Penthouse

Penthouse first appeared in London in March 1965 as a bolder rival to Playboy, founded by the American-born publisher and artist Bob Guccione. It remained a British magazine until September 1969, when Guccione launched an American edition that soon became his flagship. From 1972 the magazine carried ‘Call Me Madam’, the advice column of Xaviera Hollander, author of The Happy Hooker.