The Armchair Detective [Vol. 16 No. 3, Summer 1983] ed. Otto Penzler (The Mysterious Press, $5.00, 112pp+, quarto, cover: Father Brown by Frank G. Jefferies from 1924)
Details supplied by Mike Ashley and Mike Russell.
266 · From the Dawn of Television: Front Page Detective · Francis M. Nevins, Jr. · ar; article about an early TV series which ran on the DuMont Television Network from 1951 to 1953.
269 · The Unique Mystery Magazine: Hugo Gernsback’s Scientific Detective Monthly [Part 7 of 10] · Robert A. W. Lowndes · ar [Ref. Hugo Gernsback]
275 · Let’s Call It “Gun in Girdle” · Dean M. Dorn & C. E. “Teet” Carle · ar; article by the author duo who wrote under the pseudonym “Michael Morgan”, focusing on their 1953 Ace Double paperback novel “Decoy” (Ace Books D-09), which Bill Pronzini has called “the worst mystery of all time”. Pronzini offered a rebuttal to their article in the following issue of TAD.
The Armchair Detective [Volume 16 Number 4, Autumn 1983] ed. Otto Penzler (The Mysterious Press, $5.00, 112pp+, quarto)
Incorrectly dated Winter 1983 on the cover. Details supplied by Mike Ashley and Mike Russell.
fc. · [front cover] · Lo Koon-Chiu · cv 1964; from the dust jacket of The Strange Cases Of Magistrate Pao by Leon Comber, Charles E. Tuttle Co., 1964.
363 · A Practical Psychologist, Practicing in the Feminine · Robert Sampson · ar [Ref. Hulbert Footner]; about the Madame Rosika Storey mysteries by Hulbert Footner which appeared in the pulp magazine Argosy from 1922-1935.
391 · Classic Corner: Rare Tales from the Archives: The Case of the Duelling Pistols [Dixon Hawke] · [uncredited] · ss Dixon Hawke’s Case Book #4, Spring 1940
116 · “Vee Were Young Then”: The Filming of Hammett · Brian Garfield · iv [Ref. Joe Gores, Dashiell Hammett & Ross Thomas]; an Interview with Joe Gores and Ross Thomas; the text in this issue is garbled.
156 · Collecting Mystery Fiction: Dashiell Hammett · Otto Penzler · bi
164 · Classic Corner: Rare Tales from the Archive: The Spell of the Black Siren [Vincent Trill] · Dick Donovan · ss The Records of Vincent Trill of the Detective Service by Dick Donovan, Chatto & Windus, 1899
280 · Introduction to “The Tsarina’s Wedding Present” · Otto Penzler · is [Ref. Headon Hill]
281 · Classic Corner: Rare Tales from the Archive: The Tsarina’s Wedding-Present · Headon Hill · ss Seaward for the Foe by Headon Hill, Ward, Lock, 1903
382 · Outrage at Owlbury Hall: A Footnote on John Rhode · David Beams · ar [Ref. John Rhode]
392 · Edited by Frank Pemmon · Otto Penzler · is; describes Multum in Parvo Library Vol. 1, Number 11 (November 1894), from which the following stories were reprinted.
393 · Classic Corner: Rare Tales from the Archives: Detective Stories · [uncredited] · gp
_393 · Betrayed by a Dog · [uncredited] · vi Multum in Parvo Library November 1894
_394 · The Key to the Mystery · [uncredited] · vi Multum in Parvo Library November 1894
_395 · The Missing Finger · [uncredited] · vi Multum in Parvo Library November 1894
_396 · A Grave Robbery · [uncredited] · vi Multum in Parvo Library November 1894
_397 · A Strange Story · H. J. Murray, uncredited · ss The Cornhill Magazine May 1866
402 · Who Was Hiram Grewgious? A Further Study of Identity in Charles Dickens’ The Mystery of Edwin Drood · Apryl Lea Denny Heath · ar
55 · Introduction to “The Mousetrap” · Otto Penzler · is
55 · Classic Corner: Rare Tales from the Archives: The Mousetrap · William E. S. Fales · ss Bits of Broken China by William E. S. Fales, Street & Smith, 1902