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Christmas Pie [December 1935] (Odhams Press, 6d, 106pp, large flat 8½" x 11½", cover by Gilbert Wilkinson) Details supplied by Mike Ashley. 18 · The Pantomime Horse · Beverley Nichols · ss Britannia and Eve Sep 1931; illustrated by Edward Osmond 25 · Good King Wenceslas · A. A. Milne · hu 26 · The Man from the East · May Edginton · ss The Strand Magazine Jan 1935; illustrated by Frank Oldham 35 · The Jest of Hahalaba · Lord Dunsany · pl The Atlantic Monthly Jan 1927; illustrated by H. R. Millar 39 · Jester of the Brush · F. Matania · ss Britannia and Eve Dec 1934; a fantasy of the Middle Ages superbly illustrated by this renowned artist.; illustrated by Fortunino Matania 45 · The Power of Money · J. D. Beresford · ss (r); illustrated by Inder Burns 48 · A Gentleman of the Old School · Sir Philip Gibbs · ss The New Magazine (UK) Dec 1923; illustrated by Sinclair Calow 57 · Mr. Verulam’s Week-End · Warwick Deeping · ss; illustrated by J. Dewar Mills 65 · Wild Heart · Ethel Mannin · ss; illustrated by W. R. S. Stott 73 · The Unobtrusive Traffic of Capt. Pierce · G. K. Chesterton · ss Chicago Sunday Tribune Jul 20 1924; illustrated by Illingworth 85 · The Italian · A. E. W. Mason · ss Dilemmas, Hodder 1934; illustrated by Clive Uptton 97 · Knight Errant · F. Brett Young · ss The Cage Bird and Other Stories, Heinemann 1933; illustrated by George Whitelaw

Christmas Pie [December 1937] (Odhams Press, 6d, 112pp, large flat 8½" x 11½", cover by Gilbert Wilkinson) Details supplied by Mike Ashley. 18 · Miss Todhunter’s Holiday · James Hilton · ss; illustrated by J. Dewar Mills 26 · The Scarlet Parachute · Gilbert Frankau · ss The Strand Magazine Oct 1933; illustrated by Clive Uptton 32 · Interlude at Spanish Harbour · Margery Sharp · ss The Strand Magazine Jul 1934; illustrated by Edward Osmond 38 · The Snake · Dennis Wheatley · ss Nash’s Pall Mall Magazine Jan 1933; illustrated by Alfred Sindall 48 · According to Plan · Storm Jameson · ss The Strand Magazine Mar 1934; illustrated by Colin Orme 54 · The Perfect Butler · Margery Allingham · ss The Daily Express Jan 21 1935; illustrated by Ronald Lampitt 56 · The Sneeze · A. C. Barrett · cs 57 · Granpop Goes Carolling · Lawson Wood · ct 58 · The Correct Kit [Joseph Jorkens] · Lord Dunsany · ss The Strand Magazine Feb 1933; illustrated by Illingworth 60 · The Outstation · Somerset Maugham · nv Hearst’s International Jun 1924; illustrated by Jack M. Faulks 77 · He Fought a Ghost · Louis Golding · ss The Evening Standard Jun 4 1934; illustrated by Sinclair Calow 83 · The Kiss Effect · Denis Mackail · ss The Strand Magazine Jul 1930; illustrated by Treyer Evans 92 · The Dearly Beloved of Benjamin Cobb · Clemence Dane · ss Nash’s and Pall Mall Magazine Apr 1923; illustrated by Tony Weare 104 · The Vicar’s Youngest · G. E. Studdy · cs 105 · Under the Pampas Moon · Joan Conquest · ss; illustrated by Peter McIntyre

