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Trailer Travel Magazine [v14 # 7, July 1949] ed. Bea Ross (Woodall Publishing Co.; Chicago, IL, 20¢, 112pp) [HB] 11 · On and Off the Trail with the Editor: We Salute Vacations in a Trailer · Bea Ross · ed 12 · A Trip in a Teardrop · Rae Oetting · ts 14 · Cruising the Fingerlakes · George Statler · ts 16 · Desert Holiday · Robert Coudy · ts 18 · Trailering in Eastern Canada · Helene Helff · ar 20 · Housekeeping on Wheels: Dutch Treats in Wisconsin · Jean Ross, the Trailer Wife · ar 22 · Mexican Parks and Highways · Ralph Ogden · ar 24 · Small Fry Live in a Trailer · Eugene Conklin · ts 26 · Trailerites Worth Knowing: Vagabond Engineer · H. A. Wagoner · ar 28 · Campers Can You Spare a Dime? · Robert Hyatt · ar 30 · Hen Party Holiday · Gladys Moore · ts 32 · Handyman’s Page: Pulling a Trailer with a Jeep · John Schenk · ar 34 · Trailering in the Fishbowl · Dorothy Mae Orchard · ts 36 · Ways and Ways · Etta Lowry · ss 38 · Trailer Park Operation · the Howard Findlays · ar 42 · Dan Finds a Way [Part 3 of ?] · Myrtle Shaw · nv 46 · Mailbag · Various · lt 48 · The Crisis: a neighborly trailer park story · Phyllis Wallace · ss 50 · Here and There in the Industry · Anon. · nf
Trailer Travel [v15 # 7, July 1950] ed. Jeanne Florian (Woodall Publishing Co.; Chicago, IL, 20¢. 88pp) [HB] 8 · The Basic Freedoms · Anon. · ed; (by Jeanne Florian?) 10 · Let’s Make It Canada · Evalyn Slack Gist · ar 12 · The Aims of the Industry · Norman C. Wolfe · ar 14 · Trailerites Worth Knowing: The O’Moores Enjoy Trailering · Doug & Lola Couden · ar 17 · Across and Back · Esther Smalley · ts 21 · New England Summer · Marion Vuilleumier · ts 24 · Three Decades of Motor Travel · I. W. Delp · ar 26 · Handyman’s Page: Building Overhead Cabinets · Edwin Rickey · ar 28 · A Fascinating Trailer Hobby · Edward M. Dering · ar 30 · A Dream Is Sold · Grace Laughlin · ss 32 · Trailer Park Operation · "the Traveling Trailerites" · ar 34 · New Horizons · Leo Lawrence Brown · ar 36 · 34 Feet of Paradise · Edward C. Fulke · ts 38 · Housekeeping on Wheels: Some Rainy Afternoon · Jean Ross · ar 40 · Here and There in the Industry · Anon. · nf 43 · Yellowstone: Trailer Special · Gladys Moore · ar 46 · “Daddy of ’Em All” · Ken Wesley · ar
The Avenger
The Avenger [v1 #6, February 1940] (Street & Smith, 10¢, 116pp, trimmed pulp, cover by H. W. Scott) [MH] 5 · The Editor’s Notes · The Editor · cl 9 · The Glass Mountain [by Paul Ernst; Richard Henry Benson The Avenger] · Kenneth Robeson · na; illus. Orban 55 · Skeleton in Our Closet · William G. Bogart · ss 66 · Prize Letters · The Readers · lt 69 · The Science of Numerology · Ed Bodin · ar
Aviation Stories
Aviation Stories [v 1 #2, July 1929] ed. Anon. (Story Publishing Co., 20¢, pulp) Robbins lists partial contents in Pulp Magazine Index Volume 4, but incorrectly labels it as May 1929. [PSP]

169 · Flying Gunmen · Anatole Feldman · na
216 · Man-Made Parachute for an Airplane · Misc. Material · ms
217 · The Landing Field of Hades · Andrew A. Caffrey · ss
226 · Cheyenne or Bust! · Robert E. Geiger · ss
232 · Weather Plans to Save Airplanes · Misc. Material · ms
233 · Through Midnight Skies · Charles Penvir Gordon · ss
240 · The Spirit of 1760 · Misc. Material · ms
241 · Cyril’s Conquest · Arch Whitehouse · nv
256 · Sky Shy · John Scott Douglas · ss
