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MALE NUDES: PLAYGIRL MAGAZINE: "CHRISTOPHER ATKINS: THE BEST OF PLAYGIRL" 1982 SPECIAL PORTFOLIO ISSUE - Rare Fine Set: Copy of The Special Portfolio Issue/First Printing With Uncensored Digital Color Print - ONLY SET ONLINE
Published by Los Angeles, CA: Playgirl Magazine, 1982
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Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 100 pages. Published in 1982. Rare Christopher Atkins, Greg Gorman, and Playgirl Magazine collectible set. Fine copies of Playgirl Magazine's 1982 "The Best of Playgirl" Special Portfolio Issue, featuring Christopher Atkins on the Cover and Inside Pages, and an 8 X 10 inch Uncensored Digital Color Print, as originally photographed by Greg Gorman. Retrospective collection of male nudes. The first and only edition. Published in a small and limited print run as a softcover original only that sold out upon publication. There is no ISBN. The Special Portfolio Issue is now rare. Presents Playgirl Magazine's "Christopher Atkins: The Best of Playgirl" Special Portfolio Issue. One of the best portfolios ever published by Playgirl in its history. The models, who all appeared in the original issues of Playgirl Magazine during its first decade, represent, individually and collectively, some of the handsomest and sexiest men Playgirl Magazine ever discovered and photographed. It is a well-established fact that a significant number, if not a majority, of Playgirl's readers and collectors are men, gay as well as, by open admission, straight, who were looking to compare and size themselves up versus the models, and in the hope of landing on PG's coveted Centerfold, too. While the "physique" magazines of yore scored their fair share of good-looking and well-endowed models, they remained esoteric and could not attract many of the otherwise willing specimens of American male beauty because the latter feared being branded as gay. That fear was effectively extinguished for good by Playgirl Magazine with its "For Women Only" branding - while being fully aware that men constitute a large, unacknowledged audience. Whatever one's feelings about this strategy, it worked brilliantly, and hastened the acceptance of the male nude as no "physique" magazine - before AND after PG - ever could. An absolute "must-have" title for Christopher Atkins, Greg Gorman, and Playgirl Magazine collectors. This copy comes with an 8 X 10 inch Uncensored Digital Color Print of Christopher Atkins, full-frontal, as originally photographed by Greg Gorman. This title is an erotic photography classic. As far as we know, this is the only set of the Special Portfolio Issue and Digital Color Print available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright. A rare set thus. Lavishly illustrated with color plates, 1 digital color print. A fine collectible set. (SEE ALSO OTHER CHRISTOPHER ATKINS, GREG GORMAN, AND PLAYGIRL MAGAZINE TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). no.
