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Playboy [v21 #6, June 1974] ($1.00, 250pp+, quarto) 92 · Insults · Alberto Moravia · ss; illustrated by Marcia Marx 144 · Did You Invite Me · V. S. Pritchett · ss; illustrated by Eraldo Carugati 157 · The Wife and the Kappa · Lonny Kaneko · vi; from a classical Japanese fairy tale. 159 · The Taste of Gravy · John D. MacDonald · ss; illustrated by Arsen Roje

Playboy [v21 #7, July 1974] ($1.25, 218pp+, quarto) 76 · Bitch · Roald Dahl · nv 101 · Winter of ’73 · Herbert Gold · ss 114 · King Zamp · Thomas Glynn · ss 141 · The Devil Rides Behind · Nicholas Gabyev · vi; from Russkiya zavetniya skazki.

Playboy [v21 #8, August 1974] ($1.25, 198pp+, quarto) 66 · Venus or the Virgin? · Sean O’Faolain · ss 91 · It Came to Pass · Chris Dickey · ss 118 · The Conquest of the Washington Monument · Stan Dryer · ss 131 · The Tale of the Two Ganders · Jonah Craig · vi; from The Arabian Nights.

Playboy [v21 #9, September 1974] ($1.25, 246pp+, quarto) 88 · Jazzing in A-Flat · Evan Hunter · ss 115 · A Place to Avoid · David Ely · ss 143 · Don’t Call Me, I’ll Call You · John Collier · ss 157 · Some Thoughts on the Science of Onanism · Mark Twain · ar

Playboy [v21 #10, October 1974] (quarto) Details taken from eBay listing. The Light in the Cottage · David Ely · ss Just My Luck · Warner Law · ss Three-Part Harmony · Stephen Minot · ss

Playboy [v21 #11, November 1974] (quarto) Details supplied by Paul Di Filippo. The Legend of Step-and-a-Half · Paul Reb · ss Sex and the Single Screw · Nicholas Monsarrat · ss The Charm · Ray Russell · ss

Playboy [v21 #12, December 1974] (quarto) Details taken from eBay listing. A Tale of Two Sisters · Isaac Bashevis Singer · ss Brennbar’s Rant · John Irving · ss The Top of the World · Tom Mayer · ss The Analyst · Evan Hunter · ss

Playboy [v22 #1, January 1975] (quarto) Details taken from eBay listing. A Month of Sundays · John Updike · ss Asking for It · John Collier · ss Paternity · Herbert Gold · ss Captain Burger’s American Dream · Philip Cioffari · ss

Playboy [v22 #2, February 1975] ($1.25, 206pp+, quarto) 70 · The Admiralty Spire · Vladimir Nabokov · ss 94 · Goodbye, Bob · Malcolm Braly · ss 133 · The Man Under the Front Porch · Jordan Crittenden · ss 135 · The Best of Both Worlds · Pietro Aretino; adapted by Phil Brown · ss; from I Ragionamenti, Venice 1534.

Playboy [v22 #3, March 1975] ($1.25, quarto) Details supplied by Todd Mason. Playboy Interview: Billie Jean King · Anon. · iv Up Out of Zoar · Ben Maddow · ss Holy War on 34th Street · Norman Spinrad · ss Cassoulet · Thomas Mario · ar Margot · Margot Kidder · pi Just a Good Ole Rhodes Scholar [Kris Kristofferson] · Jack McClintock · bg Elmer Gantry for President · Robert Sherrill · ar Norse Star · Ingeborg Sorensen · pi Tally Ho in the Pentagon · James W. Canan · ar Warming Trends · Robert L. Green · ar Chariots of the Clods? · John Hughes · hu The Jail · Jesse Hill Ford · ss The Vargas Girl · Alberto Vargas · pi Essay on Woman · Pego Borewell · vi Who’s Afraid of Hard Times? · William F. Rickenbacker · ar Who’s Afraid of Hard Times? · Larry L. King · ar Sex Shoppe · Raymonde · hu Little Annie Fanny · Harvey Kurtzman & Will Elder · cs

Playboy [v22 #4, April 1975] ($1.25, 226pp+, quarto) 84 · Lady Spain · Herbert Gold · ss 103 · Bockman · Jordan Crittenden · ss 145 · No Fear of Flying · Nicholas Gabyev · vi; from Russkiya zavetniya skazki.

Playboy [v22 #5, May 1975] ($1.25, quarto) Details taken from Table of Contents. 84 · The Spoils of Buenavista · Oakley Hall · ss 118 · Australia and Canada · John Updike · ss 128 · Going Home · Julius Horwitz · ss 147 · Clark Ghent’s School Days · Robert S. Wieder · hu

Playboy [v22 #6, June 1975] ($1.25, quarto) Details taken from eBay listing. Blue Dog Mobile on Augusport Hill · Peter Lars Sandberg · ss Never Beat a Full House · William Kuhns · ss The Stain That May or May Not Have Been Guacamole · Jordan Crittenden · ss

Playboy [v22 #7, July 1975] ($1.25, quarto) Details taken from eBay listing. Johnny Guts · Gerald Green · nv Dunlup Crashes In · Larry McMurtry · ss

Playboy [v22 #8, August 1975] ($1.25, quarto) Details supplied by Todd Mason. Playboy Interview: Philip Agee · Anon. · iv A Kafka Story, But It’s True · John Marks · ar The CIA’s Quiet Little War in Laos · Fred Branfman · ar The CIA Scalpel Cut Deep · Kenneth Barton Osborn · ar Vengeance Under the Law · Peter Schrag · ar The Girl from Playboy · Kim Komar · pi Dr. Bell’s Monster · Craig Karpel · ar Love for Rent · Donn Pearce · ar Always Home · David Ely · ss Scandinavian Modern · Lillian Muller · pi Bech Third-Worlds It · John Updike · ss The Ices Age · Emanuel Greenberg · ar Playboy’s Pro Football Preview · Anson Mount · ar Head Raider · Wells Twombly · ar Loose Living · Robert L. Green · ar B-Tower West Wall · Peter Lars Sandberg · ss The Vargas Girl · Alberto Vargas · pi The Four Wishes of Saint Martin · Anon. · vi Little Annie Fanny · Harvey Kurtzman & Will Elder · cs

Playboy [v22 #9, September 1975] ($1.25, quarto) Details taken from Table of Contents. 80 · Flashman in the Great Game [Part 1 of 3] · George MacDonald Fraser · n. Barrie & Jenkins 1975 97 · And Don’t Forget the One Red Rose · Avram Davidson · ss

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 1972

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 · 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 · ss

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 · 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, 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.