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Esquire [v30 #2, No. 177, August 1948] ed. David A. Smart (50¢, 10″ x 13″) [] (Full Text)

25 · Love on Broadway · Jimmy Cannon · ar

27 · Beef Baron on a Corral Fence · Oren Arnold · ar

30 · White Water Up Ahead · [uncredited] · ar

32 · Paris of the Balkins · R. Michael · ar

36 · Big Girls Don’t Cry · George W. Morse · ss

41 · “Look, Ma, I’m Eatin’!” · Donald Hough · ar

53 · Inbound · Joseph E. Shaner · pm

56 · Art Portfolio · Fred Ludekens · il

57 · Fred Ludekens: Good Form · Robert Ulrich Godsoe · ar [Ref. Fred Ludekens]

62 · Foxy Grandpa Goes to the Olympics · Keith Monroe · ar

80 · No Cure for the Clumsy · Herb Graffis · ar

· La Tigresse · Bel Kaufman · ss; illustrated by Victor Kalin

· The Lasher Ice · William Francis · ss; illustrated by Victor Kalin

· The Code of the Escribiente · Mel Matison · ss

· Free Association · Bruce Henry · ss

· Nothing to Be Done · Joseph Heller · ss

· Chief Koala’s Son-in-Law · Jim Buford · ss

· Toward Endless Horizons · Si Podolin · ss

Esquire [v30 #3, No. 178, September 1948] ed. David A. Smart (50¢, 10″ x 13″) [] (Full Text)

31 · What’s Wrong with Our Women? · Leland Stowe · ar

33 · Let Your Body Pick Your Sport · Georg Mann · ar

38 · The Pigeon-Blood Star · George W. Morse · ss; illustrated by Howard Baer

40 · The Best Things Are the Nicest · Jimmy Cannon · ar

47 · A Broadway Legend: Harold Arlen · Keith Monroe · ar [Ref. Harold Arlen]

52 · Murder Is Her Crooked Smile · James West · ss; illustrated by Denver Gillen

65 · I’ll Dream of You · William Francis · ss

67 · Death at Times Square · Donald M. Berwick · ar

70 · The Man in the Title Role · Bernard Seigle & William Jolesch · ar

84 · No Man’s Island · Hans Ruesch · ss; illustrated by Maric Zamparelli

· A Matter of Time · Lee Rogow · ss

· Those Fascinating Herberts · Matt Taylor · ss

· A Mouse Called Emily · Charles Green · ss

Esquire [v30 #4, No. 179, October 1948] ed. David A. Smart (50¢, 10″ x 13″) [] (Full Text)

43 · Nature of the Human Male · J. B. Rice, M.D. · ar

45 · Lost Epilogue · Henry Kane · ss; illustrated by Gustav Rehberger

47 · A Bachelor’s Confession · Jimmy Cannon · ar

50 · A Buzz for the Boss · Betty Trimm · ar

52 · Up and Downey · Allen Churchill · ar [Ref. Morton Downey]

62 · Toastmaster General · Earl Wilson · ar

65 · Leopard Spots · James West · ss; illustrated by Denver Gillen; mystery.

· Buster Bang’s Progress · Lewis Howard · ss

· No Heavy Chains · Lester Cooper · ss

· By Bread Alone · Lee Rogow · ss

· Pablo and Blanco · Joseph Kelleam · ss

Esquire [v30 #5, No. 180, November 1948] ed. David A. Smart (50¢, 10″ x 13″) [] (Full Text)

47 · The Case for the Unwed Father · J. B. Rice, M.D. · ar

49 · The Keeper of the Key · A. B. Guthrie, Jr. · ss

51 · The Large Mr. Little · Arthur Daley · ar

54 · A Heart Condition · William L. Gresham · ss

56 · Tony Zale: Working Man · Jimmy Cannon · ar [Ref. Tony Zale]

58 · An Acquaintance with Thieves · Timothy Fuller · ss Britannia and Eve June 1948

66 · Hottest Thing in Show Business · Lee Rogow · ar

68 · Cloak Across the Blood · James West · ss; illustrated by Victor Kalin; mystery.

81 · China’s Captain Kit · Robert Shaplen · ar

102 · Edgar at the Gate · R. I. Berrens · ss

· The Novel of Mr. Aurach · Joseph E. Shaner · ss

Esquire [v30 #6, No. 181, December 1948] ed. David A. Smart (50¢, 10″ x 13″) [] (Full Text)

72 · Something Special for Miss Brigham · F. Hugh Herbert · ss; illustrated by Victor Kalin

75 · Young Man with a Problem · James Poling · ar [Ref. John Crosby]

78 · The Breaking Point · Budd Schulberg · ss

80 · Not All of Them Were Merry · Jimmy Cannon · ar

82 · How Santa Claus Came to Simpson’s Bar · Bret Harte · ss The Atlantic Monthly March 1872

92 · Hang by Your Neck [Peter Chambers] · Henry Kane · nv; illustrated by Victor Kalin

