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Argosy (UK) [v15 #12, December 1954] ed. Anon. (Amalgamated Press, 1/6d, 144pp, 4.7" x 7.6")

4 · Bronze Music · Conrad Aiken · pm (r)
5 · It Happened in Spain · Arthur Gordon · ss (r)
15 · Devil’s Kill · Garnett Radcliffe · ss Adventure Aug ’53
22 · In Tune · Anon. · qz (r)
23 · Poppies and Pitmen · Percy Coates · ss Pick of Today’s Short Stories: Five, ed. John Pudney, Putnam; from Pick of Today’s Short Stories: Five, Pudney, Putnam.
28 · She · Misc. · ms (r)
31 · Red Herring · David Walker · ss (r)
45 · Back of the Moluccas · Johan Fabricius · ss (r)
63 · Brave Old World · Martin Jordan · ss; the “Science Fiction Choice”.
70 · Dogs’ Delight · Misc. · ms (r)
73 · Under Suspicion · Edward Lindall · ss (r)
85 · Sweet Thursday · John Steinbeck · ex New York: Viking, 1954
101 · Incentive · Dudley Hoys · ss (r)
106 · Poets’ Corner · Misc. · ms (r)
108 · Captain Lightfoot [Part 2 of 3] · W. R. Burnett · sl (r)
144 · Prize Crossword No. 19 · Anon. · pz (r)
Argosy (UK) [v16 # 1, January 1955] ed. Anon. (Amalgamated Press, 1/6d, 144pp, 4.7" x 7.6") Front page adverts are 2 half-page adverts (Everybody’s & Cussons) and 2 full-page adverts (London School of Journalism & The Rapid Results College). The rear cover is still a single full-page for The Fleet Street School. Printer is now listed as Percy Brothers, Ltd., The Hotspur Press, Manchester.

4 · I Saw Three Ships · Anon. · pm (r)
5 · Oskar’s Wrong Number · Robert Sherman Townes · ss (r)
14 · Thirty Days Hath September · Anon. · qz (r)
15 · Black Magic · Johan Fabricius · ss (r)
29 · North of Midnight · Tom Hopkinson · ss (r); illus. Raymond Sheppard
44 · Christmas Tree · Misc. · ms (r)
47 · The Star in the East [from Thirty Stories] · Elizabeth Myers · ss London: Macdonald
50 · Carol [from Europa and the Bull] · W. R. Rodgers · pm Secker & Warburg
51 · The Picture · Walter de la Mare · ss (r)
57 · Maidenhair Fern · Caryl Brahms · ss (r)
69 · Seventh Victim · Robert Sheckley · ss Galaxy Apr ’53; the “Science Fiction Choice”.
82 · A Good Time Was Had... · Misc. · ms (r)
84 · Love of Seven Dolls · Paul Gallico · ex Michael Joseph; illus. Shirley Hughes
98 · White Lady · Misc. · ms (r)
101 · Twelve Bells · Margaret Bonham · ss (r)
113 · Court Martial · Charles C. O’Connell · vi (r)
116 · Captain Lightfoot [Part 3 of 3] · W. R. Burnett · sl (r)
144 · Prize Crossword No. 20 · Anon. · pz (r)
Argosy (UK) [v16 # 2, February 1955] ed. Anon. (Amalgamated Press, 1/6d, 144pp, 4.7" x 7.6") Front page adverts are 3 full-page adverts (The Rosicrucians, The Regent Institute & Ovaltine). The rear cover is still a single full-page for The Fleet Street School.