265 · Ace Against Ace · Cabot Dunbar · ss
275 · The Flaming Fokker [Part 2 of 2] · A. L. H. Bucklin · sl
Avocations
Avocations [v 1 #1, October 1937] (H. L. Linquist, 25¢) from eBay; “A Magazine of Hobbies and Leisure”. [JL] 26 · Why Not Collect Books? · Frederick B. Adams, Jr. · ar 53 · Things That Interest Me · H. Bedford-Jones · ar
Avon Annual
The Avon Annual [# 1, 1944] ed. Whit Burnett (Avon Book Company, 35¢, 200pp, digest) [STM] 11 · “Shark” Wicks · John Steinbeck · ss (r) 26 · The Enemy · Pearl S. Buck · ss Harper’s, 1943 44 · A Wreath for Tony · Dorothy Thompson · ss (r) 60 · Two Fishermen · Morley Callaghan · ss (r) 68 · The Shepherd’s Daughter · William Saroyan · ss Story May ’34 71 · Winter Voyage · H. L. Mencken · ss (r) 77 · The Dream of Angelo Zara · Guido D’Agustino · ss (r) 85 · My Musical Life · Clarence Day · ss (r) 96 · Here We Are · Dorothy Parker · ss Cosmopolitan Mar ’31 105 · The Negro in the Well · Erskine Caldwell · ss Atlantic Monthly Oct ’35 111 · The City Was in Total Darkness · Irwin Shaw · ss (r) 124 · The Cats Which Cried · Whit Barnett · ss (r) 137 · This Healthy Life · Vicki Baum · ss Story Sep-Oct ’42 145 · Glory, Glory, Hallelujah! · Martha Foley · ss Story Jul ’36 155 · The Valet of the Splendide · Ludwig Bemelmans · ss New Yorker Oct 25 ’41 162 · The Night the Bed Fell · James Thurber · ss (r) 166 · The Captive · Luigi Pirandello · ss Story Jan ’35 182 · Roof Sitter · Frances Eisenberg · ss Story May-Jun ’39
The Avon Annual [# 2, 1945] (Avon Book Company, 35¢, 200pp, digest) [STM] 11 · Lord Mountdrago [“Doctor and Patient”] · W. Somerset Maugham · nv The International Feb ’39 30 · The Pond · Louis Bromfield · ss (r) 50 · The Man Who Looked Like Edison · Ben Ames Williams · ss (r) 57 · To a Sharp Knife · Dashiell Hammett · ss (r) 69 · Paul Revere’s Ride · Robert Benchley · ss (r) 73 · Mr. Cohen Takes a Walk · Mary Roberts Rinehart · ss Good Housekeeping Feb ’33 94 · Two Soldiers · William Faulkner · ss The Saturday Evening Post Mar 28 ’42 107 · Cocks Must Crow · Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings · ss The Saturday Evening Post Nov 25 ’39 123 · Ballad of Dead Reporters · Ben Hecht · ss (r) 126 · Junior Miss · Sally Benson · ss New Yorker Oct 28 ’39 131 · Return of Queen Agnes · Whit Burnett · ss (r) 135 · Love · Jesse Stuart · vi, 1941 138 · Lily Daw and the Three Ladies · Eudora Welty · ss (r) 146 · A Sunday in April · James T. Farrell · ss (r) 155 · The Story of the Stranger · John Cournos · ss John o’ London’s Weekly Dec 19 ’31 163 · Full Fathom Five · Alexander Woollcott · ss New Yorker Jun 22 ’29 166 · Big Buck · Erskine Caldwell · ss (r) 174 · The Undefeated · Ernest Hemingway · nv This Quarter Fll ’25
Avon Detective Mysteries
Avon Detective Mysteries [# 2, 1947] ed. Herbert Williams (Avon Detective-Mysteries Inc., 25¢, 128pp+, digest) [STM]

7 · Murder in Acapulco · Lange Lewis & Mal Bissell · na
64 · The Claret Stick [Susan Dare] · Mignon G. Eberhart · nv The Delineator Jul ’34
88 · The Other Hangman · Carter Dickson · ss A Century of Detective Stories, ed. Anon., London: Hutchinson, 1935
101 · Radio Patrol · Leslie T. White · nv Adventure Jul ’40
117 · Eye in the Swamp · Peirson Ricks · ss Colliers Oct 28 ’44
Avon Modern Short Story Monthly
Avon Modern Short Story Monthly [# 1, 1943] (Avon Book Company, 25¢, digest) Cosmopolitans. Information from EBAY auction.

