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The Armchair Detective [v1 #3, April 1968] ed. Allen J. Hubin (The Armchair Detective, 50¢, 67-110pp, quarto)
Details taken from Table of Contents.

68 · The Edgar Wallace I Knew · Nigel Morland · ar [Edgar Wallace]
72 · Edgar Wallace: A Checklist · Anon. · bi [Edgar Wallace]
82 · The Worst Legal Mystery in the World · Francis M. Nevins · ar
86 · Virgil Tibbs and the American Negro in Mystery Fiction · Marvin Lachman · ar
89 · On the Passing of Manhunt · Anon. · ar
90 · Criticism and the Detective Story · G. C. Ramsey · ar
94 · Dramatizations of the Great Literary Detectives and Criminals, Part II: Television · Marvin Lachman · cl
96 · The Paperback Revolution · Charles Shibuk · cl
98 · Editorial · [The Editor] · ed
99 · Notes About Recent and Forthcoming Publications of Interest · Anon. · ms
101 · Dr. Cunliffe, Investigator, by H. Frankish · Alvin F. Germeshausen · br
102 · Death by Water, by Michael Innes · Anon. · br
102 · Masterpieces of Murder, by Edmund Pearson · Francis C. Brown · br
103 · The Rainbow Affair, by David McDaniel · Anon. · br
103 · The Third Figure, by Collin Wilcox · Anon. · br
104 · Mystery Writers Deaths · [Various] · ob
104 · Letters · [The Readers] · lc
109 · Book Exchange · [Various] · cl

The Armchair Detective [v1 #4, July 1968] ed. Allen J. Hubin (The Armchair Detective, 75¢, 111-158pp, quarto)

111 · Henry Wade · Charles Shibuk · ar [Henry Wade]
115 · A Dedication · [The Editor] · ed [Henry Wade]
116 · Plots for Sale—Cheap; Apply: 221B · Nathan L. Bengis · ar
119 · Blood and Thunder on Stage · James Keddie, Jr. · ar
124 · Mystery Rides the Rails Part I: American Railroad Novels of Detection and Mystery · Frank P. Donovan · cl
129 · The Paperback Revolution · Charles Shibuk · cl
131 · Book Reviews · [Various] · rc
132 · Dramatizations of the Great Literary Detectives and Criminals, Part III: Theatre · Marvin Lachman · cl
143 · Harry Stephen Keeler: Mystery Writer Extraordinary · Bernard Beauchesne · ar [Harry Stephen Keeler]
152 · Letters · [The Readers] · lc
158 · Book Exchange · [Various] · cl

The Armchair Detective [v2 #1, October 1968] (quarto)
No fiction.

The Armchair Detective [v2 #2, January 1969] (quarto)
No fiction.

The Armchair Detective [v2 #3, April 1969] (quarto)
No fiction.

The Armchair Detective [v2 #4, July 1969] (quarto)
No fiction.

The Armchair Detective [v3 #1, October 1969] (quarto)
No fiction.

The Armchair Detective [v3 #2, January 1970] (quarto)
No fiction.

Walter Gibson · Frank Gruber · bg

The Armchair Detective [v3 #3, April 1970] (quarto)
No fiction.

The Armchair Detective [v3 #4, July 1970] (quarto)
No fiction.

The Armchair Detective [v4 #1, October 1970] (quarto)
No fiction.

The Armchair Detective [v4 #2, January 1971] (quarto)
No fiction.

The Armchair Detective [v4 #3, April 1971] (quarto)
No fiction.

The Armchair Detective [v4 #4, July 1971] (quarto)
No fiction.

The Armchair Detective [v5 #1, October 1971] (quarto)
No fiction.

The Armchair Detective [v5 #2, January 1972] (quarto)
No fiction.

The Armchair Detective [v5 #3, April 1972] (quarto)
No fiction.

The Armchair Detective [v5 #4, July 1972] (quarto)
No fiction.

The Armchair Detective [v6 #1, October 1972] (quarto)
No fiction.

The Armchair Detective [v6 #2, February 1973] (quarto)
No fiction.

The Armchair Detective [v6 #3, May 1973] (quarto)
No fiction.

The Armchair Detective [v6 #4, August 1973] (quarto)
No fiction.

