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    Lilliput [v34 #4, #202, April 1954] (2/-, 88pp, octavo, cover by Victoria) []
    Size increased to octavo full-flat size, perfect bound, 88 pages. Still priced 2/-. Willock has returned as Executive Editor, replacing Middleton, and Silverton’s name returns as Production Editor (where he may have remained all along and just was not listed. Presumably he was in charge of the switch to the flat format).

    Lilliput [v35 #2, #206, August 1954] (2/-, 88pp, octavo, cover by Victoria) []
    • 4 · Anyone for the Beach? · John Taylor ,[?] · pi; fashion - not like previous columns so may not be by Taylor. Hereafter the column continued more as an advertising feature and I won’t list it.
    • 8 · Afloat in the Anchor Blue · Lemuel Gulliver · cl
    • 13 · Beasts off Brighton Beach · [uncredited] · ar
    • 18 · The Peacemaker · Elba O. Carrier · ss; western.
    • 21 · A Are You a Better Spouse Than a Louse? · Various · qz
    • 22 · A Layman’s Guide to Dicing? · [uncredited] · ar; motoring feature.
    • 26 · College Harry’s Alibi · Charles Raven · ar
    • 32 · Mother Is a Boy’s Best Girl · Patrick Campbell · ar
    • 35 · Single Dutch · C. Gordon Glover · ss
    • 38 · Come Flapping · Malcolm Monteith · ar
    • 40 · Every Man a Boat-Builder · [uncredited] · ar
    • 44 · Tycoon with a Tang · Richard Lane · ar
    • 48 · The Heel · Budd Schulberg · nv (r)
      from Some Faces in the Crowd.
    • 66 · Yes, My Wife Plays… · Graham · hu; cartoon sequence.
    • 70 · The Lamps Were Looking at Me! · Bruce Angrave · pi
    • 72 · Rum Doings · Raymond Postgate · cl
    • 74 · Good Books Lately · Various · br
    • sup · Amorous Holidaymakers’ Hunting Guide · Andre de Dienes · pi; free photographic supplement.

    Lilliput [v35 #4, #208, October 1954] (2/-, 88pp, octavo, cover by Victoria) []
    • 8 · The Double Barrellers · Lemuel Gulliver · cl
    • 17 · Mr. de Dienes finds a new young lady · Andre de Dienes · pi; photo shoot of Anita Ekberg.
    • 21 · Golf Under Hypnosis · John Stobbs · ar
    • 24 · The Betrayal · John Prebble · ss
    • 26 · The Lilliput Album of Grand Prix Cars, 1906-1954 · Rex Hays · pi
    • 30 · Counters in the Great Game · Patrick Campbell · ar
    • 36 · Hunt for the Hairy Frogs · Gerald Durrell · ar
    • 43 · Chivved at the Tweedle · Charles Raven · ar
    • 45 · A How High Can You Lie? · Various · qz
    • 46 · Count Your Fingers when you shake Hands with a Greek · Richard Lane · ar; abour Sir Basil Zacharoff.
    • 48 · The Mendelman Fire · Wolf Mankowitz · nv
    • 64 · Good Books Lately · Various · br
    • 66 · Happy in our Work · Graham · hu; cartoon sequence.

    Lilliput [v35 #6, #210, December 1954] (2/-, 88pp, octavo, cover by Victoria) []
    • 2 · Was She Blue? [Part 2 of 2] · Richard Lane · ar; part of the letters column in which Lane provides an extensive response to comments on his Marie Lloyd article.
    • 8 · Gifts We’d Rather Get · Lemuel Gulliver · cl
    • 26 · Punches, Possets and Heart-Warmers · Richard Kennerley · cl
    • 31 · Christmas Dinner up the Creek · Colin Willock · ar
    • 36 · Hurling Darts · Nicholas Butler · ss
    • 42 · What Can We Do About Dazzle? · [uncredited] · ar; motoring feature.
    • 45 · College Harry’s Hunt Ball · Charles Raven · ar
    • 49 · A Left and Right for Line Shooters · [uncredited] · qz
    • 53 · Men of Honour · Elba O. Carrier · ss; western.
    • 62 · Robins or Radio Valves? · Patrick Campbell · ar
    • 64 · Tighter Laws for Loose Forwards · Frank Shaw · ar; on rugby.
    • 68 · Italy’s Gangster Bard · Richard Lane · ar; about Gabriele D’Annunzio.
    • 72 · The Temple Tiger · Jim Corbett · nv
    • 87 · Good Books Lately · Various · br

