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    Lilliput [v38 #4, #226, April 1956] (2/-, 80pp, octavo, cover by photo) []
    • 4 · Under the Cover-charge · Lemuel Gulliver · cl
    • 9 · Murder at the office · S. L. Solon · ar
    • 12 · The Naturalist · Stanley Moss · ts; illustrated by Norman Thelwell; second in series about people’s wartime experiences, “Where the Fighting was Thinnest”.
    • 17 · Death of an Old Soldier · Roderick Milton · ss; historical.
    • 25 · Three for Great Britain · Rex Hays · ar; motoring feature.
    • 29 · The Adventures of René Cutforth: 3. Running Away from School · René Cutforth · ts
    • 31 · Tragedy at the Buzz · Charles Raven · ss
    • 36 · Belfry-ed Batsmen, Devilled Bowlers · Geoffrey Willans · ex (r)
      from Crisis Cottage.
    • 37 · Lost in a Volcano · Gibson Cowan · ss
    • 39 · Starke Crazy · Leslie Starke · hu; cartoons.
    • 43 · Just One Club · John Stobbs · ar
    • 45 · View: Matrimony · David Langdon · hu; cartoons.
    • 47 · The First Guided Missile · Jack Tarrant · ar; about the boomerang.
    • 50 · Titan of the Tightrope, Hero of the Handcuff · Richard Lane · ar; about Blondin and Houdini - it mentions how [William Hope] Hodgson nearly defeated Houdini.
    • 55 · Grift, Brash and Antol · Edward Hyams · ss
    • 64 · Good Books Lately · Various · br
    • 67 · The Lilliput Beer Report, Part 2 · Malcolm Monteith · ar (r)

    Lilliput [v38 #5, #227, May 1956] (2/-, 80pp, octavo, cover by photo) []
    This issue is lacking a contents page even though it is complete.
    • 4 · “Never any dropsy from a Pudden” · Lemuel Gulliver · cl
    • 9 · The White Spell · Victor Canning · ss; author not credited here but is revealed in the next issue.
    • 13 · In Ever-Decreasing Circles · Peter Small & Norman Ash · ar
    • 16 · The Long, Long Drift · John Prebble · ar; about the Shackleton Endurance expedition.
    • 25 · Full Circle · Alex Kennington · ss
    • 28 · Girl Bullfighter Gets Gored · Patricia McCormick · ex from Lady Bullfighter, Henry Holt, 1954
    • 29 · Are Women What They Were? · [uncredited] · pi; compares pin-ups over the years.
    • 32 · Fireside Golf · John Stobbs · ar
    • 33 · The Fence and the Fairy-Tale · Charles Raven · ss
    • 35 · Espressociety · David Langdon · hu; cartoons.
    • 37 · Mightier Than the Sword · Alex Atkinson · ts; illustrated by Norman Thelwell; third in series about people’s wartime experiences, “Where the Fighting was Thinnest”.
    • 42 · The Invaders with a sting in their tail · S. L. Solon · ar
    • 46 · Indoors with Dors · Richard Lane · ar; about Diana Dors.
    • 48 · How to Make Trick Shots · Joe Davis · ia
    • 50 · Passage to Paradise · Dennis Gray Stoll · ss
    • 54 · A Man in the Country · Graham · hu; cartoon sequence.
    • 56 · The Taste of Ashes · Edgar Lustgarten · ss
    • 64 · Good Books Lately · Various · br
    • 65 · Currying Flavour · Malcolm Monteith · ar; start of a guide to eating foreign foods.
    • 72 · Down the Severn in a Sheep-Trough · A. J. Booth · ts; prize-winning story in Holiday Adventure contest set in the January issue.