98 · Want to Get Rich Quick? · Robert M. Bleiberg · ar

99 · Christmas in New York · Gianni-Gillam · il

104 · The Three Babes · Earl J. Wilson · ss

119 · Ivan and the Platinum Baby · Gilbert Sonbergh · ss

· We Have This Day · Lester Cooper · ss

· A Very Noble Guy · Mel Matison · ss

Esquire [v31 #1, No. 182, January 1949] (10″ x 13″) [] (Full Text)
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35 · We Were Just Having Fun · F. Hugh Herbert · ss

36 · A Glass of Orange Juice · Quentin Reynolds · ss; illustrated by Gustav Rehberger

40 · Heel’s Broke Loose in Dakota · Frank Bonham · ss

46 · A Sea-Sonnet Sequence · Joseph E. Shaner · pm

51 · Juror Number Three · Ira Wallach · ss

55 · My Comrade, Igo, and I · Mel Matison · ss

60 · Uncle Bud’s Bloodhound · John Watson · ss

62 · Let’s Cook It on the Piano · Horace McCoy · ar

68 · The Copeland Caper · William Francis · ss

Esquire [v31 #2, No. 183, February 1949] (10″ x 13″) [] (Full Text)
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· Question and Answer · N. O. Youmans · ss; illustrated by David Berger

· The Thirty-Seventh Car · Ken W. Purdy · ss

· One Man’s Mate · Lee Rogow · ss

· It’s for Real, McCoy · Lester Cooper · ss

· The Man on the Train · Norman Grieser · ss

· Exit Line—Closing Night · Gene Rider · ss

· Area of Agreement · Charles Lester · ss

· I’ll Get Him Next Time · Barney Nagler · ss

· Three-Hour Caper · William Francis · ss

· Cold Water and Cherry Pie · Frank O’Rourke · ss

Esquire [v31 #3, No. 184, March 1949] (10″ x 13″) [] (Full Text)
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· The Case of Lela Cade · George Zuckerman · ss; illustrated by Denver Gillen; mystery.

· The Timid Angel · Jeff Conover · nv; illustrated by Geoffrey Biggs; western.

· I Dub You Sir Knight · John Gunther · ss

· The Devil and Lady Godiva · I. G. Mattingly · ss; illustrated by Victor Kalin

· Dialogue with Action · William Francis · ss

· The Man Who Wouldn’t Say Uncle · Len Zinberg · ss

· Shoot Little Chicken · William Fuller · ss; illustrated by Robert Moore

· You Don’t Need Brains · E. B. Marden · ss

· Lights! Camera! Action! · Steve April · ss

Esquire [v31 #4, No. 185, April 1949] (10″ x 13″) [] (Full Text)
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· A Cabin on the “Queen” · William Francis · ss

· Dear, Dear Secretary · Lester Cooper · ss

· Nobody Gets Hurt · Richard Howells Watkins · ss; illustrated by Frank Golden

· The Last Adventure · Jerome Brondfield · ss

· The Hunted · Charles Mergendahl · ss; illustrated by David Berger; mystery.

· Coffin Canyon · George C. Appell · ss; illustrated by Jack Cowan; western.

Esquire [v31 #5, No. 186, May 1949] (10″ x 13″) [] (Full Text)
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· The Sound of Murder · William Francis · ss; illustrated by David Stone Martin; mystery.

· The Last Shot · Frank O’Rourke · ss; illustrated by Jack Cowan; western.

· The Dare · Budd Schulberg · ss; illustrated by George Englert

· The Milkman’s Darling · Lee Rogow · ss

· The Clash of Stars · Joseph E. Shaner · ss; illustrated by Gustav Rehberger

· Nothing You Can Do · Walt Grove · ss

Esquire [v31 #6, No. 187, June 1949] (10″ x 13″) [] (Full Text)
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· Murder on the Menu · Val Duncan · ss; illustrated by Paul De Veres; mystery.

· Sleep All Winter [Part 1 of ?] · Richard Wormser & Dan Gordon · sl; illustrated by James Schucker; western.

· Death of a Prize Fighter · Robert Switzer · ss

· The Swamp Song · Jim Buford · ss

· Gentleman in Distress · Hans Ruesch · ss

· Tell Me, Pretty Baby · Sylvia Pasche · ss

Esquire [v32 #1, No. 188, July 1949] (quarto) [] (Full Text)
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· Sleep All Winter [Part 2 of ?] · Richard Wormser & Dan Gordon · sl; illustrated by James Schucker

· Champion · Ring Lardner · nv Metropolitan October 1916; illustrated by Gustav Rehberger

· The Early Bird · George C. Appell · ss

· Cromartie’s Ride · Robert J. Misch · ss

· Something New · I. G. Mattingly · ss

· All a Sailor Can Ask · Joseph E. Shaner · ss

· From This Date Forward · Steve April · ss

· Something White in the Night · Herbert Brean · ss

Esquire [v32 #2, No. 189, August 1949] (10″ x 13″) [] (Full Text)
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24 · Jungle Gold · Charles Yerkow · ss