The Armchair Detective [v7 #1, November 1973] (quarto, cover by William Dixon)
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An Essay on Dying Messages · R. W. Hayes · ar
Ellery Queen in Wrightsville · Francis M. Nevins, Jr. · ar
Survey and Appreciation of George Harmon Coxe, Part 4 · J. Randolph Cox · ar [George Harmon Coxe]
A Mysterious Quiz · R. E. Briney · ar
The Golden Years of Elizabeth Daly · Ann Waldron · ar
On “Lolita” as a Mystery Story · J. R. Christopher · ar
Dear Me, Mr. Van Dine · Robert A. W. Lowndes · ar
The Problem of Moral Vision in Dashiell Hammett’s Novels, Part 3 · George J. Thompson · ar [Dashiell Hammett]
Ongoing Bibliography of Crime Fiction · Allen J. Hubin · bi

The Armchair Detective [v7 #2, February 1974] (quarto, cover by William Dixon)
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The Golden Road to Samarkand: The Arabian Nights in Detective Fiction · Frank D. McSherry, Jr. · ar
A Note About Lewis Carroll · R. W. Hayes · ar [Lewis Carroll]
Another Side of Harry Stephen Keeler · Jack Cuthbert · ar [Harry Stephen Keeler]
Hercule Poirot · Fred Dueren · ar [Agatha Christie]
Annotating the Sherlock Holmes Saga · Edward Lauterbach · ar
Ongoing Bibliography of Crime Fiction · Allen J. Hubin · bi

The Armchair Detective [v7 #3, May 1974] (quarto, cover by William Dixon)
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The Pleasures of Histo-Detection · Lillian de la Torre · ar
Donald E. Westlake as Tucker Coe · Francis M. Nevins, Jr. · ar [Donald E. Westlake]
Frederick Forsyth’s “Jackal” · Peter Wolfe · ar [Frederick Forsyth]
Mark Twain, Detective Story Writer · R. Jeff Banks · ar [Mark Twain]
The Problem of Moral Vision in Dashiell Hammett’s Novels, Part 4: The Maltese Falcon · George J. Thompson · ar [Dashiell Hammett]
John Buchan, Evan Pinkerton · Fred Dueren · ar [John Buchan]
Sports and the Mystery Story: Football · Marvin Machman · ar
Ongoing Bibliography of Crime Fiction · Allen J. Hubin · bi

The Armchair Detective [v7 #4, August 1974] (quarto, cover by William Dixon)
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Ronald Arbuthnott Knox · Norman Donaldson · ar
Was Jack Wylde Really R. Austin Freeman? · W. O. G. Lofts & D. J. Adley · ar [R. Austin Freeman]
Harry Stephen Keeler’s Quiribus Brown · Francis M. Nevins, Jr. · ar [Harry Stephen Keeler]
A Word with Desmond Bagley · Deryck Harvey · iv
Charlie Chan: A Biography · Fred Dueren · ar
Sports and the Mystery Story: Golf · Marvin Lachman · ar
Footsteps on the Golden Road · Frank D. McSherry, Jr. · ar
The Problem of Moral Vision in Dashiell Hammett’s Novels, Part 5: The Glass Key · George J. Thompson · ar [Dashiell Hammett]
Ongoing Bibliography of Crime Fiction · Allen J. Hubin · bi

The Armchair Detective [v8 #1, November 1974] (quarto)
No fiction.

The Armchair Detective [v8 #2, February 1975] (quarto)
No fiction.

The Armchair Detective [v8 #3, May 1975] (quarto)
No fiction.

The Armchair Detective [v8 #4, August 1975] (quarto)
No fiction.

The Armchair Detective [v9 #1, November 1975] (quarto)
No fiction.

1 · Margery Allingham’s Albert Campion. Part I · B. A. Pike · ar [Margery Allingham]

The Armchair Detective [v9 #2, February 1976] (quarto)
No fiction.

95 · Margery Allingham’s Albert Campion. Part II · B. A. Pike · ar [Margery Allingham]

The Armchair Detective [v9 #3, June 1976] ed. Allen J. Hubin (Publisher’s Inc., 165-244pp, quarto, cover by Helen Pollack)
Details taken from Table of Contents.

