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Argosy (UK) [v17 # 1, January 1956] ed. Anon. (Amalgamated Press, The, 1/6d, 144pp, digest) Front page adverts are 3 full-page adverts (Mercer’s Correspondence College, The Regent Institute & O.B. Borg). The rear cover is still a single full-page for The Fleet Street School.

4 · Shining Star · Anon. · pm (r); illus. E. Carlile
5 · Christmas Eve in Brooklyn · Sean O’Faolain · ss (r)
15 · Box of Crackers · Anon. · qz
16 · The Street Where the Heart Lies · Ludwig Bemelmans · ss Literary Cavalcade Oct ’55; illus. Ludwig Bemelmans
23 · Claimant · Elizabeth Bowen · ss The Third Ghost Book, ed. Cynthia Asquith, James Barrie, 1955
30 · Christmas Joy · Misc. · ms (r)
33 · A Winter Tale · William Buchan · ss (r)
43 · A Man of Parts · William Sansom · ss (r); Among the Dahlias, London: Hogarth Press, 1957
54 · Tinsel & Tights · Misc. · ms (r)
57 · The Mountain Without a Name · Robert Sheckley · ss Citizen in Space, Ballantine, 1955; the “Science Fiction Choice”
72 · Ludmila [Legend of Liechenstein] · Paul Gallico · ss (r); illus. Shirley Hughes
91 · Follow My Fancy · Joan Aiken · ss
100 · Nocturne · Misc. · ms (r)
103 · Quigley 873 [from The Night the Old Nostalgia Burned Down] · Frank Sullivan · ss London: J.M. Dent
108 · Harry Black [Part 1 of 3] · David Walker · sl (r); illus. Raymond Sheppard
144 · Argosy Crossword · Anon. · pz
Argosy (UK) [v17 # 2, February 1956] 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 · Peacock of Java [from Celebration at Dark] · William Jay Smith · pm London: Hamish Hamilton
5 · Spanish Garden · Daphne K. Forster · ss (r)
15 · About Mabel Grote · John Inglis Hall · ss (r)
22 · Perfumes of Arabia · Misc. · ms (r)
25 · Dead Reckoning [“The Man Who Sold Out”] · Michael Gilbert · ss Adventure Jun ’55
33 · A Night at the Opera · Anon. · qz
34 · Deep Range · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Star Science Fiction Stories #3, ed. Frederik Pohl, Ballantine, 1954; the “Science Fiction Choice”
42 · Station Syren [from A Few Late Chrysanthemums] · John Betjeman · pm London: John Murray
43 · A Man up an Elm Tree · Rhys Davies · ss (r)
56 · King of String · Richard Armour · pm
57 · Bidding Fair · James Norman · ss (r)
70 · Equestrienne · Misc. · ms (r)
73 · Man Trap · Wilbur Daniel Steele · ss (r)
91 · Little Shoes of Saint Crispin · John Salt · ss (r)
99 · Putting It Across · Cordelia Baird Gross · ss (r)
104 · Harry Black [Part 2 of 3] · David Walker · sl (r); illus. Raymond Sheppard
144 · Argosy Crossword · Anon. · pz
Argosy (UK) [v17 # 3, March 1956] ed. Anon. (Amalgamated Press, The, 1/6d, 144pp, digest) Front page adverts are 3 full-page adverts (The Standard Life Assurance Company, The Regent Institute & Odhams Condensed Books). The rear cover is still a single full-page for The Fleet Street School.

