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Argosy (UK) [v16 # 8, August 1955] ed. Anon. (Amalgamated Press, 1/6d, 144pp, 4.7" x 7.6") Front page adverts are 2 full-page adverts (Everybody’s & The Regent Institute) and 2 half-page adverts (Rider & Cussons). The rear cover is still a single full-page for The Fleet Street School.

4 · Dr. Browning at Breakfast · Walter de la Mare · pm (r)
5 · Roman Figures · H. E. Bates · ss (r)
15 · Talking Point · Geoffrey Household · ss (r)
19 · The Rain Dripped Death [James Wickwire] · Mignon G. Eberhart · ss This Week Jun 7 ’53
29 · Little Peach · John Pudney · ss (r)
34 · Cost of Loving · Misc. · ms (r)
37 · City of the Sun—Ecija [from A Rose for Winter] · Laurie Lee · ex London: The Hogarth Press
44 · Cherchez La Femme · Anon. · qz (r)
45 · Leander Frailey · Jack Schaefer · ss (r)
61 · The Mask · Storm Jameson · ss (r)
79 · The Discriminating Reader · Richard Armour · pm (r)
80 · Fun of the Fair · Misc. · ms (r)
83 · The Strawberry Window · Ray Bradbury · ss Star Science Fiction Stories #3, ed. Frederik Pohl, Ballantine, 1954; the “Science Fiction Choice”.
91 · Stuff and Nonsense · Arthur J. Gilroy · ss (r)
94 · Swan Upping · Misc. · ms (r)
96 · Temple of Kambu · Alan Jenkins · ss (r)
110 · In the Train · Nansi Pugh · pm (r)
111 · Black Sabre [Part 4 of 4] · John Dickson Carr · sl (r); illus. Neville Dear
144 · Argosy Crossword · Anon. · pz (r)
Argosy (UK) [v16 # 9, September 1955] ed. Anon. (Amalgamated Press, The, 1/6d, 144pp, digest) Front page adverts are 3 full-page adverts (Everybody’s, London School of Journalism, & Ovaltine). The rear cover is still a single full-page for The Fleet Street School.

4 · Not Quite Cricket · Misc. · ms (r)
6 · Queer Fish · Kem Bennett · ss (r)
16 · Going to Extremes · Richard Armour · pm (r)
17 · Star Over Frisco · Willard Marsh · ss (r)
26 · Summer in Salandar · H. E. Bates · nv (r)
56 · Animal Crackers · Misc. · ms (r)
59 · Brandy for the Colonel · Paul Gallico · ss (r)
71 · Elixir of Love · C. S. Forester · ss (r)
78 · Food for Thought · Anon. · qz (r)
79 · Last Message · C. H. Milsom · ss (r)
84 · Apples [from My Many-Coated Man] · Laurie Lee · pm London: Andre Deutsch
85 · Music for the Wicked Countess · Joan Aiken · ss (r)
93 · Memory of a Fight · Gerald Kersh · ss
97 · Both Watches of the Hands · Rowan Ayers · ss (r)
110 · The Chrysalids [Part 1 of 2] · John Wyndham · sl; abridged and adapted.
144 · Argosy Crossword · Anon. · qz (r)
Argosy (UK) [v16 #10, October 1955] ed. Anon. (Amalgamated Press, The, 1/6d, 144pp, digest) Front page adverts are 2 full-page adverts (Everybody’s & The Regent Institute) and 2 half-page adverts (Player’s Medium Navy Cut Tobacco & International Correspondence Schools). The rear cover is still a single full-page for The Fleet Street School.