4 · Spring Thaw [from The Enchanted Grindstone] · Henry Morton Robinson · pm (r)
5 · Devil of a Fish · Wilfred McNeilly · ss (r)
15 · A Question of Faith · Edith Pargeter · ss (r)
26 · Private Eye · Anon. · qz (r)
27 · Sun and Shadow · Ray Bradbury · ss The Reporter Mar 17 ’53
33 · Winter Scene · Marjorie Battcock · pm (r)
34 · Belle, Book, and Candle · Misc. · ms (r)
37 · About the Ignormus · Walter Brooks · ss (r)
48 · Paper Clip · Richard Armour · pm New Yorker Feb 20 ’54
49 · Hell Drivers · John Kruse · ss (r)
65 · Pawn to Danger · Robert Standish · ss (r)
78 · Heart’s Desire · Misc. · ms (r)
81 · Hurricane Season · Edgar Mittelholzer · ss (r)
88 · Love of Seven Dolls · Paul Gallico · ex Michael Joseph
100 · Nightfall · Misc. · ms (r)
103 · Success Story · Kem Bennett · ss (r)
108 · Hornets’ Nest [Part 1 of 3] · Christopher Landon · sl (r); illus. Sherborne
144 · Prize Crossword No. 21 · Anon. · pz (r)
Argosy (UK) [v16 # 3, March 1955] ed. Anon. (Amalgamated Press, 1/6d, 144pp, 4.7" x 7.6") Front page adverts are 2 half-page adverts (Virginia Cigarettes & Everybody’s) and 2 full-page adverts (The Regent Institute & Sanatogen). The rear cover is still a single full-page for The Fleet Street School.

4 · The Spring Equinox [from The Golden Bird] · Anne Ridler · pm London: Faber and Faber
5 · A Corner of the Cellar · Michael Gilbert · ss (r)
9 · Rate of Descent · David Beaty · ss (r)
16 · Sing a Song of Sixpence · Anon. · qz (r)
17 · Alec Da Monk · Paul Lincoln · ss Pick of Today’s Short Stories: Four, ed. John Pudney, Putnam
29 · Sunset, with Chimneys · R. P. Lister · pm New Yorker
30 · Cup Final · Misc. · ms (r)
33 · Spanish Gold · Dorothy Cottrell · ss (r)
47 · H-Type Ruum [“The Ruum”; Ruum] · Arthur Porges · ss F&SF Oct ’53; the “Science Fiction Choice”.
59 · The Wickedness of Men · Robert Fontaine · ss (r)
64 · Masque of Beauty · Misc. · ms (r)
67 · I Can’t Change · Edward Lindall · ss (r)
78 · Love of Seven Dolls · Paul Gallico · ex Michael Joseph
97 · The Senorita and the Texan · James Norman · ss (r)
107 · Hornets’ Nest [Part 2 of 3] · Christopher Landon · sl (r); illus. Sherborne
144 · Prize Crossword No. 22 · Anon. · pz (r)
Argosy (UK) [v16 # 4, April 1955] ed. Anon. (Amalgamated Press, 1/6d, 144pp, 4.7" x 7.6") Front page adverts are 3 full-page adverts (The Educational Book Co., The Regent Institute & Ovaltine). The rear cover is still a single full-page for The Fleet Street School.

4 · Tinker Man [from Ballad of a Bagman] · Sigerson Clifford · pm New York & London: Macmillan
5 · By a Short Head · Gerard Newton · ss (r)
10 · Spring Posy · Anon. · qz (r)
11 · Secret Message · C. H. Gibbs-Smith · ss (r)
25 · Sovereigns for Sale · Bryan MacMahon · ss (r)
34 · Serenade · Misc. · ms (r)
37 · Jungle Law · Francis Didelot; trans. by J. E. Malcolm · ss (r)
49 · Fatal Mistake · Lord Dunsany · ss (r)
53 · Awaken to Me · Edmund Gilligan · ss (r)
62 · Bed and Board · Misc. · ms (r)
65 · Spreugel’s Grebe [from Stories and Cream] · Edward Hyams · ss London: Longman’s, Green, 1954
69 · Library · Richard Armour · pm (r)
70 · According to the Evidence · Henry Cecil · ex London: Chapman & Hall
91 · Music of the Spheres [“Noise”] · Jack Vance · ss Startling Stories Aug ’52; the “Science Fiction Choice”.
102 · Hornets’ Nest [Part 3 of 3] · Christopher Landon · sl (r); illus. Sherborne
144 · Prize Crossword No. 23 · Anon. · pz (r)
Argosy (UK) [v16 # 5, May 1955] ed. Anon. (Amalgamated Press, 1/6d, 144pp, 4.7" x 7.6") Front page adverts are 3 full-page adverts (Punchbowle Tobacco, London School of Journalism, & Sanatogen). The rear cover is still a single full-page for The Fleet Street School.

