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Pocket Reader Series

A series of small paperbacks that are variously listed as anthologies or magazines. Contents of issues varied between detective, romance and westerns, at least. The detective issues were entitled Detective Tales and mainly reprinted stories from the Popular Publications magazine of the same name and Dime Detective, leading it to be listed sometimes as a British reprint edition of the former magazine.

The issues ran from #101 to #133 at least, and are as follows:

1947?
#101, Detective Tales

#102, Western Stories

#103, Romance Story
           
1948
#104, Detective Tales

#105, Western Stories

#106, Romance Story

#107, Detective Tales

#108, Western Stories

#109, Romance Stories

#110, Detective Tales

#111, Western Stories
#112, Romance Stories
1949
#113, Detective Tales

#114, Western Stories
#115, Romance Stories
#116, Western Stories

#117, Detective Tales

#118, Western Stories

#119, Detective Tales
#120, Western Stories #121, Romance Stories
1950
#122, Western Stories
#123, Detective Tales
#124, Western Stories

#125, Detective Tales

#126, Western Stories

#127, Romance Stories

#128, Detective Tales

#129, Western Stories

#130, Romance Stories
1951 #131 #132
#133, Three Star Western

#134