4 · Fuchsias [from Sixpenny Songs] · John Pudney · pm London: John Lane
5 · Trust Little Al · Michael Gilbert · ss
18 · Haunted Summer · Mary Lee Settle · ss (r)
25 · Cat’s-Paw · W. S. Money · ss (r)
29 · Mixed Bag · Anon. · qz (r)
30 · Rendezvous · Misc. · ms (r)
32 · The Good Corn · H. E. Bates · ss (r)
43 · Six Legs are Welcome · Geoffrey Household · ss (r)
54 · River Music · Fleur Mountain · pm (r)
55 · Duel · Brian Cleeve · ss (r)
67 · Forty Day Road · Christopher Landon · ss (r)
74 · Carte Blanche · Ogden Nash · pm New Yorker, 1955
75 · Heart of the Storm [from The Heart of the Storm] · David Beaty · ex Secker & Warburg
95 · Air on a G-String · Cordelia Baird Gross · ss Harper’s
100 · Garden Pleasures · Misc. · ms (r)
103 · The Chrysalids [Part 2 of 2] · John Wyndham · sl; abridged and adapted.
144 · Argosy Crossword · Anon. · qz (r)
Argosy (UK) [v16 #11, November 1955] ed. Anon. (Amalgamated Press, The, 1/6d, 144pp, digest) Front page adverts are 3 full-page adverts (Everybody’s, The Regent Institute & Ovaltine). The rear cover is still a single full-page for The Fleet Street School.

4 · Bonfire Magic · Misc. · ms (r)
6 · Chinese Triangle · Victor Canning · ss (r)
11 · Some Day I’ll Find You · Mark Derby · ss (r)
20 · Bran Tub · Anon. · qz (r)
20 · Holstein · David McCord · pm (r)
21 · A Cheap Line in Cherubs · Patricia Sibley · ss (r)
27 · The Bronze Good-Bye · Vernon Sheridan · ss (r)
36 · Cornets’ Nest · Misc. · ms (r)
39 · Hearth-Eye · John Masters · ss (r)
50 · Seaside Golf [from A Few Late Chrysanthemums] · John Betjeman · pm London: John Murray
51 · Fallen Star · John Collier · ss (r)
62 · Call to Arms · Misc. · ms (r)
65 · Blue Charm · Paul Hyde Bonner · ss (r)
76 · Immortal Story · Isak Dinesen · nv (r)
98 · Blaze of Colour · Misc. · ms (r)
101 · Of Human Kindness · Hugh Michael Hogan · ss Pick of Today’s Short Stories: Five, ed. John Pudney, Putnam
113 · American Jack · J. A. Brown · ss (r)
121 · Neighbours [from The Russian Sister] · G. Rostrevor Hamilton · pm London: Heinemann
122 · Storm [Part 1 of 2] · P. Fitzgerald O’Connor · sl (r); illus. Neville Dear
144 · Argosy Crossword · Anon. · qz (r)
Argosy (UK) [v16 #12, December 1955] ed. Anon. (Amalgamated Press, The, 1/6d, 144pp, digest) Front page adverts are 3 full-page adverts (Woman’s Journal, London School of Journalism, & The Rosicrucians). The rear cover is still a single full-page for The Fleet Street School.

4 · Love Gifts [from The Book of Songs] · Arthur Waley · pm London: Allen & Unwin
5 · Revelation · Rhys Davies · ss This Quarter Oct-Dec ’29
14 · Cockatoo · Doreen Munro · ss (r)
23 · Pot Luck · Anon. · qz (r)
24 · Taking Cover... · Misc. · ms (r)
26 · Marriage Broker [La Belle Victoria] · John Inglis Hall · ss (r)
39 · Love Is a Gimmick · Paul Gallico · ss (r)
51 · Baghdad Bus · Christopher Landon · ss (r)
66 · Golden Age · Misc. · ms (r)
69 · Serpent in the Sun · Hugh B. Cave · ss Colliers Jun 10 ’55
83 · Samurai Sword · Celso Carunungan · ss (r)
91 · Tip Your Planet Here · Martin Jordan · ss; the “Science Fiction Choice”.
101 · Melody for Lute and Ocarina · Morris Bishop · pm (r)
102 · A Letter to my Love · Misc. · ms (r)
105 · Cook Wanted · Victor Canning · ss (r)
110 · Storm [Part 2 of 2] · P. Fitzgerald O’Connor · sl (r); illus. Neville Dear
144 · Argosy Crossword · Anon. · qz (r)
Argosy (UK) [v17 # 1, January 1956] ed. Anon. (Amalgamated Press, The, 1/6d, 144pp, digest) Front page adverts are 3 full-page adverts (Mercer’s Correspondence College, The Regent Institute & O.B. Borg). The rear cover is still a single full-page for The Fleet Street School.

