Vintage pop culture ephemera. Unique birthday present or collector’s item.

Playboy May 1998 is 176 pages and feature Geri Halliwell (aka Ginger Spice) on the front cover. Geri’s nude photos are not that great and not that bad either, at best it is average. Even the article that accompanied the pictorial was more about the Spice Girls instead of Geri Halliwell and when they were taken. Deanna Brooks is this month Playmate. Deanna and the other two pictorials in the magazine are great. Next is Playmate Revisited and that is Verónica Gamba – Playboy Playmate of the Month for November 1983 and Brazil’s Playboy Playmate of the Month for December 1983. The final nude pictorial is that of Miss America 1982 Elizabeth Ward Gracen.

This month interview is with Scott Adams of Dilbert fame. I found his opinions on the workplace to be very funny. 20 Questions is with Ben Stiller and his answers were either funny or serious, it was hard to tell. There is a funny article called Bubba Bubble written by Arianna Huffington that she is involved in a mythical meeting with President Clinton and Newt Gingrich in the President’s Hot Tub. Other articles included are: Twenty-Five Things Guys Do Right In Bed, Make It Champagne, Playboy’s 1998 Baseball Preview, Netmail (fiction), and this month forum Sex Tour of Washington. Playboy May 1998 pictorials and articles are great.

Playmate of the Month
Deanna Brooks photographed by Stephen Wayda and Arny Freytag

Covergirl
Geri Halliwell (A.K.A. Ginger Spice) (Nude inside) photographed by Richard Young and Rex USA Ltd.

Interview
Scott Adams by Playboy

Features
Arianna Huffington On Bill Clinton
Spice It Up: Ginger Spice Starkers
The President’s Miss America Nude
Dilbert Speaks! Scott Adams Interviewed

It is still possible to complete your entire collection of these genuine examples of VINTAGE pop culture ephemera. They reflect the socio-historical and cultural history of attitudes from the Cold War 1950s, the Flower Power 1960s, the rebellious 1970s, the hedonistic 80’s, the ‘naughty nineties’ and the headwinds of the ‘noughties’. Collectable EROTIC PHOTOGRAPHY.

Alternatively, it makes a very amusing BIRTHDAY PRESENT related to the year and/or month of the birthday. If you like, we can giftwrap it, send it straight to the recipient of your choice, add a message and not send the usual receipt. (Just put your requirements in the “Comments” box and we will take it from there.)

Because there was only a limited and finite run, original Vintage Playboy Magazines are getting quite scarce and Elizabeth’s Bookshop prices are VERY competitive!

Adult pictorials, nudity (of course) and interesting retro articles.

(Recently, Gwyneth Paltrow’s Goop listed Elizabeth’s Bookshop as a supplier and the listed vintage Playboy magazines sold out at US$50.00 each in a manner of minutes… So get in while you can!)