· Raw Material · W. Somerset Maugham · vi (r)
· Mayhew · W. Somerset Maugham · ss Cosmopolitan Dec ’23
· German Harry · W. Somerset Maugham · ss Cosmopolitan Jan ’24
· The Happy Man · W. Somerset Maugham · ss Cosmopolitan Jun ’24
· The Dream · W. Somerset Maugham · ss Cosmopolitan May ’24
· In a Strange Land · W. Somerset Maugham · ss Cosmopolitan Feb ’24
· The Luncheon · W. Somerset Maugham · ss Cosmopolitan Mar ’24
· Salvatore · W. Somerset Maugham · ss (r)
· Home · W. Somerset Maugham · ss (r)
· Mr. Know-All · W. Somerset Maugham · ss Cosmopolitan Jan ’25
· The Escape · W. Somerset Maugham · ss (r)
· A Friend in Need · W. Somerset Maugham · ss Cosmopolitans, London: Heinemann, 1924
· The Portrait of a Gentleman · W. Somerset Maugham · ss (r)
· The End of the Flight · W. Somerset Maugham · ss Harper’s Bazaar Jan ’26
· The Judgement Seat · W. Somerset Maugham · ss Cosmopolitans, London: Heinemann, 1924
· The Ant and the Grasshopper · W. Somerset Maugham · ss Cosmopolitan Sep-Oct ’24
· French Joe · W. Somerset Maugham · ss (r)
· The Man with the Scar · W. Somerset Maugham · ss Cosmopolitan Oct ’25
· The Poet · W. Somerset Maugham · ss (r)
· Louise · W. Somerset Maugham · ss (r)
· The Closed Shop · W. Somerset Maugham · ss Harper’s Bazaar Sep ’26
· The Promise · W. Somerset Maugham · ss (r)
· A String of Beads · W. Somerset Maugham · ss (r)
· The Bum · W. Somerset Maugham · ss (r)
· Straight Flush · W. Somerset Maugham · ss Cosmopolitan Apr ’29
· The Verger · W. Somerset Maugham · ss (r)
· The Wash Tub · W. Somerset Maugham · ss (r)
· The Social Sense · W. Somerset Maugham · ss (r)
· The Four Dutchmen · W. Somerset Maugham · ss Cosmopolitan Dec ’28
Avon Modern Short Story Monthly [# 3, 1943] (Avon Book Company, 25¢, digest) 7 Long Short Stories. Information from EBAY auction. · The Wooden Madonna · Noel Coward · na Cosmopolitan Dec ’39 · Traveler’s Joy · Noel Coward · ss (r) · Aunt Tittie · Noel Coward · ss (r) · What Mad Pursuit? · Noel Coward · na Cosmopolitan Dec ’39 · Cheap Excursion · Noel Coward · ss (r) · The Kindness of Mrs. Radcliffe · Noel Coward · na Cosmopolitan Dec ’39 · Nature Study · Noel Coward · ss (r)
Avon Modern Short Story Monthly [#17, 1944] (Avon Book Company, 25¢, digest) Thomas Wolfe Selected Great Stories. Information from EBAY auction. · No Cure for It · Thomas Wolfe · ss (r) · Gentlemen of the Press · Thomas Wolfe · ss (r) · A Kinsman of the Blood · Thomas Wolfe · ss (r) · Chickamauga · Thomas Wolfe · nv (r) · The Return of the Prodigal · Thomas Wolfe · ss (r) · The Lion at Morning · Thomas Wolfe · ss (r) · The Battle of Hogwart Heights · Thomas Wolfe · ss (r) · The Lost Boy · Thomas Wolfe · nv Redbook Nov ’37
Avon Modern Short Story Monthly [#18, 1944] (Avon Book Company, 25¢, digest) Romance Stories of the Tropics from Ah King. Information from EBAY auction.

