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Esquire [v39 #1, No. 230, January 1953] (50¢, 150pp, 10″ x 14″) (Full Text)
Listing fiction, poetry, and selected articles.

75 · Swamp Cat · Zachary Ball · ss

80 · A Hopeful Case · John J. Ryan · ss

85 · The Best of McNamara · Austin F. Roberts · ss

87 · The Blue Mirror · William Kingsfield · ss

97 · The Man with the Hole in His Head · Harold Helfer · ss

102 · Whipping Boy · Frank O’Rourke · ss

Esquire [v39 #2, No. 231, February 1953] (10″ x 13″, cover by Ren Wicks) (Full Text)
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25 · Something Worth Waiting For · Alec Waugh · ss

26 · Head-On · Robert Switzer · ss

32 · Ordeal by Apfelstrudel · John Harrold · ss

39 · Top Hat and Chinchilla · George Shepherd · ss

52 · The Far Side of the Hedge · Henry F. Allard · ss

72 · The Paintbox · John Godey · ss

75 · Shiloh · Shelby Foote · na The Blue Book Magazine June 1949; illustrated by Mathew B. Brady

Esquire [v39 #3, No. 232, March 1953] (10″ x 13″, cover by Roy Kuhlman) (Full Text)
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35 · Small Back Room in St. Marylebone · Alec Waugh · ss

44 · So Quietly Waiting · William Kingsfield · ss

61 · Fortunes of War · Nicholas DiMinno · ss

64 · The Dread Ignormus · Walter Brooks · ss

67 · Homer and the Ides of March · Elmer Roessner · vi

68 · The Love Test · Robert Fontaine · vi

Esquire [v39 #4, No. 233, April 1953] (10″ x 13″, cover by Henry Wolf) (Full Text)
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61 · The Language of Men · Norman Mailer · ss

64 · The Forbidden Island · Hugh B. Cave · ss

68 · Veterans Reunion · Morton Sontheimer · ss

76 · The Fifth Chrysanthemum · V. E. Thiessen · ss

78 · The Short, Happy Death of Jeff Coongate · Edmund Ware Smith · ss

105 · Chill Wind Blowing · John Moore · ss

107 · Epitaph for a City Editor · Charles Sampson · ss

Esquire [v39 #5, No. 234, May 1953] (10″ x 13″) (Full Text)
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20 · The Boy Who Was Hungry · Robert Fontaine · ss

49 · The Bees of Kiliatos · Gordon Cotler · ss

56 · Figurines of Love · Erskine Caldwell · ss

79 · Millstones · Charles Jackson · ss

90 · The Linguist · Sylvia Crane · ss

95 · Sunday Drive · Ken Kolb · ss

Esquire [v39 #6, No. 235, June 1953] (10″ x 13″, cover by Henry Wolf) (Full Text)
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58 · The Idealist · Geoffrey Household · ss

102 · The Mighty Bass · W. L. Heath · vi; illustrated by Shore

104 · The Cool One · Frank O’Rourke · ss; illustrated by Donald Teague

107 · The Quality of Revenge · Ann Chidester · ss; illustrated by Kirby

110 · The Crake · Henry Williamson · nv; illustrated by John Groth

Esquire [v40 #1, No. 236, July 1953] (10″ x 13″) (Full Text)
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· The Whole Truth · Eugene Vale · ss

· Don’t Call Me Sonny · Charles Jackson · ss

· Villain at the Window · Charles Carver · ss

Esquire [v40 #2, No. 237, August 1953] (10″ x 13″, cover by Peter Dmitri) (Full Text)
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32 · A Free Man · Budd Schulberg · ss

46 · You Have to Sell Yourself · Frederic Wakeman · ss

48 · Ten Weeks to Love · Sally Carrighar · ss

91 · The Night the Ice Cubes Came Late · John Harrold · nv

Esquire [v40 #3, No. 238, September 1953] (10″ x 13″) (Full Text)
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42 · The Claims Artist · James B. Hall · ss

