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(The) Blue Book (Magazine)

Country: US
Total Issues: 613

One of the great general pulps. Later relaunched as a "rather tawdry sex/adventure mag" under the title Bluebook for Men.

Issues & Index Sources

May-1905 – Aug-1906,	as The Monthly Story Magazine
	General Fiction Index

Sep-1906 – Apr-1907,	as The Monthly Story Blue Book Magazine
	General Fiction Index

May-1907 – Jan-1952,	as The Blue Book Magazine
	General Fiction Index

Feb-1952 – May-1956,	as Bluebook
	General Fiction Index

Publishers

  May-1905 – Mar-1921: The Story-Press Corporation
  Apr-1921 – Sep-1929: The Consolidated Magazines Corporation
  Oct-1929 – Dec-1935: The McCall Company
  Jan-1936 – May-1956: McCall Corporation

Editors

  May-1905 – 1906: Trumbull White
  1906 – 1911: Karl Edwin Harriman
  1911 – Jan-1919: Ray Long
  Feb-1919 – Jun-1927: Karl Edwin Harriman
  Jul-1927 – Nov-1929: Edwin Balmer
  Dec-1929 – Jan-1952: Donald Kennicott (Associate Editor since May-1916 at least)
  Feb-1952 – Apr-1954: Maxwell Hamilton
  May-1954 – May-1956: André Fontaine

Formats

  May-1905 – Sep-1930: standard pulp
  Oct-1930 – Aug-1932: letter
  Sep-1932 – Aug-1941: standard pulp
  Sep-1941 – Sep-1954: letter
  Oct-1954 – May-1956: side-stapled letter

Prices

  May-1905 – Feb-1907: 10c
  Mar-1907 – Aug-1918: 15c
  Sep-1918 – Jul-1925: 20c
  Aug-1925 – Aug-1932: 25c
  Sep-1932 – Aug-1939: 15c
  Sep-1939 – May-1956: 25c

Pagecounts

  May-1905 – Feb-1907: 206pp
  Mar-1907 – Jun-1914: 224pp
  Jul-1914 – Sep-1914: 192pp
  Oct-1914 – Apr-1917: 240pp
  May-1917 – Jul-1925: 192pp
  Aug-1925 – Sep-1930: 196pp
  Oct-1930 – Mar-1932: 136pp
  Apr-1932: 128pp
  May-1932 – Aug-1932: 120pp
  Sep-1932 – Mar-1934: 160pp
  Apr-1934 – Aug-1939: 144pp
  Sep-1939 – Aug-1941: 192pp
  Sep-1941 – Jan-1952: 144pp
  Feb-1952 – May-1956: 128pp

Frequency

monthly

Related Sites

  Blue Book—The Slick in Pulp Clothing
  The Pulp Magazines Project
  Science Fiction Encyclopedia
  Wikipedia

Mentioned in:   The Adventure House Guide to the Pulps, Ultimate Guide to the Pulps

Online Sources

Online Books




Issue Checklist

Blue Book Magazine (Canada)

Country: Canada

Canadian Reprint Edition of Blue Book Magazine.

Issues & Index Sources: in 1940s:

FictionMags Index

(sample issues only)

Publishers:   McCall Corporation
Editors:   Donald Kennicott
Formats:   large pulp



Issue Checklist

Bluebook (for Men)

Country: US
Total Issues: 109?

A rather tawdry successor to the classic Blue Book Magazine. By 1967 is called just Bluebook. Issues numbered Vol. 100 No. 1 to Vol. 114 No. 1.

Issues & Index Sources

Oct-1960 – May-1975:

FictionMags Index

(sample issues only)

Publishers

  Oct-1960 – ?: H.S. Publications
  Aug-1964 – Mar-1966: Hanro (Sterling)
  Apr-1967 – ?: QMG Magazine Corporation

Editors

Oct-1960 – ?: Maxwell Hamilton
in 1967: B.R. Ampolsk

Formats

slick

Frequency

monthly (some issues bimonthly)



Issue Checklist

Blue Book Romances

Country: Australia
Total Issues: 11?

A series of Australian booklets, numbered but not dated.

Issues & Index Sources: in 1950s:

FictionMags Index

(Missing: #5; #8)

Publishers: Malian Press, Sydney
Formats: digest

The Blue Lady

Country: US
Total Issues: 9

Subtitled "A Magazine of Dark Fiction".

Issues & Index Sources: Fall 1995 – 1997?:

FictionMags Index

(Missing: all except #7)

Publishers: Blue Lady Publishing, 307 Stratford Place, Murrells Inlet, SC 29576
Editors: Donna Taylor Burgess



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The Blue Magazine

Country: UK
Total Issues: 121

Concentrated mostly on adventure, mystery and light romance. Authors include Oliver Sandys, P.C. Wren, William Hope Hodgson, L.A.G. Strong, W.L. George, Ethel Mannin, A.M. Burrage. By late 20s had become a women's romance magazine with a society slant. By final issues had grown to 128pp, 1/- and included illustrations.

