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September 1955

Cover designed by Arthur Paul
Playmate of the Month:
Anne Flemming, photographed by Hal Adams

A Is For Anne
Dear Playboy
Fiction: The Closed Shop | When the madams of a nation get together, let the president beware!, by W. Somerset Maugham, illustrated by Richard Tyler
Jazz: Collecting Jazz | About discophiles, their records, and starting a collection of your own, by James H. Lavely
Fiction: Spy Story | Bill didn’t mind being shadowed — but incompetent shadows were really the last straw, by Robert Sheckley
Pictorial: Fair Forms And Foul Fiends | The magazines of yesteryear out-Mickied Spillaine
Pictorial: Mixing The Perfect Martini | The secret of success is precision, by Stan Ceplius
Article: The Big Bosom Battle | An eminent medico says “down with bosoms.” We say “down with necklines.” En garde, doc!, by Jay Smith
Fiction: Mating Season | ‘Twas a green book and a gold-haired girl that brought the color to Terry’s face, and him not a wicked boy at all, al all, by Charles Lee Robinson
Attire: The Basic Wardrobe | For fall and winter wear, a closetful of good taste, by Jack J. Kessie, illustrated by LeRoy Neiman
Humor: Playboy’s Party Jokes
Survey: The Playboy Reader | About the man who buys the magazine
Entertainment: “The Sammy Davis Story” | His life would make a colossal Hollywood musical, by Eric Franklin
Food: Audacious Italian Dishes | And we don’t mean Mangano or Lollobrigida, by Thomas Mario, illustrated by Morton Shapiro
Pictorial: Pink Elephants And Purple Hair | New York press agents are painting the town
Satire: The Top Of The Heap | The last word on how to succeed in business without really trying, by Shepherd Mead, illustrated by Claude Smith
Ribald Classic: The Ring And The Garter | A new translation of a true episode from the Mémoires of Casanova

Al Stine

Arv Miller

Jack Cole

Jack Cole

Larry Klein

John Dempsey

Ben Denison

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