165 · The Uneasy Chair · [The Editor] · ed
167 · Letters · [The Readers] · lc
170 · Shadow Gallery: An Informal Survey of Cover Art of the Seventies · Frank Eck · ar
175 · New Gaslight on Jack the Ripper · Albert I. Borowitz · ar
178 · Our Heroes in Motley · Edward Lauterbach · ar
181 · Rodrigues Ottolengui (1861-1937): A Forgotten American Mystery Writer · Wendell Hertig Taylor · ar [Rodrigues Ottolengui]
182 · Mr. & Mrs. North · R. Jeff Banks · ar
184 · G. K. Chesterton’s Father Brown · Robert A. W. Lowndes · ar [G. K. Chesterton]
189 · Edmund Wilson and the Detective Story · Carl Byron Dickson · ar [Edmund Wilson]
191 · Wicked Dreams: The World of Sheridan Le Fanu · David Brownell · ar [J. Sheridan Le Fanu]
198 · A Rendell Dozen Plus One · Jo Ann Genaro Vicarel · ar [Ruth Rendell]
201 · Lady in a Straightjacket · Frank D. McSherry, Jr. · ar
203 · What the World Waited For · Charles Shibuk & Marvin Lachman · ar
207 · Bouchercon · Anon. · ms
207 · Crime Writers International Conference · Anon. · ms
208 · The Paperback Revolution · Charles Shibuk · cl
209 · A Catalogue of Crime (Supplement Two) · Jacques Barzun & Wendell Hertig Taylor · bi
210 · A Checklist of Mystery, Detective and Suspense Fiction Published in the U.S. January-March 1976 · M. S. Cappadonna · cl
212 · Paper Crimes · Fred Dueren · cl
213 · A View from Wall Street: Social Criticism in the Mystery Novels of Emma Lathen · Jane S. Bakerman · ar [Emma Lathen]
218 · Current Material Reviews · Anon. · rc
225 · Retrospective Reviews · Anon. · rc
241 · Classified Ads · Anon. · ms
242 · Book Exchange · [Various] · cl

The Armchair Detective [v9 #4, October 1976] ed. Allen J. Hubin (Publisher’s Inc., 245-340pp, quarto, cover by William Dixon)
Details taken from Table of Contents.

245 · The Uneasy Chair · [The Editor] · ed
247 · Letters · [The Readers] · lc
250 · In Praise of Gladys Mitchell · B. A. Pike · ar [Gladys Mitchell]
260 · The American Regional Mystery · Marvin Lachman · ar
267 · The Paul Temple Saga · Derek Adley · ar
269 · Some Notes Toward a Checklist of A.A. Milne’s Short Tales of Crime and Detection · J. Randolph Cox · ar [A. A. Milne]
270 · Marie Corelli, Vendetta! · Michael Avallone · ar [Marie Corelli]
271 · A Catalogue of Crime (Supplement Three) · Jacques Barzun & Wendell Hertig Taylor · bi
272 · Detective Fiction in Sweden · K. Arne Blom & Jan Broberg · ar
274 · Detective Fiction in the Wade Collection · J. R. Christopher · ar
276 · Gothics: Ghastly, Gruesome and Romantic · Veronica M. S. Kennedy · ar
277 · Paper Crimes · Fred Dueren · cl
278 · Intruder in the Rose Garden · George N. Dove · ar
281 · The Paperback Revolution · Charles Shibuk · cl
282 · Paradox and Plot: The Fiction of Fredric Brown—Part I · Newton Baird · ar [Fredric Brown]
289 · Classic and Hard-Boiled Detective Fiction · John M. Reilly · ar
292 · Revisiting the Revisited Hammett Checklist · William F. Nolan · ar [Dashiell Hammett]
300 · Current Material Reviews · Anon. · rc
313 · Retrospective Reviews · Anon. · rc
314 · It’s a Novel World · Mary Groff · rc
316 · A Bibliography of Secondary Sources for 1975 · Walter Albert · bi
322 · A Checklist of Mystery, Detective and Suspense Fiction Published in the U.S., April-June 1976 · M. S. Cappadonna · cl
329 · News Notes · Anon. · ms
338 · Book Exchange · [Various] · cl

The Armchair Detective [v10 #1, January 1977] ed. Allen J. Hubin (Publisher’s Inc., 96pp, quarto, cover by Harris)
Details taken from Table of Contents.

