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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

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