4 · Shining Star · Anon. · pm (r); illus. E. Carlile
5 · Christmas Eve in Brooklyn · Sean O’Faolain · ss (r)
15 · Box of Crackers · Anon. · qz
16 · The Street Where the Heart Lies · Ludwig Bemelmans · ss Literary Cavalcade Oct ’55; illus. Ludwig Bemelmans
23 · Claimant · Elizabeth Bowen · ss The Third Ghost Book, ed. Cynthia Asquith, James Barrie, 1955
30 · Christmas Joy · Misc. · ms (r)
33 · A Winter Tale · William Buchan · ss (r)
43 · A Man of Parts · William Sansom · ss (r); Among the Dahlias, London: Hogarth Press, 1957
54 · Tinsel & Tights · Misc. · ms (r)
57 · The Mountain Without a Name · Robert Sheckley · ss Citizen in Space, Ballantine, 1955; the “Science Fiction Choice”
72 · Ludmila [Legend of Liechenstein] · Paul Gallico · ss (r); illus. Shirley Hughes
91 · Follow My Fancy · Joan Aiken · ss
100 · Nocturne · Misc. · ms (r)
103 · Quigley 873 [from The Night the Old Nostalgia Burned Down] · Frank Sullivan · ss London: J.M. Dent
108 · Harry Black [Part 1 of 3] · David Walker · sl (r); illus. Raymond Sheppard
144 · Argosy Crossword · Anon. · pz
Argosy (UK) [v17 # 2, February 1956] ed. Anon. (Amalgamated Press, The, 1/6d, 144pp, digest) Front page adverts are 3 full-page adverts (Everybody’s, The Regent Institute & Ovaltine). The rear cover is still a single full-page for The Fleet Street School.

4 · Peacock of Java [from Celebration at Dark] · William Jay Smith · pm London: Hamish Hamilton
5 · Spanish Garden · Daphne K. Forster · ss (r)
15 · About Mabel Grote · John Inglis Hall · ss (r)
22 · Perfumes of Arabia · Misc. · ms (r)
25 · Dead Reckoning [“The Man Who Sold Out”] · Michael Gilbert · ss Adventure Jun ’55
33 · A Night at the Opera · Anon. · qz
34 · Deep Range · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Star Science Fiction Stories #3, ed. Frederik Pohl, Ballantine, 1954; the “Science Fiction Choice”
42 · Station Syren [from A Few Late Chrysanthemums] · John Betjeman · pm London: John Murray
43 · A Man up an Elm Tree · Rhys Davies · ss (r)
56 · King of String · Richard Armour · pm
57 · Bidding Fair · James Norman · ss (r)
70 · Equestrienne · Misc. · ms (r)
73 · Man Trap · Wilbur Daniel Steele · ss (r)
91 · Little Shoes of Saint Crispin · John Salt · ss (r)
99 · Putting It Across · Cordelia Baird Gross · ss (r)
104 · Harry Black [Part 2 of 3] · David Walker · sl (r); illus. Raymond Sheppard
144 · Argosy Crossword · Anon. · pz
Argosy (UK) [v17 # 3, March 1956] ed. Anon. (Amalgamated Press, The, 1/6d, 144pp, digest) Front page adverts are 3 full-page adverts (The Standard Life Assurance Company, The Regent Institute & Odhams Condensed Books). The rear cover is still a single full-page for The Fleet Street School.