4 · Seen and Heard · Walter de la Mare · pm (r)
5 · Irish Welcome · Jim Phelan · ss (r)
10 · Unreal Estate · Anon. · qz (r)
11 · Drumming of Hoofs · Garnett Radcliffe · ss (r)
15 · Chains of Silver · Islwyn Williams · ss (r)
19 · Stolen Waters [from Log Hut] · Thomas Firbank · ex London: Harrap
24 · Flash in the Pan · Misc. · ms (r)
27 · Finigan Was Afraid · David Walker · nv The Saturday Evening Post Jun 19 ’54
49 · Shape [“Keep Your Shape”] · Robert Sheckley · nv Galaxy Nov ’53; the “Science Fiction Choice”.
61 · The Perfect Criminal · Edmund Crispin · ss (r)
72 · Bachelor Gay · Misc. · ms (r)
75 · Sweetest Singer · John Inglis Hall · ss (r)
86 · Grampahood · Ogden Nash · pm (r)
87 · Man Alone · Richard Ferber · ss (r)
99 · Handicraft · Dick Emmons · pm (r)
100 · Idyll · Misc. · ms (r)
103 · Waste Not, Want Not · Graham Wood · ss (r)
110 · Black Sabre [Part 1 of 4] · John Dickson Carr · sl (r); illus. Neville Dear
144 · Prize Crossword No. 24 · Anon. · pz (r)
Argosy (UK) [v16 # 6, June 1955] ed. Anon. (Amalgamated Press, 1/6d, 144pp, 4.7" x 7.6") Front page adverts are 3 full-page adverts (Simoniz, London School of Journalism, & The Book Club). The rear cover is still a single full-page for The Fleet Street School. 4 · The Ship · Oliver St. John Gogarty · pm (r) 5 · Battle of Flowers · Richard Stern · ss (r) 15 · Striking the Balance · Henry Cecil · ss (r) 23 · The Other Enemy · Robert Wolf Emmett · ss (r); the “Science Fiction Choice”. 30 · Jam Session · Misc. · ms (r) 33 · Chance at the Wheel · Victor Canning · ss (r) 39 · Warding Them Off · Anon. · qz (r) 40 · Macagony’s Fist [as by P. J. Gahagan] · Gerald Kersh · ss Courier Win ’37/38; illus. Jo Spier 44 · Red Wine—White Bread · Padraig O’Horan · pm (r) 45 · Lime-Vanilla Ice [“The Swan”] · Ray Bradbury · ss Cosmopolitan Sep ’54 56 · Time of Roses · Misc. · ms (r) 59 · Reefcomber · John Kruse · ss Adventure Dec ’54 79 · The Young Wind · Edith Macwhirter · ss (r) 85 · Shooting a Line · Jane McClure · ss (r) 92 · Marina · Misc. · ms (r) 95 · Circle of Panic · John Salt · ss (r) 112 · Black Sabre [Part 2 of 4] · John Dickson Carr · sl (r); illus. Neville Dear 144 · Prize Crossword No. 25 · Anon. · pz (r)
Argosy (UK) [v16 # 7, July 1955] ed. Anon. (Amalgamated Press, 1/6d, 144pp, 4.7" x 7.6") Front page adverts are 3 full-page adverts (Everybody’s, London School of Journalism, & Simoniz). The rear cover is still a single full-page for The Fleet Street School.

4 · To Puffin, a White Cat [from A Correct Compassion] · James Kirkup · pm New York: The Oxford University Press
5 · Road to Karbala · Christopher Landon · ss (r)
8 · Wistow [from Time and the Wind] · Sydney Tremayne · pm William Collins
9 · The County Wench [from Last Recollections of My Uncle Charles] · Nigel Balchin · ss William Collins
18 · Let’s Go! · Anon. · qz (r)
19 · Heading for Trouble [from The Heart of the Storm] · David Beaty · ss Secker & Warburg
28 · Come for a Picnic · Misc. · ms (r)
31 · Hat Trick · Paul Gallico · ss (r)
40 · Day-Dreaming in a Train · Fleur Mountain · pm (r)
41 · The Golden Apples of the Sun · Ray Bradbury · ss Planet Stories Nov ’53
47 · Carnival of Fear · Kay Boyle · ss (r)
66 · Stolen Kisses · Misc. · ms (r)
69 · Enter the Drimbles · Brian St. George · ss (r)
77 · Home with the Herring · Howard Jones · ss (r)
84 · Mahoussian Beast · Jacques Perret; trans. by D. H. R. Brearley · ss (r)
101 · Jessica Ann · F. E. Ellwood · ss (r)
108 · Wedding Bells · Misc. · ms (r)
111 · Black Sabre [Part 3 of 4] · John Dickson Carr · sl (r); illus. Neville Dear
144 · Argosy Crossword · Anon. · pz (r)
Argosy (UK) [v16 # 8, August 1955] ed. Anon. (Amalgamated Press, 1/6d, 144pp, 4.7" x 7.6") Front page adverts are 2 full-page adverts (Everybody’s & The Regent Institute) and 2 half-page adverts (Rider & Cussons). The rear cover is still a single full-page for The Fleet Street School.