Issues & Index Sources

Jul-1919 – Aug-1929:

FictionMags Index

(Missing: Oct-1918)

Publishers

  Jul-1919 – Jun-1926: Walbrook & Co., London
  Jul-1926 – Dec-1926: William Southern
  Jan-1927 – Jul/Aug-1928: F.J. Parsons for The Blue Magazine Company
  Sep-1928 – Aug-1929: Link House

Editors

Robert Sievier?; possibly Frank Sellicks to 1926?

Formats

standard pulp

Prices

  Jul-1919 – Jan-1920: 7d
  Feb-1920 – Aug-1920: 9d
  Sep-1920 – Aug-1929: 1/-

Pagecounts

  Jul-1919 – Jan-1928: 96pp
  Feb-1928 – Aug-1928: 104pp
  Sep-1928 – Aug-1929: 128pp

Frequency

monthly (but combined Jul/Aug-1928 issue)

Mentioned in: The Age of the Storytellers



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Blue Monday Review

Country: US

A quarterly literary magazine that publishes prose, poetry, and art that embodies the work of Kurt Vonnegut.

Issues & Index Sources: Jan-2014 – present

Editors: Amanda Hamilton

The Blue Moon

Country: US
Total Issues: 8?

Rebound issues of Telling Tales.

Issues & Index Sources: Spring 1920 – Jun-1921:

FictionMags Index

(incomplete)

Publishers:   Readers' Publishing Corp. (Clayton Magazines)
Formats:   standard pulp
Mentioned in:   The Adventure House Guide to the Pulps, Ultimate Guide to the Pulps


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The Blue Mule

Country: US
Total Issues: 26

Called 'a western magazine of stories'. Some of the authors included Herman Whitaker, Adriana Spadoni, Peter B. Kyne.

Issues & Index Sources: Feb-1906 – Apr-1908:

FictionMags Index

Publishers:   Blue Mule Publishing Co., San Francisco
Editors:   Feb-1906 – Feb-1908: Henry Anderson Lafler
Formats:   standard
Prices:   5c

Blue Murder

Country: US

Issues & Index Sources: 1998 – 2001: FictionMags Index (sample issues only)

Editors: David Firks

Blue Pencil Magazine

Country: US
Total Issues: 19

Issued by the "Blue Pencil Club", contained fiction, poetry and other oddments.

Issues & Index Sources: Feb-1900 – Nov-1901:

FictionMags Index

(Missing: Mar-1901; all after Jan-1901)

Publishers:   The Blue Pencil Club, 9 Spruce Street, NY
Prices:   10c
Pagecounts:   32pp
Frequency:   monthly

Blue Peter

Country: UK
Total Issues: 206

A combination of fiction and fact articles about travel, yachting and Motor-boating, with the sub-title "Dramatic Stories of the Seven Seas". Ran from Vol. 1 no. 1 July 1921 to Vol. 19 no. 206 May 1939.

Issues & Index Sources

Jul-1921 – May-1939:

FictionMags Index

(sample issues only)

#becomes The Trident

Publishers

Blue Peter Publications, 123 Queen Victoria Street, London

Prices

1/- (in 1937)

Blue Ribbon Sports

Country: US
Total Issues: 13

Issues & Index Sources:  Dec-1937 – Oct-1940: Sports Fiction Index (Missing: Aug-1938; Dec-1939; Apr-1940)

Publishers:   Blue Ribbon Magazines (Columbia Publications)
Formats:   standard pulp
Mentioned in:   The Adventure House Guide to the Pulps, Ultimate Guide to the Pulps, Sports in the Pulp Magazines



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Blue Ribbon Western

Country: US
Total Issues: 64

Usually ran a full-length novel and one or two stories and features.

Issues & Index Sources: Jul-1937 – Apr/May-1950:

Western Fiction Index

(incomplete)

Publishers:   Blue Ribbon Magazines (Columbia Publications)
Editors:   Robert W. Lowndes
Formats:   standard pulp
Prices:   15c
Pagecounts:   96pp
Frequency:   bimonthly
Mentioned in:   The Adventure House Guide to the Pulps, Ultimate Guide to the Pulps, The Pulp Western



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Blue Ribbon Western (UK)

Country: UK

British reprint edition of Blue Ribbon Western.

Issues & Index Sources: c. 1939:

Western Fiction Index

(Missing: all issues)


Issue Checklist

Blues

Country: US
Total Issues: 10

Subtitled "a magazine of new rhythms" Blues mainly published actual literature, including poems and a few short stories or written works of prose, while also consisting of a few pieces of literary criticism.

Issues & Index Sources: Feb-1929 – 1930:

FictionMags Index

(partial issues only)

Publishers: Charles Henri Ford, Columbus, OH
Editors: Charles Henri Ford