4 · White Fire · John Barron Mays · pm (r); from The Seasons Change, The Fortune Press
5 · A Mouse in the House · Richard Mealand · ss (r)
14 · Girl at the Bar · William Saroyan · ss Argosy Apr ’55
19 · Servants discuss People · J. D. Scott · ss (r)
26 · Mixed Grill · Anon. · qz
27 · Madman of the Mountain · Hugh B. Cave · ss The Saturday Evening Post Jun 12 ’54
41 · Who’ll Buy My Lingual? · Ogden Nash · pm New Yorker, 1955
42 · Cupid Speed the Clocks · Misc. · ms (r)
44 · Arctic Vengeance · Arthur Gordon · ss (r)
51 · Enchanted Trolley [“The Trolley”] · Ray Bradbury · ss Good Housekeeping Jul ’55
55 · The Next to the Last Bullet · Mark Derby · ss (r)
64 · A la Mode · Misc. · ms (r)
67 · Call of the Lake · Edmund Gilligan · ss (r)
77 · Painted Death · Winifred Wolfe · ss (r)
93 · Spanish Dancer · Brian Cleeve · ss (r)
103 · Gorging? · Rod Maclean · pm (r)
104 · Whirl of Gaiety · Misc. · ms (r)
107 · Harry Black [Part 3 of 3] · David Walker · sl (r)
144 · Argosy Crossword · Anon. · pz
Argosy (UK) [v17 # 4, April 1956] 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 · Singer’s Nest · Wilfrid Gibson · pm (r) 5 · Edge of Fear · Victor Canning · ss (r) 14 · Brush It Aside · Anon. · qz 15 · Chance of a Lifetime [“The Wonderful Death of Dudley Stone”] · Ray Bradbury · ss Charm Jul ’54 25 · Blondes Prefer Gentlemen · Jacques Gillies · ss (r) 36 · High Spirits · Misc. · ms (r) 39 · Killer’s Choice · Patrick Meagher · ss (r) 47 · Martian Eisteddfod · E. L. Malpass · ss; the “Science Fiction Choice” 51 · Miss Hercules · Paul Gallico · ss (r) 62 · Come Hither · Misc. · ms (r) 65 · Danger Trail · Richard Ferber · ss (r) 79 · Crime in the Kasbah · Michael Sheridan · ss (r) 88 · Night-Lilac · Mark Van Doren · pm (r) 89 · Swamp Boy · John Kruse · ss (r) 106 · Love Locks · Misc. · ms (r) 108 · Be Shot for Sixpence [Part 1 of 4] · Michael Gilbert · sl (r); illus. Swavek 144 · Argosy Crossword · Anon. · pz
Argosy (UK) [v17 # 5, May 1956] ed. Anon. (Amalgamated Press, The, 2/-, 144pp, digest) Front page adverts are 3 full-page adverts (Everybody’s, London School of Journalism & The School of Accountancy). The rear cover is still a single full-page for The Fleet Street School. With this issue, after almost ten years without a price rise, the price increases to 2/-.

4 · Argosy Log Book · John Silver · ed
7 · Pancho’s Gift · Robert Standish · ss (r)
19 · The Revenge of Big Michael · Brian Cleeve · ss (r)
30 · Puzzle Corner · Anon. · qz
31 · Riding High · Edwards Hyams · ss (r)
37 · The Naughty Preposition [from A Bowl of Bishop] · Morris Bishop · pm New York: The Dial Press
38 · Woodnotes Wild · Misc. · ms (r)
41 · Green Paradise · John Steinbeck · ss (r)
48 · Sly Glances · Haynes Bayly · pm (r)
49 · Lion’s Mouth · Stuart Cloete · ss (r)
62 · Infernal Equinox · Philene Hammer · pm (r)
63 · Armageddon · Fredric Brown · ss Unknown Aug ’41
68 · House to House · Misc. · ms (r)
70 · Man of Hate · Jacland Marmur · ss (r)
83 · Flower of Night · John Dew · ss (r)
95 · Ivory Joe · John Pudney · ss
102 · Nut Cutlets · Misc. · ms (r)
105 · Windfall · Martin Armstrong · ss (r)
110 · Be Shot for Sixpence [Part 2 of 4] · Michael Gilbert · sl (r); illus. Swavek
144 · Argosy Crossword · Anon. · pz
Argosy (UK) [v17 # 6, June 1956] ed. Anon. (Amalgamated Press, The, 2/-, 144pp, digest) Front page adverts are 3 full-page adverts (Player’s Medium Navy Cut Tobacco, London School of Journalism & The Standard Life Assurance Company). The rear cover is still a single full-page for The Fleet Street School.

