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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 · 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 · A. J. MacPherson · vi; from Gazette Anecdotique du Règne de Louis XVI.

Playboy [v25 #4, April 1978] ($2.00, quarto) Details taken from eBay listing. A Born Again Hustler · Art Buchwald · ss 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 · Anon. · 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 · ss 168 · Hokey Pokey · Daniel Curley · ss 181 · Under the Beard · 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 · Anon. · 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 · 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 · 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 · Anon. · 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 · Anon. · 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 Apr 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 · Wlliott Arnold · ss 181 · What Women Owe to Tortoise · Don Cosentino · vi; a traditional Yoruba folk tale from Nigeria.

Playboy [v26 #7, July 1979] ($2.00, 250pp, quarto) Details supplied by René Beaulieu. Playbill · Anon. · bg The World of Playboy · Anon. · cl Dear Playboy · [The Readers] · lc Playboy After Hours · John Blumenthal · cl The Playboy Advisor · Anon. · qa The Playboy Forum · [The Readers] · lc Playboy Interview: Joseph Wambaugh · Anon. · iv The Making of a Pope · Andrew M. Greeley · ar The Perfect Heigh or The Quest of Gimmesome Roy · Shel Silverstein · ss Well Watched · Anon. · pi The Leaser of Two Evils · Philip José Farmer · ss Looking Shipshape! · David Platt · ar Blood Sisters · Joe Haldeman · nv Shear Wonder—Playboy’s Playmate of the Month · Richard Fegley · pi Where Sex Is Concerned, the Doctor Is Out · Morton Hunt · ar The Second Annual Managers’ Cash-on-Line, Clutch-Player All-Star Team · Terry Catchpole · ar Moonraker: New Perils for 007 · Anon. · pi Ribald Classic: The Baker of Yesilkoy · Charles Wallach · ss; from a Traditionnal Turkish Tale, Circa 1560. The Secret Life of Baseball · Maury Z. Levy & Samantha Stevenson · ar Playbikes · James Petersen · ar Funnies · various · cs Playboys’s Pipeline · Theodore Fischer, Tom Passavant, Walter Salm & John Rezek · cl Playboy Potpourri · Anon. · ar Playboy on the Scene · Anon. · cl Playboy’s Roving Eye—More Pictures of the German Edition of Playboy—or, We Leica Those a Lot · Anon. · pi Sex News · Anon. · cl

Playboy [v26 #8, August 1979] ($2.00, 250pp+, quarto) 134 · The Top of the Hill [Part 1 of 3] · Irwin Shaw · ex Delacorte Press 1979

Playboy [v26 #9, September 1979] ($2.50, 286pp+, quarto) 148 · The Top of the Hill [Part 2 of 3] · Irwin Shaw · ex Delacorte Press 1979 175 · The Goldsmith’s Wife · Anon. · vi 1758; from A New Atlantis for the Year 1758, printed by M. Thrush, Fleet Street, London.

Playboy [v26 #10, October 1979] ($2.50, quarto) Details taken from eBay listing. The Top of the Hill [Part 3 of 3] · Irwin Shaw · ex Delacorte Press 1979 Snake Head · Lynda Leidiger · ss The Fierce Machine · John Cleland · vi

Playboy [v26 #11, November 1979] (quarto) Details taken from Table of Contents. 124 · Jambeaux · Laurence Gonzales · ex Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1979

Playboy [v26 #12, December 1979] (quarto) Details taken from eBay listing. The Holy Land · John Updike · ss Used in Evidence · Frederick Forsyth · ss

Playboy [v27 #1, January 1980] ($3.00, 334pp+, quarto) 132 · My Uncle Oswald · Roald Dahl · ss 150 · In Bed One Night · Robert Coover · vi 207 · Smiley’s People [George Smiley] · John le Carré · ex Hodder & Stoughton 1979

Playboy [v27 #2, February 1980] (quarto) Details taken from Table of Contents. 124 · Who’s on First? [Blackford Oakes] · William F. Buckley, Jr. · ex Doubleday 1980 132 · Paintin’ Her Fingernails · Shel Silverstein · pm

Playboy [v27 #3, March 1980] (quarto) Details taken from Table of Contents. 115 · Uncle Don · Shel Silverstein · pm 141 · A Cup of Coffee with the Cardinals · A. W. Landwehr · ss

Playboy [v27 #4, April 1980] (quarto) Details taken from Table of Contents. 163 · Screwballs · Jay Cronley · ss

Playboy [v27 #5, May 1980] (quarto) Details taken from Table of Contents. 140 · Papageno · Asa Baber · ss

Playboy [v27 #6, June 1980] (quarto) Details taken from Table of Contents. 124 · Seymour · Mordecai Richler · ss

Playboy [v27 #7, July 1980] (quarto) Details taken from Table of Contents. 96 · The Apotheosis of Myra · Walter Tevis · nv

Playboy [v27 #8, August 1980] (quarto) Details taken from Table of Contents. 104 · Fanny, Being the True History of the Adventures of Fanny Hackabout-Jones · Erica Jong · ss

Playboy [v27 #9, September 1980] (quarto) Details taken from Table of Contents. 108 · Still Life with Woodpecker · Tom Robbins · ex

Playboy [v27 #10, October 1980] (quarto) Details taken from Table of Contents. 86 · Loon Lake · E. L. Doctorow · ex Random House 1980

Playboy [v27 #11, November 1980] (quarto) Details taken from Table of Contents. 143 · Rat Town Boogie · Andy Stone · ss 168 · California C’s · Shel Silverstein · pm

Playboy [v27 #12, December 1980] (quarto) Details taken from Table of Contents. 140 · Frozen Journey · Philip K. Dick · ss 168 · May I Have Some Marmalade, Please? · Sean O’Faolain · ss 200 · Tales of the Animal Crime Squad · Thomas Berger · ss 202 · Playboy’s Christmas Cards · Tom Koch · pm

Playboy [v28 #1, January 1981] (quarto) Details taken from Table of Contents. 130 · God Emperor of Dune [Dune] · Frank Herbert · n. Putnam 1981; abridged. 146 · Heart Transplant · Ray Bradbury · ss 150 · Why We Crave Horror Movies · Stephen King · ar

Playboy [v28 #2, February 1981] (quarto) Details taken from Table of Contents. 104 · Ask a Silly Question [John Dortmunder] · Donald E. Westlake · ss

Playboy [v28 #3, March 1981] (quarto) Details taken from Table of Contents. 98 · The French Lesson · Asa Baber · ss