30 · Ma Helps Nature Take Its Course · Mel Matison · ss

35 · A Regular Death Call · Arthur Miller · ss

36 · Gifts of the Greeks · Walter Duranty · ss

39 · Murder with Music · F. A. Bee · vi

62 · Until You Are Dead · Henry Kane · nv

84 · Long, Lonely Evenings · Jack Sher · ss

86 · Did I Ever Tell You? · Norman Katkov · ss

Esquire [v32 #3, No. 190, September 1949] (50¢, 10″ x 13″) [] (Full Text)
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· There Was a Man: “Soldier” Oates · [uncredited] · ar; illustrated by Gustav Rehberger

· The Snows of Kilimanjaro · Ernest Hemingway · nv Esquire August 1936

· Return Engagement · Ernest Lehman · ss

· Hickory… Dickory… Dock · F. A. Bee · ss

· The Key · James Charles Lynch · ss

· A Present for Dominic · Frank L. Harvey · ss

· Hollywood at Last · Robert Griffith · ss

· Love and Tiddlywinks · Martin Gardner · vi

· You Never Can Tell About People · Joseph Kinsey Howard · ss

· Brass Monkey · William Francis · ss; illustrated by H. E. Bischoff

Esquire [v32 #4, No. 191, October 1949] (10″ x 13″) [] (Full Text)
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· Murder Is No Accident · David Dodge · ss; mystery.

· The Outriders [Part 1 of 2] · Irving Ravetch · sl; western.

· Pink Hibiscus · Erik Jlazeltioff · ss

· The Jonah and the Calliope · Frank Laskier · ss; illustrated by Gustav Rehberger

· The Merry-go-Round · Louis Paul · ss

· The Crime of McSwane · H. L. Mencken · ss Frank Leslie’s Popular Monthly July 1902

· Complimeints of a Friend · E. B. Marden · ss

· Mayhem in Midair · Julius Fast · ss

· The Remembering Hands · Stanley Russell · ss

Esquire [v32 #5, No. 192, November 1949] (50¢, 10″ x 13″) [] (Full Text)
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56 · The Last Snake · A. B. Guthrie, Jr. · ss; illustrated by John Vickery

59 · Fortune Tellers Never Starve · William Lindsay Gresham · ar

64 · Life and Death of James Philpotts · Bel Kaufman · ss

71 · I See Your Face · Thomas Morgan · ss

74 · The Lucky Marlin · Steve April · ss; illustrated by George Englert

82 · The Seven Pillars of Wisdom · T. E. Lawrence · ex (r)

94 · The Outriders [Part 2 of 2] · Irving Ravetch · sl; illustrated by Jack Cowan; western.

Esquire [v32 #6, No. 193, December 1949] (10″ x 13″) [] (Full Text)
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· A Present for Joel! · Bel Kaufman · ss; illustrated by H. E. Bischoff

· The Third Vase · Quentin Reynolds · ss; illustrated by Ben Stahl

· A Very Trusting Guy · Mel Matison · ss

· Ethics for the Goose · Rian James · ss

· One of These, My Brethren · Hamilton Benz · ss

· The Lady Picked a Winner · James Charles Lynch · ss

· All That Glistens · James Mason · ss

· A Corpse for Christmas [Part 1 of 2; Peter Chambers] · Henry Kane · sl; illustrated by Ren Wicks; mystery.

· The Reputation · C. Hall Thompson · ss; illustrated by George Kanelous; western.

· Christmas on the Old Post Road · Hervey Allen · ar; illustrated by Gustav Rehberger

Esquire [v33 #1, No. 194, January 1950] (50¢, 10″ x 13″) [] (Full Text)
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· About Shorty · Martha Gellhorn · ss; illustrated by H. E. Bischoff

· The Very Clever People · John March · ss

· The Duel · George Phipps · ss; illustrated by Roswell Brown

· Hercules Hates Sam · Homer McCoy · ss

· A Work of Art · Anton Chekhov; translated by Archibald J. Wolfe · ss Short Stories January 1906
translated from the Russian.

· How to Tell the Birds from the Bees · Henry G. Felsen · ss

· A Corpse for Christmas [Part 2 of 2; Peter Chambers] · Henry Kane · sl; illustrated by Ren Wicks; mystery.

Esquire [v33 #2, No. 195, February 1950] (10″ x 13″) [] (Full Text)
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· Three Hours Between Planes · F. Scott Fitzgerald · ss Esquire July 1941

· Half a Buck · W. C. Heinz · ss; illustrated by Gustav Rehberger

· Starvation Can Be Fun · Lee Rogow · ss

· Last Command · Steve Hail · ss

· Fingerprints Can’t Talk · Alan Kennington · ss

· A Mountain Out of a Mole · Charles Corrigan · ss

· The Secret Weapon · E. E. Roberts · ss

· A Pinch in Time · James J. Simonds · ss

· The Comfortable Spot · Lesley Conger · ss

· The Fearful Odds · Jack Iams · ss

· One More Martini · Martin Gardner · ss

· Unholy Woman · James Warner Bellah · ss; illustrated by H. E. Bischoff

Esquire [v33 #3, No. 196, March 1950] (quarto) [] (Full Text)
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· Edge of Panic [Part 1 of 2] · Henry Kane · sl; illustrated by Bill Randall