4 · Argosy Log Book · John Silver · ed
7 · Cinderella Smile · Arthur Gordon · ss Bluebook Mar ’56
15 · Out For a Duck · Charles C. O’Connell · ss (r)
23 · Fair Game · J. M. Rosen · ss (r)
32 · Office Hours · Misc. · ms (r)
35 · Strange Carnival [“Carnival on the Downs”] · Gerald Kersh · ss Men Without Bones, London: Heinemann, 1955
45 · Hungry Sand · Garnett Radcliffe · ss (r)
49 · The Hot Run · Michael Foster · ss (r)
62 · Chill Down Your Spine · Misc. · ms (r)
65 · Bianca’s Hands · Theodore Sturgeon · ss Argosy (UK) May ’47
73 · Treatment for Shock · John Salt · ss (r)
84 · Love at First Sight · Misc. · ms (r)
87 · Last Rainbow · Arthur Mayse · ss (r)
98 · Pottle Deep · Anon. · qz
99 · Cracken Joke · Clive Burnley · ss (r)
107 · Be Shot for Sixpence [Part 3 of 4] · Michael Gilbert · sl (r); illus. Swavek
144 · Argosy Crossword · Anon. · pz
Argosy (UK) [v17 # 7, July 1956] ed. Anon. (Amalgamated Press, The, 2/-, 144pp, digest) Front page adverts are 3 full-page adverts (Everybody’s, London School of Journalism & Wills’s Cut Golden Bar). The rear cover is still a single full-page for The Fleet Street School. 4 · Argosy Log Book · John Silver · ed 7 · There Is a Lucky Number · Margery Allingham · ss (r) 16 · Lion with a Delicate Air · Penelope Hughes · ss (r); illus. Moyra Leatham 21 · A Mild Attack of Locusts · Doris Lessing · ss, 1951; New Yorker Feb 26 ’55 29 · Model Wife · Joan Aiken · ss 38 · Flower of the Water · Misc. · ms (r) 41 · M Molecule [“Specialist”] · Robert Sheckley · ss Galaxy May ’53; the “Science Fiction Choice” 54 · Summer Pie · Anon. · qz 55 · Concettina’s Roses · Félicien Marceau; trans. by J. E. Malcolm · ss (r) 69 · Saturday Night · Erskine Caldwell · ss (r) 76 · Plumb Lines · Misc. · ms (r) 79 · No One Will Ever Know · Geoffrey Household · ss The Saturday Evening Post Aug 28 ’48 85 · Vagabond’s Gold · Isabel Adam · ss (r) 91 · The Race Across Our Meadows · Edmund Gilligan · ss (r) 108 · Court Favours · Misc. · ms (r) 111 · Twice Unwelcome · Michael Barker · ss (r) 117 · Be Shot for Sixpence [Part 4 of 4] · Michael Gilbert · sl (r); illus. Swavek 144 · Argosy Crossword · Anon. · pz
Argosy (UK) [v17 # 8, August 1956] ed. Anon. (Amalgamated Press, The, 2/-, 144pp, digest) Front page adverts are 3 full-page adverts (Everybody’s, The Regent Institute & Player’s Medium Navy Cut Tobacco). The rear cover is still a single full-page for The Fleet Street School. 4 · Argosy Log Book · John Silver · ed 7 · Full Fathom Five · Kem Bennett · ss (r) 21 · Strange Weather for August · John Kerr · ss (r) 27 · Assorted Fancies · Anon. · qz 28 · Summer-City · Misc. · ms (r) 31 · Ta-Ra-Ra Boom! · Leslie Bonnet · ss (r) 41 · Night Watch · Joseph Whitehill · ss (r) 57 · Hush Puppy [Monsieur Bonneval] · Paul Gallico · ss (r) 68 · Travelling Light · Misc. · ms (r) 71 · Talk of the Devil · Vernon Bartlett · ss (r) 83 · Promise at Dusk · Walter de la Mare · ss (r) 90 · Readers’ Letters 90 · Bon Voyage! · E. M. Russell · lt 90 · Don’t Fool About · J. Holt · lt 90 · Much-Travelled Copy · Veronica Dodkins · lt 90 · Widdershins · George Underhill · lt 90 · The Ladies, God Bless ’Em · Irene Mason · lt 91 · Sound of Thunder · Ray Bradbury · ss Colliers Jun 28 ’52 101 · Red Hair · John Inglis Hall · ss (r) 112 · I’ll Never Forget · John P. Marquand · nv (r); illus. Sherborne 144 · Argosy Crossword · Anon. · pz
Argosy (UK) [v17 # 9, September 1956] ed. Anon. (Amalgamated Press, The, 2/-, 144pp, digest) Front page adverts are 3 full-page adverts (Argosy, The Regent Institute & Ovaltine). The rear cover is still a single full-page for The Fleet Street School.

