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Playboy [v22 #10, October 1975] ($1.25, quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 97 · Flashman in the Great Game [Part 2 of 3] · George MacDonald Fraser · n. Barrie & Jenkins, 1975 145 · A Message from Home · Danny Santiago · ss

Playboy [v22 #11, November 1975] (quarto) [] Details taken from eBay listing. 96 · Flashman in the Great Game [Part 3 of 3] · George MacDonald Fraser · n. Barrie & Jenkins, 1975 125 · Been Going Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me · James Petersen · ss 148 · Dengué Fever · Paul Theroux · ss The Times Anthology of Ghost Stories, Cape, 1975

Playboy [v22 #12, December 1975] ($1.75, quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 102 · Time Is Money · Lee Falk · ss 111 · Skin Flick · Evan Hunter · ss 124 · Playboy’s Christmas Cards · Judith Wax · pm 204 · The Shepherd · Frederick Forsyth · ex Hutchinson, 1975

Playboy [v23 #1, January 1976] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 81 · The Doorbell · Vladimir Nabokov · ss 150 · Falconer · John Cheever · ss 177 · Tooth · C. E. Poverman · ss

Playboy [v23 #2, February 1976] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 64 · The True American · Melvin Van Peebles · ss 111 · God and the Cobbler · R. K. Narayan · ss

Playboy [v23 #3, March 1976] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 114 · The Autumn Dog · Paul Theroux · ss 134 · The Golden Whatever · Jordan Crittenden · ss

Playboy [v23 #4, April 1976] (quarto) [] Details taken from eBay listing. · The West End Horror [Part 1 of 2; Sherlock Holmes] · Nicholas Meyer · n.

Playboy [v23 #5, May 1976] ($1.25, 222pp+, quarto) [] 103 · Goldilocks and the Three Beers · Danny Santiago · ss 116 · The West End Horror [Part 2 of 2; Sherlock Holmes] · Nicholas Meyer · n. 139 · The Hanged Man Watching · Pietro Aretino · vi from I Ragionamenti, Venice 1536.

Playboy [v23 #6, June 1976] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 88 · Jenny and the Ball-Turret Gunner · John Irving · ss

Playboy [v23 #7, July 1976] (quarto) [] Details taken from eBay listing. · Last One Out · David Ely · ss · A Feast of Snakes · Harry Crews · ss

Playboy [v23 #8, August 1976] (quarto) [] Details taken from eBay listing. · The Makeup Man · William Harrison · ss · The Great American Lay · Laurence Gonzales · hu

Playboy [v23 #9, September 1976] ($1.50, 214pp+, quarto) [] 90 · Slapstick or Lonesome No More! · Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. · ex Delacorte Press, 1976 135 · The Devil and the Peasant Wife · adapted by Florence Clowes · vi; the illustration for this can be ironed on to a t-shirt. from a traditional Polish tale.

Playboy [v23 #10, October 1976] ($1.50, 234pp+, quarto) [] 88 · Roots: The Mixing of the Blood · Alex Haley · ex Doubleday, 1976 96 · The Bric-a-Brac Man [Part 1 of 2] · Russell H. Greenan · ex Random House, 1976 105 · Blue Skies, No Candy · Gael Green · ss 145 · The Family Jewels · Giambattista Basile; adapted by John G. Dickson · vi from Il Pentamerone, 1637.

Playboy [v23 #11, November 1976] ($1.50, 258pp+, quarto) [] 110 · The Bric-a-Brac Man [Part 2 of 2] · Russell H. Greenan · ex Random House, 1976 157 · Definitions · Captain Grose · ms 1811 from 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, London.

Playboy [v23 #12, December 1976] (quarto) [] Details taken from eBay listing. · Trial of the Warlock · Norman Mailer · nv · What Is Life? · Robert Sheckley · ss · Gay · Joyce Carol Oates · nv

Playboy [v24 #1, January 1977] (quarto) [] Details supplied by Jerry McMaster. · The Rolls-Royce Love Affair · Erica Jong · ss · Mendel I Thought · Isaac Bashevis Singer · ss · Sebastian the Cat · Evan Hunter · ss

Playboy [v24 #2, February 1977] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 76 · The Trolls of God [Fantasy and Fable] · James Powell · ss 115 · Garp’s Night Out · John Irving · ss

