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Argosy (UK)

There have been three major fiction magazines called Argosy - Mrs. Henry Wood's "serious monthly magazine" that ran from 1865 to 1901, the famous US magazine that ran from 1882 to 1979 (with a couple of revivals since), and this third version that ran for a very respectable 571 issues from 1926 to 1974.

This version had no connection (beyond the name) with either of the other two magazines, and, from the start, was predominantly intended as "a reprint magazine of the world's best short stories". For the first 14 years it was a fairly staid pulp magazine, whose covers almost universally displayed just a single sailing ship. Then in 1940 there was a dramatic change in format as the magazine became a digest, remaining one for the following 34 years. As with most digests it was notable for much of its life for also having fairly uninteresting covers, although the final ten years of its life did see a burst of full-colour, illustrated, covers.

Despite the predominance of reprint fiction, the magazine also published a significant amount of interesting new fiction, particularly while a digest.

There was also a very short-lived fourth incarnation in 2013/4 that claimed inspiration from the third incarnation but had little in common with it.

1926          
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1927 v1 #8
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1928 v3 #20
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1929
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1930
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1932
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1933
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1934
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1935 v17 #104
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1936 v19 #116
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1937 v21 #128
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1938 v23 #140
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1939 v25 #152
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1940 v26 #164
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1941 v1 #12
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1942
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1943
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1944 v4 #12
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1945 v6 #1
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1946
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1947
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1948
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1949
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1950
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1951
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1952
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1953
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1954
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1955
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1956
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1957
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1958
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1959
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1960
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Dec
1961
v22 #1
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Dec
1962
v23 #1
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Feb

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Mar

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Apr

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Jun

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Jul

v23 #8
Aug

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Oct

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Dec
1963
v24 #1
Jan

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Feb

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Apr

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May

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Jun

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Jul

v24 #8
Aug

v24 #9
Sep

v24 #10
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Dec
1964
v25 #1
Jan

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Feb

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Mar

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Apr

v25 #5
May

v25 #6
Jun

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Jul

v25 #8
Aug

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Sep

v25 #10
Oct

v25 #11
Nov

v25 #12
Dec
1965
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Jan

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Feb

v26 #3
Mar

v26 #4
Apr

v26 #5
May

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Jun

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Jul

v26 #8
Aug

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Sep

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Oct

v26 #11
Nov

v26 #12
Dec
1966
v27 #1
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Feb

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Mar

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Apr

v27 #5
May

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Jul

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Aug

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Nov

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Dec
1967
v28 #1
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May

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Jun

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Aug

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Dec
1968
v29 #1
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Feb

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Apr

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Jun

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Jul

v29 #8
Aug

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v29 #12
Dec
1969
v30 #1
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Feb

v30 #3
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Apr

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Jul

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Aug

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Dec
1970
v31 #1
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Feb

v31 #3
Mar

v31 #4
Apr

v31 #5
May

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Jun

v31 #7
Jul

v31 #8
Aug

v31 #9
Sep

v31 #10
Oct

v31 #11
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v31 #12
Dec
1971
v32 #1
Jan/Feb

v32 #2
Mar

v32 #3
Apr

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May

v32 #5
Jun

v32 #6
Jul

v32 #7
Aug

v32 #8
Sep

v32 #9
Oct

v32 #10
Nov

v32 #11
Dec
1972
v33 #1
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Feb

v33 #3
Mar

v33 #4
Apr

v33 #5
May

v33 #6
Jun

v33 #7
Jul

v33 #8
Aug

v33 #9
Sep

v33 #10
Oct

v33 #11
Nov

v33 #12
Dec
1973
v34 #1
Jan

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Feb

v34 #3
Mar

v34 #4
Apr

v34 #5
May

v34 #6
Jun

v34 #7
Jul

v34 #8
Aug

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Sep

v34 #10
Oct

v34 #11
Nov

v34 #12
Dec
1974
v35 #1
Jan

v35 #2
Feb
                   

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