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Argosy (UK) [v 8 #10, October 1947] ed. Anon. (Amalgamated Press, 1/3d, 128pp, 4.7" x 7.6") Front page adverts are 2 half-page adverts (Fluxite Solder & National Savings Certificates), and 2 full-page adverts (The Regent Institute & Ovaltine). The rear cover is still a single full-page for The Fleet Street School of Authorship.
  • 4 · Sea Bird’s Song · Walt Whitman · pm (r)
  • 5 · The Six Suitors of Ballymara · Charles H. Connell · ss (r)
  • 13 · The Fish [“Autres Betes, Auteurs Moeurs I”] · Ogden Nash · pm New Yorker Nov 15 ’30
  • 14 · Let’s Face the Facts · Misc. · ms (r)
  • 17 · Inca · John McGhee · ss (r)
  • 32 · Afterglow · Misc. · ms (r)
  • 33 · The Emperor’s Mushrooms [“The Problem of the Emperor’s Mushrooms”; Paul Dawn] · James Yaffe · ss EQMM Sep ’45
  • 42 · Such Stuff as Dreams · Anon. · qz (r)
  • 43 · A Lovely Funeral · Phylis Hastings · ss (r)
  • 48 · Broadly Speaking · Misc. · ms (r)
  • 51 · Speaking for Herself · Laurence Housman · ss (r)
  • 54 · Dear Dark Head · Anon. · pm (r)
  • 55 · Love in a Junk · Anon.; trans. by Harold Acton & Lee Yi-Hsieh · ss (r)
  • 75 · Duet · J. T. Story · vi (r)
  • 77 · Once a Week [from Home Front Memo] · Carl Sandburg · vi (r)
  • 78 · Genesis · Misc. · ms (r)
  • 81 · Son of Thunder · John T. Foote · ss (r)
  • 97 · The Musical Conductor’s Story · Karel Capek · ss (r)
  • 100 · One at a Time · Aesop · vi (r)
  • 101 · Sailor’s Wooing · Thomas Henderson · ss (r)
  • 108 · Strange to Relate · Misc. · ms (r)
  • 111 · Spoil the Child · Howard Fast · ss The Saturday Evening Post Aug 6 ’38
  • 128 · Argosy Crossword · Anon. · pz (r)


Argosy (UK) [v 8 #11, November 1947] ed. Anon. (Amalgamated Press, 1/6d, 128pp, 4.7" x 7.6") With this issue the price rises to 1/6d, and the cover changes again (slightly) - the angle of the ship changes slightly and the background map and associated zephyr have vanished. Front page adverts are 4 half-page adverts (British Institute of Engineering Technology, National Savings Certificates, Fluxite Solder & The Regent Institute), and 1 full-page advert (Alasil). The rear cover is still a single full-page for The Fleet Street School of Authorship.
  • 4 · Cloudbreak · John Freeman · pm (r)
  • 5 · Lasting Heritage · W. Hagen · ss (r)
  • 14 · Making Certain [from Me and the Mediterranean] · Naomi Jacob · vi (r)
  • 15 · Appearance and Reality · W. Somerset Maugham · ss (r)
  • 27 · The Octopus [“Nature Gets More Wonderful Every Day: The Octopus”] · Ogden Nash · pm New Yorker Aug 30 ’41
  • 28 · Primrose Path · Misc. · ms (r)
  • 31 · Father Intervenes · R. K. Narayan · ss (r)
  • 37 · The Hunting of Ian Og · Naomi Mitchison · ss (r)
  • 56 · Fool’s Paradise · Misc. · ms (r)
  • 59 · My Sentimental Aunt · Gene Dowell · ss (r)
  • 63 · All Souls’ · Gladys Schmitt · ss Colliers Nov 6 ’43
  • 74 · Sea-Change · Misc. · ms (r)
  • 75 · The Dragon Cup · Arthur Waley · ss (r)
  • 82 · Pageant by Candlelight · David Morton · pm (r)
  • 83 · Unaccountable Hero · Richard Stern · ss (r)
  • 95 · The Departure · Selma Robinson · ss Harper’s Oct ’32; The (London) Evening Standard Aug 19 ’35
  • 100 · Fire Down Below! · Anon. · qz (r)
  • 101 · The Body Is Faithful · Alis de Sola · ss (r)
  • 110 · A Nice Perfection · Misc. · ms (r)
  • 113 · King O’Toole and St. Kevin · Samuel Lover · ss (r)
  • 128 · Argosy Crossword · Anon. · pz (r)