    Lilliput [v36 #1, #211, January 1955] (2/-, 80pp, octavo, cover by Victoria) []
    Down to 80 pages.
    • 4 · The Buckden Feast · Lemuel Gulliver · cl
    • 9 · Death in the Tall Grass · Sandy Sanderson · ar; hunting.
    • 13 · Change of Wind · James Helvick · ss
    • 16 · The Mystery of the Edwardian Pin-Ups · The Editors · pi; feature on pin-ups by ‘Bert’ and querying his identity.
    • 18 · The Awful Example of Fly-Away-Peter · Charles Raven · ar
    • 21 · I Don’t Count Mexicans · John Prebble · ss
    • 28 · A Are You a Ladies’ Man? · Various · qz
    • 29 · One Man and His Cars · [uncredited] · ar; motoring feature.
    • 32 · Never the Bride · Patrick Campbell · ar
    • 39 · The Mess · John Masters · ss
    • 42 · The Boston Tar-Baby · Richard Lane · ar; about boxer Sam Langford.
    • 46 · Red Granite Water, Peat Reek and the Lord’s Good Time · S. L. Solon · ar
    • 48 · The Woman in the Case · Edgar Lustgarten · ar; about Alma Rattenbury.
    • 63 · Good Books Lately · Various · br
    • 65 · Shooting for the first time · Patrick Campbell · ar
    • 68 · A Man and His Tailor · Graham · hu; cartoon sequence.

    Lilliput [v36 #4, #214, April 1955] (2/-, 80pp, octavo, cover by Victoria ,[?]) []
    From this issue the magazine becomes side stapled.

    Lilliput [v37 #3, #219, September 1955] (2/-, 80pp, octavo, cover by Victoria ,[?]) []
    The letter column includes responses by Patrick Moore and Francis Wykes to Solon’s article about whether we have landed on the Moon.

    Lilliput [v37 #4, #220, October 1955] (2/-, 88pp, octavo, cover by Victoria ,[?]) []
    This issue 88 pages the extra given over to adverts. Jack Hargreaves’s name vanishes as Managing Editor, though the others remain in their roles. The fashion pages (70-71) are photographed by “Ken Russell”. I wonder!

    Lilliput [v37 #5, #221, November 1955] (2/-, 80pp, octavo, cover by photo) []
    From this issue the cover paintings change to glamour photos. Internally there are now many full colour illustrations rather than two-tone. Also the editorial names all vanish. This may be when William Richardson became editor.

    Lilliput [v38 #3, #225, March 1956] (2/-, 80pp, octavo, cover by photo) []
    • 5 · Sitting Duck · Lemuel Gulliver · cl
    • 9 · First Aid on the Second Front · Richard Gordon · ts; illustrated by Norman Thelwell; start of series “Where the Fighting was Thinnest” about people’s wartime recollections.
    • 13 · The Vanishing Jezebel · Roly Larson · ar; on prostitution.
    • 16 · Rupert at Naseby · Hugh Ross Williamson · ar
    • 25 · What’s Wrong with British Sport?—The Great Amateur Sham · [uncredited] · ar
    • 28 · Death on the Longsand · G. Goldsmith Carter · ar; about a shipping tragedy in the Thames in January 1881.
    • 30 · Three in a Peter · Charles Raven · ar
    • 32 · An Orchid or a Brussels-Sprout? · S. L. Solon · ar; about English beauty.
    • 35 · Scandal in Bohemia · Guy Deghy & Keith Waterhouse · ex (r)
      from Café Royal.
    • 38 · The Big Marlin · Francis de Wolfe · ss
    • 42 · I Mustn’t Be a Bully, Ma’am · Cecil Beaton · ex (r)
      from It Gives Me Great Pleasure.
    • 45 · Perfectly Suited · David Langdon · hu; cartoons.
    • 47 · Excellent Turn-out · Alan Roland · ex 1955
      from Guardsman.
    • 50 · The Diffident Dynamiter · Richard Lane · ar; about Alfred Nobel.
    • 54 · A Man and His Sport · Graham · hu; cartoon sequence.
    • 56 · The Ball of Paper · William Cooper · ss
    • 63 · Good Books Lately · Various · br
    • 66 · It’s Our Staple Tipple · Malcolm Monteith · ar (r); Lilliput Beer Report, Part 1.