4 · Argosy Log Book · John Silver · ed
7 · Golden Fountains · Christopher Landon · ss (r)
13 · Going by Paradise · Vernon Sheridan · ss (r)
19 · Corridor of Venus · Neil Bell · ss (r)
24 · Tuppence Coloured · Anon. · qz
24 · A Drinking Bout · Liu Chia · pm (r)
25 · Cricket · Joan Aiken · ss
28 · Personal Column · Misc. · ms (r)
30 · The Queen of Spain Fritillary · H. E. Bates · nv (r); illus. Shirley Hughes
52 · Spade and Pail · Misc. · ms (r)
55 · Moonshine · Ruth M. Goldsmith · ss Atlantic Monthly May ’56
63 · Murder Fish · John Kruse · ss Colliers Sep 2 ’55
77 · The Tender Age · John Collier · ss New Yorker Mar 10 ’56
81 · The Toucan [from The Private Dining Room] · Ogden Nash · pm London: J.M. Dent
82 · Course of True Love · Misc. · ms (r)
85 · Summer in the Air · Ray Bradbury · ss The Saturday Evening Post Feb 18 ’56
91 · Next Door to a Witch · Robert Blake · ss (r)
101 · The Little Dog Laughed · L. W. Godfrey · ss (r)
107 · White Violets · E. Crandall · na McCall’s Mar ’53; illus. Karen Williger
144 · Argosy Crossword · Anon. · pz
Argosy (UK) [v17 #10, October 1956] ed. Anon. (Amalgamated Press, The, 2/-, 144pp, digest) Front page adverts are 3 full-page adverts (Argosy, The Regent Institute & Wills’s Golden Cut Bar). The rear cover is still a single full-page for The Fleet Street School. 4 · Argosy Log Book · John Silver · ed 7 · Madame Pineau’s Three Screams · David E. Walker · ss (r) 14 · Attention, Parents! · Anon. · qz 15 · Echoing Dream [Joseph Jorkens] · Lord Dunsany · ss 21 · A Wreath for Aunt Hannah · Leslie Bonnet · ss (r) 30 · Single Thoughts · Misc. · ms (r) 33 · Night Club in Reno · Michael Foster · ss (r) 45 · Silent Hostages · Paul Gallico · ss The Saturday Evening Post Jun 2 ’56 51 · Strong Man from Piraeus · George Johnston · ss (r) 62 · Undersea Fever · William Cole · pm New Yorker Jul 23 ’55 63 · Secret of Trinity’s Island · Hugh B. Cave · ss Argosy Nov ’47 81 · Evil Is Silver · Ken Gentry · ss; the “Science Fiction Choice” 88 · Cowboy, Cowboy! · Misc. · ms (r) 91 · Mr. Linseed’s Clock · Gerald Bullett · ss (r) 99 · Whisper in the Dark · Michael Sayers · ss (r) 106 · Ice Cold in Alex [Part 1 of 3] · Christopher Landon · sl; illus. W. B. White 144 · Argosy Crossword · Anon. · pz
Argosy (UK) [v17 #11, November 1956] ed. Anon. (Amalgamated Press, The, 2/-, 144pp, digest) Front page adverts are 3 full-page adverts (Argosy, The Regent Institute & Ovaltine). The rear cover is still a single full-page for The Fleet Street School. 