Argosy (UK) [v 8 #12, December 1947] ed. Anon. (Amalgamated Press, 1/6d, 128pp, 4.7" x 7.6") Front page adverts are 2 half-page adverts (Milk of Magnesia tablets & Embassy cigarettes), and 2 full-page adverts (London School of Journalism & Vimatol). The rear cover is still a single full-page for The Fleet Street School of Authorship.
  • 4 · Heritage · V. Sackville-West · pm (r)
  • 5 · A Gentleman of Fortune · Stephen Vincent Benét · ss Redbook Dec ’41
  • 16 · Guide to the Zoo: The Cow [“They Live, They Breathe I: The Cow”] · Ogden Nash · pm New Yorker Apr 11 ’31
  • 16 · Guide to the Zoo: The Cobra [“They Live, They Breathe III: The Cobra”] · Ogden Nash · pm New Yorker Apr 11 ’31
  • 17 · Once Aboard the Trawler · Neil Bell · ss (r)
  • 23 · The Crow and the Oriole · James Thurber · vi New Yorker Jul 29 ’39
  • 24 · Slightly Sinister · Misc. · ms (r)
  • 27 · Miracle Goat · Kay Boyle · ss (r)
  • 40 · Dolphins · Hamish Maclaren · ss (r)
  • 41 · No. 14. Tulip Crescent [“The Scene of the Crime”] · Gerald Kersh · ss The Evening News Apr 6 ’46
  • 46 · Lo! and Behold · Misc. · ms (r)
  • 49 · Back There in the Grass · Gouverneur Morris · ss Colliers Dec 16 ’11
  • 61 · One Sunday Afternoon · Norman Edwards · ss (r)
  • 65 · Where Love Is, God Is · Leo Tolstoy · ss (r)
  • 76 · So Fair My Love · Misc. · ms (r)
  • 77 · Attila · R. K. Narayan · ss (r)
  • 81 · The Condemned · P. J. Alexander · ss Colliers Jan 25 ’47
  • 85 · The Smiler with the Knife · Anon. · qz (r)
  • 86 · Chez Nous · Misc. · ms (r)
  • 89 · Cloonaturk · Mervyn Wall · ss
  • 99 · The Perfect Crime · Ormond Greville · ss Pearson’s Magazine, 1932
  • 110 · The Food of Love · Misc. · ms (r)
  • 113 · Mrs. Kavanagh · Ella MacMahon · ss (r)
  • 128 · Argosy Crossword · Anon. · pz (r)


Argosy (UK) [v 9 # 1, January 1948] ed. Anon. (Amalgamated Press, 1/6d, 128pp, 4.7" x 7.6")
  • 4 · White Miracle · David Morton · pm (r)
  • 5 · The Fall of the Fothergays · Noel Langley · ss The Saturday Evening Post
  • 20 · The Porpoise · Ogden Nash · pm (r)
  • 21 · The Best Bed · Sylvia Townsend Warner · ss (r)
  • 24 · Bright Star Shining · Misc. · ms (r)
  • 27 · Souse of the Border · Guy Gilpatric · ss The Saturday Evening Post Dec 21 ’46
  • 37 · Enoch · Robert Bloch · ss Weird Tales Sep ’46
  • 49 · Christmas Box · Anon. · qz (r)
  • 50 · A Peal of Bells · Misc. · ms (r)
  • 53 · The Other Side of the Curtain · Helen McCloy · nv EQMM Sep ’47
  • 72 · Two Lovers · Misc. · ms (r)
  • 73 · Sealskin Trousers · Eric Linklater · ss The Sealskin Trousers and Other Stories, London: Hart-Davis, 1947
  • 86 · A Strange Story · O. Henry · vi (r)
  • 87 · The Return · K. C. Seaman · ss (r)
  • 96 · Party Time · Misc. · ms (r)
  • 99 · Small Change · Donald Shoubridge · ss (r)
  • 107 · The Corridor of Venus · Neil Bell · ss (r)
  • 112 · Pieces of Eight · Misc. · ms (r)
  • 113 · The Knife · John Russell · ss The Saturday Evening Post Feb 7 ’25
  • 128 · Argosy Crossword · Anon. · pz (r)


Argosy (UK) [v 9 # 2, February 1948] ed. Anon. (Amalgamated Press, 1/6d, 128pp, 4.7" x 7.6") Front page adverts are 2 half-page adverts (Royal Seal tobacco & National Savings), and 2 full-page adverts (The Regent Institute & London School of Journalism). The rear cover is still a single full-page for The Fleet Street School of Authorship. [PSP]


