charles Beaumont.
"The Faithfull Servants" by George J.W. Goodman.
"How to Play Company Politics" by Shepherd Mead.
"A Tithe for Charity" by P.G. Wodehouse.
"Modern Art as a Hobby" by Roger Price.
"Executive Flight" pictorial.
"Naked Advertising" pictorial.
Playboy Magazine May 1955 Near mint condition except for red C on cover...slight pencil date on cover...almost unnoticeable
Volume 2 Issue # 5 Number 17
Table of Contents
6 THE EIGHTY YARD RUNfiction IRWIN SHAW Playboy May 1955
11 TV'S AD GLIBBERpersonality KEITH HEFNER
12 HERE'S HOWtoasts
15 THE MURDER OF CONAN DOYLEsatire RAY RUSSELL
17 THE SOPHISTICATED CHEESEfood THOMAS MARIO
20 HOW TO BE A FAIR-HAIRED BOYsatire SHEPHERD MEAD
22 NAKED LADYfiction MINDRET LORD
25 PLAYBOY'S PARTY JOKEShumor
26 FEATHERWEIGHTS FOR SPRINGattire JACK J. KESSIE
28 MISS MAYplayboy's playmate of the month
33 PEOPLE AT PARTIESpictorial ABNER DEAN
36 SUBSTITUTE WENCHribald classic BOCCACCIO
41 DOUBLE EXPOSUREpictorial
49 ICE BREAKERSgames CHARLES ARMSTRONG
50 PLAYBOY'S BAZAARbuying guide
Playboy June 1955
Playboy Magazine June 1955 Almost near mint except for slight pencil date on cover
Volume 2 Issue # 6 Number 18
Table of Contents
6 IN THE CARDSfiction JOHN COLLIER
8 ALL-TIME ALL-STAR JAll BANDjazz JACK TRACY
13 SUCCESSFUL LOVEfiction . DELMORE SCHWARTZ
17 THE CORDIAL CUP OF COFFEEdrink THOMAS MARIO
20 THE COSTLY COUNTESSribald classic DE MAUPASSANT
23 PLAYBOY'S PARTY JOKEShumor
24 EVEpictorial RUSS MEYER
28 MISS JUNEplayboy's playmate of the month
30 FROM SEARLE'S SKETCHBOOKpictorial RONALD SEARLE
33 HANDLING YOUR AD AGENCYsatire SHEPHERD MEAD
39 ILLUSTRATORS SHOWpictorial
53 PLAYBOY'S BAZAARbuying guide
Playboy July 1955 Excellent Condition...slight pencil date on cover
Playboy Magazine July 1955
Volume 2 Issue # 7 Number 19
Table of Contents
Volume 2 Number 7
Playmate of the Month
Janet Pilgrim
Features
"The Crooked Coronet" by Michael Arlen.
"High, Proud Hills" by Ray Russell.
"A Vote for Polygamy" by Jay Smith.
"A Steady, High-Type Fellow" by Herbert Gold.
"Man About the Beach" sketches by Jack Cole.
"Tempest in a C-Cup" (Tempest Storm).
Playboy August 1955 Excellent Condition...red letters on cover...slight pencil date...all pages intact...staples shiny...very clean inside
Playboy Magazine August 1955
Volume 2 Issue # 8 Number 20
Table of Contents
Volume 2 Number 8
Playmate of the Month
Pat Lawler photographed by Hal Adams.
Features
"Uncle Fred Flits By" P.G. Wodehouse.
"Don't Hate Yourself" by Jules Archer.
Photos by Peter Gowland.
Playboy September 1955 Excellent condition...slight pencil date on cover
Playboy Magazine September 1955
Volume 2 Issue # 9 Number 21
Table of Contents
Volume 2 Number 9
Playmate of the Month
Anne Fleming photographed by Hal Adams.
Features
"Spy Story" by Robert Sheckley.
"The Big Bosom Battle" by Jay Smith.
"Mating Season" by Charles Lee Robinson.
"The Sammy Davis (Jr.) Story" by Eric Franklin.
"Pink Elephants and Purple Hair (New York Press Agents are Painting the Town)". Pictorial features Marilyn Monroe and Nine Copacabana Showgirls.
Playboy October 1955 Excellent to near mint...slight pencil date on cover
Playboy Magazine October 1955
Volume 2 Issue # 10 Number 22
Table of Contents
6 THE ADVENTURES OF HECTORhumor THORNE SMITH
11 A STRIPPER GOES TO COLLEGEpictorial
15 PARTY JOKEShumor
17 STAGS FOR FUN AND PROFITarticle JAY SMITH
18 SUMMA CUM STYLEattire JACK J. KESSIE
22 THE COCKTAIL HOURdrink THOMAS MARIO
25 THE KINGfiction JAMES JONES
28 TWO PLAYMATES FOR THE PRICE OF ONEpictorial HAL ADAMS
32 MISS OCTOBERplayboy's playmate of the month
37 THE TAMING OF THE RAKEfiction ANSON MOUNT
40 THE SIGNALribald classic GUY DE MAUPASSANT
42 FOREIGN CAR QUIZgames JOSEPH C. STACEY
45 SVENSKA FLICKApictorial
57 PLAYBOY'S BAZAARbuying guide
Playboy November 1955 Excellent condition...slight pencil date on cover...slight tear at top of binding
Playboy Magazine November 1955
Volume 2 Issue # 11 Number 23
Table of Contents
Volume 2 Number 11
Playmate of the Month
Barbara Cameron photographed by Mike Shea (cover, photographed by Arthur-James).
Interview
"An Interview With the All-Stars of Jazz" by Jean Sheppard.
J.J. Johnson, Dizzy Gillespie, Coleman Hawkins.
Features
"All Married Women Are Bad, Yes?" by Herbert Gold.
"Zip-Gun Boys on a Caper" by Robert Turner.
"Gina (Lollobrigida) Defends Her Honor" (pictorial - clad in red boots, tights and a corset).
"West Coast Strippers" including Misty Ayres and Renee Andre.
Playboy December 1955 Excellent condition...crease at bottom of cover but still a great magazine
Playboy Magazine December 1955
Volume 2 Issue # 12 Number 24
Table of Contents
Volume 2 N