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Argosy All-Story Weekly (continued)

Argosy All-Story Weekly Sep 23, 1922 (Vol 145 #6)  Gallery entry 26Apr2005
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    Munsey 160 pages (801-960) (plus 8-page front advertising section) (7x10")
    Cover by Desch (? signed) for A New Girl in Town

    Serials
  • A New Girl in Town (1/6) by Hulbert Footner
  • Magnificent Folly (2/5) by Olive McClintic Johnson
  • Out of the Silent North (4/5) by Harry Sinclair Drago
  • The Sign of the Serpent (5/7) by John Goodwin
  • Devil Marked (conclusion, 3/3) by H. Bedford-Jones and E.L. Sabin
    Complete in this issue
  • Four Strokes at Midnight (novelette) by John Holden
  • The Blood Clan by Carl Haverlin
  • Selling Jack Morton by Frank Richardson Pierce
  • Bait by Dale Brown
  • Sanctuary by Jack Bechdolt
  • Sharper Than a Servant's Tooth by Miles Overholt

• Plus miscellaneous and poetry.

Condition: Moderate edgewear (fraying); FRONT COVER: writing above "S" in title, surface creases, 5/8 inch bottom separation; BACK COVER: stained at top, 2 inches top and bottom separation; SPINE: 3/8 inch missing at top, 1/4 inch missing at bottom; PAGES supple, yellowed, stainted at top.


Argosy All-Story Weekly Oct 7, 1922 (Vol 146 #2)  Gallery entry 24Jan2005
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    Munsey 160 pages (161-320) (plus 24-page advertising section, 12 in front, 12 in back) 7x10"
    Cover by Mulford (signed) for Dirty Weather

    Complete in this issue
  • Wanted: A Bank President (novelette) by Henry Payson Dowst
  • Barber Shop Chords by Charles Divine
  • The Outcast by E.F. Benson
  • The Yangste Horde by Philip M. Fisher, Jr.
  • Samaritan Stuff for 'Cilla by James W. Egan
  • In Poppyland by Fred B. Mann
  • Common Kid Gloves by Johnston McCulley
    Serials
  • Dirty Weather (1/3) by Rufus F. King
  • The Bird of Passage (2/6) by John Schoolcraft
  • A New Girl in Town (3/6) by Hulbert Footner
  • Magnificent Folly (4/5) by Olive McClintic Johnson
  • The Sign of the Serpent (7/7) by John Goodwin

Condition: Light edgewear; pages supple, browning, with occasional small stains.


Argosy All-Story Weekly Apr 14, 1923 (Vol 150 #5)  Gallery entry 14Mar2005
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    Munsey 160 pages (plus 12-page front and 4-page back advertising sections) (7x10")
    Cover by Stockton Mulford (signed) for Queen of the Night

    Serials
  • Queen of the Night (1/6) by Kenneth Perkins
  • The Apes of Devil's Island (2/4) by John Cunningham
  • Gentleman Roger's Girl (3/6) by Hulbert Footner
  • A Boob There Was (4/5) by C.C. Waddell
  • Graft (conclusion, 5/5) by Wolcot LeClear Beard
    Complete in this issue
  • Mooning Among Moonshiners (novelette) by Robert Ordway Foote
  • The Sea's Judgment by Frank H. Shaw
  • Pride and Poll by Beatrice A. Vandegrift
  • The Prisoner by Elliot Balestier
  • Spirits of the Storm by James C. Young
  • Twixt the Cup and the Lip by M.M. Solomon
  • The Ultimate Husband by Chester Porter Bissell
  • Wizardry of Kenneth Perkins (author bio)

• Plus poetry, miscellaneous.

Condition: Light edgewear; FRONT COVER: creasing right corner and top right quadrant, 1/2 inch top and bottom separation, apparently trimmed at top; BACK COVER: 1/2 inch bottom separation, light soiling; PAGES: supple, light tan, small stains at bottom and outer edge throughout.


Argosy All-Story Weekly Jun 23, 1923 (Vol 152 #3)  Gallery entry 18Feb2005
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    Munsey 160 pages (321-480) (Plus 8-page advertising section in front) (7x10")
    Cover by Stockton Mulford (signed) for Cheero, Inc.

