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Romance [1919]

Total Issues: 12+7=19

Title acquired by Popular Magazines in 1934. Note that while the cover to the April 1929 issue was labeled ROMANCE Combined with EVERYBODY'S, the masthead read only ROMANCE. It was not until the June 1929 issue that both the cover and masthead carried the legend EVERYBODY'S Combined with ROMANCE as the title of the magazine.

Issues & Index Sources

Nov-1919 – Oct-1920:	Index to Romance, 1919-1920
	Fictionmags Website

Nov-1928 – May-1929:	Index to Romance, 1928-1930
	Fictionmags Website

#merges with Everybody's Magazine

Publishers

Ridgway

Editors

Nov-1919 – Oct-1920: Arthur Sullivant Hoffman

Formats

standard pulp

Prices

Nov-1919 – Apr-1920: 20c
May-1920 – Oct-1920: 25c

Frequency

monthly

Sources

AHGTTP, UltGuide



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Romance [1923]

Total Issues: 54

A women's magazine with a mixture of love and dashing adventure stories. Authors include Elinor Glyn, Sydney Horler, Mrs Baillie Reynolds, Ellis Parker Butler. Serialised Leslie Beresford's "The Venus Girl" (Feb-1923 - Oct-1923). Story by Ivor Novello, "The Rat" (Aug-1924). From Jul-1924 included a photographic stage and screen insert.

Issues & Index Sources

Feb-1923 – Jul-1927:

Index to British Popular Fiction (in progress)

(Missing: Jun-1927; Jul-1927)

Publishers

Feb-1923 – Jan-1927: Odhams Press
Feb-1927 – Jul-1927: F.J. Parsons for The Blue Magazine Co.

Editors

  1923: Philippa Preston
  1924: W.A. Williamson
  1925 – 1926: Miss F.C. MacKenzie
  1926 – 1927?: J. Hoole

Formats

standard pulp (illustrated)

Prices

  Feb-1923 – Jun-1924: 7d
  Jul-1924 – Dec-1925: 9d
  Jan-1926 – Jul-1927: 1/-

Pagecounts

128pp

Frequency

monthly

Sources

AgeStory

Romance [1934]

Total Issues: 47

A women's magazine of love stories. One long story plus a serial. Authors include Denise Robins, Sylvia Snow, Vena Appleby. From #40 included insert of film stills.

Issues & Index Sources: 29-Jan-1934 – 17-Dec-1934:

Fictionmags Website

(sample issues only)

Publishers:   Shurey's Publications, London
Editors:   Isobel Thorne
Formats:   large digest
Prices:   2d
Pagecounts:   48pp
Frequency:   weekly

Romance [1937]

Total Issues: 2+1+4+117=124

Popular acquired the title to Romance from Butterick in 1934.

Issues & Index Sources

Apr-1937 – Jun/Jul-1937, as Romance Fiction

Aug/Sep-1937, as Romance:

Fictionmags Website

Jan/Feb-1938 – Jul/Aug-1938, as Romance Magazine

Apr-1940 – Aug-1940, as Romance:

Fictionmags Website

(sample issue only)

Jan-1942 – Sep-1954, as Romance:

Fictionmags Website

(sample issues only)

Publishers

Popular Publications

Editors

Jan/Feb-1938 – Jul/Aug-1938: Jane Littell
in 1947 – in 1950: Peggy Graves

Formats

standard pulp

Frequency

  Jan/Feb-1938 – Jul/Aug-1938: bi-monthly
  Jul-1942 – Mar-1944: bi-monthly
  May-1944 – Apr-1951: monthly
  Jun-1951 – Sep-1954: bi-monthly

Sources

AHGTTP, UltGuide



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Romance (UK) [1949]

Not seen, but advertised in an issue of Real FBI Detective Case Stories. Subtitled "Real to Life Fiction".

Issues & Index Sources: c. 1949

Publishers:   Magazine Fiction Group, Cartoon Art Productions, 333 Victoria Road, Glasgow S2
Formats:   standard pulp
Prices:   1/-

Romance Fiction

see under Romance

Romance Magazine

see under Romance

Romance of Invention, Travel and Adventure (Second Series)

Total Issues: 32

Issues & Index Sources: 1910 – 1912

Publishers: Aldine Publishing Co.

Romance of Invention, Travel and Adventure (Third Series)

Total Issues: 12

Issues & Index Sources: 1913

Publishers: Aldine Publishing Co.

Romance Pocket Library / Novels

Total Issues: 12

Issues & Index Sources: 1941

Publishers: Gerald G. Swan

Romance Range

see under Romantic Range

Romance Range (Canada)

Canadian reprint edition of Romance Range.

Issues & Index Sources: c. 1935

Formats: standard pulp
Sources: Pulpster11

Romance Round-Up

Total Issues: 21

Issues & Index Sources: Sep-1936 – Nov-1940:

Fictionmags Website

(sample issues only)

Publishers:   Periodical House (A.A. Wyn)
Formats:   standard pulp
Frequency:   bi-monthly
Sources:   AHGTTP, UltGuide, DinWest

Romance Round-Up (Canada)

Canadian reprint edition of Romance Round-Up.

Issues & Index Sources: c. 1936

Formats: standard pulp
Sources: Pulpster11

Romances

Total Issues: 24+19=43

Issues & Index Sources

1943? – 1946?:

Fictionmags Website

(sample issues only)

Jun-1948 – Sep-1948

4-Mar-1950 – 5-Aug-1950

Publishers

Gerald G. Swan

Pagecounts

36pp

Frequency

monthly

Romance Shorts

It's possible that the numbering was continued (effectively) from "romance" issues in various other Gerald Swan series.

Issues & Index Sources: 1943?:

Fictionmags Website

(Missing: all except #7 & #8)

Publishers:   Gerald G. Swan
Formats:   digest
Prices:   6d
Pagecounts:   66pp

Romance Stories (UK)

see under Pocket Reader Series and New All-Action Stories

Romance Western

Total Issues: 19

Issues & Index Sources

Apr-1948 – Dec-1950:

Fictionmags Website

(sample issues only)

Feb-1951 – Jun-1951, as Romance Western Round-Up

(sample issue only)

#merges with Rangeland Love Stories

Publishers

New Publications (an affiliate of Popular Publications)

Formats

standard pulp

Frequency

bi-monthly

Sources

AHGTTP, UltGuide, DinWest



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Romance Western (Canada)

Canadian reprint edition of Romance Western.

Issues & Index Sources: c. 1948:

Fictionmags Website

(sample issues only)

Publishers:   New Publications; Popular Publications Canada
Formats:   standard pulp
Sources:   Pulpster11

Romance Western Round-Up

see under Romance Western