Playboy [v24 #3, March 1977] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 114 · Set of Two: _ · Loser Wins · Paul Theroux · ss _ · The Tennis Court · Paul Theroux · ss

Playboy [v24 #4, April 1977] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 114 · Voyages of a Mile-High Fille de Joie · Judith Johnson Sherwin · ss

Playboy [v24 #5, May 1977] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 97 · The Other · Jorge Luis Borges; translated by Norman Thomas di Giovanni · ss 112 · Oral History · Nadine Gordimer · ss A Soldier’s Embrace by Nadine Gordimer, Viking Penguin, 1975 131 · Silversmith Wishes · Robert Sheckley · ss

Playboy [v24 #6, June 1977] (quarto) [] Details supplied by Denny Lien from Table of Contents. 111 · So Long, Old Buddy · Robert F. Young · ss 136 · Bernstein in Mexico · Gerald Green · ss

Playboy [v24 #7, July 1977] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 90 · Adulterer’s Luck · Paul Theroux · ss 106 · Manhattan Pit Stop · “Stroker Ace” · ss

Playboy [v24 #8, August 1977] ($1.50, 210pp, quarto) [] 74 · The Honourable Schoolboy [George Smiley] · John le Carré · ex Hodder & Stoughton, 1977 137 · Pussy’s in the Well · Pietro Aretino; adapted by Carlo Matteo · vi from I Ragionamenti, Venice 1534.

Playboy [v24 #9, September 1977] (quarto) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 109 · A Moon in June · Loyd Little · ss 150 · Beggarman, Thief [Part 1 of 2] · Irwin Shaw · n.

Playboy [v24 #10, October 1977] ($1.50, 278pp, quarto) [] 110 · Beggarman, Thief [Part 2 of 2] · Irwin Shaw · n. 175 · Riddles and Night Secrets · Giovanni Francesco Straparola; adapted by John G. Dickson · pm from Le Piacevola Notti, 1550.

Playboy [v24 #11, November 1977] ($1.75, 282pp, quarto) [] 130 · In the National Interest · Marvin Kalb & Ted Koppel · ex Simon & Schuster, 1977 179 · Italian Tales · Poggio Bracciolini; adapted by Carlo Matteo · vi from the Facetiae of Poggio Bracciolini, 1450.

Playboy [v24 #12, December 1977] ($2.25, 374pp, quarto) [] 77 · Buck Rogers and I · Ray Russell · ar 138 · Abhorrent Green Slippery City · Bernard Malamud · ss 145 · Star Spats · Laurence Gonzales · hu 146 · Whoooooosh, When Rocket Ships Were Really a Blast · Kerig Pope & Ron Villani · pi; includes a punch-out Do-It-Yourself Rocket Ship. 174 · The Henry Miller Dawn Patrol · Philip José Farmer · ss 246 · Tomeu and His Daughters · translated by Richard Willis · vi from the Mallorquin tale Enginy d’un qui havia feta donació.

Playboy [v25 #1, January 1978] ($2.25, 294pp, quarto) [] 170 · Full Many a Flower · Irwin Shaw · ss 192 · Doctor Fastest · Erich Segal · ss 198 · The Czar’s Cadets at Peterhof · Mikhail Lermontov; translated by Walter Arndt · vi

Playboy [v25 #2, February 1978] ($2.00, 212pp, quarto) [] 88 · The Human Factor · Graham Greene · ex The Bodley Head, 1978 143 · There’s Room for Two · Marquis de Sade; adapted by Steven Raichlen · vi

Playboy [v25 #3, March 1978] ($2.00, 250pp, quarto) [] Details taken from eBay listing. · Kalki [Part 1 of 2] · Gore Vidal · n. 153 · The Black Cat · adapted by A. J. MacPherson · vi from Gazette Anecdotique du Règne de Louis XVI.

Playboy [v25 #4, April 1978] ($2.00, quarto) [] Details taken from online listing. 49 · A Born Again Hustler · Art Buchwald · ss 132 · Kalki [Part 2 of 2] · Gore Vidal · n.

Playboy [v25 #5, May 1978] ($2.00, 262pp+, quarto) [] 111 · The Darkwater Hall Mystery · Kingsley Amis · ss 118 · The Faint · John Updike · ss 165 · Boss’s Wife · [uncredited] · pm (r); a 19th century Australian bush ballad.

