With effect from this issue the title throughout is just “Argosy”, and the caption at the bottom of the Table of Contents has been dropped. This issue contains an announcement that the “short stories submitted for the 1944 [Argosy Prize] competition have been of a very disappointing quality compared with those of the previous year” - so no prize was awarded and the money went to the Royal Literary Fund. |
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This issue adds the delightful caveat that “Argosy is sold subject to the following conditions, namely, that it shall not, without the written consent of the publishers first given, be lent, resold, hired out, or otherwise disposed of by way of Trade except at the full retail price of 1s 3d.: and that it shall not be lent, resold, hired out, or otherwise disposed of in a mutilated condition or in any unauthorised cover by way of Trade.” |
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With this issue the cover design changes to a stylized map with the Argosy ship sailing in the ocean on the bottom left, and the names of the featured authors in a scrolled panel in the middle right. |
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This issue announces a competition offering a “prize of £250 for the Best Original Short Story”. |
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Pagecount rises to 128pp. |
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Pagecount down to 96pp. |
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Pagecount is back to 128pp; is now printed by the Withy Grove Press Ltd., Manchester. |
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With this issue the price rises to 1/6d, and the cover changes again (slightly) - the angle of the ship changes slightly and the background map and associated zephyr have vanished. |
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