    Lilliput [v38 #4, #226, April 1956] (2/-, 80pp, octavo, cover by photo) []
    • 4 · Under the Cover-charge · Lemuel Gulliver · cl
    • 9 · Murder at the office · S. L. Solon · ar
    • 12 · The Naturalist · Stanley Moss · ts; illustrated by Norman Thelwell; second in series about people’s wartime experiences, “Where the Fighting was Thinnest”.
    • 17 · Death of an Old Soldier · Roderick Milton · ss; historical.
    • 25 · Three for Great Britain · Rex Hays · ar; motoring feature.
    • 29 · The Adventures of René Cutforth: 3. Running Away from School · René Cutforth · ts
    • 31 · Tragedy at the Buzz · Charles Raven · ss
    • 36 · Belfry-ed Batsmen, Devilled Bowlers · Geoffrey Willans · ex (r)
      from Crisis Cottage.
    • 37 · Lost in a Volcano · Gibson Cowan · ss
    • 39 · Starke Crazy · Leslie Starke · hu; cartoons.
    • 43 · Just One Club · John Stobbs · ar
    • 45 · View: Matrimony · David Langdon · hu; cartoons.
    • 47 · The First Guided Missile · Jack Tarrant · ar; about the boomerang.
    • 50 · Titan of the Tightrope, Hero of the Handcuff · Richard Lane · ar; about Blondin and Houdini - it mentions how [William Hope] Hodgson nearly defeated Houdini.
    • 55 · Grift, Brash and Antol · Edward Hyams · ss
    • 64 · Good Books Lately · Various · br
    • 67 · The Lilliput Beer Report, Part 2 · Malcolm Monteith · ar (r)

    Lilliput [v38 #5, #227, May 1956] (2/-, 80pp, octavo, cover by photo) []
    This issue is lacking a contents page even though it is complete.
    • 4 · “Never any dropsy from a Pudden” · Lemuel Gulliver · cl
    • 9 · The White Spell · Victor Canning · ss; author not credited here but is revealed in the next issue.
    • 13 · In Ever-Decreasing Circles · Peter Small & Norman Ash · ar
    • 16 · The Long, Long Drift · John Prebble · ar; about the Shackleton Endurance expedition.
    • 25 · Full Circle · Alex Kennington · ss
    • 28 · Girl Bullfighter Gets Gored · Patricia McCormick · ex from Lady Bullfighter, Henry Holt, 1954
    • 29 · Are Women What They Were? · [uncredited] · pi; compares pin-ups over the years.
    • 32 · Fireside Golf · John Stobbs · ar
    • 33 · The Fence and the Fairy-Tale · Charles Raven · ss
    • 35 · Espressociety · David Langdon · hu; cartoons.
    • 37 · Mightier Than the Sword · Alex Atkinson · ts; illustrated by Norman Thelwell; third in series about people’s wartime experiences, “Where the Fighting was Thinnest”.
    • 42 · The Invaders with a sting in their tail · S. L. Solon · ar
    • 46 · Indoors with Dors · Richard Lane · ar; about Diana Dors.
    • 48 · How to Make Trick Shots · Joe Davis · ia
    • 50 · Passage to Paradise · Dennis Gray Stoll · ss
    • 54 · A Man in the Country · Graham · hu; cartoon sequence.
    • 56 · The Taste of Ashes · Edgar Lustgarten · ss
    • 64 · Good Books Lately · Various · br
    • 65 · Currying Flavour · Malcolm Monteith · ar; start of a guide to eating foreign foods.
    • 72 · Down the Severn in a Sheep-Trough · A. J. Booth · ts; prize-winning story in Holiday Adventure contest set in the January issue.

    Lilliput [v38 #6, #228, June 1956] (2/-, 80pp, octavo, cover by photo) []
    • 8 · Lack of Practice · Lemuel Gulliver · cl
    • 13 · League Cricket Gets Results · Peter Small · ar
    • 16 · Subsmash! · Marshall Pugh · ar; about the search for the submarine Affray in 1952.
    • 29 · Raising the Man-Power · John Watney · ts; illustrated by Norman Thelwell; fourth in series about people’s wartime experiences, “Where the Fighting was Thinnest”.
    • 35 · Operation Pussy Van · Charles Raven · ss
    • 38 · Dish of the Day · C. Gordon Glover · ss
    • 42 · How to Shrink a Head · F. Terry Newman · ar
    • 45 · Fixers with Gigs · David Langdon · hu; cartoons.
    • 47 · The Angel from Ridley Road · Richard Lane · ar; about Jack Solomons.
    • 50 · A Man and His Bank · Graham · hu; cartoon sequence.
    • 52 · Chinese Chow · Malcolm Monteith · ar; second part of a guide to eating foreign foods.
    • 56 · The First Battle of the Ironclads · John Prebble · ss
    • 64 · Good Books Lately · Various · br

    Lilliput [v39 #1, #229, July 1956] (2/-, 80pp, octavo, cover by photo) []
    From this issue the letter column is dropped.

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