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Argosy (The Largest-Selling Fiction-Fact Magazine for Men) (continued)
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Argosy (The Largest-Selling Fiction-Fact Magazine for Men) Mar 1958 (Vol 346 #3)
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8Aug2005
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Popular 112 pages (magazine)
Cover by Jack Dumas |
Complete in this issue- The Stump Juice Blues by Robert G. Fuller
- Flight to Chimbu by John Laffin -- Valigursky illustration
- The Distant Horn by John Walters -- Bob Peak illustration
- Rebel by Robert Edmond Alter
- Court of Last Resort: The Court Salutes a Warden (article) by Erle Stanley Gardner
- I Love You, USA (picture feature) -- actress May Britt
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| • Plus articles, features, departments.
| | Condition: FRONT COVER: detached, light edgewear, address label; BACK COVER: light soiling, spine stress, edgewear; PAGES: supple, tan/off-white, darker edges, occasional small tear or blemish.
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Argosy (The Largest-Selling Fiction-Fact Magazine for Men) Apr 1958 (Vol 346 #4)
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8Aug2005
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Popular 112 pages (magazine)
Cover by Sam Bates |
Complete in this issue- The Way of the Hunter by G.C. Edmundson
- The Last Dive by William Brandon
- The Day of the Loon by Robert Fontaine
- Roan Horse by Homer Croy -- McDermott illustration
- Court of Last Resort: Ellis Fewell -- Last Chance Gamble (article) by Gene Lowall
- The Big Sellout (article) by Red Smith -- Why the Dodgers moved west
- Little Mrs. Arsenic (article) by Willie B. Painter with Robert Travers -- (Tom?) McDermott illustrations
- Killer of the River (picture feature) by Robert Crichton -- Piranhas
- Boxing's Daffy Decade (picture feature) by Ray Robinson -- The 30's
- Erskine Caldwell: "This Is Darling Jill..." (picture feature)
- The Black 13 (article) by Ken "Fronty" Nichols as told to Jack Lewis -- Early Hollywood stuntflyers
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| | Condition: FRONT COVER: light edgewear, stain and rubbing top left corner, top right corner shallow crease; BACK COVER: light soiling, edgewear, 1/4 inch bottom separation; PAGES: supple, tan/white, darker edges, outer top corner curling and dogearing.
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Argosy (The Largest-Selling Fiction-Fact Magazine for Men) Jul 1958 (Vol 347 #1)
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1May2005
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Popular 112 pages (magazine)
Photo-cover by Peter Throckmorton for Tiger!
Back cover ad for Winston, endorsed by Bob Cummings and Ann B. Davis |
Complete in this issue- Shot for the Moon (article) by Martin Caidin -- upcoming space program
- The Man for Tarshish by G.C. Edmondson -- Stanley Meltzoff illustration
- The Killer at the Window by Norman Daniels
- War Song by Noel Clad
- Old for the Star by David Markson
- Court of Last Resort: Ellis Fewell: Turned Down! (article) by Gene Lowall
- New Look at an Old Gangster (article) by B.W. Von Block -- Lucky Luciano in exile
- The Great Deceiver (article) by Donovan Fitzpatrick -- Houdini, McDermott illustrations
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| • Plus articles, picture features, features, departments.
| | Condition: Nearly new, staple stress; FRONT COVER: pressure crease at top, causing slight curl in pages; SPINE: middle light soiling; PAGES supple, white/off-white/light tan.
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Argosy (The Largest-Selling Fiction-Fact Magazine for Men) Oct 1959 (Vol 349 #4)
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8Jun2005
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Popular 112 pages (magazine)
Photo-cover by Melville Holden
Inside front cover ad for Kentucky Club Pipe Tobaccos endorsed by Gregory Peck (soon to be seen in "On the Beach") |
Complete in this issue- The Price of Perkinsville by Willard Temple
- Act of Honor by George P. Morrill -- Ed Valigursky illustration
- The Face of Murder by Jack Dillon
- Crazy Carry, the Party Pooper (article) by Dale Shaw -- Carry Nation
- Ingo -- Playboy Champ (article) by Al Silverman -- Ingemar Johansson, heavyweight champ
- Train Your Dog Yourself (article) by Richard A. Wolters
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| • Full page ad for The FBI Story movie starring James Stewart • Third-page ad for Mennen Bath Talc endorsed by Whitey Ford • Third-page ad for Prince Albert Tobacco endorsed by Ray Price • In Memoriam announcement for Raymond C. Schindler, instrumental in the launching of Court of Last Resort
| | Condition: Spine stress, light surface creasing; SPINE: top 3/8 inch missing, some lettering on back cover; PAGES supple, white/light tan.
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Argosy (The Largest-Selling Fiction-Fact Magazine for Men) Aug 1960 (Vol 351 #2)
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8Aug2005
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Popular 112 pages (magazine)
Cover by John McDermott |
Complete in this issue- The Day the Statue Goofed by Robert G. Fuller -- McDermott illustration
- Bomb Aboard! by Frank Harvey
- The Sure Thing by Hugh Pentecost
- Hunting: "Things Are Tough All Over" by Pete Kuhlhoff -- Yogi Bear illustrations
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| | Condition: Light edgewear, soiling; FROLNT COVER: 1/2 inch top separation; SPINE: bottom 1 1/4 inch missing; PAGES supple, tan/off-white.
