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Argosy (UK) [v 7 # 9, September 1946] ed. Anon. (Amalgamated Press, 1/3d, 112pp, 4.7" x 7.6") The half-page advert on ifc is back to Royal Seal Tobacco.


Argosy (UK) [v 7 #10, October 1946] ed. Anon. (Amalgamated Press, 1/3d, 112pp, 4.7" x 7.6") This issue announces a competition offering a “prize of £250 for the Best Original Short Story”. Caption on rear cover changes to “Send Argosy to a Friend”.


Argosy (UK) [v 7 #11, November 1946] ed. Anon. (Amalgamated Press, 1/3d, 112pp, 4.7" x 7.6") The adverts on the ifc for this issue are for Player’s Please and John White Footwear.


Argosy (UK) [v 7 #12, December 1946] ed. Anon. (Amalgamated Press, 1/3d, 128pp, 4.7" x 7.6") ifc adverts are back to Pelman Institute & Royal Seal Tobacco; pagecount rises to 128pp. Cost of postage to Canada on rear cover drops to 1d.


Argosy (UK) [v 8 # 1 (New Series), January 1947] ed. Anon. (Amalgamated Press, 1/3d, 128pp, 4.7" x 7.6") Half-page advert on inside front cover is now Player’s Please. We have (New Series) again!


Argosy (UK) [v 8 # 2, February 1947] ed. Anon. (Amalgamated Press, 1/3d, 128pp, 4.7" x 7.6") All change on the advert front! Three pages at the front - first in three parts (Savings Certificates, Anadin, & Nufix Hair Dressing); second in two parts (Milk of Magnesia & Royal Seal Tobacco); and third as full page (Ovaltine). Rear cover now has two half-page adverts for Capstan & John White Footwear.
  • 2 · Velvet Shoes · Elinor Wylie · pm (r)
  • 3 · Return · Nathan Asch · ss (r)
  • 11 · Last Battle [from Night and the City, 1938] · Gerald Kersh · ss Neither Man Nor Dog, Heinemann, 1946
  • 18 · Winter Pool · Douglas Young · pm (r)
  • 19 · Night of Storm · McKnight Malmar · ss (r)
  • 30 · Forever Umbrage · Misc. · ms (r)
  • 33 · The Mistaken Fury · Oswald Couldrey · ss The Mistaken Fury, Blackwell, 1914
  • 43 · The Story of Bel and the Great Dragon · Anon. · vi (r)
  • 45 · Sea Witch · Wilbur Daniel Steele · nv (r)
  • 68 · Scots’ Reel · Misc. · ms (r)
  • 71 · Forest of the South · Caroline Gordon · ss (r)
  • 86 · Musical Box · Anon. · qz (r)
  • 87 · Pigeon Cree · Sid Chaplin · ss (r)
  • 93 · Night and Day · Misc. · ms (r)
  • 95 · When the Angels Laughed · Mary Gallati · vi (r)
  • 98 · Fantasia in Green · Misc. · ms (r)
  • 101 · October Island · William March · ss (r)
  • 128 · Argosy Crossword · Anon. · pz (r)


Argosy (UK) [v 8 # 3, March 1947] ed. Anon. (Amalgamated Press, 1/3d, 128pp, 4.7" x 7.6") Front adverts are now four half-page adverts (National Savings Defence Bonds; Clarke’s Blood Mixture; Fluxite Soldering; and Eno’s Fruit Salt) and one full page (Alasil, an improved form of aspirin from Ovaltine). Rear cover is a full-page advert for The Fleet Street School of Authorship.


Argosy (UK) [v 8 # 4, April 1947] ed. Anon. (Amalgamated Press, 1/3d, 128pp, 4.7" x 7.6") Front adverts are now two half-page adverts (National Savings and Fluxite Soldering) and two full page adverts (The Regent Institute, and Vimatol, a vitamin supplement from Ovaltine). Rear cover has two half-page adverts (Kolynos toothpaste & Royal Seal Tobacco).