48 · Most Likely to Succeed · John Dos Passos · ss

50 · Night Reconnaissance · Jack Weeks · vi

72 · It’s Later When You Think · Charles Embree · ss

74 · The Delirious Diet · Elmer Roessner · vi

78 · Dorrity Discovers Texas · Ernest R. Hamilton · vi

83 · Blindman’s Bluff · B. M. Atkinson, Jr. · vi

85 · The Perfect Listener · Noel Busch · vi

Esquire [v40 #4, No. 239, October 1953] (10″ x 13″) (Full Text)
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58 · The Playground · Ray Bradbury · ss The Illustrated Man (var. 1) by Ray Bradbury, Rupert Hart-Davis, 1952

64 · The Marksman · Robert Switzer · ss

73 · The Girl in the Flaxen Convertible · Will Stanton · ss

82 · Surprise Party · Nathaniel Benchley · ss

97 · Sporting Instinct · Bill Gulick · ss

107 · The Special Exhibit · Robert Sheckley · vi

110 · Wipe Your Hand Across Your Mouth and Smile · Charles Embree · vi

Esquire [v40 #5, No. 240, November 1953] (10″ x 13″) (Full Text)
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51 · The Typical Touch · Harry Muheim · ss; illustrated by Kuhlman

56 · The Haunted House · Ladislas Dormandi · ss; illustrated by Joel

58 · The Mirror · Liam O’Flaherty · ss

67 · Vacancy in a Shrine · Joseph Carroll · ss; illustrated by Webber

84 · Storm on the Mississippi · Richard Bissell · ar; illustrated by Gustav Rehberger

102 · Pop. 1 · Charles Embree · vi; illustrated by de Harak

104 · They Called Him Cyuas · Charles Einstein · ss; illustrated by Kysar

Esquire [v40 #6, No. 241, December 1953] (10″ x 13″) (Full Text)
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83 · St. Francis Xavier’s Bones · Evelyn Waugh · ar

85 · The Meadow · Ray Bradbury · ss The Golden Apples of the Sun by Ray Bradbury, Doubleday, March 1953

87 · The Cossacks and the Violin · Frederic Wakeman · ss

90 · The Fanatic · Liam O’Flaherty · ss

92 · The Spirit of Algiers · Albert Camus · ar

94 · The Indomitable Blue · Ira Wolfert · ss

96 · December Song · Merle Miller · ss

109 · Hollywood vs. Chris Samuels, at Nine · Budd Schulberg · ss

129 · An Hour for Lunch · Nathaniel Benchley · ss

131 · The Admirable Avery · H. Allen Smith · ss

140 · The Crewel Needle · Gerald Kersh · ss Lilliput May/June 1953

149 · Lucy in Her Pink Jacket · A. E. Coppard · ss

151 · To the Chaparral · Erskine Caldwell · ss

156 · Landscape with Figures · Charles Jackson · ss

158 · Salt for Savor · Percival Wilde · pl

Esquire [v41 #1, #242, January 1954] (50¢, 10″ x 13″) (Full Text)
Listing fiction and poetry only.

· How Not to Meet Your Wife · Parke Cummings · ss

· Epilogue to the Christmas Carol · James A. Maxwell · ss

· Happiness Is Not So Hard · Frederic Morton · ss; illustrated by Ben Stahl

· Easygoing Liar · Louis Paul · ss

· Come On, the 21st! · Garnett Radcliffe · ss

· A Cold Beer · Frederic Sinclair · ss

· The Wickedness of Men · Robert Fontaine · ss

· Down to Sleep · Marjorie Lee Nevin · ss

· Be It Ever So Humble, There’s No Place · Charles Embree · ss

Esquire [v41 #2, No. 243, February 1954] (10″ x 13″) (Full Text)
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29 · The Chase · Merle Miller · ss

36 · The Voorloper Baboon · Stuart Cloete · ss

38 · The Bird and the Bull · George Slocombe · ss

45 · I’m Murdering Mr. Massington · Joseph Payne Brennan · ss

48 · Prisoner’s Base · Arnold B. Horwitt · ss

76 · For What It’s Worth · Bruce Bliven, Jr. · ss

Esquire [v41 #3, No. 244, March 1954] (10″ x 13″) (Full Text)
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· Interval in Sunlight · Ray Bradbury · nv

