Playboy Special Edition


Playboy Special Editions are a spin-off series of Playboy magazine containing glamour and softcore nude photographs. The initially infrequent and later semi-regular editions ran from 1963 through 2000 then re-branded from 2000 through 2012 final issues. A one-off special edition was published in February 2015 featuring images of models in different locations within California from the controversial photographer Terry Richardson.
Unlike the monthly magazine, which features a variety of articles, opinion columns, and works of fiction, only minimal text was included in the Special Editions, mostly consisting of captions of the photographs and readers' letters. Two issues were usually published each month. While the magazines often featured former Playmates of the Month, many other models also appeared in them.
Early issues, beginning in 1983, featured approximately 100 pages of old reprint and outtake photos of Playmates with no specially commissioned photos. Issues from the early 1990s began to include a number of "one-shot" models purchased in bulk from glamour photographers. By the mid-1990s, Playboy had established a distinct identity for the line by mixing new shots of recent Playmates with new models, some of whom soon became as popular as the Playmates themselves.
Playboy "Special Collector's Editions". These monthly publications contained themed pictorials each month and ran from August 2013 through September 2016. The issues published from 2013 through 2015 were sold at Barnes and Nobles bookstores. In 2016 the Special Collector's Editions were only mailed to subscribers and thus are much harder to find.
"Supplement to Playboy", aka Playboy Supplements. These books have never been sold by PLAYBOY and could only be obtained in sealed subscription issues, sealed newsstand issues, by giving a gift subscription or making a purchase from the PLAYBOY Products Catalog. Most say "Supplement To PLAYBOY" on the cover, except a couple of cover variations described in the Supplement section below. Issues from 1989 through 1994 were 52 pages in length. In 1995 Uncensored Portraits was 52 pages but Sexy, Steamy, Sultry was only 36 pages. From 1996 on all issues are 36 pages. The dates listed for each book are taken from the copyright information on the inside cover. Beginning in 1996 PLAYBOY began reprinting certain books and changed the dates as appropriate. Aside from the dates the contents of each reprint are identical. Sometime around 2010 they began producing books that had no copyright dates in them and also may have contained fewer than the standard 36 pages. Some of these are reprints of books issued before 2010 and others are new books entirely. The dates assigned to these are best guesses based on the information at hand.
Playboy VIP Club Magazine. V.I.P. Magazine was the official newsletter of the PLAYBOY Clubs and was sent to Club "key holders" through the mail, or copies could be picked up at any PLAYBOY Club. Each issue is jammed full of pictures of the Clubs and Bunnies as well as celebrity visitors and extensive coverage of the featured entertainers. These magazines also contain a wealth of ads for numerous PLAYBOY products and are excellent for reference. There were five issues of V.I.P. published in 1964, and three in 1965. After that, a quarterly schedule was established and continued from 1966 until publication ceased with VOL.47, Fall 1975. For some unexplained reason, after a lapse of nearly seven years, another issue was published in the summer of 1982. This is the nearly mythical "V.48". Since there is no evidence that this issue was ever mailed to Club key holders, the only way to have obtained a copy was in person at one of the Clubs. Beginning with V.25 and continuing through V.47, each issue contained three coupons which could be detached and redeemed at a Club for the then-current issue of PLAYBOY Magazine, or in later years OUI Magazine as well. Needless to say, this was an extremely popular bonus, and a huge percentage of the copies still in existence are missing one or more of these coupons. Although the page containing the coupons was not included in the actual page count of the issue, most collectors find them highly desirable.
Other notable Playboy special publications. Playboy Philosophy, this four-volume series published from 1963 to 1965 reprints all twenty-two chapters as they originally appeared in Playboy magazines from Dec 1962 to Mat 1965. Each volume is approximately 48 pages with heavy stock covers, and each volume cover is a different color. Playboy merchandise/gift catalogs, various catalogs printed between the years of 1964 through 2011 in which Playboy merchandise, collectibles, clothing, and back magazines issues were available for purchase using in-issue order cards. The Playboy Channel, 21 pamphlet sized channel guides published from November 1986 through August/September 1988, which listed in guide format content playing on the then very popular cable channel. Pocket Playmates, a 6 issue series that ran from 1995 to 1997 where each issue focused on playmates from a specific span of years.