4 · White Fire · John Barron Mays · pm (r); from The Seasons Change, The Fortune Press
5 · A Mouse in the House · Richard Mealand · ss (r)
14 · Girl at the Bar · William Saroyan · ss Argosy Apr ’55
19 · Servants discuss People · J. D. Scott · ss (r)
26 · Mixed Grill · Anon. · qz
27 · Madman of the Mountain · Hugh B. Cave · ss The Saturday Evening Post Jun 12 ’54
41 · Who’ll Buy My Lingual? · Ogden Nash · pm New Yorker, 1955
42 · Cupid Speed the Clocks · Misc. · ms (r)
44 · Arctic Vengeance · Arthur Gordon · ss (r)
51 · Enchanted Trolley [“The Trolley”] · Ray Bradbury · ss Good Housekeeping Jul ’55
55 · The Next to the Last Bullet · Mark Derby · ss (r)
64 · A la Mode · Misc. · ms (r)
67 · Call of the Lake · Edmund Gilligan · ss (r)
77 · Painted Death · Winifred Wolfe · ss (r)
93 · Spanish Dancer · Brian Cleeve · ss (r)
103 · Gorging? · Rod Maclean · pm (r)
104 · Whirl of Gaiety · Misc. · ms (r)
107 · Harry Black [Part 3 of 3] · David Walker · sl (r)
144 · Argosy Crossword · Anon. · pz
Argosy (UK) [v17 # 4, April 1956] ed. Anon. (Amalgamated Press, The, 1/6d, 144pp, digest) Front page adverts are 3 full-page adverts (Everybody’s, The Regent Institute & Ovaltine). The rear cover is still a single full-page for The Fleet Street School. 4 · Singer’s Nest · Wilfrid Gibson · pm (r) 5 · Edge of Fear · Victor Canning · ss (r) 14 · Brush It Aside · Anon. · qz 15 · Chance of a Lifetime [“The Wonderful Death of Dudley Stone”] · Ray Bradbury · ss Charm Jul ’54 25 · Blondes Prefer Gentlemen · Jacques Gillies · ss (r) 36 · High Spirits · Misc. · ms (r) 39 · Killer’s Choice · Patrick Meagher · ss (r) 47 · Martian Eisteddfod · E. L. Malpass · ss; the “Science Fiction Choice” 51 · Miss Hercules · Paul Gallico · ss (r) 62 · Come Hither · Misc. · ms (r) 65 · Danger Trail · Richard Ferber · ss (r) 79 · Crime in the Kasbah · Michael Sheridan · ss (r) 88 · Night-Lilac · Mark Van Doren · pm (r) 89 · Swamp Boy · John Kruse · ss (r) 106 · Love Locks · Misc. · ms (r) 108 · Be Shot for Sixpence [Part 1 of 4] · Michael Gilbert · sl (r); illus. Swavek 144 · Argosy Crossword · Anon. · pz
Argosy (UK) [v17 # 5, May 1956] ed. Anon. (Amalgamated Press, The, 2/-, 144pp, digest) Front page adverts are 3 full-page adverts (Everybody’s, London School of Journalism & The School of Accountancy). The rear cover is still a single full-page for The Fleet Street School. With this issue, after almost ten years without a price rise, the price increases to 2/-.

4 · Argosy Log Book · John Silver · ed
7 · Pancho’s Gift · Robert Standish · ss (r)
19 · The Revenge of Big Michael · Brian Cleeve · ss (r)
30 · Puzzle Corner · Anon. · qz
31 · Riding High · Edwards Hyams · ss (r)
37 · The Naughty Preposition [from A Bowl of Bishop] · Morris Bishop · pm New York: The Dial Press
38 · Woodnotes Wild · Misc. · ms (r)
41 · Green Paradise · John Steinbeck · ss (r)
48 · Sly Glances · Haynes Bayly · pm (r)
49 · Lion’s Mouth · Stuart Cloete · ss (r)
62 · Infernal Equinox · Philene Hammer · pm (r)
63 · Armageddon · Fredric Brown · ss Unknown Aug ’41
68 · House to House · Misc. · ms (r)
70 · Man of Hate · Jacland Marmur · ss (r)
83 · Flower of Night · John Dew · ss (r)
95 · Ivory Joe · John Pudney · ss
102 · Nut Cutlets · Misc. · ms (r)
105 · Windfall · Martin Armstrong · ss (r)
110 · Be Shot for Sixpence [Part 2 of 4] · Michael Gilbert · sl (r); illus. Swavek
144 · Argosy Crossword · Anon. · pz
Argosy (UK) [v17 # 6, June 1956] ed. Anon. (Amalgamated Press, The, 2/-, 144pp, digest) Front page adverts are 3 full-page adverts (Player’s Medium Navy Cut Tobacco, London School of Journalism & The Standard Life Assurance Company). The rear cover is still a single full-page for The Fleet Street School.

