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Playboy: The Complete Centerfolds (Playboy) | 
| Author: Chronicle Books
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Category: Book
List Price: $50.00
Buy New: $21.99
You Save: $28.01 (56%)
Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 3104
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 736
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 5.9
Dimensions (in): 12.8 x 6.6 x 1.8
ISBN: 0811860914
Dewey Decimal Number: 778
EAN: 9780811860918
ASIN: 0811860914
Publication Date: October 4, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Product Description
Following the success of last year's limited deluxe edition, this new compact edition features every centerfold from every issue of "Playboy." The chronological collection provides an unparalleled view of the evolving appreciation of the female form. Full-color photos throughout.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 2 more reviews...
 It is well worth the Amazon price November 15, 2008
R. Stopher (IN)
Just received this & i dont know what the other reviewer was talking about there is only one women per page in the early era. It is well worth the price the other edition for $200.00 is out of my price range but this one for $30.00 is well worth it. As i thought when you get close to the newest centerfolds of 2007 the pubic hair is gone which i find boring i prefer the women as nature intended with all or some hair intact. Hefner should go retro & demand that the women of today keep some of there pubic hair & shaven is sooo boring but thats my bone to pick with current women anyway this is worth buying.
Yes! Yes! Yes! November 10, 2008
D-Bone (South Jersey)
The Ultimate Book of Boobs. Wow! 600 or so lovely ladies displaying their hidden treasures. Every possible shape, size and color. Book is well worth it. Hi quality photos and paper. Compact size. Weighs a ton. Hard to resist once it's in your home.
An Enjoyable Look at Over 5 Decades of Playmates October 28, 2008
Music Lover (California)
If you've been a fan or even casual reader/veiwer of Playboy over the years, you'll really enjoy this book. The book is nicely put together in a narrow hard cover that features the playmate centerfolds as they were presented in the magazine each month from 1953 through 2007 (without the staples in the middle of the image). I would not have purchased this book had it not been released by Chronicle Books - in the much less expensive compact and updated version with 2007 Playmates, not featured in the first version in a larger format at $200.00 or more. Playboy: The Complete Centerfolds is a playmate pictorial archive that is both enjoyable to look at and interesting to consider as you see how iconic beauty (according to Playboy) has changed over the years.
 Binding Spoils the Book September 21, 2008
A. Lucas (Sydney, NSW Australia)
7 out of 10 found this review helpful
Of course this is a stunning collection of photographs. However, this edition as opposed to the large format edition is bound, literally, to disappoint. The binding method has lead to a large slice of each photograph being obsured. In some instances that means that it is not much use having included the photographs at all. The larger "full size" edition does not suffer from the same problem. I bought this book through Amazon but if I had seen it in a bookstore I would not have bought it because of the fact that the binding lets down the whole concept.
1953 to 2007 month by month September 20, 2008
James Durney (Tampa Bay area)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
I was to young to take an interest in girls when Playboy started publishing. By the late 50s, I had an avid interest in Playboy but prudence required caution. Miscellaneous copies were a teenager's access to the centerfolds. I followed Playboy through the 60s and early 70s and always checked the centerfold first. Older, married with children I stopped following each issue and in time, lost track of Playboy's centerfolds. However, the Playboy centerfold is always part of my life. Depending on the centerfold, I am in High School, Viet Nam or a number of other places. They provide an instant mnemonic that recalls a flood of memories. Most men have the same reaction, the difference being when they started and ended checking out the centerfold.
The Playboy Centerfold has always been a "looker"! Even the one you consider a poor choice is a knockout by any reasonable standard. What is "looker" a in the 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s and beyond has changed. This book is a history of beauty and sexuality from the 1953 to 2007. Over fifty years of centerfolds allows you to follow the changes in hair, makeup and physical appearance. In addition, you can see how the definition of allowable nudity changed during this time. While Playboy was always on the leading edge, they never got to far ahead of public decency. That fact means that Playboy moved with America's majority on nudity.
This is a well-done book. Every centerfold from Marylyn Monroe in the 1953 unnumbered issue to December 2007 is present. This is the centerfolds, without the staples or folds. The introduction and other observations are nice and do not distract in any way. What you are buying is a photo of over 600 of the best-looking women, naked and a history of America's concept of beauty.
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