Fine Books & Manuscripts, featuring Mystery & Detective Literature
Thu, Jul 24, 2025 12:00PM EDT
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Lot 57
BRADBURY, Ray (1920–2012). The Art of Playboy. New York: Al...
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BRADBURY, Ray (1920?2012). The Art of Playboy. New York: Alfred Van Der Marck Editions, [1985]. 4to. Profusely illustrated. 184 pp. Publisher's full off-white cloth, front board lettered in blind, spine lettered in black, publisher's unclipped (?$27.50") dust jacket (cloth rubbed, soiled, foxed; light rubbing, minor occasional soiling to jacket). Very good. FIRST EDITION, SIGNED AND DATED BY BRADBURY (?2/17/87") ON THE FFEP. This book (text by Ray Bradbury) surveys a portion of the art collection owned and exhibited by Hugh Hefner and Playboy Magazine. It features pieces by various artists, including: Salvador Dali, Charles Bragg, Frank Frazetta, Milton Glaser, Gunter Grass, Ed Koslow, Patrick Nagel, Leroy Neiman, Ed Paschke, Alberto Vargas, and many more.