2 · The Uneasy Chair · [The Editor] · ed
3 · Letters · [The Readers] · lc
5 · AJH Book Reviews · Allen J. Hubin · rc
6 · Color Him Quixote · Michael J. Tolley · ar
14 · The Mystery of Edwin Drood · Albert I. Borowitz · ar
17 · The Case of the Missing Criminal · Connie Fletcher · ar
21 · Asey Mayo “The Hayseed Sherlock” · Fred Dueren · ar
25 · Margery Allingham’s Albert Campion. Part III · B. A. Pike · ar [Margery Allingham]
30 · Ernest Bramah Anthologies 1914-1972 · William White · ar
33 · Paradox and Plot: The Fiction of Fredric Brown—Part II · Newton Baird · ar [Fredric Brown]
43 · Ross Macdonald · Zahava K. Dorinson · ar [Ross Macdonald]
46 · Shadow Gallery Exhibition Two · Frank Eck · ar
50 · Mystery Stories: Report to the Stockholders · Caleb A. Lewis · ar
51 · Paper Crimes · Fred Dueren · cl
53 · Criminalists, Clergypersons, & Others: A Report on Bouchercon 7 · Robert E. Briney · ar
55 · Interview with P. D. James [P.D. James] · Jane S. Bakerman · iv
58 · Current Material Reviews · Anon. · rc
71 · The Paperback Revolution · Charles Shibuk · cl
73 · Retrospective Reviews · Anon. · rc
74 · The Games of Detective Fiction · Jane Gottschalk · ar
77 · The Sherlockian Quiz · John Bennett Shaw, B.S.I. · ar
81 · Requiem for a Detective · Paul A. Sukys · ar
93 · A Checklist of Mystery, Detective and Suspense Fiction Published in the U.S., July-September 1976 · M. S. Cappadonna · cl
96 · Book Exchange · [Various] · cl

The Armchair Detective [v10 #2, April 1977] ed. Allen J. Hubin (Publisher’s Inc., 97-192pp, quarto, cover by Darrel Millsap)
Details taken from Table of Contents.

98 · The Uneasy Chair · [The Editor] · ed
99 · Letters · [The Readers] · lc
101 · Romantic Reality in the Spy Stories of Len Deighton · Fred Erisman · ar [Len Deighton]
106 · The Saga of the Phoenix That Probably Should Never Have Arisen · Bill Pronzini · ar
112 · AJH Book Reviews · Allen J. Hubin · rc
114 · Current Reviews · Anon. · rc
117 · Margery Allingham’s Albert Campion. Part IV · B. A. Pike · ar [Margery Allingham]
126 · A Catalogue of Crime (Supplement Four) · Jacques Barzun & Wendell Hertig Taylor · bi
128 · The Caper Novels of James Hadley Chase · Theodore P. Dukeshire · ar [James Hadley Chase]
130 · Paper Crimes · Fred Dueren · cl
131 · Checklist of Mystery, Detective, and Suspense Fiction Published in the U.S., October-December 1976 · M. S. Cappadonna · cl
133 · “Realism, Routine, Stubbornness and System”: The Police Procedural I · George N. Dove · ar
137 · John Dickson Carr Tribute · Anon. · ms [John Dickson Carr]
138 · Retrospective Reviews · Anon. · rc
142 · TAD: The First Decade · Anon. · ar
149 · The Paperback Revolution · Charles Shibuk · cl
151 · Paradox and Plot: The Fiction of Fredric Brown—Part III · Newton Baird · ar [Fredric Brown]
165 · The Silver Fifty · Gerald Tomlinson · ar
167 · The Crossword Puzzle Metaphor and Some Crossword Puzzle Mysteries · Edward & Karen Lauterbach · ar
175 · Ngaio Marsh’s “Theatrical” Murders · Earl F. Bargainnier · ar [Ngaio Marsh]
181 · Series Synopses · Anon. · cl
182 · Arnold Bennett—as a Writer of Crime Fiction · N. C. Ravenscroft · ar [Arnold Bennett]
183 · Charlie Chan Carries On · Neil Ellman · ar
184 · John Fowles’ Experiments with the Form of the Mystery Story · David Brownell · ar [John Fowles]
190 · Book Exchange · [Various] · cl

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