· Cat in a Corner · Kalman Phillips · ss

· Tribute to a Hero · Faith Baldwin · ss

· The Oath of Dr. Ming · Joseph E. Shaner · ss; illustrated by Gustav Rehberger

· The Guy with a Good Disposition · David Cort · ss

· With Silken Nets and Silver Hooks · Alan Marshall · ss

· The King of Wines · Lee Rogow · ss

· An Evening with Marsha · Hilliard Wolfe · ss

· You Can Stop Running Now · Nathaniel Weyl · ss; illustrated by George Kanelous

· Have You a Mistress? · Fred C. Kelly · ar

Esquire [v33 #4, No. 197, April 1950] (50¢, 10″ x 13″) [] (Full Text)
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· To Have Dominion · Thomas & MacKinlay Kantor · ss

· Mind Over Muscle · Octavus Roy Cohen · ss; illustrated by Fred Steffen

· Blood Money · Steve April · ss; illustrated by Euclid Shook

· The Quigley Librarian · Robert Lewis · vi

· Combat Fatigue · Jack M. Bagby · ss

· Edge of Panic [Part 2 of 2] · Henry Kane · sl; illustrated by George Kanelous; mystery.

· Code of the Hunted · Cedric R. Mentiplay · ss; illustrated by Gustav Rehberger; adventure.

Esquire [v33 #5, No. 193, May 1950] (quarto) [] (Full Text)
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· The Village Panther · David Walker · ss; illustrated by H. E. Bischoff

· Murderers Can Be Kind · Sigmund Miller · ss

· Dead Reckoning · Octavus Roy Cohen · ss

· The Easy Street · J. G. Clark, Jr. · ss

· The Devil and Cleopatra’s Nose · I. G. Mattingly · ss; illustrated by John Vickery

· Murder Trick · William Francis · ss; illustrated by David Stone Martin; mystery.

· Conquest · Hal G. Evarts · ss; illustrated by Stanley Erman; adventure.

· The Rimrock Affair · Tom W. Blackburn · ss; illustrated by Lew Keller; western.

· There Was a Man: Wild Bill Hickok · Stewart H. Holbrook · ar; illustrated by Gustav Rehberger

· Divorce: Confusions Masterpiece · Paul W. Kearney · ar; illustrated by Gustav Rehberger

Esquire [v33 #6, No. 199, June 1950] (50¢, 10″ x 13″) [] (Full Text)
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· I Had to Laugh · William Francis · ss; illustrated by David Stone Martin; mystery.

· The Jawbreaker · Ben Ames Williams · ss; illustrated by Larry Kritcher; adventure.

· Red Horizon [Part 1 of 2] · Todhunter Ballard · sl; illustrated by Gustav Rehberger; western.

· Big Game · Max Murray · ss; illustrated by George Englert

· A Ruse for Charlotte · Edwin Gale · ss

· Saturday and the Past · Robert M. Coates · ss

· Blueprint for a Divorcee · Mary Jane Shour · ar

Esquire [v34 #1, No. 200, July 1950] (10″ x 13″) [] (Full Text)

48 · Red Horizon [Part 2 of 2] · Todhunter Ballard · sl; illustrated by Gustav Rehberger

51 · For These Are the Bedeviled · John McPartland · ar

52 · The Illustrated Man · Ray Bradbury · ss

63 · It Isn’t Like It Used to Be · Corey Ford · ss

88 · The Taming of Dan Belew · Charles Carver · ss

90 · The Savings of Nellie · Richard Armour · pm

103 · Leave It to Amy · C. P. Donnel, Jr. · ss

Esquire [v34 #2, No. 201, August 1950] (10″ x 13″) [] (Full Text)
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· As the Eagle Kills · Hal G. Evarts · ss; illustrated by Gustav Rehberger; adventure.

· Blue City [Part 1 of 2] · Kenneth Millar · sl; illustrated by Hy Rubin; mystery.

· Deputy for Prairie Town · Harold Rogers · ss; illustrated by Lew Keller; western.

· You Never Really Know · Robert Wallsten · ss

· The Legend That Walks Like a Man · Budd Schulberg · ss

· Mr. Dooling and the Hairpins · Jack Kofoed · ss; illustrated by Douglas Gorsline

· Fish in a Barrel · George Phipps · ss; illustrated by George Englert

· The Real Ingrid Bergman Story · Laurence Stallings · ar

Esquire [v34 #3, No. 202, September 1950] (quarto) [] (Full Text)
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· Babe · Bob Patterson · ss; illustrated by Reginald Marsh

· Two Stags and a Doe · Charles Simmons · ss

· …The Men from the Boys · Edward Wilson · ss

· Curiosity Is a Cat · D. M. Frost · ss

· Around Any Turn · Jim Bosworth · ss

· Blue City [Part 2 of 2] · Kenneth Millar · sl; illustrated by Hy Rubin

· The End of Blackbeard the Pirate · Edwin Muller · ar; illustrated by Gustav Rehberger

Esquire [v34 #4, No. 203, October 1950] (quarto) [] (Full Text)
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62 · The Dark Flame · Cedric Mentiplay · ss; illustrated by Paul Rabut

70 · The Art of Knife-Throwing · William Lindsay Gresham · ar

78 · All Heart · Frank L. Harvey · ss; illustrated by Bruce Bomberger

84 · Death Plays with Dolls · William Francis · ss; illustrated by Ren Wicks; mystery.

