Playboy: The Celebrities [Hardcover]

Hugh M. Hefner (Introduction), Gary Cole (Afterword)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 1, 2006

From Marilyn Monroe to Cindy Crawford, Linda Evans to Farrah Fawcett, Playboy has celebrated the sensuality (and even launched a few careers) of celebrities for more than fifty years. Here, in all their glory, are over 150 breathtaking photographs of the magazine's most famous heavenly bodies. Celebrity models such as Naomi Campbell and Stephanie Seymour, Playmates Jenny McCarthy and Pamela Anderson, rockers such as Debbie Harry, and many more reveal allposing for equally renowned photographers such as Herb Ritts and David LaChapelle. With an introduction by Hugh Hefner himself and an afterword by Gary Cole, the magazine's director of photography for the past 30 years, this definitive collection from Playboy is a potent portfolio of celebrity nudes.

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About the Author

Gary Cole has been photography director of Playboy since 1975.

Hugh M. Hefner is editor-in-chief of Playboy magazine.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 176 pages
• Publisher: Chronicle Books (October 1, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0811856801
• ISBN-13: 978-0811856805
• Product Dimensions: 12.3 x 9.3 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #147,116 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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32 of 33 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing book from Playboy, October 25, 2006

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H. N. Dohe (My Sanctum Sanctorium) - See all my reviews

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I have collected the many hard cover books Playboy has put out, and was looking forward to this one. It was a big disappointment. Playboy has 5 decades of celebrities to choose from, and yet so many were left out. Part of the reason for that is there's one photo per the page, which quickly fills a coffee table book. I would have prefered smaller, multiple photos with some text on each page. As was pointed out in a review above- where was Sherilynn Fenn? Joan Collins? Pamela Tiffin? Lana Wood? Fran Jeffries? I also have a problem with including "celebrities" that were also centerfolds. Erica Eleniak? Shannon Tweed? The Girls Next Door? Barbie Benton? Ok, maybe Pam Anderson would count as a celeb, but some of the others don't rank as celebs in my book. Yet they get extensive coverage in here. I was really looking forward to a single, comprehensive book on celebrities that have appeared in Playboy. Not the first installment of a multi-edition collection. It'll be hard to pass on this one because it has some wonderful photos of the celebrities that it does include. But it could've been a lot, lot better.

19 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars a look back, October 17, 2006

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Timothy Martin "info guru" (Delaware) - See all my reviews
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I enjoyed this book. It has some very iconic images, especially the Marilyn Monroe pics. I was a little disappointed,however as it is by no means a complete overview of all the celebrities who have appeared in the magazine.They seem to have arbitrarily choosen who to include.Where are, Tiffany,Vanity, Kristy Swanson,Joanie Lawler,and most puzziling Joan Collins? I guess they'll be in volume 2.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars nice variety, January 9, 2007

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I bought this for an early Christmas gift for my fiance' and we both love it. There's a sampling of all kinds in here - from young to older, earthy to, well, Pamela, and dated to modern.