Christmas Pie [December 1939] (Odhams Press, 6d, 100pp, large flat 8½" x 11½", cover by Rex Woods) Details supplied by Mike Ashley. 14 · The Hyde Park Handicap · Margery Sharp · ss The Strand Magazine Dec 1934; illustrated by Illingworth 22 · S.O.S. · Agatha Christie · ss The Grand Magazine Feb 1926; illustrated by Colin Orme 34 · Espionage · Dennis Wheatley · ss Nash’s Pall Mall Magazine Aug 1933; illustrated by Edward Osmond 40 · Gossip · Pamela Frankau · ss (r); illustrated by Sinclair Calow 48 · The Last Tramp [Longshanks] · Francis Foster · ss; illustrated by Illingworth 55 · The Apple · James Hilton · ss; illustrated by Dewar Mills 60 · Lily of the Valley · A. J. Cronin · ss Cosmopolitan Feb 1936; illustrated by Clive Uptton 75 · Snow · Ursula Bloom · ss; illustrated by Boothroyd 79 · Evidence for the Prosecution · Sydney Horler · ss (r); illustrated by Jack M. Faulks 87 · The Trainer of Women · H. de Vere Stacpoole · ss (r); illustrated by Alfred Sindall 96 · The Birthday · Neil Bell · ss Mixed Pickles, Collins 1935; illustrated by Moorsom

Printers’ Pie [1943] ed. Leonard Russell (Hutchinson, pocketbook, 144pp) Details supplied by Mike Ashley. 11 · Printers’ Pie, The Reason Why · Walter Hutchinson · ed 13 · Mice and Men · Nathaniel Gubbins · vi 15 · Meet an American · Campbell Dixon · ar 20 · Glamour Boys · Dilys Powell · ar 23 · Round the Corner · Ivor Brown · ar 27 · Cornet Solo · C. Day Lewis · pm 28 · Behind the Lens · Lancelot Vining · ar 41 · From This Time Forward · H. E. Bates · ss 47 · Rest Cure · J. Maclaren-Ross · ss 51 · Do You Know Your War? · Harold Hobson · qz 53 · One Thing Leads to Another · Howard Spring · ss 63 · Continental Sunday · James Wedgwood Drawbell · ar 68 · No Petrol · Robert Lynd · ar 71 · Naomi Jacob Writes a Letter · Naomi Jacob · ar 81 · 43 · L. A. G. Strong · ss 87 · One Night Long Ago · James Hilton · ss 104 · Are We a Nation of Grousers? · James Agate · ar 114 · They Played for Money · Harold Hobson · ar 138 · The Inarticulate · Anne Hepple · vi

Christmas Pie [1943] ed. Leonard Russell (Hutchinson, 2/6d, 144pp, pb) Described as “A Hutchinson Pocket Special, also a companion book to Printer’s Pie”. 15 · Christmas Pie’s Christmas Party · Leonard Russell · ed 22 · Live Well This Christmas · André L. Simon · ar 27 · Festive Food Flash · Sagittarius · pm 28 · Can Actors Read? · Harold Hobson · ar 32 · Epilogue to a Human Drama · Stephen Spender · pm 33 · Out of the Portfolio · Douglas Glass · pi 41 · Funny Things Happen · J. Maclaren-Ross · gp _41 · The Spy Who Was a Character from Conrad · J. Maclaren-Ross · ss _44 · Call a Policeman · J. Maclaren-Ross · vi _47 · The Honest Truth · J. Maclaren-Ross · ss 52 · Orson Welles at the Box Office · Dilys Powell · ar 55 · The Chinese Carpet · Frank Swinnerton · ss 68 · The First Reviewer · Julian Symons · ar 73 · The Little Camera · Lancelot Vining · pi 81 · Tomorrow Will Be St. Valentine’s Day · Gerard Hopkins · ss 92 · The Brains Trust Don’t Know This · Anon. · qz 95 · The Lady with the Umbrella · Desmond MacCarthy · ss 101 · Bomber Pilots · Diana Price · pm 102 · I Remember, I Remember · Campbell Dixon · ar 110 · Crumpy’s Day Out · Hilton Brown · ss 130 · Why Not Be Attractive to Men? · Anon. · ms

