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The Best of Argosy Annual [(#2) 1976] ed. Andrew Sugar (Popular Publications, $1.95, 132pp, large) Special Commemorative Issue. [STM] 8 · A Technical Error · O. Henry · ss Munsey’s Feb ’10 11 · Man-Stalk · John D. MacDonald · ss Argosy Mar ’50 15 · Spirit Rapping at Ristyville · Damon Runyon · ss The Cavalier May 24 ’13 20 · Murder on Ice [87th Precinct] · Ed McBain · nv Argosy Nov ’61 37 · The Horror of the Heights · Arthur Conan Doyle · ss The Strand Nov ’13 43 · Warner and Wife · Rex T. Stout · ss All-Story Cavalier Weekly Feb 27 ’15 48 · It Happened Tomorrow · Robert Bloch · nv Astonishing Stories Feb ’43 59 · The Sacking of El Dorado · Max Brand · nv All-Story Weekly Oct 11 ’19 72 · The Harmonica Mystery · P. G. Wodehouse · nv All-Story Cavalier Weekly Mar 13 ’15; revised from “The Education of Detective Oakes”, Pearson’s December 1914. 82 · The Greatest Adventures of the 20th Century · Lowell Thomas · ar (r) 85 · The Shadow and the Flash · Jack London · ss The Bookman Jun ’03 89 · The Higher Court · Erle Stanley Gardner · ss Detective Fiction Weekly Mar 8 ’30 96 · Earthman, Beware! · Poul Anderson · nv Super Science Stories Jun ’51 103 · The Horla · Guy de Maupassant · nv Gil Blas Oct 26, 1886 107 · The Horses of Bostil’s Ford · Zane Grey · ss Munsey’s Jun ’12 114 · Guardian Angel · Arthur C. Clarke · nv Famous Fantastic Mysteries Apr ’50
Best Sports
Best Sports Magazine [v 1 #1, January 1937] ed. S. Charles Goodman (Western Fiction Publishing Company, Inc., pulp) [MH, from ToC] 8 · Pigskin Parade · Arthur Mann · nv; (football) 31 · On the Level · J. Allan Dunn · ss Short Stories Jan 10 ’28; (boxing) 41 · Death Race · William Sandmann · ss; (auto racing) 50 · The Ringer · Hamilton Craigie · ss; (football) 59 · “Come On, Grandpop!” · Sam Carson · ss; (horse racing) 66 · Leather Lightning · Eugene Cunningham · na Fight Stories Nov ’28; (boxing) 109 · Gridiron Fury · Samuel Taylor · ss; (football)
Best Sports Magazine [v 1 #3, June 1937] ed. S. Charles Goodman (Western Fiction Publ. Co., Inc., pulp) Details taken from scan of Table of Contents. [PSP] fc. · Bob Feller · H. W. Scott · cv 8 · The Diamond Murders · Wm. Edward Hayes · na 37 · Heart of a Champ · Paul Kenny · ss 49 · Second Chance · Charlie Lewis · nv 57 · The Green Network · Arthur Mann · ss 70 · Riders Up · Bart Victor · ss 82 · The Nine Old Men · Jerry Tolan · nv 92 · Around the Bases · Grantland Rice · cl 99 · Tony Picks a Winner · Ken Kay Kelso · ss 101 · The Double Play Kids · Jonsey Taylor · nv 110 · Pigskin Pusher · Johnny Lawson · ss
Best Sports [v 2 #1, October 1937] ed. S. Charles Goodman (Stadium Publishing Corp., pulp) [MH, from ToC] 4 · One-Man Team from Texas · C. Paul Jackson · nv; (baseball) 20 · Hell on Wheels · John Lockhart · ss; (auto racing) 29 · Quarterback on the Mound · E. E. Halleran · ss; (baseball) 36 · The Touchdown Marvels · Giles A. Lutz · ss; (football) 45 · The Sports Reporter · Charlie James · cl 46 · The Sultan of Swat · Walt Munson · ar 48 · Base-Hits Mean Bullets! · Theodore J. Roemer · nv; (baseball) 59 · With Haymakers and Hate · Jerry Tolan · ss; (boxing) 68 · Pennant Politician · J. J. Meany · nv; (baseball) 79 · Cut Loose with That Cannonball! · Wm. J. Jackson · ss; (tennis) 84 · The Big-League Busher · Orbe Bubisk · nv; (baseball)