List of ''Special Edition''s

There were several long-running series of Special Editions, as well as short series and one-offs.

''Beauties''

Barefoot Beauties 4 issues Bathing Beauties 7 issues Exotic Beauties 4 issues Natural Beauties 19 issues
  • ''Asian Beauties''

''Book of Lingerie''/''Lingerie''

Playboy Special Editions' longest-running series is Lingerie. The first issue was released as Book of Lingerie in 1984. Two further issues were published in 1987 and 1988; a bimonthly series began with the November 1988 issue. The title was changed to Lingerie with the September 2002 issue.Book of Lingerie 3 issues Book of Lingerie 82 issues 1 issue, Lingerie 62 issues

Celebrities

Vanna White Kimberley Conrad Hefner Dian Parkinson Anna Nicole Smith Pam Anderson

''College Girls''

The May 2002 issue caused some controversy at Baylor University, which has a religious affiliation. Baylor declared that associating with the magazine would be a violation of the school's code of conduct.College Girls 4 issues College Girls 38 issues 1 issue, Sexy College Girls 2 issues College Girls Wet & Wild Nude College Girls 2 issues
  • ''College Girls Nude''

''Girls Of''/seasonal issues

Girls of Summer 21 issues Girls of Winter 3 issues
  • ''Winter Girls''

''Girls''/''Women of the World''

Women of the World Girls of the World
  • ''Sexy Girls of the World''

''Girls Next Door''

Sexy Girls Next Door 12 issues

''Playboy Nudes''

  • ''Nudes, 28 issues''

''Playmate Search''

Great Playmate Hunt Great Playmate Search Playmate 2000 Playmate 2000 Part 2
  • ''Playmate Search 50''

''Playmates''

Calendar Playmates Celebrating Centerfolds Centerfolds of the Century Classic Centerfolds Facts & Figures International Playmates Nude Playmates Playmate Review Playmate Tests Playmates Playmates at Play Playmates in Bed Playmates in Paradise Playmates in the Spotlight Playmates of the Year Playboy's Playmates The First 15 Years Playboy's Playmates The Second 15 Years Sexiest Playmates Twenty-One Playmates Video Playmates
  • ''Wet & Wild Playmates''

''Voluptuous Vixens''/''Vixens''

The Voluptuous Vixens / Vixens series features models with large breasts. Ten issues of Voluptuous Vixens were published, once or twice per year, beginning in 1998. A bimonthly series, simply titled Vixens, began in 2005 and ran for 12 issues. The original title resumed in 2007, appearing on a thrice-yearly schedule.Voluptuous Vixens Vixens
  • ''Voluptuous Vixens''

''Wet & Wild''

Wet & Wild Women
  • ''Wet & Wild''

Occasional

Big Boobs & Hot Buns 5 issues Blondes, Brunettes and Redheads 8 issues Casting Calls 2 issues Cover Girls 2 issues Fantasies 2 issues Fresh Faces 4 issues Girlfriends 6 issues Girls with Girls 6 issues Hardbodies 2 issues Hot Housewives 10 issues Hot Shots 5 issues Nude Celebrities Real Sex 2 issues Sexy 100 8 issues Sexy Celebrities 2 issues Sexy Girls 2 issues Sexy Nudes 4 issues Sisters 2 issues Supermodels 2 issues Working Women 2 issues Year In Sex 2 issues

One-shots

Women of Television Playboy - The Parody Newsmakers Pompeo Posar Entertaining Women Sporting Women Country Girls Holiday Girls Photography Women on the Move 100 Beautiful Women Sex and Other Late-Night Laughs Women Career Girls Beauty Queens Hot Denim Daze Sexy Ladies Blondes Sexy Swimsuits World Wide Nudes Lingerie Model Search Sexy Latin Ladies Women of Color Playboy's 1998 Guide to Men's Clubs X-Girls Body Language Sex Stars of the Century Sexy Girls in Sports
  • ''CyberGirls''