Autumn Pie [October 1944] (Hutchinson, pocketbook, 1/6d, 144pp) Details supplied by Mike Ashley. 15 · Front Page · Editor · ed 17 · We Go, We Come Back · J. Maclaren-Ross · ar 26 · Songs the Airmen Sing · C. H. Ward-Jackson · ar 41 · The Mathematics of Beauty · Anon. · ar 43 · Fred and Charlie Go to Eton · Neil Heayes · pl 58 · The Magic Pictures of Lascaux · James Holman Mason · ar 67 · Blast · Comyns Beaumont · ar 81 · Choirboy · Mark Stanhope · ar 87 · Riddles of the War · Maj.-Gen. J. C. Fuller · ar 95 · The Man and the Crowd · Scylla Yates · ss 102 · Admiralty Facility · Nancy Spain · ar 122 · High Dudgeon Again · Michael Barsley · ss 136 · Pieces of Pie · Dennis Yates · qz

Spring Pie [Spring 1945] (Hutchinson, 2/-, 144pp, pb) Spring issue of Pie, subtitled “A Hutchinson Pocket Special”. 15 · Column · [The Editor] · ed 21 · The Bull · Julian Symons · ss 28 · Spring Offensive · Anon. · pm 30 · How to Train a Flea · W. Buchanan-Taylor · ar 40 · Doggerel Lines to Landseer · Olive Cook · pm 41 · Hollywood: Believe It or Not · Mark Stanhope · ar 46 · PPI’s Plots for Nauseating Novelists · Ghilchik · hu 48 · What’s Yours Is Mine · Dora Shackell · ar 52 · The Carcroft Cad [Carcroft] · Frank Richards · ss 61 · Big-Name Hunter [Frederick T. Bason] · Eric Hiscock · bg 70 · Sennep: A Great French Cartoonist Comes Into His Own · W. G. Corp · bg 73 · Spring Is Here · Eric Hosking · pi 81 · Funny Peculiar, Not Funny Ha-Ha · J. Maclaren-Ross · gp _81 · The Triple Life of Major Trask · J. Maclaren-Ross · vi _84 · The Curious Case of the Three Men Called Chris · J. Maclaren-Ross · vi 88 · What’s to Become of Us All? · Fred Urquhart · ss 100 · The Man Who Married a Venus · P. L. H. Smith · vi 104 · A Future in It · Nancy Spain · ss 114 · Farewell to My Steed · Cyril Ray · ar 120 · Teak Wallah · C. H. Ward-Jackson · ss 136 · Frank Richard’s Crossword, I · Frank Richards · pz 138 · Letters · [The Readers] · lt

Summer Pie [Summer 1946] (Hutchinson, 1/6d, 144pp, pb) Summer issue of Pie, subtitled “A Hutchinson Pocket Special”. 15 · Pie’s Notebook · [The Editor] · ed 19 · London Sparrow’s Somg · Diana Marsh · pm 20 · The Mystery of Napoleon’s Hat · Nicolas Bentley · hu 25 · The National Portrait Gallery · Lord David Cecil · ar 31 · The Immoral Week-end · Donald Henderson · ss 41 · Golden Girl [Mary Pickford] · Mark Stanhope · bg 48 · Lost · Stephen Spender · pm 49 · How to Hatch Your Own Trout · W. G. Corp · ar 56 · Mantrap · Dora Shackell · ar 59 · The Literary Style of Murderers · Harold Hobson · ar 66 · Last Testament · Philip Lindsay · ss 81 · Stories of Famous Pictures, 3. Perdita and the First Gentleman · Olive Cook · ar 87 · Between Us Girls · Babs Heath · pm 88 · A Spot of Latin [Carcroft] · Frank Richards · ss 103 · Mr Mahlstick’s Top Hat · Frank Swinnerton · ss 115 · PPI’s Boy Wants to Know · Neil Heayes · ar 119 · Strong Arm or Machine? · D. V. Fletcher · ar 139 · Letters · [The Readers] · lt