86 · Roxanna and the Magic Box · Luigi Creatore · ss

94 · The Furnace of the South Seas · Joseph E. Shaner · ss; illustrated by Paul Nonnast

· What Hath God Wrought? · Robert Ruark · ar

Esquire [v34 #5, No. 204, November 1950] (10″ x 13″) [] (Full Text)
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· The Crusher · Arnold Hano · ss; illustrated by Ben Stahl

· The Great Hallucination · Ray Bradbury · ss

· Swan Song for a Pin-Up · David Hill · ss

· That Old Man Gloom · Martin Gardner · ss

· Signal Danger · Charles Yerkow · ss; illustrated by John Vickery

· Who Killed Wm. Desmond Taylor? · Morris Markey · ss; mystery.

Esquire [v34 #6, No. 205, December 1950] (10″ x 13″) [] (Full Text)
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· Head of the Mountain [Part 1 of 2] · Ernest Haycox · nv; illustrated by Ken Riley; western.

· Baptism in Korea · Clifton Adams · ss

· The Third Act · Quentin Reynolds · ss; illustrated by John Vickery

· Mars Is Heaven! [Mars] · Ray Bradbury · ss Planet Stories Fall 1948; illustrated by Lew Keller

· Foul Cargo · Steve Hail · ss; illustrated by Geoffrey Biggs

· Curtain Call · Douglas DeNeen · ss; illustrated by James Bingham

· Recapture Yesterday · T. Benson Hoy · ss

· Too Late! · Hamilton Benz · ss

· Christmas Belles of the Old West · Stewart H. Holbrook · ar; illustrated by Gustav Rehberger

Esquire [v35 #1, No. 206, January 1951] (quarto) [] (Full Text)
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45 · Survival · D’Arcy Niland · ss

47 · Cupid Has Two Heads · Robert C. Ruark · ar

52 · They’ll Never Get Me · Joseph E. Shaner · ss

72 · Lost Paradise · Steve April · ss

74 · The Skipper’s Pink Panties · William Lederer · ss

97 · The Office Party · Corey Ford · ss

100 · Head of the Mountain [Part 2 of 2] · Ernest Haycox · nv

106 · On the Edge of a World · Morley Callaghan · ss

· Lady of the Evening · Morris Markey · ts

Esquire [v35 #2, No. 207, February 1951] (quarto) [] (Full Text)
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· Red Blizzard · Clay Fisher · ss

· Donna · Kenneth E. Shiflet · ss

· Reunion · Robert Wallsten · ss

· The Tyranny of Love · Harry Kronman · ss

· A Matter of Fact · Zan Lewis · ss

· The Last Night of the World · Ray Bradbury · ss; illustrated by Marsh

· Left or Right? · Martin Gardner · ss

· Hymie O’Toole Is Never Wrong · William Lederer · ss

· Portrait of Death · Oscar Schisgall · ss; illustrated by Gustav Rehberger

· Crash · Morris Markey · ar; illustrated by Gustav Rehberger; on the crash of a B-25 into the Empire State Building on July 28, 1945.

· What Has Become of the Old-Fashioned Man? · Helen Lawrenson · ar

· The Secret of Love: Have American Girls Forgotten? · Betty South · ar

Esquire [v35 #3, No. 208, March 1951] (quarto) [] (Full Text)
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· Anniversary at Agua Fria · Hal G. Evarts · ss Ranch Romances 2nd March 1950; western.

· The Wicked Baronet · Alec Waugh · ss

· A Gift for Kinza · Paul Bowles · ss; illustrated by Gustav Rehberger

· Tough Guy · Corey Ford & Robert Candy · ss

· By-Line Deferred · Charles Larson · ss

· FDR—Censor-in-Chief · Laurence Stallings · ar; illustrated by Gustav Rehberger

Esquire [v35 #4, No. 209, April 1951] (50¢, 10″ x 13″) [] (Full Text)
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· The Tiger’s Heart · Jim Kjelgaard · ss; illustrated by Gustav Rehberger

· The Coming of Age of Daniel O’Donoghue · William K. Ilraden · ss

· Mountain Rescue · Edward E. Siniih · ss; illustrated by Paul Rabut

· Proud Queen · James A. Michener · ss; illustrated by Stan Ekman

· I’ll Never Marry a Cop · Octavus Roy Cohen · ss

· The Real Sugar · Ed Lacy · ss

· Twenty-six Girl · Roy Hilligoss · ss

· Draw One for Salty · Volney Lacy · ss; illustrated by Hy Rubin

· Point of Justice · Frank O’Rourke · ss; illustrated by Donald Teague; western.