Argosy (UK) [v 8 # 5, May 1947] ed. Anon. (Amalgamated Press, 1/3d, 96pp, 4.7" x 7.6") Pagecount down to 96pp. Front advert is back to a single full-page advert (for Alasil) and the rear cover has two half-page adverts (Kolynos toothpaste & Harrogate).
  • 2 · If I Were King · W. E. Henley · pm (r)
  • 3 · Bianca’s Hands · Theodore Sturgeon · ss; prize-winning story in the Argosy £250 competition.
  • 11 · The Second Death · Graham Greene · ss
  • 15 · Loadstone · Gerald Gould · pm (r)
  • 16 · None but the Brave · Misc. · ms (r)
  • 19 · Bad Luck McCall · William Holder · ss (r)
  • 32 · Owl Song · Anon. · qz (r)
  • 33 · Revenge · Samuel Blas · ss Colliers Jan 11 ’47
  • 38 · Belvedere · John Masefield · pm (r)
  • 39 · The Caddy Said “Moo” · Aleko Lilius · vi (r)
  • 41 · Here We Go Quietly Nuts in May [from Good Intentions] · Ogden Nash · pm (r)
  • 42 · Major Pleasures · Misc. · ms (r)
  • 44 · Edna’s Fruit Hat · John Pudney · ss (r)
  • 57 · The Outlaw of Cedar Forest [“The Outlaw of Mopang Forest”] · Edmund Ware · ss Colliers Oct 12 ’46
  • 71 · Tale of a Queue · Norman Edwards · ss (r)
  • 78 · Other Worlds Than This · Misc. · ms (r)
  • 81 · Petite Cousine [from Harvest of the Lowlands] · Herman Teirlinck · ss (r)
  • 96 · Argosy Crossword · Anon. · pz (r)


Argosy (UK) [v 8 # 6, June 1947] ed. Anon. (Amalgamated Press, 1/3d, 96pp, 4.7" x 7.6") Front advert is a single full-page advert (for Ovaltine) and the rear cover has two half-page adverts (Kolynos toothpaste & Royal Seal Tobacco).


Argosy (UK) [v 8 # 7, July 1947] ed. Anon. (Amalgamated Press, 1/3d, 96pp, 4.7" x 7.6") Front advert is a single full-page advert (for Alasil) and the rear cover has two half-page adverts (Royal Seal Tobacco & The Fleet Street School of Authorship).
  • 2 · Summer Moon [from Shorter Poems] · Robert Bridges · pm (r)
  • 3 · Moment of Truth · P. J. Alexander · vi Colliers May 25 ’46
  • 6 · The Lion that Wanted to Zoom · James Thurber · vi New Yorker Feb 4 ’39
  • 7 · The Reef · Dorothy Cottrell · ss (r)
  • 15 · Beatitude · C. Day Lewis · pm (r)
  • 16 · On with the Dance · Misc. · ms (r)
  • 19 · The Match Against Woody Bourton · John Moore · ss (r)
  • 24 · What’s in a Name? · Anon. · qz (r)
  • 25 · Madame Margot · John Bennett · ss Doctor to the Dead, Rinehart, 1946
  • 38 · Old Sweet Song · Misc. · ms (r)
  • 39 · Craftsman’s Poem · N. G. Strong · ss (r)
  • 47 · Reconstruction of a Crime · Laurence Kirk · ss (r)
  • 60 · Medicine Man · Misc. · ms (r)
  • 63 · A Cup of Tea · Phyllis Bottome · ss (r)
  • 69 · The Rivals · Neil Bell · ss (r)
  • 74 · Skylines · Misc. · ms (r)
  • 77 · Jenshih, or the Fox Lady · Shen Chi-Chi · ss Traditional Chinese Tales, Columbia University Press, 1944
  • 85 · The Triumphant Thumb · Antonia Ridge · ss (r)
  • 96 · Argosy Crossword · Anon. · pz (r)


Argosy (UK) [v 8 # 8, August 1947] ed. Anon. (Amalgamated Press, 1/3d, 128pp, 4.7" x 7.6") Pagecount is back to 128pp. Front page adverts are back to three pages - 3 half-page adverts (Euthymol toothpaste, National Savings Certificates & Royal Seal Tobacco), 1 full page (The Regent Institute), and 2 quarter-page adverts (Nufix Hair Dressing & Wallace Attwood College), while the rear cover is a single full-page (The Fleet Street School of Authorship).


Argosy (UK) [v 8 # 9, September 1947] ed. Anon. (Amalgamated Press, 1/3d, 128pp, 4.7" x 7.6") Front page adverts are 2 half-page adverts (Milk of Magnesia tablets & Wills’s Cut Golden Bar), and 2 full-page adverts (The Regent Institute & Alasil). The rear cover is still a single full-page for The Fleet Street School of Authorship.


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