· Ah King · Somerset Maugham · ss (r)
· Footprints in the Jungle · Somerset Maugham · nv The International Jan ’27
· The Door of Opportunity · Somerset Maugham · ss Cosmopolitan Oct ’31
· The Vessel of Wrath · Somerset Maugham · nv Cosmopolitan Apr ’31
· The Book-Bag · Somerset Maugham · ss (r)
· The Back of Beyond · Somerset Maugham · ss (r)
Avon Modern Short Story Monthly [#22, 1945] (25¢, digest) Note: This is subtitled James M. Cain: Career in C Major and Other Stories. [PSP]

· The Girl in the Storm · James M. Cain · ss Liberty Jan 6 ’40
· Coal Black · James M. Cain · ss Liberty Apr 3 ’37
· Career in C Major · James M. Cain · na Career in C Major and Other Stories, Avon, 1943; expanded from “Two Can Sing”, American Magazine Apr ’38.
Avon Modern Short Story Monthly [#24, 1945] (Avon Book Company, 25¢, digest) Information from EBAY auction. · New York Legend · Louis Bromfield · na Cosmopolitan Sep ’35; The Loves, Hates and Jealousies of a period when New York was Young. · Good-Time Bessie · Louis Bromfield · ss Cosmopolitan Mar ’36; whom all Broadway laughed at, loved and forgot. · The Hand of God · Louis Bromfield · ss (r); International Crooks. · The Girl Who Knew Everybody · Louis Bromfield · ss Cosmopolitan Mar ’32; International Glamour Girls. · That Which Never Returns · Louis Bromfield · ss Cosmopolitan Sep ’31; East and West, the Old World and the New.
Avon Modern Short Story Monthly [#26, 1945] (Avon Book Company, 25¢, digest) Stories from A Thousand and One Afternoons in New York. Information from EBAY auction.

· Feast of the Bums · Ben Hecht · ss (r)
· Go Scholar-Gypsy! · Ben Hecht · ss (r)
· Goodbye to an Old Man · Ben Hecht · ss (r)
· How Do You Do? · Ben Hecht · ss (r)
· Open Letter to Mr. Churchill · Ben Hecht · ss (r)
· Obit for Nobody · Ben Hecht · ss (r)
· A Poet Out of Yesterday · Ben Hecht · ss (r)
· Four Rabbis Speak · Ben Hecht · ss (r)
· A Maverick from Movie Land · Ben Hecht · ss (r)
· Wreath for a Little Girl · Ben Hecht · ss (r)
· The Bewitched Tailor · Ben Hecht · ss (r)
· Hand Me Me Sword · Ben Hecht · ss (r)
· Three Without a Story · Ben Hecht · ss (r)
· I Want to Go Home · Ben Hecht · ss (r)
· Murder in Broome Street · Ben Hecht · ss (r)
· Mishkin’s Soul of Man · Ben Hecht · ss (r)
· As Apple Blossom Falls · Ben Hecht · ss (r)
· No Casting · Ben Hecht · ss (r)
· Echoes from a Rubbish Heap · Ben Hecht · ss (r)
· Ballad of Dead Reporters · Ben Hecht · ss (r)
· My Tribe Is Called Israel · Ben Hecht · ss (r)
· Poor People · Ben Hecht · ss (r)
· Hitler’s Lost Cause · Ben Hecht · ss (r)
· Nude on Rocks · Ben Hecht · ss (r)
· Evening in Ermine · Ben Hecht · ss (r)
· Miracle on WHN · Ben Hecht · ss (r)
· A Paganini of the Gutter · Ben Hecht · ss (r)
· Tale of a Midget · Ben Hecht · ss (r)
· Afternoon of an Author · Ben Hecht · ss (r)
Avon Western Reader
Avon Western Reader [No. 2, 1947] ed. Anon. (Avon Book Company, 25¢, 128pp+, digest) Anthology of six Western tales from various magazines.