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Argosy (The New Golden Argosy)
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Argosy (The New Golden Argosy) Jul 1961 (Vol 353 #1)
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15Nov2005
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Popular 144 pages (magazine)
Photo-cover by Bruce Pendleton |
Complete in this issue- Terror Satellite by Frank Harvey -- Paul Lehr illustration
- The Hessian by William Heuman -- Lou Glanzman illustration
- Jenny by Nature (book condensation) by Erskine Caldwell
- "Sure I've Knocked Down Batters!" (article) by Early Wynn as told to Dick Schaap
- Abe Lincoln's Air Force (article) by Douglas J. Ingells -- gas-filled spying balloons
- Down to the Sea in Shapes (picture feature) by Jack Zanger -- 18th and 19th century ship figureheads
- The Full Life of Joe E. Lewis (article) by Earl Wilson
- Jackie Gleason & Willie Mosconi Ask: Whatever Happened to Pool? (article) by Phil Santora
- Out on a Limerick (humor) by Bennett Cerf
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| Plus articles, features, Man of the House section. • Photo of Harpo Marx with Lou Glanzman painting and the artist in Argonotes.
| | Condition: FRONT COVER: address label remnant, light surface wear, 1/2 inch top separation; SPINE: tip wear; PAGES offwhite and original yellow textured section.
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With Adventure and Argosy, one of the big three long-running genre-spanning fiction pulps. Converted to a men's slick (as Bluebook) in 1952.
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Blue Book Jul 1933 (Vol 57 #3)
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15Nov2005
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McCall 160 pages (7x10")
Cover by Joseph Chenoweth |
Complete in this issue- The Man Who Was 63,000 Years Old by Jay Lucas
- The Shadow of the Wind by Sidney Herschel Small -- Briggs illustrations
- Man Killer by William J. Makin
- A Thief in Hand by M. Bowman Howell
- Deep Sea Detective by Clarence Herbert New
- Jail-house Jeopardy by Arthur K. Akers
- Tracks by Harold Channing Wire
- Big Jim vs. Paul Bunyan by Ben Newcomer
- Gods Guard the Brave (novelette) by H. Bedford-Jones
Serials- There's Murder in the Air by Roy Chanslor -- Franke illustrations
- Red Terror by S. Andrew Wood -- Franke illustrations
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| Plus Prize Stories of Real Experience
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Blue Book Jan 1934 (Vol 58 #3)
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15Dec2004
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McCall 160 pages
Cover by J.C. Chenoweth for Wildcat. |
Complete in this issue- Wildcat by Rollin Brown
- Happy Ending by Kenneth Gilbert
- The Bride of Arabia by James Francis Dwyer
- Lion at Large by Arthur K. Akers
- The Fires of Hell by Percival Christopher Wren
- Christmas at Caribou Landing by Reginald Barker
- Sun on the Pacific by Beatrice Grimshaw
- The Evendean Affair by Clarence Herbert New
- Ruffle of Drums by George D'Esparbes
- ...and Prize Stories of Real Experience (by various)
Serials- After Worlds Collide (>1/>2) by Edwin Balmer and Philip Wylie
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| • After Worlds Collide is the sequel to the previous year's When Worlds Collide. The illustrations by Franke are excellent (somewhat Schneemanesque).
| | Condition: FINE, light wear at edges, corners; scratching and creasing at mid-top front cover; back cover light soiling, pencil price top left corner; pages supple, slightly browning at edges, frontmost chipped a little at bottom.
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Blue Book Jun 1934 (Vol 59 #2)
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4Feb2005
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McCall 144 pages (7x10")
Cover by Henry Soulen (signed) |
Complete in this issue- The Frog of Moscow (novelette) by Samuel Andrew Wood
- The Day of the Dragon (novelette) by Guy Endore
- Men Can Beat the Sea by William Outerson
- The Bells of Itchicalli by Conrad Richter
- Hey, Rube! by Harold Burr
- Keep Out of Banks by Arthur K. Akers
- The Radio Patrol by James Perley Hughes
- The Tool Dresser by Frank Knox Hockman
Serials- The Trouble with My Double by Horatio Winslow
- Murder Island by Leland Jamieson
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| • Plus Prize Stories of Real Experience
| | Condition: Light edgewear; front: reader's crease; back: soiled; spine: top worn, chipped, bottom 1/2 inch missing; pages supple, light tan, 1 inch tear top left pgs 1-54, traces to pg 118.
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Blue Book Jul 1934 (Vol 59 #3)
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4Feb2005
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McCall 144 pages (7x10")
Cover by Joseph Chenoweth |
Complete in this issue- The Treasure of Hanging House (novel) by Harold Channing Wire
- So Long, Sawbones! by Roy Chanslor
- The Eagle of Essling by Georges D'Esparbes
- Assassin's Target by Richard Howells Watkins
- Mr. Whimple Strikes Hard by William C. Ford
- Prize Cargo by George Allan England
- The Elephant Man by WIlliam J. Makin
- Bugwine Goes to the Dogs by Arthur K. Akers
Serials- The Trouble with My Double by Horatio Winslow
- Murder Island (conclusion) by Leland Jamieson
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| • Plus Prize Stories of Real Experience • Illustrators include Austin Briggs, V.E. Pyles.
| | Condition: Light edge and corner wear; wear at spine tips; back: light soiling; pages supple, yellowish.
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