· End of Season · I. A. R. Wylie · ss

· Death to the Spanish Dons · W. A. Powers · ss

· His Wife’s Fiance · Michael Fessier · ss

· Seeker and Sucker · William C. Rubinstein · ss

· Gwen Verdon: The Anatomy of Glamour · Robert W. Marks · ar

Esquire [v41 #4, No. 245, April 1954] (10″ x 13″) (Full Text)
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· The Long Side of the Triangle · Jerre Mangione · ss

· Foreign Exchange · Jerome Weidman · ss

· Dinner on the Rocks · Dawn Powell · ss

· The Rajah’s Rock · Paul Hyde Bonner · ss

· Herbert’s Helper · Corey Ford · ss

· Death Is a Woman · Raylyn Penney · ss

Esquire [v41 #5, No. 246, May 1954] (10″ x 13″) (Full Text)
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· The Shirts Off Their Backs · Henry Shultz · ss

· That Gay, Grey Gang · Grady Johnson · ss

· Rub of the Green · Glynn Harvey · ss

Esquire [v41 #6, No. 247, June 1954] (10″ x 13″) (Full Text)
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· The Man Who Wanted a Mark IX · Nicholas Monsarrat · ss

· The Limit · Joyce Cary · ss

· Odi Et Amo · Donald Heiney · ss

· 7 Minutes · Ken Kolb · ss

· The Last Defense · James J. Simonds · ss

· The Proper Touch · Smith Harsell · ss

Esquire [v42 #1, No. 248, July 1954] (10″ x 13″) (Full Text)
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· The Blow · Liam O’Flaherty · ss

· Dr. Fabian’s One Man Show · Meyer Levin · ss

· Bush River · Joyce Cary · ss The Windmill v1 #2, 1945

· A Raven Ain’t Nothin’ But a Bird · Charles Embree · ss

· The Vital Answer · Daniel B. Dodson · ss

· The Hidden Link · Frank Gilbert · ss

· Pessimo the Great · Charles Simmons · ss

· The Game Room · William Lindsay Gresham · ss

Esquire [v42 #2, No. 249, August 1954] (10″ x 13″) (Full Text)
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· Just Out of the High-Rent District · John Harrold · ss

· Men Without Bones · Gerald Kersh · ss

· Them Monumental Blues · Charles Embree · ss

· Several Shades of Red · Frank Harper · ss

Esquire [v42 #3, No. 250, September 1954] (50¢, 10″ x 13″) (Full Text)
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· Apple License · Irving Shulman · ss

· The Tired Horse · Ben Hecht · ss

· The Luckiest Man on Earth · C. Charlotte Nelson · ss

· Rankin Was Right · L. Geoffrey Feather · ss

Esquire [v42 #4, No. 251, October 1954] (10″ x 13″) (Full Text)
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· Infatuation · Louis Paul · ss

· Fair Game · Peter Helmers · ss

· Milk Punch · Robert Fontaine · ss

· Old Acquaintances · Whutfield Ellison · ss

· The Big Drop · Edward Brink, Jr. · ss

· The Mule with Four Cylinders · Eric St. Clair · ss

Esquire [v42 #5, No. 252, November 1954] (10″ x 13″) (Full Text)
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· Very Blue Eyes and Pale Blue Snow · Robert Switzer · ss

· A Bedtime Story · James McNeill Whistler, II · ss

· The Elephant Ride · Garnett Radcliffe · ss; illustrated by Gustav Rehberger

· The Best in the Country · Walter S. Tevis · ss

· Command Performance · Ken Kolb · ss

Esquire [v42 #6, No. 253, December 1954] (10″ x 13″) (Full Text)
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· Sic Transit · Ben Hecht · ss

· No Room · Dan Brumfield · ss

· A Clash of Bells · David E. Walker · ss

· The Little People · George Frazier · ss

· Amigo Heliotropo · Félix Martí-Ibáñez · nv

· Blaze of Glory · Jock Carroll · ss

· Come Gentle Spring · Jesse Stuart · ss

· Dog Boy · Oliver La Farge · ss

· Dashed Awkward · Robert Fontaine · ss

· Incident in the Hunting Season · Roderick Lull · ss

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