7 · Nailed Down · Harry Sinclair Drago · nv The Wild Bunch and Other Stories, Doubleday, 1925; from The Wild Bunch and Other Stories, Doubleday 1925.
36 · Weight of Command · Ernest Haycox · ss, 1940
48 · The Idyl of Red Gulch · Bret Harte · ss Overland Monthly Dec, 1869
57 · Buried Treasure · Stewart Edward White · nv McClure’s Jun ’06
85 · Dick Fellows · Joseph Henry Jackson · ss (r); from Tintypes in Gold, Macmillan, 1939.
103 · The Man with the Glass Eye [Black John Smith; Halfaday Creek] · James B. Hendryx · ss Short Stories Feb 10 ’45
Avon Western Reader [No. 3, 1947] ed. Anon. (Avon Book Company, 25¢, 128pp+, digest) Anthology of seven Western tales from various magazines. 7 · McQuestion Rides · Ernest Haycox · nv, 1931 17 · He Died with His Boots Off · C. William Chamberlain · ms (r) 18 · Wild Bill Hiccup · Cornell Woolrich · ss Argosy Feb 5 ’38 24 · He Jumped to Fame · C. William Chamberlain · ms (r) 25 · Shod Hoofs · Stephen Payne · ss, 1928 38 · Frontier Life Saver · C. William Chamberlain · ms (r) 39 · King Copper · Frank Gruber · na Short Stories Sep 25 ’39 85 · The Postmistress of Laurel Run · Bret Harte · ss The Strand Sep, 1891 100 · Magic of a Killer’s Name · Joe Archibald · ss, 1944 112 · Mountain Man’s Joke · C. William Chamberlain · ms (r) 113 · The End of the Trail · William MacLeod Raine · ss Complete Western Book Magazine
Avon Western Reader [No. 4, 1947] ed. Anon. (Avon Book Company, 25¢, 128pp+, digest, cover by ?) [RH] 7 · Smoky Road · Frank Gruber · na Short Stories Nov 25 ’45 43 · The Candle of the Wicked · William MacLeod Raine · ss Short Stories Feb 10 ’38; given as by William MacDonald Raine? 55 · Flowers for a Hoss · Stephen Payne · ss West Jun 5 ’26 66 · With Bated Breath · Ross Santee · ss (r) 71 · The Lobo of Saguero Bend · W. C. Tuttle · na Short Stories Apr 10 ’45
Bachelor’s Best
Bachelor’s Best [# 5, 1967-68] (Maglab Publishing; NY, $1.00, 98pp, quarto) Information from EBAY auction. 4 · One Wicked Week-End · Ted Mark · ss 10 · The Trillionaires · William Garvey · ss 24 · The Secretarial Position · George Mason · ss 38 · The Beauty Was Out of This World · Morton J. Golding · ss 54 · A Girl Names Split · George H. Smith · ss 76 · Mr. Body Beautiful · Holly Springer · ss
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