    Lilliput [v38 #6, #228, June 1956] (2/-, 80pp, octavo, cover by photo) []
    • 8 · Lack of Practice · Lemuel Gulliver · cl
    • 13 · League Cricket Gets Results · Peter Small · ar
    • 16 · Subsmash! · Marshall Pugh · ar; about the search for the submarine Affray in 1952.
    • 29 · Raising the Man-Power · John Watney · ts; illustrated by Norman Thelwell; fourth in series about people’s wartime experiences, “Where the Fighting was Thinnest”.
    • 35 · Operation Pussy Van · Charles Raven · ss
    • 38 · Dish of the Day · C. Gordon Glover · ss
    • 42 · How to Shrink a Head · F. Terry Newman · ar
    • 45 · Fixers with Gigs · David Langdon · hu; cartoons.
    • 47 · The Angel from Ridley Road · Richard Lane · ar; about Jack Solomons.
    • 50 · A Man and His Bank · Graham · hu; cartoon sequence.
    • 52 · Chinese Chow · Malcolm Monteith · ar; second part of a guide to eating foreign foods.
    • 56 · The First Battle of the Ironclads · John Prebble · ss
    • 64 · Good Books Lately · Various · br

    Lilliput [v39 #1, #229, July 1956] (2/-, 80pp, octavo, cover by photo) []
    From this issue the letter column is dropped.

    Lilliput [v39 #3, #231, September 1956] (2/-, 80pp, octavo, cover by photo) []
    • 6 · Blue Lamp and Red Lights · Lemuel Gulliver · cl
    • 15 · The Toughest Digestion in the World · John Sidney · ar
    • 17 · Fast Driving Can Be Safe Driving · S. L. Solon · ar
    • 20 · End of the Graf Spee · Dudley Pope · ar (r)
      from The Battle of the River Plate.
    • 29 · Never go crewing with an Upper-Crust Teddy-Boy · Charles Raven · ar
    • 35 · The Hired Woman · Rearden Conner · ss
    • 37 · Honkers on Champers · David Langdon · hu; cartoons.
    • 39 · The Flying St. Bernard · Hermann Geiger · ex (r)
      from Alpine Pilot.
    • 42 · The Klagenfurt Tote · Michael Gilbert · ar; illustrated by Norman Thelwell; seventh in series “Where the Fighting was Thinnest”.
    • 44 · Low-down on Hi-Fi · Roger Wood · ar
    • 47 · 15 Million Mummys Can’t Be Wrong · Richard Lane · ar
    • 50 · A Man and a Caravan · Graham · hu; cartoon sequence.
    • 52 · The Priest and the Pirates · John Watney · ss; based on a true incident in 1725 featuring Captain John Gow.
    • 60 · Good Books Lately · Various · br
    • 64 · Law at the Local · Michael Thomas · ar

    Lilliput [v39 #6, #234, December 1956] (2/-, 96pp, octavo, cover by photo) []
    96 pages for Xmas issue.
    • 10 · Present Company · Marcus Sackville · ar; really a continuation of the regular fashion column “Off the uff” but this time with photos of celebrities in fashion of their choice, including Francis Burbridge, Tyrone Power and Marcus Lipton.
    • 19 · The Strange Case of A/C O’Hara · R. F. Delderfield · ar; illustrated by Norman Thelwell; tenth in series “Where the Fighting was Thinnest”.
    • 22 · Ironmongery on the Mountains · Ronald Clarke · ar
    • 24 · Fall Into Wilderness · Kem Bennett · nv
    • 41 · Christmas Eve at the Grass · Charles Raven · ar
    • 42 · “And a Merry Christmas to you, too!” · David Langdon · hu; cartoons.
    • 45 · Red Rubies for Anushka · R. S. Sabor · ss
    • 51 · Men with Horse · Allan Swinton · ss; western.
    • 55 · A New Look for Soccer · G. A. McPartlin · ar
    • 58 · A Man and Christmas · Graham · hu; cartoon sequence.
    • 61 · Walking Backwards for Christmas · Richard Lane · ar; about Peter Sellers and Spike Milligan.
    • 65 · My First Affair · Alex Atkinson · ss
    • 72 · Good Books Lately · Various · br