    Serials
  • Cheero, Inc. (1/4) by Jack Bechdolt
  • A Gentleman in Pajamas (2/6) by Charles Neville Buck
  • A Million to One Chance (3/5) by Elizabeth York Miller
  • Garland the Great (6/7) by Wyndham Martyn
  • Woman with a Poppy (conclusion, 5/5) by Herman Howard Matteson
    Complete in this issue
  • The Man from Lazy River (novelette) by Christopher B. Booth
  • The Bounder by John D. Swain
  • The Johnny Jump-Up by Karl W. Detzer
  • Josh Stebbins, Navigator by A.D. Temple
  • The Crimson Clue by Florence M. Pettee
  • Bob's Luck by Mary Graham Bonner

• Plus poetry.

Condition: Moderate edgewear; back cover: staining at top, right, light soiling; spine: wear at tips; pages supple, yellowed, most stained at top.


Argosy All-Story Weekly Aug 11, 1923 (Vol 153 #4)  Gallery entry 14Mar2005
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    Munsey 160 pages (481 - 640) (plus 8-page advertising section in front) (7x10")
    Cover by Stockton Mulford (signed) for The Black Tube

    Serials
  • The Black Tube (1/4) by William Tillinghast Eldridge
  • The Way of the Buffalo (2/6) by Charles Alden Seltzer
  • A Hatful of Trouble (3/5) by Frank Blighton
  • Without Gloves (5/6) by James B. Hendryx
  • Mystery of Voodoo Manor (conclusion, 4/4) by Florence M. Pettee
    Complete in this issue
  • Twenty-Stick Island (novelette) by J. Allan Dunn
  • The Old Rocks by Arthur Hunt Chute
  • Credit by Jack Bechdolt
  • The Valley of Sounds by Carl Haverlin
  • Reflex by Charles Magee Adams
  • A Wallop by Wire by I.J. Shulsinger
  • The Millionaire Piker by Charles Hobby Bassford
  • Origin of Sport -- Craps by W.O. McGeehan
  • Plus poetry.

Condition: Edgewear (tears, creases); FRONT COVER: top apparently trimmed, bottom half apparently glued, but last 2 inches separated; right edge erosion; SPINE: heavy wear exposing page signatures, top and bottom 3/4 inches missing; BACK COVER: heavy soiling at right and bottom, top right corner chipped, left edge erosion; PAGES: supple, light tan, soiling in back, frequent small stains, occasional dogears.


Argosy All-Story Weekly Sep 15, 1923 (Vol 154 #3)  Gallery entry 23Dec2004
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    Munsey 160 pages (321 - 480)
    Cover by Fisk (?, signed) for Cheddar Cheese

    Complete in this issue
  • Constantinople to Broadway (novelette) by C.S. Montanye
  • The Stolen Ingots by R. Austin Freeman
  • Trolley Trips by Eric Howard
  • The Old Friend and the Old Enemy by Arthur Hunt Chute
  • On the Tembi Wall by Douglas M. Dold
  • How Quaint! by Raita Lambert
    Serials
  • Cheddar Cheese (1/4) by Francis Lynde
  • Dust to Dust (2/6) by Isabel Ostrander
  • A Month to Live (3/4)by Don Cameron Shafer
  • The Man Without Hands (4/6) by Lyon Mearson
  • Poker Faces (5/5) by Edgar Franklin

Condition: Front cover/spine and back cover detached; back cover writing across top, staining at bottom left; moderate edgewear; pages supple but with dirtyish edges, top corners stained throughout; writing ("Sargent"?) under "Issued Weekly"; top and bottom 1/2 inch of spine missing.


Argosy All-Story Weekly Jan 19, 1924 (Vol 157 #3)  Gallery entry 14Mar2005
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    Munsey 160 pages (321 - 480) plus 12-page front and 4-page back advertising sections)(7x10")
    Cover by Modest Stein (signed) for Officer!

    Serials
  • Officer! (1/5) by Hulbert Footner
  • A Centaur of Navarre (2/7) by Charles B. Stilson
  • Out Where the Worst Begins (3/5) by George F. Worts -- deliberate anagram?
  • Unbeatable Bates (4/5) by Joseph Ivers Lawrence
  • Diary of a Notorious Woman (conclusion, 5/5) Edited by the Lady Elizabeth Steyne
    Complete in this issue
  • The Gray Friar (novelette) by Florence M. Pettee
  • A Man Named Sullivan by Frank Condon
  • Hopalong Cassidy Returns VI -- Ogallala Gives Welcome by Clarence E. Mulford
  • Gladys of Spif by Jesse F. Gelders
  • Life and Adventures of Friday Smith by Jack Bechdolt
  • Siamese by Karl W. Detzer
  • For Youth Must Ride by Paul Severance

• Plus poetry. • Full-page ad announcing publication (apparently reprints) of 10 Hopalong Cassidy stories by the character's creator in 10 consecutive issues (the umbrella title "Hopalong Cassidy Returns" would be used). Illustrated with a portrait of the original (now unfamiliar) Hopalong Cassidy.