4 · Argosy Log Book · John Silver · ed
7 · Cinderella Smile · Arthur Gordon · ss Bluebook Mar ’56
15 · Out For a Duck · Charles C. O’Connell · ss (r)
23 · Fair Game · J. M. Rosen · ss (r)
32 · Office Hours · Misc. · ms (r)
35 · Strange Carnival [“Carnival on the Downs”] · Gerald Kersh · ss Men Without Bones, London: Heinemann, 1955
45 · Hungry Sand · Garnett Radcliffe · ss (r)
49 · The Hot Run · Michael Foster · ss (r)
62 · Chill Down Your Spine · Misc. · ms (r)
65 · Bianca’s Hands · Theodore Sturgeon · ss Argosy (UK) May ’47
73 · Treatment for Shock · John Salt · ss (r)
84 · Love at First Sight · Misc. · ms (r)
87 · Last Rainbow · Arthur Mayse · ss (r)
98 · Pottle Deep · Anon. · qz
99 · Cracken Joke · Clive Burnley · ss (r)
107 · Be Shot for Sixpence [Part 3 of 4] · Michael Gilbert · sl (r); illus. Swavek
144 · Argosy Crossword · Anon. · pz
Argosy (UK) [v17 # 7, July 1956] ed. Anon. (Amalgamated Press, The, 2/-, 144pp, digest) Front page adverts are 3 full-page adverts (Everybody’s, London School of Journalism & Wills’s Cut Golden Bar). The rear cover is still a single full-page for The Fleet Street School. 4 · Argosy Log Book · John Silver · ed 7 · There Is a Lucky Number · Margery Allingham · ss (r) 16 · Lion with a Delicate Air · Penelope Hughes · ss (r); illus. Moyra Leatham 21 · A Mild Attack of Locusts · Doris Lessing · ss, 1951; New Yorker Feb 26 ’55 29 · Model Wife · Joan Aiken · ss 38 · Flower of the Water · Misc. · ms (r) 41 · M Molecule [“Specialist”] · Robert Sheckley · ss Galaxy May ’53; the “Science Fiction Choice” 54 · Summer Pie · Anon. · qz 55 · Concettina’s Roses · Félicien Marceau; trans. by J. E. Malcolm · ss (r) 69 · Saturday Night · Erskine Caldwell · ss (r) 76 · Plumb Lines · Misc. · ms (r) 79 · No One Will Ever Know · Geoffrey Household · ss The Saturday Evening Post Aug 28 ’48 85 · Vagabond’s Gold · Isabel Adam · ss (r) 91 · The Race Across Our Meadows · Edmund Gilligan · ss (r) 108 · Court Favours · Misc. · ms (r) 111 · Twice Unwelcome · Michael Barker · ss (r) 117 · Be Shot for Sixpence [Part 4 of 4] · Michael Gilbert · sl (r); illus. Swavek 144 · Argosy Crossword · Anon. · pz
Argosy (UK) [v17 # 8, August 1956] ed. Anon. (Amalgamated Press, The, 2/-, 144pp, digest) Front page adverts are 3 full-page adverts (Everybody’s, The Regent Institute & Player’s Medium Navy Cut Tobacco). The rear cover is still a single full-page for The Fleet Street School. 4 · Argosy Log Book · John Silver · ed 7 · Full Fathom Five · Kem Bennett · ss (r) 21 · Strange Weather for August · John Kerr · ss (r) 27 · Assorted Fancies · Anon. · qz 28 · Summer-City · Misc. · ms (r) 31 · Ta-Ra-Ra Boom! · Leslie Bonnet · ss (r) 41 · Night Watch · Joseph Whitehill · ss (r) 57 · Hush Puppy [Monsieur Bonneval] · Paul Gallico · ss (r) 68 · Travelling Light · Misc. · ms (r) 71 · Talk of the Devil · Vernon Bartlett · ss (r) 83 · Promise at Dusk · Walter de la Mare · ss (r) 90 · Readers’ Letters 90 · Bon Voyage! · E. M. Russell · lt 90 · Don’t Fool About · J. Holt · lt 90 · Much-Travelled Copy · Veronica Dodkins · lt 90 · Widdershins · George Underhill · lt 90 · The Ladies, God Bless ’Em · Irene Mason · lt 91 · Sound of Thunder · Ray Bradbury · ss Colliers Jun 28 ’52 101 · Red Hair · John Inglis Hall · ss (r) 112 · I’ll Never Forget · John P. Marquand · nv (r); illus. Sherborne 144 · Argosy Crossword · Anon. · pz

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