Playboy [v25 #6, June 1978] ($2.00, 282pp+, quarto) [] 146 · A Party in Miami Beach · Isaac Bashevis Singer; translated by Joseph Singer · ss 168 · Hokey Pokey · Daniel Curley · ss 181 · Under the Beard · translated by Vladimir Sanin · vi translated from the Russian (Severnye Skazki, 1909).

Playboy [v25 #7, July 1978] ($2.00, 244pp+, quarto) [] 94 · Galahad · Walter L. Lowe, Jr. · ss 102 · The Accompanist · V. S. Pritchett · ss 163 · The Magic Staff · Bonnie Carey; adapted by Jack Carey · vi a Latvian folk tale.

Playboy [v25 #8, August 1978] ($2.00, 242pp+, quarto) [] 92 · The Death Freak · John Luckless · ex Simon & Schuster, 1978 149 · Ambassador at Large · [uncredited] · pm (r) attributed to Captain Morris, author of Songs Drinking, Political and Facetious, circa 1790.

Playboy [v25 #9, September 1978] (quarto) [] Details taken from eBay listing. · Arthur Rex · Thomas Berger · ex Delacorte Press, 1978; revised by the magazine editor. · Sex and the Triple Znar-Fichi · Arthur Rosch · ss

Playboy [v25 #10, October 1978] ($2.00, 290pp+, quarto) [] 114 · Falling Angel [Part 1 of 2] · William Hjortsberg · n. 173 · A Tale of Sileny Cunning · Matteo Bandello; adapted by Kenneth Marcuse · vi from Certain Tragicall Discourses, 1567.

Playboy [v25 #11, November 1978] ($2.00, 314pp+, quarto) [] 124 · Perfect Match · Barbara Rochelle · ss 168 · Falling Angel [Part 2 of 2] · William Hjortsberg · n. 193 · The Wife Who Came Back · adapted by Jack O’Donnell · vi from a Siamese folk tale.

Playboy [v25 #12, December 1978] ($2.50, 392pp+, quarto) [] 136 · The Flounder · Günter Grass · ss 235 · Switching · Trevanian · ss 254 · The Case of the Missing Jewel · translated by Jascha Kessler & Kuchik Ebdal · vi from the Persian Riyadh al-Hikayet, 17th century.

Playboy [v26 #1, January 1979] ($3.00, 410pp, quarto) [] 146 · The Fountains of Paradise [Part 1 of 2] · Arthur C. Clarke · n. 170 · Beyond 1984 · Ray Bradbury · ar 231 · Gesturing · John Updike · ss 236 · The Purpose of the Moon · Tom Robbins · ss

Playboy [v26 #2, February 1979] ($2.00, 222pp, quarto) [] Details supplied by Paul Di Filippo. 116 · The Fountains of Paradise [Part 2 of 2] · Arthur C. Clarke · n. 141 · A Warning to Virgins and Young Men About a Certain Vile Practice · [uncredited] · pm 1785 from a New England broadside of 1785.

Playboy [v26 #3, March 1979] ($2.00, 250pp, quarto) [] 96 · Good as Gold [Part 1 of 2] · Joseph Heller · n. 130 · All the Birds Come Home to Roost · Harlan Ellison · ss 153 · Una’s Lock · [uncredited] · pm ca. 1806 an Irish popular song first published in The Giblet Pye, circa 1806.

Playboy [v26 #4, April 1979] ($2.00, 282pp+, quarto) [] 146 · Good as Gold [Part 2 of 2] · Joseph Heller · n. 169 · Four Offensive Verses · Tom Brown · pm 1700 from A Collection of Miscellany Poems, London 1700.

Playboy [v26 #5, May 1979] ($2.00, 294pp+, quarto) [] 110 · White Lies · Paul Theroux · ss 174 · Lady Chastity’s Last Stand · Philip Cioffari · ss Playboy April 1971 179 · A True Account of a Swearing Doctor’s Marriage · Tom Brown · vi 1693

Playboy [v26 #6, June 1979] ($2.00, 306pp+, quarto) [] Details taken from eBay listing. 124 · Cruel Shoes · Steve Martin · ex Press of the Pegacycle Lady, 1977 164 · A Bay Change · Elliott Arnold · ss 181 · What Women Owe to Tortoise · adapted by Don Cosentino · vi a traditional Yoruba folk tale from Nigeria.