· Tears in the Ladies Room · Elaine Greene · ar

Esquire [v35 #5, No. 210, May 1951] (50¢, 10″ x 13″) [] (Full Text)
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· A Debt of Blood · Wilbur S. Peacock · ss; illustrated by Gustav Rehberger; mystery.

· Nine-Finger Jack · Anthony Boucher · ss

· The Female of the Species · Betty Byrd · ss; illustrated by Gustav Rehberger

· Dead Man’s Solitaire · Niels Mortensen · ss; illustrated by Wesley Snyder

· The Bad Samaritan · J. F. Hutton · ss

· Through the Iron Duke · Duane Yarnell · ss

· The Phone Call · Jerome Brondfield · ss

· Always Just 1 More Fight · Jack Kofoed · ss

· The One That Got Away · Cedric R. Mentiplay · ss; illustrated by Floyd Davis; adventure.

Esquire [v35 #6, No. 211, June 1951] (10″ x 13″) [] (Full Text)
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· Posse · C. Hall Thompson · ss; illustrated by Donald Teague; western.

· Bronco Elephant · Kenneth Perkins · ss; illustrated by Gustav Rehberger

· Ring Around the Ozarks · Trevor Williams · ss

· The Paradise Package · Ed Lacy · ss; illustrated by Edwin Georgi

· No Light in the Window · J. Edgar Grove · ss

· Muldoon and the People’s Air Force · Bruno Skoggard · ss; illustrated by Geoffrey Biggs

· The Flaw · William Lindsay Gresham · ss

Esquire [v36 #1, No. 212, July 1951] (10″ x 13″) [] (Full Text)
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· The Public Eye · Walt Sheldon · ss; illustrated by Geoffrey Biggs; mystery.

· Joe College · Nard Jones · ss

· His Best Friend · Steve McNeil · ss

· Re-Match · Henry Lee · ss; illustrated by Gustav Rehberger

· Never Trust a Sailor · Allan R. Bosworth · ss

· Clothesline Rodeo · Mel Matison · ss

· Mitscher’s Magnificent Mistake · Elgar Brown · ar; illustrated by Gustav Rehberger

Esquire [v36 #2, No. 213, August 1951] (10″ x 13″) [] (Full Text)
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· Recall · George Loveridge · ss; illustrated by Paul Rabut

· Vital Factor · Nelson Bond · ss; illustrated by Ren Wicks

· The Dive · Jim Dailey · ss

· Limited Edition · William Fay · ss; illustrated by Gustav Rehberger

· The Princess Picture · Ken Kolb · ss

· Good-by to Katie · Steve Fisher · ss; illustrated by Ray Prohaska; mystery.

· Mission in 1956 · Beachley Edwards · ss; illustrated by Fred Freeman; adventure.

· Magnificent Failure · John Reddy · ar; illustrated by Gustav Rehberger

Esquire [v36 #2, #214, September 1951] (10″ x 13″) [] (Full Text)
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43 · Two Legs for the Two of Us · James Jones · ss

45 · Darling, Believe Me · Martha Gellhorn · ss

49 · Island of Endings · Robinson MacLean · ss

50 · Old Boy · James Ramsey Ullman · ss

61 · The Sinful Cowboy · Frederick Hazlitt Brennan · ss

68 · Full Confession · Lyle Robertson · ss

82 · The Rape of the Lock · Robert R. Presnell, Jr. · ss

Esquire [v36 #4, No. 215, October 1951] (10″ x 13″) [] (Full Text)
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· Time’s Revenges · Aldous Huxley · ss; illustrated by Gustav Rehberger

· High Wire: High Steel · Ken Kolb · ss

· The Way of an Artist · Robert Fontaine · ss; illustrated by Ben Stahl

· Honey Stings Sir B · Jean & Warren Moscow · ss

· The Man on Top · R. Bretnor · ss

· The Uses of Venus · George C. Appell · ss; illustrated by Harold Von Schmidt; western.

· Emerald Bait · Val Duncan · ss; illustrated by Al Moore; mystery.

Esquire [v36 #5, No. 216, November 1951] (10″ x 13″) [] (Full Text)
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· The Silence of Mr. Prendegast · Stuart Cloete · ss; illustrated by Ernest Chiriaka

· Souvenir · Charles Hoffman · ss

· The Hole in Mr. Dorsett’s Head · Frederick Hazlitt Brennan · ss; illustrated by Dorothy McKay

· Nina Polka · Charles Trieschmann · ss; illustrated by Edwin Georgi

· Dragon on Somerset Street · Elmer Roessner · ss

· The Immortality of Horror · Ray Bradbury · ss; censorship, 2005 A.D.

· The Skinning of Black Coyote · Clay Fisher · na; illustrated by Gustav Rehberger; western.

