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PLAYBOY Vol. I, No. 2, February 1954

HMH Publishing: Chicago, 1954. Paperback. Very Good. Item #22-5406

Illus., 11 x 8.5", pict wraps, 50pp (the magazine's pagination starts with the front cover as page one and ends with the rear cover as page 52). Covers have light wear and creasing, upper corners/pages bumped, tiny vertical tear on upper edge of front cover to page 18 else good to very good condition. This month's centerfold, Margie Harrison, was the first "Playmate Of The Month". The previous centerfold, Marilyn Monroe, was given the title "Sweetheart Of The Month". This issue features a pictorial essay by Andre de Dienes "At Home With Dienes" which features artfully posed naked young models. Also in this issue: "The Hound Of The Baskervilles" by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Really, Sherlock.

Price: $2,000.00