Best Sports Magazine [v 1 #4, November 1937] ed. Anon. (15c, 128pp, pulp, cover by J. W. Scott) Details taken from eBay listing. [PSP] · The Fighting Farmer · Hal Lee · nv · Borderland Baseball · Jerry Tolan · nv · Ring Bone · Johnny Lawson · nv · Up from the Sticks · Charlie Lewis · ss · Blue Grass Glory · Ross Kenton · ss · The Grappler · Richard Wermer · ss · Clothes Don’t Make the Golfer · Day Summers · ss · All-Around Athlete · Clint Stewart · ss · Sluggers All · Jonsey Taylor · ss · The Ring and the Cross · Harold F. Sorensen · ss
Best Sports [v 2 # 1, August 1938] (Western Fiction Publishing Company, Inc., 15¢, pulp) [JL] 4 · Trouble at First · Arthur Mann · ss 23 · Champ By a Hair · Ross Kenton · ss 36 · The Ghost Pitcher · Johnny Lawson · ss 44 · The Flying Dutchman · Jerry Tolan · ss 61 · He Won’t Stay Down · William Culver · ss 73 · Fighting Blood · Hal Lee · ss 80 · Double Fault · Curtis Bishop · ss 92 · Eddie the Flash · Bart Victor · ss 102 · A Fool for Glory · James W. Egan · ss 114 · Big Shot Rookie · Gary Sheene · ss
Best Sports [v 2 # 3, March 1939] ed. Anon. (15¢, 130pp, pulp) Details taken from eBay listing. [PSP] · The Fighting Heart · Harold F. Cruickshank · ss · Pigskin Fury · Lawrence Perry · ss · The Kid from Poverty Row · Anthony Field · ss · Pitchers and Ponies · Johnny Lawson · ss · Glory for Castoff Basketeers · Nelson S. Bond · ss · Horsehide Harmony · J. J. Meany · ss · The Glove of Mike · James W. Egan · ss · A Matter of Course · Colbertt Lewis · ss · Hard—Like Steel · Richard L. Hobart · ss · Five in Greek · Ross Russell · ss
Best Sports [v 2 # 4, June 1939] ed. Anon. (25¢, 130pp, pulp) Details taken from eBay listing. [PSP] · The Hot Corner · Jack Daley · ss · Glory for a Record-Buster · W. H. Leonard · ss · Clouting Fool · Paul Carney · ss · Basket Bombardment · Roe Richmond · ss · Big League Graveyard · Walt Clark · ss · The Non-Stop Fight · Carl Shepard · ss · The Riding Kid · Sam Carson · ss · Fielder’s Folly · W. H. Temple · ss · Tennis Trickery · Curtis Bishop · ss · Set for the Kill · H. L. Oram · ss
Best Sports [v 2 # 5, February 1950] (Atlas News Co., pulp) from TOC. [MH] 5 · Sports Throbs · Gerard Garrett · cl 6 · Pivot, Feint, Take It Over! · Harrison Hendryx · na; (football) 21 · Punches Are the Payoff · Richard Brister · ss; (boxing) 30 · All Signs Off! · Nelson A. Hutto · ss; (baseball) 40 · The Giant Killer · Russell Gray · nv; (basketball) 52 · Baseball’s Oldest Tradition... Ladies Day! · Herb Rogoff · ms 54 · Substitute for a Diamond King · Bill Erin · na; (baseball) 70 · Ice in His Heart · Humphrey Jones · nv; (hockey) 79 · No Hoop Marvels Wanted! · William Heuman · nv; (basketball) 89 · Go Away at the Wire! · Norman Ober · ss; (horse racing) 104 · Hellion at Half · Johnny Lawson · nv; (football) 115 · Highlights in the World of Sports · Herb Rogoff · ms 116 · Blood on His Fists · Ted Stratton · na; (boxing)