    Lilliput [v40 #4, #238, April 1957] (2/-, 80pp, octavo, cover by photo) []
    • 4 · Full Time Job · Lemuel Gulliver · cl
    • 9 · The Sheik Goes Shopping · Michael Gilbert · ss
    • 13 · Hollowood Comedy · Bernard Hollowood · ct
    • 14 · A Nice Line on Two Wheels · William Boddy · ar
    • 18 · Getting Into the Swim · Ann Long · ar
    • 20 · Pekin-Paris, 1907 · T. R. Nicholson · ex (r)
      from Adventurer’s Road.
    • 29 · Goons at the Graft · Charles Raven · ss
    • 31 · Clementine in Springtime · Jean Bellus · pi
    • 34 · I Wasn’t Paid to Think · Tom Girtin · ar; illustrated by Norman Thelwell; another that would fit in the series “Where the Fighting was Thinnest”, this one about the Home Guard.
    • 37 · The Bobbin Boys · David Langdon · hu; cartoons.
    • 42 · Why I Am Frightened of Feet · Alex Atkinson · ar; start of a series where writers tell of other jobs they have held to keep the “Wolf from the Door”.
    • 46 · A Man Buys a House · Graham · hu; cartoon sequence.
    • 48 · Anonymous Alcoholic No. 1 · Richard Lane · ar
    • 50 · Living Off the Country #2: As Good Fish in the River · Colin Willock · ar
    • 52 · The Loss of the ’Birkenhead’ · John Prebble · ar
    • 60 · Good Books Lately · Various · br

    Lilliput [v42 #3, #249, March 1958] (2/-, 80pp, octavo, cover by photo) []
    Magazine has a facelift. Now all on glossy paper and slight increase to 80pp. Most of the old features remain though pepped up with more photos, but the Gulliver column has gone and replaced by a series of guest writers starting with Alex Atkinson.

    Lilliput [v42 #4, #250, April 1958] (2/-, 80pp, octavo, cover by photo) []
    • 4 · Home, Sweet Home · William Sansom · ar
    • 11 · Hi-Fi and Low-Down · Woodrow Wyatt · cl; record reviews.
    • 12 · The Private Life of Public Relations · John Prebble · ar
    • 18 · A Is Your Rohrschach showing? · Psychiatrist · ar; analysis of ink-blot interpretations by nine celebrities including Peter Cushing, Mike Hawthorn and Bud Planagan.
    • 21 · Protective Custody · Francis Fytton · ss
    • 24 · Profile of the Establishment · Henry Fairlie · ar
    • 34 · How Cornish Morry beat the book · Charles Raven · ar
    • 38 · Field Day · John Moore · ar; true school stories #2.
    • 40 · Their Kind of Woman · Raymond Bennett · pi
    • 43 · A Man in the Spring · Graham · hu; cartoon sequence.
    • 45 · Kicked any good cripples lately? · Alex Atkinson · ar
    • 56 · Slaughter in the Sun · John Curtis · ar; about Rorke’s Drift.
    • 61 · Elephantasies · Hoffman · ct
    • 62 · Bottling Your Own Wine · Raymond Postgate · cl; food column.
    • 64 · Good Books Lately · Various · br

    Lilliput [v42 #5, #251, May 1958] (2/-, 80pp, octavo, cover by photo) []
    • 2 · Hi-Fi and Low-Down · Richard Gordon · cl; record reviews.
    • 4 · Rich Uncle in St. James’s Street · Maurice Edelman · ar
    • 12 · The Spades Dig In · Samuel Selvon · ar; a long and very un-pc survey of west Indians settling in Britain.
    • 18 · The (Not So) Blissful State of Hypomania · Paul Cross · ar
    • 21 · The Headpiece · Ray Bradbury · ss
    • 24 · Night and Day in Greenwich Village · Alan Brien · ar
    • 28 · Private: State · [uncredited] · pi; a pictorial comparison with brief commentary of public vs state schools.
    • 34 · The Compleat Con-Man · Charles Raven · ar
    • 37 · A Man on a Cruise · Graham · hu; cartoon sequence.
    • 38 · Ending It All · Francis Williams · ar; true school stories #3.
    • 40 · The Language of Love · Arnold L. Haskell · ar; about eroticism in dance.
    • 44 · Inside Wolf · Robert Muller · ar; about Wolf Mankowitz.
    • 46 · The Poisoner who got away · Julian Symons · ar; about a triple murder in Croydon in 1928.
    • 58 · Claret Keeps out of the Red · Raymond Postgate · cl
    • 60 · Death Factor in Road Racing · Piero Taruffi & A. E. Hotchner · ar
    • 64 · Good Books Lately · Various · br

    Lilliput [v42 #6, #252, June 1958] (2/-, 80pp, octavo, cover by photo) []
    From this issue all the fashion, food, motoring, handyman and other commercial advice, plus reviews are shunted to a “Service Section” in the latter third of the magazine and I’ll no longer list any of these unless something unusual pops up.

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