4 · Dr. Browning at Breakfast · Walter de la Mare · pm (r)
5 · Roman Figures · H. E. Bates · ss (r)
15 · Talking Point · Geoffrey Household · ss (r)
19 · The Rain Dripped Death [James Wickwire] · Mignon G. Eberhart · ss This Week Jun 7 ’53
29 · Little Peach · John Pudney · ss (r)
34 · Cost of Loving · Misc. · ms (r)
37 · City of the Sun—Ecija [from A Rose for Winter] · Laurie Lee · ex London: The Hogarth Press
44 · Cherchez La Femme · Anon. · qz (r)
45 · Leander Frailey · Jack Schaefer · ss (r)
61 · The Mask · Storm Jameson · ss (r)
79 · The Discriminating Reader · Richard Armour · pm (r)
80 · Fun of the Fair · Misc. · ms (r)
83 · The Strawberry Window · Ray Bradbury · ss Star Science Fiction Stories #3, ed. Frederik Pohl, Ballantine, 1954; the “Science Fiction Choice”.
91 · Stuff and Nonsense · Arthur J. Gilroy · ss (r)
94 · Swan Upping · Misc. · ms (r)
96 · Temple of Kambu · Alan Jenkins · ss (r)
110 · In the Train · Nansi Pugh · pm (r)
111 · Black Sabre [Part 4 of 4] · John Dickson Carr · sl (r); illus. Neville Dear
144 · Argosy Crossword · Anon. · pz (r)
Argosy (UK) [v16 # 9, September 1955] ed. Anon. (Amalgamated Press, The, 1/6d, 144pp, digest) Front page adverts are 3 full-page adverts (Everybody’s, London School of Journalism, & Ovaltine). The rear cover is still a single full-page for The Fleet Street School.

4 · Not Quite Cricket · Misc. · ms (r)
6 · Queer Fish · Kem Bennett · ss (r)
16 · Going to Extremes · Richard Armour · pm (r)
17 · Star Over Frisco · Willard Marsh · ss (r)
26 · Summer in Salandar · H. E. Bates · nv (r)
56 · Animal Crackers · Misc. · ms (r)
59 · Brandy for the Colonel · Paul Gallico · ss (r)
71 · Elixir of Love · C. S. Forester · ss (r)
78 · Food for Thought · Anon. · qz (r)
79 · Last Message · C. H. Milsom · ss (r)
84 · Apples [from My Many-Coated Man] · Laurie Lee · pm London: Andre Deutsch
85 · Music for the Wicked Countess · Joan Aiken · ss (r)
93 · Memory of a Fight · Gerald Kersh · ss
97 · Both Watches of the Hands · Rowan Ayers · ss (r)
110 · The Chrysalids [Part 1 of 2] · John Wyndham · sl; abridged and adapted.
144 · Argosy Crossword · Anon. · qz (r)
Argosy (UK) [v16 #10, October 1955] ed. Anon. (Amalgamated Press, The, 1/6d, 144pp, digest) Front page adverts are 2 full-page adverts (Everybody’s & The Regent Institute) and 2 half-page adverts (Player’s Medium Navy Cut Tobacco & International Correspondence Schools). The rear cover is still a single full-page for The Fleet Street School.

