Playboy: the complete centerfolds, 1953-2016, hardcover/robert coover

With the first centerfold image of the radiant Marilyn Monroe, Hugh M.

Hefner masterminded a cultural icon: Playboy s Playmate of the Month.

This voluptuous new edition celebrates every nude centerfold from every issue of Playboy, from 1953 to February 2016.

Initially published a decade ago, and now comprehensively updated, this must-have edition boasts 734 nude centerfolds and decade openers from literary luminaries, including an all-new essay by Elizabeth Wurtzel on the last decade of centerfolds, and a redesigned package that perfectly captures the complete cultural and aesthetic arc of the Playboy centerfold.