4 · Argosy Log Book · John Silver · ed 7 · Who Has Seen the Wind? [Insp. Patrick Petrella] · Michael Gilbert · ss 14 · Pot Shots · Misc. · ms (r) 15 · Widow Trap · Robert Fontaine · ss (r) 21 · Fetch Her Away · Theodora Benson · ss (r) 25 · Jupiter in Paris · John Inglis Hall · ss (r) 30 · All For Love · Misc. · ms (r) 33 · Search for Tomorrow · Edward Lindall · ss (r) 42 · Noughts and Crosses · Anon. · qz 43 · The Gourmet and the Girl · James Norman · ss (r) 54 · Salt and Fresh · Misc. · ms (r) 57 · Love Apple · Mary Lee Settle · ss (r) 67 · Deep Treasure · John Kruse · ss (r) 86 · A Charm of Spells · Misc. · ms (r) 89 · Clean Sweep · E. C. Hornsby · ss (r) 97 · Height of Danger · Arthur Gordon · ss (r) 104 · Ice Cold in Alex [Part 2 of 3] · Christopher Landon · sl; illus. W. B. White 144 · Argosy Crossword · Anon. · pz
Argosy (UK) [v17 #12, December 1956] ed. Anon. (Amalgamated Press, The, 2/-, 144pp, digest) Front page adverts are 3 full-page adverts (Wills’s Cut Golden Bar, London School of Journalism & International Correspondence Schools). The rear cover is still a single full-page for The Fleet Street School. 4 · Argosy Log Book · John Silver · ed 7 · Phantom of the Bridge · Leon Ware · ss The Saturday Evening Post Dec 8 ’51 18 · Did You Ever? · Anon. · qz 19 · The Big Snore · H. A. Manhood · ss (r) 25 · A Plate of Roast Beef · Kem Bennett · ss; the “Science Fiction Choice” 36 · Question Time · Misc. · ms (r) 39 · Return of the Wolf · Edmund Gilligan · ss Bluebook Feb ’56 55 · Informer X [Insp. Patrick Petrella] · Michael Gilbert · ss 63 · Starring Andrea · Michael Foster · ss (r) 78 · What the Butler Saw · Misc. · ms (r) 81 · Prisoner of Night · Mark Derby · ss (r) 91 · Lotus Flower · Leslie Bonnet · ss (r) 97 · As Gay as Cheese · Joan Aiken · ss 102 · Entrance Fee [“Histoire de France, or Entrance Fee”] · Alexander Woollcott · ss New Yorker Mar 1 ’30 105 · Ice Cold in Alex [Part 3 of 3] · Christopher Landon · sl 144 · Argosy Crossword · Anon. · pz
Argosy (UK) [v18 # 1, January 1957] ed. Anon. (Amalgamated Press, The, 2/-, 144pp, digest) Front page adverts are 3 full-page adverts (Argosy, London School of Journalism & World Record Club). The rear cover is still a single full-page for The Fleet Street School.

4 · Argosy Log Book · John Silver · ed
7 · My Old Man’s Trumpet · Desmond Bagley · ss (r)
17 · Miss River · Nicholas Dee · ss (r)
25 · Place of Stones · John Salt · ss (r)
40 · Whose Zoo? · Misc. · ms (r)
43 · The Girl Who Moved [Insp. Patrick Petrella] · Michael Gilbert · ss
51 · Queenie White [Uncle Silas] · H. E. Bates · ss (r)
58 · Quire of Seraphim · Anon. · pm (r)
59 · Christmas Miracle · Paul Gallico · ss (r); illus. Raymond Sheppard
70 · Present Time · Misc. · ms (r)
73 · Abode of Love · Aubrey Menen · ex (r)
90 · Two’s Not Company · Anon. · qz
91 · Sextet [from The Lovers’ Bedside Book] · Raymond Peynet · pi (r)
97 · Dodo Unto Others · John Ormerod · ss (r)
101 · Silent Prism · Mark Van Doren · ss (r)
107 · Some Other Star · Gerald Kersh · ss Star Dec 23 ’40
110 · Manasco Road [Part 1 of 3] · Victor Canning · sl (r); illus. Michie
144 · Argosy Crossword · Anon. · pz

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