Argosy (UK) [v 9 # 3, March 1948] ed. Anon. (Amalgamated Press, 1/6d, 128pp, 4.7" x 7.6") Front page adverts are 2 half-page adverts (Royal Seal tobacco & National Savings), and 2 full-page adverts (The Regent Institute & Alasil). The rear cover is still a single full-page for The Fleet Street School of Authorship. [JE/PSP]
  • 4 · March Gold · L. Woodworth Reese · pm (r)
  • 5 · Captain of the Turtles · T. Woodrooffe · ss (r)
  • 13 · One Head Well Done · John D. Swain · nv Top-Notch Nov #1 ’30
  • 32 · Very Like a Whale · Misc. · ms (r)
  • 35 · Ambassador of Love · Richard Stern · ss (r)
  • 47 · Foxy’s Trot · H. A. Manhood · ss London Evening News Aug 9 ’39
  • 48 · End of the Beginning · Anon. · pm Punch
  • 53 · The Tree · Neill C. Wilson · ss (r)
  • 62 · O Mistress Mine! · Misc. · ms (r)
  • 65 · The King Who Collected Clocks [“Royal Impostor”] · Gerald Kersh · nv The Saturday Evening Post May 3 ’47
  • 85 · The Leaping Lad · Sid Chaplin · ss The Leaping Lad and other stories, Phoenix House, 1947
  • 94 · Off with the Motley · Misc. · ms (r)
  • 97 · Harp · William Fifield · ss (r)
  • 104 · Dear Delight · Walter de la Mare · pm (r)
  • 105 · The Mind Readers · Ogden Nash · vi (r)
  • 107 · Outcast · Neil Bell · ss (r)
  • 113 · The Benefit Concert · Rhys Davies · ss (r)
  • 128 · Argosy Crossword · Anon. · pz (r)


Argosy (UK) [v 9 # 4, April 1948] ed. Anon. (Amalgamated Press, 1/6d, 128pp, 4.7" x 7.6") Front page adverts are 2 half-page adverts (Royal Seal tobacco & National Savings), and 2 full-page adverts (The Regent Institute & Vimaltol). The rear cover is still a single full-page for The Fleet Street School of Authorship. [PSP]


Argosy (UK) [v 9 # 5, May 1948] ed. Anon. (Amalgamated Press, 1/6d, 128pp, 4.7" x 7.6") Front page adverts are 2 half-page adverts (Royal Seal tobacco & National Savings), and 2 full-page adverts (London School of Journalism & Alasil). The rear cover is still a single full-page for The Fleet Street School of Authorship. [JE/PSP]
  • 4 · Green Grow the Rushes, O! · Walter de la Mare · pm (r)
  • 5 · The Glass Eye · Neil Paterson · ss (r)
  • 17 · The Enchanted Amanda · Alan Wykes · ss (r)
  • 28 · The Little Girl and the Wolf · James Thurber · vi New Yorker Jan 21 ’39
  • 29 · Giving up the Ghost · Peter Traill · ss (r)
  • 33 · How Could I Know? · J. W. · pm (r)
  • 34 · Lilac Time · Misc. · ms (r)
  • 36 · Dust of Annan [“Voices in the Dust”] · Gerald Kersh · ss The Saturday Evening Post Sep 13 ’47
  • 49 · Pursuit · J. T. Story · vi (r)
  • 51 · Last Chance · J. J. Bell · ss (r)
  • 63 · Who Goes There? · Anon. · qz (r)
  • 64 · Off the Record · Misc. · ms (r)
  • 67 · Monna Sismonda [from Decameron] · Giovanni Boccaccio; trans. by Richard Aldington · ex (r)
  • 73 · The Other Person · John Hague · ss (r)
  • 78 · One from One Leaves Two · Ogden Nash · pm The Saturday Evening Post Jun 23 ’34
  • 79 · You’ve Got to Learn · Robert Murphy · ss The Saturday Evening Post Jul 7 ’45
  • 89 · Come Spring · Nancy Bickel · pm (r)
  • 90 · My Pretty Dear · Misc. · ms (r)
  • 93 · Carla and the Simpleton · Mary Gallati · ss (r)
  • 100 · Sounds and Sweet Airs · Misc. · ms (r)
  • 103 · Homestead · Conrad Richter · ss (r)
  • 128 · Argosy Crossword · Anon. · pz (r)


Argosy (UK) [v 9 # 6, June 1948] ed. Anon. (Amalgamated Press, 1/6d, 128pp, 4.7" x 7.6") Front page adverts are 2 half-page adverts (Fluxite Solder & Euthymol Toothpaste), and 2 full-page adverts (London School of Journalism & Ovaltine). The rear cover is still a single full-page for The Fleet Street School of Authorship.


Argosy (UK) [v 9 # 7, July 1948] ed. Anon. (Amalgamated Press, 1/6d, 128pp, 4.7" x 7.6") Front page adverts are 2 half-page adverts (National Savings & Ronuk Polishes), and 2 full-page adverts (London School of Journalism & Alasil). The rear cover is still a single full-page for The Fleet Street School of Authorship.


Argosy (UK) [v 9 # 8, August 1948] ed. Anon. (Amalgamated Press, 1/6d, 128pp, 4.7" x 7.6") Front page adverts are 2 half-page adverts (British Institutes Group & Fluxite Soldering), and 2 full-page adverts (The Regent Institute & Mars). The rear cover is now a single full-page for The London School of Journalism. [JE/PSP]


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