Condition: Light edge and corner wear (small tears); FRONT COVER: 1 inch bottom separation; SPINE: top 1/2 inch missing, bottom tip wear; BACK COVER: top edge stained, top left area light soiling, mid-left edge remnant of label sticking; PAGES: supple, yellowed/light tan, light stains at top, mainly in advertising sections, first page writing at top.


Argosy All-Story Weekly Apr 12, 1924 (Vol 159 #3)  Gallery entry 27Apr2005
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    Munsey 160 pages (321-480) (plus 8-page front and 4-page back advertising sections) (7x10")
    Cover by (uncredited) for A Crown for Sale

    Complete in this issue
  • The Viper (novelette) by Hulbert Footner
  • Out of the Dark by Amabel Redman
  • The Kangaroo Court by Jim Tully
  • Viva's Nose by Jack Bechdolt
  • Baldy Jack by Stanley Walker
  • Josh Stebbins, Pierhead Jumper by A.D. Temple
    Serials
  • A Crown for Sale (1/5) from the Memoirs of the Queen of Florania
  • Flood (2/4) by Theodore Goodridge Roberts
  • The Handwriting on the Wall (3/6) by David Fox
  • The Confidence Man (5/6) by Laurie York Erskine
  • Big Game (conclusion, 7/7) by Louis Lacy Stevenson

Condition: Light/moderate edgewear; FRONT COVER: wear along spine; SPINE: top and bottom 3/8 inch missing; BACK COVER: top half separated, bottom spine stained; PAGES: supple, tan with darker edges.<


Argosy All-Story Weekly Apr 19, 1924 (Vol 159 #4)  Gallery entry 6Mar2005
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    Munsey 160 pages (481-640) (plus 8-page advertising section in front) (7x10")
    Cover by Modest Stein (signed) for The Roaring Forties.

    Complete in this issue
  • Colossus of the Radio (novelette) by Leslie Ramon
  • Linda by Ruth Robinson Blodgett
  • The Decoy by John D. Swain
  • Gentle Gender by Wilson Collison
  • The Elk Bone Spear by Herman Howard Matteson
  • The Stolen Necklace by Eric D. Walrond
  • Stolen Shoes by Florence M. Pettee
    Serials
  • The Roaring Forties (1/6) by Arthur Hunt Chute
  • A Crown for Sale (2/5) "From the Memoirs of the Queen of Florania"
  • The Handwriting on the Wall (4/6) by David Fox
  • Flood (3/4) by Theodore Goodridge Roberts
  • The Confidence Man (conclusion, 6/6) by Laurie York Erskine

• Plus poetry.

Condition: Light edgewear; front cover: some rubbing; spine: pinched with dark stain (rust?) in middle, top and bottom 1/2 inches missing; back cover: rubbing mostly at bottom, heavy soiling; pages supple, tanned, foxing at edges, liquid warping/rippling, some heavily soiled.


Argosy All-Story Weekly Jun 7, 1924 (Vol 160 #5)  Gallery entry 23Dec2004
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    Munsey 160 pages (641 - 800)
    Cover by Mulford (signed) for Signed "Scada"

    Serials
  • Signed "Scada" (1/5) by J.E. Grinstead
  • Suitable for Framing (2/5) by Edgar Franklin
  • The Locked Book (3/7) by Frank L. Packard
  • Tarrapin Toes (4/5) by E.K. Means
  • Sundown Cafe (6/6) by Kenneth Perkins
    Complete in this issue
  • The Publican (novelette) by E.S. Pladwell
  • The Return of the Amber B by Leslie Gordon Barnard
  • Sealed Lips by George Allan England
  • The Poser by S. Anworth Rutherford
  • Unfinished Dreams by Ann Steward
  • The Hour Before Dawn by Winifred Lockhart Willis
  • Concerning the Wolf by Paul Gould

Condition: Inside front cover staining at top left edge, continuing into first 15 pages; back cover heavy edgewear; pages supple but with slightly dirty edges, a little staining at top right corner; light spine soiling.





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