Best Stories
Best Stories [v 5 #2, August 1927] ed. Samuel Bierman (Clever Truths Publishing Company, Inc., 25¢, pulp) from TOC. [JL] · illustrations · Francis Mazzeo · il 7 · Adventures of Buffalo Bill · Buffalo Bill · bg, 1916; “An Autobiography” 27 · The Jinx of the Shandon Belle · Roy de S. Horn · ss Colliers Sep 30 ’22 36 · Pack Rat Springs the Trap · Alma & Paul Ellerbe · ss Colliers Oct 4 ’24 45 · The Payment of Quinn’s Debt · Talbot Mundy · ss Adventure Aug ’12 58 · “Petrel” and “The Black Swan” · Anonymous · ss 63 · Silver Blaze [Sherlock Holmes] · Sir Arthur Conan Doyle · nv The Strand Dec, 1892 79 · The Luck of Roaring Camp · Bret Harte · ss Overland Monthly Aug, 1868 86 · The Killer [Aurelius Smith] · Major R. T. M. Scott · ss (r) 95 · In the House of Suddhoo [“Section 420, I.P.C.”] · Rudyard Kipling · ss The Civil and Military Gazette Apr 30, 1886 101 · Loans · May Edgington · ss 111 · The Leavenworth Case [Part 4 of 8; Ebenezer Gryce] · Anna Katharine Green · sl
Best Stories [v 5 #3, September 1927] ed. Samuel Bierman (Clever Truths Publishing Company, Inc., 25¢, pulp) from TOC. [JL] 6 · The Widow of Simpson’s Bar · Bret Harte · nf (r) 7 · Narcissus · Horatio Winslow · ss 30 · The Ostrich Punching of Arroyo Al · Misc. Material · nf 31 · The Error of the Day · Sir Gilbert Parker · ss Everybody’s Magazine Jul ’06 40 · The Singing Skipper · James W. Bennett · ss Short Stories Feb 25 ’23 50 · The Old Navy · Captain Marryat · nf 51 · The Price of Greed · H. C. Wire · ss Short Stories Sep 10 ’23 61 · The Whaler · Frederick William Wallace · ss Adventure Oct ’15 79 · The Sealed Flask [Aurelius Smith] · Major R. T. M. Scott · ss (r) 88 · The Rescue of the Plum-Duff · Captain Ronald G. Coffin · ss (r) 91 · The Mad Marabout · G. G. Pendarves · ss Hutchinson’s Mystery Story Magazine Sep ’24 106 · Following the Sea · Ambrose Bierce · vi (r) 109 · The Leavenworth Case [Part 7 of 8; Ebenezer Gryce] · Anna Katharine Green · sl
Best Stories [v 5 #4, October 1927] ed. Samuel Bierman (Clever Truths Publishing Company, Inc., 25¢, pulp) from TOC. [JL] 10 · When Golf Struck Cactus Center · Misc. Material · nf 11 · The Devil’s Violin [Part 1 of ?] · Ben Ames Williams · na All-Story Weekly May 11 ’18 (+3) 33 · All in the Game · George Weston · ss 41 · The Adventure of the Dying Detective [Sherlock Holmes] · Sir Arthur Conan Doyle · ss Colliers Nov 22 ’13 51 · The Gentility of Ikey Blumendall · Talbot Mundy · ss Adventure Jun ’14 67 · 3 Collar Buttons [Aurelius Smith] · Major R. T. M. Scott · ss (r) 75 · The Charmed Life [Part 1 of 2] · Achmed Abdullah · nv All-Story Weekly Sep 22 ’17 96 · The Flying Norseman · Roy de S. Horn · ss 105 · The Turtle in the Whirlpool · Alma Ellerbe & Paul · ss 115 · The Leavenworth Case [Part 8 of 8; Ebenezer Gryce] · Anna Katharine Green · sl