4 · Fuchsias [from Sixpenny Songs] · John Pudney · pm London: John Lane
5 · Trust Little Al · Michael Gilbert · ss
18 · Haunted Summer · Mary Lee Settle · ss (r)
25 · Cat’s-Paw · W. S. Money · ss (r)
29 · Mixed Bag · Anon. · qz (r)
30 · Rendezvous · Misc. · ms (r)
32 · The Good Corn · H. E. Bates · ss (r)
43 · Six Legs are Welcome · Geoffrey Household · ss (r)
54 · River Music · Fleur Mountain · pm (r)
55 · Duel · Brian Cleeve · ss (r)
67 · Forty Day Road · Christopher Landon · ss (r)
74 · Carte Blanche · Ogden Nash · pm New Yorker, 1955
75 · Heart of the Storm [from The Heart of the Storm] · David Beaty · ex Secker & Warburg
95 · Air on a G-String · Cordelia Baird Gross · ss Harper’s
100 · Garden Pleasures · Misc. · ms (r)
103 · The Chrysalids [Part 2 of 2] · John Wyndham · sl; abridged and adapted.
144 · Argosy Crossword · Anon. · qz (r)
Argosy (UK) [v16 #11, November 1955] ed. Anon. (Amalgamated Press, The, 1/6d, 144pp, digest) Front page adverts are 3 full-page adverts (Everybody’s, The Regent Institute & Ovaltine). The rear cover is still a single full-page for The Fleet Street School.

4 · Bonfire Magic · Misc. · ms (r)
6 · Chinese Triangle · Victor Canning · ss (r)
11 · Some Day I’ll Find You · Mark Derby · ss (r)
20 · Bran Tub · Anon. · qz (r)
20 · Holstein · David McCord · pm (r)
21 · A Cheap Line in Cherubs · Patricia Sibley · ss (r)
27 · The Bronze Good-Bye · Vernon Sheridan · ss (r)
36 · Cornets’ Nest · Misc. · ms (r)
39 · Hearth-Eye · John Masters · ss (r)
50 · Seaside Golf [from A Few Late Chrysanthemums] · John Betjeman · pm London: John Murray
51 · Fallen Star · John Collier · ss (r)
62 · Call to Arms · Misc. · ms (r)
65 · Blue Charm · Paul Hyde Bonner · ss (r)
76 · Immortal Story · Isak Dinesen · nv (r)
98 · Blaze of Colour · Misc. · ms (r)
101 · Of Human Kindness · Hugh Michael Hogan · ss Pick of Today’s Short Stories: Five, ed. John Pudney, Putnam
113 · American Jack · J. A. Brown · ss (r)
121 · Neighbours [from The Russian Sister] · G. Rostrevor Hamilton · pm London: Heinemann
122 · Storm [Part 1 of 2] · P. Fitzgerald O’Connor · sl (r); illus. Neville Dear
144 · Argosy Crossword · Anon. · qz (r)
Argosy (UK) [v16 #12, December 1955] ed. Anon. (Amalgamated Press, The, 1/6d, 144pp, digest) Front page adverts are 3 full-page adverts (Woman’s Journal, London School of Journalism, & The Rosicrucians). The rear cover is still a single full-page for The Fleet Street School.

4 · Love Gifts [from The Book of Songs] · Arthur Waley · pm London: Allen & Unwin
5 · Revelation · Rhys Davies · ss This Quarter Oct-Dec ’29
14 · Cockatoo · Doreen Munro · ss (r)
23 · Pot Luck · Anon. · qz (r)
24 · Taking Cover... · Misc. · ms (r)
26 · Marriage Broker [La Belle Victoria] · John Inglis Hall · ss (r)
39 · Love Is a Gimmick · Paul Gallico · ss (r)
51 · Baghdad Bus · Christopher Landon · ss (r)
66 · Golden Age · Misc. · ms (r)
69 · Serpent in the Sun · Hugh B. Cave · ss Colliers Jun 10 ’55
83 · Samurai Sword · Celso Carunungan · ss (r)
91 · Tip Your Planet Here · Martin Jordan · ss; the “Science Fiction Choice”.
101 · Melody for Lute and Ocarina · Morris Bishop · pm (r)
102 · A Letter to my Love · Misc. · ms (r)
105 · Cook Wanted · Victor Canning · ss (r)
110 · Storm [Part 2 of 2] · P. Fitzgerald O’Connor · sl (r); illus. Neville Dear
144 · Argosy Crossword · Anon. · qz (r)

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