 | Playmate of the Month: Victoria Valentino, photographed by Mario Casilli Viva Victoria | A pretty patroness of the arts becomes our September Playmate |
| Dear Playboy | |
| Playboy After Hours | |
| The Playboy Advisor | |
 | Playboy Interview: Richard Burton | A candid conversation with Cleopatra’s controversial co-star |
| The Playboy Forum | |
| Editorial: The Playboy Philosophy | The tenth part of a statement in which Playboy’s editor-publisher spells out — for friends and critics alike — our guiding principles and editorial credo, by Hugh Hefner | |
 | Article: Love, Death And The Hubby Image | The cloying quicksands of calculated exploitation make a mordant travesty of the marrying male’s romantic dreams, by William Iversen, illustrated by Dave Packard |
 | Sports: Playboy’s Pigskin Preview | Pre-season picks for the top college teams and players across the country, by Anson Mount |
 | Fiction: Ah, Women, Women | In love, what counts is the feeling, not the appearance, an no one could take that away from him, by Alberto Moravia |
 | Satire: The Relationship, by Jules Feiffer |
 | Food: Beefing It Up | For your steering committee — subtle, savory variations on that most masculine of meats, by Thomas Mario |
 | Fiction: The Life Work Of Juan Diaz | His silhouette loomed in the white evening sky — he had come home from the earth to fulfill his promise, by Ray Bradbury, illustrated by Richard Tyler |
 | Attire: Coated And Noted, by Robert L. Green |
 | Fiction: Noon Gun | As they walked, he tried to imagine the big guy groveling — but all he could see was that kit waiting for the cannon to fire, by Theodore Sturgeon |
 | Humor: Playboy’s Party Jokes |
 | Fiction: The Mirror Of Gigantic Shadows | He turned and came toward her, his face white, his eyes empty — what horror had he seen?, by Stephen Barr |
| Article: The Businessman At Bay | How the executive’s managerial acumen is shaped on the forge of crisis, by J. Paul Getty | |
 | Humor: Limericks, illustrated by Arnold Roth |
 | Pictorial: Europe’s New Sex Sirens | A pictorial salute to the nude wave’s loveliest continental stars |
 | Man At His Leisure: World Billiard Championship/Sardi’s, by LeRoy Neiman |
 | Ribald Classic: Buckskin Man | From the folklore of the Apaches, retold by J.A. Gato, illustrated by Leon Bellin |
 | Attire/Accouterments: Back To Campus | Classic revivals and new directions for the academic year, by Robert L. Green |
 | Personalities: On The Scene (Lorin Maazel, Toshiro Mifune) |
 | Satire: How To Handle Women In Business | The last word on how to succeed with women without really trying, by Shepherd Mead, illustrated by Claude Smith |
 | Humor: News-Reals | The author of “Who’s in Charge Here?” parodies the public and private utterances of international political personages, by Gerald Gardner |
 | Humor: The Thinker Of Tender Thoughts, by Shel Silverstein |
 | Satire: Little Annie Fanny, by Harvey Kurtzman and Will Elder |
| Travel: Playboy’s International Datebook, by Patrick Chase |
 Bill Murphy |  Claude Smith |  Dink Siegel |  Eldon Dedini |
 Erich Sokol |  Francis Wilford Smith |  Gahan Wilson |  Phil Interlandi |
 John Dempsey |  Phil Interlandi |  Alberto Vargas |  Eldon Dedini |
 Merchandise ad |  Merchandise ads |  Playboy Club News (with Playmate June Cochran) |  What Sort of Man Reads Playboy? |
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