Winter Pie [November 1946] (Hutchinson, 1/6d, 144pp, pb, cover photo) Details supplied by Steve Holland. 15 · Pie’s Notebook · The PIEman · ed 21 · Why I Am Going to America · James Mason · ar 25 · A Night Out in Dublin · Ethel Mannin · ar 30 · Pie’s Cat Has It Coming to Him · Anon. · ar 31 · How to Build a Brick Wall · R. V. Pitt · ar 33 · Old Saying: New Dress · Anon. · pi 37 · A Day in the Life of a Cartoonist · Leslie Starke · bg 42 · My Favourite Film · William Ross-Stevens · ar 44 · Figureheads · Olive Cook · ar 47 · Voice Thrower · Mark Stanhope · ar 54 · Jenny · Joan Seager · ss 57 · The Days of the Comet · J. Maclaren-Ross · ss 61 · A Question of Values · Gillian Edgar · pm 62 · Swiss Family Shackell · Dora Shackell · ar 66 · Taken from Life · Patrick Campbell · ar 69 · Beauty and ... the Beast · Anon. · pi 77 · The Hanging Boy · Arthur Grant Morris · ss 90 · Poor Whistler · John Midgley · ar 101 · Wing Out Sweet Chariot · S. J. Perelman · ar 107 · Lovely Tresses Men Ensnare and Beauty Draws with a Single Hair · Anon. · pi 113 · Sportsman! [Carcroft] · Frank Richards (by Charles Hamilton) · ss 128 · Stories of the Ballet No. 1—Swan Lake · A. V. Coton · ar 135 · Mayfair Hen · M. S. · ar 136 · Letters · [The Readers] · lt

Autumn Pie [September 1947] (Hutchinson, pocketbook, 1/6d, 144pp) Details supplied by Mike Ashley. 15 · Pie’s Continental Notebook · Anon. · ar 21 · Vamps Are Such Bores · Godfrey Winn · ar 27 · A Difficult Defence · Lord Dunsany · ss; illustrated by Sears 30 · Ballet in This Year of Grace · Arnold L. Haskell · ar 37 · Reflections on the Blue Boy · Nicolas Bentley · hu 43 · Rabbit for Lil · Selwyn Jepson · ss 48 · The Little Dog’s Day · Rupert Brooke · pm The Westminster Gazette Jul 20 1907; illustrated by Leo Newman 51 · Fatalities in Nature · David Gunston · ar 55 · Called Away · Ethel Mannin · ss 60 · Writing for the Radio · Ray Sonin · ar 73 · Denham-Ealing and Shepherd’s Bush · Mark Stanhope · ar 81 · She’s Bought Herself a Jeep · Lorraine Timewell · ar 84 · Spinning the Rat · John Bishop · ar; illustrated by Ronald Searle 86 · Wine Harvest · Cyril Ray · ar; illustrated by Sears 93 · It’s Fun to Live in a Caravan · Dora Shackell · ar 97 · Beware of Love! · George Mikes · ar; illustrated by Nicolas Bentley 102 · The Fleet Marriages · Evelyn Bowyer · ar; illustrated by Ronald Searle 113 · One Crowded Hour · Frank Swinnerton · ss; illustrated by Laurence Scarfe 114 · The Elephant · Kenneth Hopkins · pm; illustrated by Leo Newman

