Renamed London Mystery Selection from issue #36 on to suggest a "quarterly anthology" rather than a magazine, it always aimed to appeal to "connoisseurs of original crime and mystery fiction", maintaining a high standard of quality throughout.
Most/all of the issues were also distributed in the US and, typically, the only difference was the price on the cover and some local advertising inside - for these issues the UK and US covers have been used interchangeably in the main listing. However, for two issues in 1954 the US covers added the strapline "England's Greatest Detective Magazine" and had dates that were slightly different to the UK editions, although the contents were still the same.
| 1949 |  #1 Dec |
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| 1950 |  #2 Feb |
 #3 Apr |
 #4 Jun |
 #5 Aug/Sep |
 #6 Oct/Nov |
 #7 Dec/Jan |
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| 1951 |  #8 Feb/Mar |
 #9 Apr/May |
 #10 Jun/Jul |
 #11 Aug/Sep |
 #12 Oct/Nov |
 #13 Dec/Jan |
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| 1952 |  #14 Feb/Mar |
 #15 Apr/May |
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| 1953 |  #16 Jun |
 #17 Sep |
 #18 Dec |
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| 1954 |  #19 Mar |
 #20 Aug |
 #21 Oct |
 #22 Dec |
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| 1955 |  #23 Jan |
 #24 Mar |
 #25 Jun |
 #26 Sep |
 #27 Dec |
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| 1956 |  #28 Mar |
 #29 Jun |
 #30 Sep |
 #31 Dec |
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| 1957 |  #32 Mar |
 #33 Jun |
 #34 Sep |
 #35 Dec |
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| 1958 |  #36 Mar |
 #37 Jun |
 #38 Sep |
 #39 Dec |
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| 1959 |  #40 Mar |
 #41 Apr |
 #42 Sep |
 #43 Dec |
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| 1960 |  #44 Mar |
 #45 Jun |
 #46 Sep |
 #47 Dec |
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| 1961 |  #48 Mar |
 #49 May |
 #50 Sep |
 #51 Nov |
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| 1962 |  #52 Mar |
 #53 Jun |
 #54 Sep |
 #55 Dec |
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| 1963 |  #56 Mar |
 #57 Jun |
 #58 Sep |
 #59 Dec |
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| 1964 |  #60 Mar |
 #61 Jun |
 #62 Sep |
 #63 Dec |
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| 1965 |  v15 #64 Mar |
 v15 #65 Jun |
 v15 #66 Sep |
 v15 #67 Dec |
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| 1966 |  v16 #68 Mar |
 v16 #69 Jun |
 v16 #70 Sep |
 v16 #71 Dec |
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| 1967 |  v17 #72 Feb |
 v17 #73 May |
 v17 #74 Sep |
 v17 #75 Dec |
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| 1968 |  v18 #76 Mar |
 v19 #77 Jun |
 v19 #78 Sep |
 v19 #79 Dec |
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| 1969 |  v19 #80 Mar |
 v19 #81 Jun |
 v19 #82 Sep |
 v19 #83 Dec |
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| 1970 |  v20 #84 Mar |
 v20 #85 Jun |
 v20 #86 Sep |
 v20 #87 Dec |
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| 1971 |  v21 #88 Mar |
 v21 #89 Jun |
 v21 #90 Sep |
 v21 #91 Dec |
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| 1972 |  v22 #92 Mar |
 v22 #93 Jun |
 v22 #94 Sep |
 v22 #95 Dec |
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| 1973 |  v22 #96 Mar |
 v22 #97 Jun |
 v22 #98 Sep |
 v24 #99 Nov |
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| 1974 |  v25 #100 Mar |
 v25 #101 Jun |
 v25 #102 Sep |
 v25 #103 Dec |
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| 1975 |  v25 #104 Mar |
 v25 #105 Jun |
 v26 #106 Sep |
 v26 #107 Dec |
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| 1976 |  v26 #108 Mar |
 v27 #109 Jun |
 v26 #110 Sep |
 v26 #111 Dec |
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| 1977 |  v27 #112 Mar |
 v27 #113 Jun |
 v27 #114 Sep |
 v28 #115 Dec |
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| 1978 |  v28 #116 Mar |
 v29 #117 Jun |
 v29 #118 Sep |
 v29 #119 Dec |
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| 1979 |  v29 #120 Mar |
 v30 #121 Jun |
 v30 #122 Sep |
 v30 #123 Dec |
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| 1980 |  v30 #124 Mar |
 v31 #125 Jun |
 v31 #126 Sep |
 v31 #127 Dec |
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| 1981 |  v31 #128 Mar |
 v32 #129 Jun |
 v32 #130 Sep |
 v32 #131 Dec |
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| 1982 |  v32 #132 Mar |
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| 1954 |  #19 Summer |
 #20 Fall |