Esquire [v36 #6, No. 217, December 1951] (10″ x 13″, cover: Texas Guinan in Her Club in Time by Gustav Rehberger) [] (Full Text)
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· The Precious Drop · James A. Michener · ss

· Irene, Goodnight · Ken Kolb · ss; illustrated by Gustav Rehberger

· Delayed Action · Clayre & Michel Lipman · ss

· Dead Pigeon · Jules Archer · vi

· The Guilty · Niven Busch · ss; mystery.

Esquire [v37 #1, No. 218, January 1952] (50¢, 156pp, 10″ x 13″) [] (Full Text)
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49 · A Death in the Forest · Robert Switzer · ss

51 · First Aid · William Kingsfield · ss

53 · Uprising · Clifton Adams · ss

54 · Victim · Albert M. Ottenheimer · ss

56 · Jungle Showdown · Brian O’Brien · ss; illustrated by Gustav Rehberger

58 · The Secret · James Hensel · ss

71 · Documentary · William Brandon · ss

73 · You’re Only Young Twice · James Ramsey Ullman · ss

76 · The Bourbon Lake · John Novotny · ss

80 · Everything’s a Matter of Time · Robert Presnell, Jr. · ss

90 · Wait for Her Laughter · David Karp · ss

104 · Reward of Merit · David V. Sheehan · ss

Esquire [v37 #2, No. 219, February 1952] (50¢, 10″ x 13″) [] (Full Text)
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· The Strong Man · William Sambrot · ss

· The Strange Case of the Bottled Wife · Michael Fessier · ss; illustrated by Albert Dorne

· Miss Medford’s Moon · Martin Gardner · nv; illustrated by Ren Wicks

· Killed with Kindness · Jerome Brondfield · ss

· The Emancipation of George Appleby · Day Keene · ss; illustrated by Gustav Rehberger

· In the Great Tradition · Arnold B. Horwitt · ss

· I Killed Stalin · Sterling Noel · n.; illustrated by Gustav Rehberger; abridged.

Esquire [v37 #3, No. 220, March 1952] (10″ x 13″) [] (Full Text)
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· King Justice · Stanley Morton · ss

· Dead Duck · Arthur Gordon · ss; illustrated by Robert Riggs

· Two Jokers · Stanley L. Colbert · ss; illustrated by Gustav Rehberger

· Cousin Agnes · Charles Jackson · ss; illustrated by Arthur Sarnoff

· Met-Met, Girl of Shanghai · Bob Patterson · ss; illustrated by Edwin Georgi

· The New Moon [Joseph Jorkens] · Lord Dunsany · ss; illustrated by Gustav Rehberger

· A Fool and His Money · D. M. Frost · ss

· Puck Drunk · John C. Carmichael · ar; illustrated by Gustav Rehberger

· Man’s Gland · Gustav Rehberger · il

Esquire [v37 #4, No. 221, April 1952] (50¢, 10″ x 13″) [] (Full Text)
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· On the Sendai Train · James A. Michener · ss; illustrated by Bruce Bomberger

· …An Errand of Extermination · Henry Guth · ss; illustrated by Ren Wicks

· The Singing Fox · Waldo Carlton Wright · ss

· Specialty of the House · Arnold B. Horwitt · ss

· Gardenias for Gweneth · Clayre & Michel Lipman · ss

· Dear Doctor T.V. · Frederick Hazlitt Brennan · ss; illustrated by James Bingham

· Santa Fe Passage · Clay Fisher · nv; illustrated by Walter Baumhofer

Esquire [v37 #5, No. 222, May 1952] (10″ x 14″) [] (Full Text)
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· Everybody Goes Home · Zachary Gold · ss

· Commissar Maximilian Muldoon · Bruno Skoggard · ss

· The Octopus · John Moore · ss

· The Low Pressure Salesman · Walter Brooks · ss

· The Last of the Gods · Ken Kolb · ss

· No. 52 · Robert Fontaine · ss

· Two · John Christopher · ss; illustrated by Gustav Rehberger

· The Man Who Makes Fighters—Jack Hurley, Manager · W. C. Heinz · ar; illustrated by Gustav Rehberger

Esquire [v37 #6, No. 223, June 1952] (10″ x 14″) [] (Full Text)
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· Accident at Cooper’s Bay · Stuart Cloete · nv

· Dr. Romeo and Juliet · Ben Hecht · ss

· The Wonderful Nose of Joe Brilling · Don Tracy · ss

· A Piece of Wood · Ray Bradbury · ss

· Horace Elliston’s New Book · Oliver Weld Bayer · ss

· The Rebel · David Partridge · ss

· A Horse of Parts · George McCarten · ss

· All I Need Is a Break · Lionel Stander · ss

Esquire [v38 #1, No. 224, July 1952] (50¢, 130pp, 10″ x 14″) [] (Full Text)
Listing fiction, poetry, and selected articles.

