Edward Gorey &
Playboy

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This Collector Guide was written by Xandy Hand with additional information and photos from Todd Camp.

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Contents:

• What was Playboy Magazine?
• The Playboy Magazine Collection
• Other Playboy Related Collectables

What was Playboy Magazine?

Playboy was probably the most famous American men's lifestyle and entertainment magazine. It was founded in Chicago in 1953 by Hugh Hefner and the final printed issue was published on the 17th of March 2020.
Edward Gorey would be comissioned to create ten original illustrations which would feature in issues between 1963 and 1988. Butterflields Auction House together with eBay would auction off six of these original illustations in June 2002 in a huge Playboy Auction.

The Playboy Magazine Collection:

The Playboy Magazine Collection
	Date	Issue	Page(s)	Gorey Contribution	Page Photo
	1963 December	Tenth Holiday Issue Vol.10 No.12	p. 147	Illustration for A Corking Evening by Lawrence Durrell
	1964 December	Vol.11 No.12	p. 139	Illustration for Sauve qui Peut by Lawrence Durrell
	1965 February	Vol.12 No.2	p. 107	Illustration for My Friend Wainscott by Alastair Reid
	1967 July	Vol.14 No.7	p. 79	Illustration for Ukridge Starts a Bank Account by P.G. Wodehouse
	1969 Jan	Fifteenth Holiday Issue Vol.16 No.1	p. 179	Illustration for Ermyntrude and Esmerelda by Lytton Strachey
	1971 January	Vol.18 No.1	p. 151	Illustration for You Can Take It with You by Dick Martin
	1973 January	Vol.20 No.1	p. 83	Illustration for Dessert at the Belvedere by Paul Theroux
	1976 December	Vol.23 No.12	p. 165	Illustration for What is life? by Robert Sheckley
	1978 May	Vol.25 No.5	p. 3	Photograph of Edward Gorey
			p. 5	Contents page showing snippet of illustration for The Darkwater Hall Mystery by Kingsley Amis
			p. 111	Illustration for The Darkwater Hall Mystery by Kingsley Amis
	1983 October	Vol.30 No.10	p. 26	Review of “Amphigorey Also”
	1988 November	Vol.35 No.11	p. 3	Photograph of Edward Gorey
			p. 127	Illustration for Planet of Losers by Thomas Berger

Other Playboy Related Collectables:

Other Playboy Related Collectables
	Item	Date	Page(s)	Gorey Contribution	Page Photo
	Poster	~1971	-	Illustration for You Can Take It with You by Dick Martin Originally published in the 1971 January (Vol.18 No.1) Playboy issue	-
	Oui Published by Playboy Publ., Inc. Vol.8 No.4	1979 April	pp. 3, 82-85, 130, 132-133	Records an interview with Edward Gorey entitled: "A Gorey Story" by Marilyn Stasio
	Auction Catalogue: The Playboy Auction Butterflields	2002 June	pp. 186-188	Illustrations from: Sauve Qui Peut Ukridge Starts a Bank Account Ermyntrude and Esmeralda You Can Take With You Dessert at the Belvedere What is Life?
	Audio Cassette: The Best of Playboy Fiction	Unknown	Cover art	Illustration for The Darkwater Hall Mystery by Kingsley Amis Originally published in the 1978 May (Vol.25 No.5) Playboy issue	-