Winter Pie [Winter 1947] (Hutchinson, 1/6d, 144pp, pb) Winter issue of Pie, subtitled “A Hutchinson Pocket Special”. 15 · Pie’s Irish Notebook · [The Editor] · ed 22 · Newcomer to Music · Eileen Joyce · ar 29 · Not Quite All · Howard Jones · ss 33 · Woodcuts and Wood-Engraving · Olive Cook · pi 37 · Definitely No Dogs · Alastair Scobie · ss 44 · The New Russian Ballet · Arnold L. Haskell · ar 48 · Innocence · Honoré de Balzac · ss (r) 50 · When Englishmen Sold Their Wives · Evelyn Bowyer · ar 53 · Pie’s Girl Wants to Meet · [Misc.] · pi 57 · Quoth the Raven · J. Maclaren-Ross · ss 61 · How to Write a Film Script · Sydney Box · ar 65 · Mark Stanhope Goes Fishing · Mark Stanhope · ar 70 · Penicillin and Paris · Patricia Laffan · ar 72 · Five O’Clock · Diana Marsh · pm 73 · Pictures with a Story · C. H. M. Gould · pi 77 · New York Is Not Paradise · John Brophy · ar 83 · Dancing Polovski · Leslie Halward · ss 90 · Perfect Woman · William Wordsworth · pm (r) 92 · News for New Faces · Marie Feuillet · ms 93 · My Favourite Photographs · J. Dixon-Scott · pi 97 · The Loss · John Pudney · ss 103 · Silhouette: The Man and The Art · Sheila Steen · ar 106 · Vienna Today · Ethel Mannin · ar 113 · Five Famous Buildings · [Misc.] · pi 117 · Modern Art, or Why Lose Your Temper · John Salfeld · ar 125 · A Visitor at River Street · Ernest Dudley · ss 136 · A Night Out in Buenos Aires · Dee McAlester · ar

Summer Pie [June 1948] (Hutchinson, 1/6d, 112pp, pb) Details supplied by Mike Ashley. 5 · Hollywood Notebook · Mark Stanhope · ar 9 · The Fortune · Alan Wykes · ss 14 · Drink and the Devil · L. R. Burrage · ss; illustrated by Alex Jardine 17 · Figure Studies · Stephen Glass · pi 19 · Scrapbook for 1848 · Anon. · ar 22 · The Lure of Cricket · Robin Mangan · ar 28 · What’s Happened to Pope Joan? · Anon. · ar 30 · The Man with the Peaked Cap · John Symonds · ss 39 · Fellow Travellers · The Pieman · hu 44 · The Art of Cycling · Stanley Baron · ar 48 · Presenting Homo Sapiens · Michael ffolkes · hu 50 · Boots · Ernest Gébler · ss 59 · Animals and Music · Frank W. Lane · ar 62 · Fashion Returns to Romance · Lorraine Timewell · ar 66 · The American Woman · Godfrey Winn · ar 79 · Deep and Dirty · A. E. Coppard · ss 87 · No Inhibitions · Alan Jenkins · ss 97 · New Jobs for Air Cameras · Maurice Bensley · ar

Christmas Pie [December 1948] (Hutchinson, 1/6d, 116pp, pb) Details supplied by Mike Ashley. 9 · Pie’s Christmas Notebook · Editor · ed 14 · The Good Companions · Catherine Kift · ss 21 · Freaks of Fortune · Aubrey Noakes · ar 28 · The Story of the Circus · W. Buchanan-Taylor · ar; illustrated by Alex Jardine 34 · Uncle Sebastian · Elleston Trevor · ss; illustrated by Tansley 40 · The Golden Age of Snuff · Anon. · ia 50 · Party Pieces · Kaye & Ronald Searle · hu 53 · The Ghost of a Flea · Ida Procter · ar 56 · London in the 1800s · [Misc.] · ms 60 · History in Jewels · Anon. · ia 66 · Stars of Yesterday · John Montgomery · ar 73 · The Right Thing and How to do it · John Salfeld · ar 78 · Christmas Across the Seas · Lorraine Timewell · ar 80 · How Jazz Began · Ray Sonin & Max Jones · ia 87 · Christmas Is a Year-Round Job · Dora Shackell · ar 90 · Treatment for a Ghost · L. A. G. Strong · ss 96 · Who Began Christmas · Tony Adams · ar 104 · Charles Dickens and the Spirit of Christmas · C. E. Bechhofer Roberts · ar