27 · Irving and the Caveman · Richard Gehman · ar; illustrated by Gustav Rehberger

28 · A Hanging Matter · Verne Athanas · ss; illustrated by Gustav Rehberger

34 · A Cap for Steve · Morley Callaghan · ss; illustrated by Gustav Rehberger

38 · The Steel-Driving Man · Marvin Mayer · ss; illustrated by Gustav Rehberger

43 · Elaine · Ken Kolb · ss

44 · McCluskey Gives the Word · John Novotny · ss

48 · The Bitter Sands · Hans Ruesch · ss

64 · The Healers · Hamilton Benz · ss

69 · Performance Report · William Vance · ss

78 · Shoe in the Road · Robert Presnell, Jr. · ss

83 · Jackass Judgment · Kenneth Fowler · ss

86 · Report of a Missing Person · Austin F. Roberts · ss; illustrated by Gustav Rehberger

89 · A Talent for Endings · Arnold B. Horwitt · ss

Esquire [v38 #2, No. 225, August 1952] (10″ x 14″) [] (Full Text)
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· Killer! · Lieut. Harry E. Rieseberg · ss; illustrated by Gustav Rehberger

· Irresistible Force · Herman Wouk · ss

· Pay-Off Girl · James M. Cain · ss

· Odds on the Lady · Richard English · ss

· Familiar Ground · John Savage · ss

· Nothing Too Much · Robert Sherman Townes · ss

· The Fighter · Jack London · nv (r)

· Sun Mountain · Todhunter Ballard · nv

· Peshtigo’s Night of Horror · Howard G. Earl · ar; illustrated by Gustav Rehberger

Esquire [v38 #3, No. 226, September 1952] (10″ x 14″) [] (Full Text)
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· The Golden Dummy · Michael Arlen · ss; illustrated by Milton Wolsky

· I Go to Sea · Liam O’Flaherty · ss; illustrated by Gustav Rehberger

· One Shoe Off · Max Shulman · ss

· The Lily of NACM-TV · Frederick Hazlitt Brennan · ss

· The Wicked Scheme of Jebal Deeks · John D. Hess · ss

· The Courting Machine · Joseph Shallit · ss

· Carlisle Swamps the Cadets · [uncredited] · ar; illustrated by Gustav Rehberger

Esquire [v38 #4, No. 227, October 1952] (10″ x 13″) [] (Full Text)
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· The Heavenly World Series · Frank O’Rourke · ss

· Five Times As Serious As Drowning · Gordon Collar · ss; illustrated by Gustav Rehberger

· Don Juan Miscarried · Christopher La Farge · ss

· Pongo · William Brandon · ss

· Bargain at Moon Dance · A. B. Guthrie, Jr. · ss; illustrated by Gustav Rehberger

· Limelight for Joe · Jane Whitehead · ss

· The Red-Necked Peasant from Dubuque · David Karp · ss

· Minutes Out of Time · Harold Sinclair · ss

· Bernard Baruch, Esq.—a Prophet Without Portfolio [Part 1 of 2] · Robert C. Ruark · ar; illustrated by Gustav Rehberger

Esquire [v38 #5, No. 228, November 1952] [] (Full Text)

· Brushing Up · Eddie Chan · pi

· The Eagle Has Two Heads · Eldon Dedini · pi

· The Big-Game Boatman · Alexis de Sakhnoffsky · pi

· The Campbells Are Still Coming · E. Simms Campbell · pi

· The Visitors · Barnaby Conrad · ss

· The Ex-Communist Threat · Ray Duncan · ss

· The Eyes of Delilah · Elleston Trevor · ss

· The Sheriff Deals in Facts · Will F. Jenkins · ss

· I Got to Catch a Train · Frank O’Rourke · ss

· The Cold Light · Thomas Sterling · ss

· The Accomplice · Stanley Colbert · ss

· East on the Sealed Express · Joseph Wechsberg · ar

· The Care and Feeding of Executives · Gayelord Hauser · ar

· Half-Living in the Neuroses · Peter J. Steincrohn, M.D. · ar

· Candidate, Sound Your “A” · Reinhard H. Luthin · ar

· Bernard Baruch, Esq.—a Prophet Without Portfolio [Part 2 of 2] · Robert Ruark · ar

· The Big Moustache: Federal Judge Thomas F. Murphy · Richard Gehman · bg

· Miss Julie: Julie Harris, newest Broadway star · John van Druten · bg

· The Red Menace: Richard Red Skelton · Grady Johnson · bg

· Big Fish and High Seas · Philip Wylie · ar

Esquire [v38 #6, No. 229, December 1952] (270pp+, 10″ x 13″) [] (Full Text)
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· Death and the Skylark [Stuart Bailey] · Roy Huggins · nv

· Boots at the Holly-Tree Inn · Charles Dickens · ss Household Words Christmas 1855, as “The Boots”, uncredited.; illustrated by Gustav Rehberger; abridged by Emlyn Williams.

· The Gift · Ray Bradbury · vi

· Mrs. Fanshawe’s Heir · Maurice Cranston · ss

· Man in a Trap · Martha Gellhorn · ss

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, 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)
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· 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

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