Best Stories [v 5 #5, November 1927] ed. Samuel Bierman (Clever Truths Publishing Company, Inc., 25¢, pulp) from TOC. [JL] 10 · When Maclaren Foozled Out · Misc. Material · nf 11 · General Sheridan’s Indian Campaign · Buffalo Bill · ss (r) 24 · Chiquita · Bret Harte · nf (r) 25 · The Country of the Blind · H. G. Wells · nv The Strand Apr ’04 40 · Hard Luck Finnegan · Frederick William Wallace · ss Adventure Feb ’14 49 · The Charmed Life [Part 2 of 2] · Achmed Abdullah · nv All-Story Weekly Sep 22 ’17 70 · “When the Swallows Homeward Fly” · Sir Gilbert Parker · ss The Delineator Dec ’05 77 · The Emerald Coffin [Aurelius Smith] · Major R. T. M. Scott · ss The Detective Magazine Nov 23 ’23 85 · The System of Dr. Tarr and Prof. Fether · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Graham’s Lady’s and Gentleman’s Magazine Nov, 1845 96 · The Lost Camel · Misc. Material · nf 97 · The Clash · Konrad Bercovici · ss All-Story Weekly May 31 ’19 101 · No Excitement · J. Frank Davis · ss The Popular Magazine Oct 20 ’16 111 · A Blessed Lie · Vingie E. Roe · ss The All-Story Magazine Nov ’06 117 · The Devil’s Violin [Part 2 of ?] · Ben Ames Williams · na All-Story Weekly May 11 ’18 (+3)
Best Western
Best Western [v 2 #3, September 1951] (Stadium Publishing Corporation, 25¢, pulp) Details taken from photocopy of Table of Contents. [PSP] 6 · Three Gunhawks and a Girl · D. B. Newton · na 58 · Those That Fight · John Lumsden · nv 69 · Devil and Old Man Gillis · Wayne D. Overholser · nv 81 · Custer, Here We Come! · William Hopson · na 98 · Leave Your Holster Home, Hardcase! · W. P. Brothers · na 120 · Blood of a Badman · Johanas L. Bouma · ss 126 · Death in the Dust · Frank Latham · ss
Best Western [v 2 #4, December 1951] ed. Robert O. Erisman (Stadium Publishing Corporation, 25¢, 130pp, pulp, cover by Norman Saunders) from TOC. [TD]

6 · The Showdowners · Ray Townsend · n.
62 · Tell It to the Texans! · Frank P. Castle · ss
71 · Hardcase · John Lumsden · nv
83 · The Price · William A. Balza · ss
92 · Long Ride Home [Tensleep Mooney] · Louis L’Amour · ss
100 · Kid with the Hot Lead Look · Ray Gaulden · n.
Best Western [v 2 #6, July 1952] (Stadium Publishing Corporation, 25¢, pulp) Details taken from photocopy of Table of Contents. [PSP] 6 · Gun-Champion for a Bad Girl · Wayne D. Overholser · na 35 · Blood and Water · Clark Gray · nv 49 · The Raid · John Lumsden · ss 56 · Tonight the Backshooters Ride! · Giles A. Lutz · na 86 · Wanted: A Man · Rod Patterson · ss 94 · The Kid Who Wouldn’t Talk · D. B. Newton · na 124 · The Bounty-Hunters · Stephen Payne · ss
Best Western [v 3 #1, September 1952] ed. R. O. Erisman (Stadium Publishing Corp., 25¢, 130pp, pulp) [MH] 6 · Jack Slade—Overland Ogre · Larry Bjorklund · ss 12 · The Longriders · John Prescott · na 53 · With a Gun in His Hand · Russ Winterbotham · ss 59 · Notch-Hunter Nightmare · Walt Sheldon · nv 76 · Who’ll Take the Cowgirl? · D. B. Newton · na 108 · Badman Who Went Back · R. S. Lerch · nv
Best Western [v 3 #5, May 1953] ed. R. O. Erisman (Stadium Publishing Corp., 25¢, 130pp, pulp) [MH]

6 · The Singing Thief · Ben B. Sampselle · ss
10 · He Came Gun-Hung · Kenneth L. Sinclair · n.
