[PLAYBOY MAGAZINE]. [HEFNER, Hugh M. (1926-2017), contributor]. Trio of First Editions of Books About the History of Playboy Magazine, All Signed by Hefner, and Multiple Playmates, including: EDGREN, Gretchen. The Playboy Book. Forty Years. [Santa Monica, CA]: General Publishing Group, [1994]. 4to. Extensively illustrated in color and black and white. 368 pp. Publisher's full black cloth, front board and spine stamped in gilt (lacks dust jacket; some rubbing, bumping to boards). Near fine.FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING, SIGNED BY HEFNER ON THE INTRODUCTION AND NEARLY 100 PLAYMATES THROUGHOUT. And: --- The Playmate Book. Five Decades of Centerfolds. [Santa Monica, CA]: General Publishing Group, [1996]. 4to. Extensively illustrated in color and black and white. 384 pp. Publisher's full white cloth, front board and spine stamped in gilt (lacks dust jacket; some soiling, rubbing, bumping to boards). Near fine. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING, SIGNED BY HEFNER ON THE FRONT COVER, AND NEARLY 90 PLAYMATES THROUGHOUT. And: --- Inside the Playboy Mansion. If You Don't Swing, Don't Ring. [Santa Monica, CA]: General Publishing Group, [1998]. 4to. Extensively illustrated in color and black and white. Publisher's full red boards, front board and spine stamped in gilt (lacks dust jacket; light rubbing, bumping to binding). Near fine. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING, SIGNED BY HEFNER ON THE FRONT COVER AND NEARLY 10 PLAYMATES. The Playmates who have signed ranged from women who posed in the 1950s to the 1990s. Quite a lot of the Playmate inscriptions are warmly made out to ?Don." Although it is unknown who ?Don" is, there is a possibility that this is Weldon ?Don" Rogers (1945-2007) a publicist who worked as a spokesman for Playboy Enterprises until the 1990s, and who was instrumental in launching the Playboy Channel and the Playboy Jazz Festival at the Hollywood Bowl. Measurements: 14"L x 12"W x 9"H.