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| Playboy Cover to Cover -- the 50's: Searchable Digital Archive--Every Page, Every Issue | 
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| Author: Playboy
Creator: Bondi Digital Publishing
Publisher: Bondi Digital Publishing, LLC
Category: Book
List Price: $100.00
Buy New: $40.00
You Save: $60.00 (60%)
Buy New/Used from $20.39
Avg. Customer Rating:  (20 reviews)
Sales Rank: 16794
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Hardcover
Edition: Har/DVD/Bk
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 202
Shipping Weight (lbs): 4.4
Dimensions (in): 12.3 x 9.7 x 2.1
ISBN: 0979526116
Dewey Decimal Number: 306
EAN: 9780979526114
ASIN: 0979526116
Publication Date: October 22, 2007
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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System Requirements
- Platform: Windows 2000 SP2 / XP / Vista, Mac OS X Minimum
512 MB of RAM (1 GB RAM recommended) - 750 MB of free hard drive space
- Minimum screen resolution 1024 x 768
- Media: DVD-ROM
- Item Quantity: 1
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Software Features
- Easy to use and searchable digital archive with every issue, every page (even the ads!) of Playboy from the 1950s on 2 DVD-ROMs
- Includes the powerful Bondi Reader and search engine (Mac or PC). Find and read any award winning cover story, interview, photo or review in seconds
- The browse-by-cover feature lets you visually locate any issue by its cover--simply click the cover and the issue opens to read
- Custom reading lists let you organize the collection any way you want
| Book Description What do Marilyn Monroe, Bettie Page, Jayne Mansfield and Brigitte Bardot have in common? They are the most alluring sex symbols of all time--and they all graced the pages of Playboy in the 1950s. But Playboy wasn't only about beautiful women--it featured serious literature by equally serious writers like Hemingway, Kerouac, Bradbury, and Steinbeck. Playboy Cover to Cover--the 50s brings the magazine's entire groundbreaking first decade--every issue, every page, cover to cover--into one searchable digital archive. This exclusive box set features the Bondi Reader, powerful MAC or PC browsing software that allows you to explore, search, save and arrange multiple reading lists. Every story, feature and interview, and of course every Playmate, can be located in seconds, and then compiled and cross-referenced however you choose. Playboy Cover to Cover--the 50s also comes with a 224?page companion coffee table book chronicling the behind-the- scenes history of Playboy and filled with never-before-published letters, photos, and contact sheets of Playboy?s amazing first decade. A collector's edition reissue of the extremely rare first issue--featuring Marilyn Monroe's breathtaking cover and pictorial--is included as a special bonus. This essential collection is a must for lifelong fans and subscribers of Playboy, nostalgia seekers, history and culture buffs, as well as all lovers of beautiful women.
Take a Tour Through Playboy Cover to Cover--the 50s Click each image below to see a full-size version of spreads from the book and screenshots of the digital archive.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 15 more reviews...
 bondi view is horrible September 1, 2008
1 out of 4 found this review helpful
I've spent 30 minutes trying to read something from the disc. I can't get anything to open. Worse program ever. By the way, I'm a programmer.
 Very nice product at any price July 14, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I bought this when it was $[...]. The price seems to fluctuate wildly. It's now $[...]. But this is a very nice product at any price. I'm not wild about the Bondi software, but it is usable.
The magazine's content is great, vividly captured. It's better than I expected. I wasn't sure if the magazine would have been preserved in its early days, but it was and it is here. The centerfolds showcase the great photography that Playboy has always had.
Playboy has had its ups and downs over the years, but Mr Hefner always was true to himself. This item is worth a look, if only to see what our fathers and grandfathers grew up with.
Finally! April 14, 2008
This is a great collection of the older Playboys and is long overdue for collectors. Hopefully, each decade will be done to facilitate a complete magazine search database. The format is a bit strange and I don't understand why Adobe wasn't used as opposed to the proprietary program this set is formatted in...but who am I to question PEI? An excellent addition to my collection and I can now find any article or author without having to actually open each issue.
Playboy- A Fabulous Journey! April 13, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is one of the best archival collections that I DIDN'T produce!
This superbly inclusive package contains 2 discs chronicling each (printable) page of Playboys first and most groundbreaking decade (which began in December 1953). Undoubtedly the most visionary publication ever, it reflected a style, artform, sophistication, sizzle, taste and hip attitude which never existed before, and still endures as the pioneering influential catalyst for all the titillating printed works that became beneficiaries of the true original.
In addition to the discs, comes a 224 page coffee table book with many previously unseen photos & material gathered by Hef for this special release.
But the ultimate bonus for us collectors, is the reprint copy of the very first issue, complete with every article, advertisement and the memorable cover and classic Pin up shot of Marilyn Monroe by Tom Kelly, as it was originally first seen in that milestone issue. This limited edition package is a must for every fan, collector & aficionado of memorabilia and the lovely sights that have been exclusively captured in the pages of this timeless original. Hopefully, there may be a similar production for the other great decade of creative, artistic excitement, the 60s! Till there is, you may enjoy a unique collectible compilation of classic soft drink jingle commercials by the biggest hit-making recording artists of the decade, plus vintage radio disc jockeys and broadcast memorabilia from that decade called "Top 40 radios swingin' soft drink spots of the 60s; Vols 1 & 2". And the double CD sets are available exclusively from Amazon.com! Note the first volumes' cover featuring the other timeless sex symbol Icon from the 50s & 60s "Brigitte Bardot" appropriately sipping up a glassful, undoubtedly while listening to an earful!
The First Decade January 28, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is an incredible bargain! I have loved every minute I've spent reading the wonderful fiction, interviews and reviews. (The works of Ray Bradbury, "A Sound of Thunder" and "Fahrenheit 451" are worth the price!) I heartily recommend this collection, and can barely wait for the decade of the 60's to come! What I remember of the 60's, I remember fondly. :)
Oh, yeah... the pictorials are awesome, as well.
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