Special Collector's Editions

Best Of Italia Best Of Brazil Best Of Latin America Best Of Russia Every Playmate Of The Year The Butt Issue Girls & Cars Summer Beach Spectacular The Lingerie Issue The Natural Issue Playmates Of The World 70s Playmates 80s Playmates 90s Playmates Sporty Girls College Girls Best Of 2014 Wet & Wild Country Girls Legs Black & White Red Heads Between The Sheets Girls Of Summer Best Blondes Playmates Of The World Lingerie Special Bums Winter Bunnies Boating Beauties Brown Eyed Girls Girls & Cars Spring Fever Beach Babes Bathing Beauties Around The World Equestrian Beauties
  • ''Boho Beauties''

Supplement to Playboy

50 Beautiful Women Midnight Playmates, reprinted with 36 pages instead of original 52Foxiest Females Garters And Lace Centerfold Sensations, reprinted with 36 pages instead of original 52Satin Leather & Lace Playmate Fantasies Secrets Of Super Sex, non-standard supplement Sexy, Steamy, Sultry Uncensored Portraits, reprinted Bare Naked Beauties Bare, Beautiful & Blonde, reprinted Best Of Bathing Beauties, reprinted Erotic Sensations, reprinted Forbidden Pleasures, reprinted Playmates Exposed, reprinted 36 Uncensored Portraits Locker Room Fantasies, reprinted Passions & Fantasies, reprinted Sizzling Celebrities 50 Hottest Nudes Tanned And Topless Nude College Girls, reprinted Secret Pleasures, reprinted Most Beautiful Women Nude Slumber Party Tanned & Topless Hottest Centerfold, reprinted Swimsuit Issue Uncensored Wet Wild On Campus College Girl Fantasies, reprinted College Girls Exposed, reprinted Erotic Fantasies Uncensored Sexy Nude Coeds Sizzling Summer Nudes, reprinted Fantasy Photo Album Uncensored, reprinted Hottest Student Bodies Nude Spring Break, reprinted Red Hot Blondes 100 Hot Nudes, reprinted Campus Girls Uncensored, reprinted Hot College Girls Nude Hot Office Girls Voluptuous Nudes Exposed 99 Voluptuous Fantasies Hot Naked Coeds Hot Summer Nudes Sexy Nude College Girls Thongs, Garters And Girls Topless College Babes, reprinted Wet Hot & Sexy, reprinted Erotic Review Hot Nude Amateurs Nude Pool Party, reprinted Wild College Girls, reprinted 36 Nude Playmates Canadian Collector's Edition , possibly sold in June 2008 newsstand issues only in CanadaRed Hot Vixens Sexy Nude Playmates Centerfolds Exposed Girlfriends Exposed Nude Housewives Uncensored Wet Hot Coeds Girls Of Playboy Brazil Hot Natural Nudes Hot Nudes Uncensored Hot Sexy Playmates Naughty Coeds Exposed Ultimate Nudes Uncensored Hot Party Girls Naughty Naked Coeds Nude Beach Babes Sexy Sorority Girls Passport Wanderlust 80s Playmates Country Girls
  • ''Girls in Lingerie''

List of Playboy Press Publications

Before publishing its Special Edition line, Playboy published a line of hardcover and paperback volumes featuring text, photos, and cartoons; some included only content reprinted from the parent magazine; others incorporated original material. Several volumes collected only cartoons from the magazine. A few volumes went through multiple printings, sometimes with replacement covers.

Series

The Best From Playboy/''Playboy Annual The Playboy Cartoon Album The Best from Playboy Playboy's Holiday Album Playboy's Girls of the World Playboy Bunnies The Pocket Playboy The Girls of Playboy Eve Today Playboy's New Holiday Album Ecstasy Sexy Ladies Fashion for Men''

Cartoonist collections

Playboy's John Dempsey Playboy's Phil Interlandi Playboy's Little Annie Fanny Playboy's Alden Erikson Playboy's Vargas Girls Playboy's Gahan Wilson

More One-Shots

The Sexual Revolution The Youth Culture Mirror of Venus The Sensuous Society Women by 10 Love Games Deborah's Dreams Love Scenes Noelle Leading Ladies
  • ''Dreams ''