51 · The Search · R. S. Lerch · na
71 · Beyond the Bitter Roots · Giles A. Lutz · nv
80 · Horse-Thief Valley · Kenneth Fowler · na
101 · Life and Death of a Killer · Robert Bromley · ss
102 · Devil’s Gold · Cy Kees · na
Best Western [v 3 #6, April 1939] (Western Fiction Publishing Co., Inc., 10¢, pulp) from TOC. [JL] 12 · Line-Riders of Forgotten Range · Orlando Rigoni · na 75 · A Night in the Saddle · Paul Carney · vi 77 · The Kid Deputy · Clint Warner · ss 85 · Fighting Man from Tennessee · James Dorn · ss 98 · A Gun-Ghost Rides to War · Charles D. Richardson, Jr. · ss 105 · Winchester Quarantine · Michael Cahill · ss
Best Western [v 4 #1, November 1953] ed. R. O. Erisman (Stadium Publishing Corp., 25¢, 130pp, pulp) [MH]

6 · Hard One to Kill Off · Ben B. Sampselle · ss
12 · Gun-Loose · Paul Durst · n.
59 · The Badlands Kind · Bryan Croghan · nv
69 · The Ma-Mush-Nu · W. K. Putney · ss
70 · Up the Trail! · Ken Jason · na
100 · Bullet-Boss for Eternal Range [“A Gun-Boss for Eternal Range”] · Peter Dawson · na Complete Western Book Magazine May ’39
Best Western [v 4 #3, March 1954] ed. Anon. (Stadium Publishing Coproration, pulp) Details taken from eBay listing. [Phil Stephensen-Payne] · The Hell in the Holster · Frank C. Robertson · na · Wanted: A War Club to Smash the Syndicate · Robert E. Mahaffay · na · The Wild One’s Red Revenge · Jim Kjelgaard · nv · No Family to Fool With · John Lumsden · nv · Instead of a Massacre · Noel M. Loomis · ss · Rendezvous · Robert Turner · ss
Best Western [v 5 #1, March 1955] (25¢, 98pp, pulp) Details taken from eBay listing. [PSP] · The Hell at Hondo · Leslie Ernenwein · na · Ghost Badge for a Tinhorn · Peter Dawson · na Complete Western Book Magazine Jun ’38 · Change in the Wind · Giles A. Lutz · nv · Wildtown Girl · Theodore J. Roemer · nv · Louie’s Mad Ride · William Vance · ss · Loco · Vern Carr · ss · A Little Range War · Ed La Vanway · ss
Best Western [v 5 #2, June 1955] ed. R. O. Erisman (Stadium Publishing Corp., 25¢, 98pp, pulp) [MH]

4 · A Man with a Gun · John K. Butler · n.
27 · Last Day · Les Reasoner · ss
33 · Bad Girl on His Backtrail · H. A. DeRosso · nv
41 · One from Tombstone · Lauran Paine · ss
44 · The Empty Grave · H. G. Ashburn · ss
52 · The Battle for Roswell · Noel Loomis · ss
58 · Instead of a Hangnoose · Carl Mincemoyer · ss
65 · Strange Exile of the Circle-C Kid · James Shaffer · ss, 1947
74 · Colt-Baptism for an Outcast · Gunnison Steele · ss Western Short Stories May ’39
80 · Ghost-Guards Ride the Sunset Stage · Peter Dawson · nv Western Short Stories Mar ’39

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