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Pioneer Western [v1 #2, September 1937] ed. Willard Crosby (Popular Publications, Inc., 10¢, 128pp, pulp) Details supplied by John Locke. 4 · Glorious Heritage · [The Editor] · ed 8 · War Call for Mountain Men · The Pioneer · cl 10 · Signal Fires Light the Wagon Trails · Cliff Farrell · na 40 · Pioneers of the Old West: Jim Bowie · Cedric W. Windas · ia 42 · White Scout in War Paint · Harry F. Olmsted · ss 58 · Cub of the Wilderness Pack · Foster-Harris · ss 68 · A Man for the Mormon Fighting Line · Robert E. Mahaffay · ss 85 · No Law to Stop a Texan · John G. Pearsol · ss 94 · Buckskin Can’t Hide a Coward · John Doniphan · ss 106 · Death’s Two-Man Caravan · Winslow Smith · ss 123 · Pioneer Outpost · [Various] · cl

Pioneer Western [v1 #3, October 1937] ed. Willard Crosby (Popular Publications, Inc., 10¢, 112pp, pulp) Details supplied by John Locke. 4 · Sons of the Alamo · [The Editor] · ed 8 · Wagon Trail to Glory · The Pioneer · cl 10 · Doom Wagons West to Santa Fe · Harry F. Olmsted · na 40 · Pioneers of the Old West: Jim Bridger · Cedric W. Windas · ia 42 · Last of the Mountain Men · Robert E. Mahaffay · ss 52 · Queen of the Far Frontier · Lloyd Eric Reeve · ss 69 · Powder for Massacre Outpost · John G. Pearsol · ss 78 · Homestead for the Brave · Harold F. Cruickshank · ss 88 · Iron Men in Moccasins · Cliff Farrell · ss 106 · Pioneer Outpost · [Various] · cl

Pioneer Western (1950s)    (about)

Pioneer Western [v1 #1, December 1950] ed. Donald A. Wollheim (Avon Periodicals, Inc., 25¢, pulp) Details taken from Table of Contents. 4 · Lonk Wolf Vigilante of Boulder Gulch · Roe Richmond · nv 25 · Horse Thief Payoff · William Hopson · ss 28 · Brand of the Caprock Breed · Will C. Brown · ss 38 · “Range Hogs, Beware!” · W. P. Brothers · ss 45 · Coyote Blood · C. William Harrison · nv 83 · .44 for a Stranger · Robert Moore Williams · ss 90 · The Rebel of Navajo Rock · Walt Sheldon · nv 110 · Return of the Gun Clan · Dean Owen · ss Geronimo · Ira Zweifach · cs; illustrated by Joe Maneely The Texas Ramger and the White Comanche · E. J. Bellin · cs; illustrated by E. Balter

Pocket Reader Series    (about) A series of small paperbacks that are variously listed as anthologies or magazines. Contents of issues varied between detective, romance and westerns. Publishers: T.V.Boardman & Co., Ltd.; 14 Cockspur Street, London SW1: Pocket Reader Series

Pocket Reader Series [#101, Detective Tales, 1948] (T.V. Boardman, 6d, 96pp, 4.0" x 5.5") Partial reprint of the April 1940 issue of Detective Tales. Details supplied by Tom Lesser. 2 · Assignment from the Grave · Philip Ketchum · nv Detective Tales Apr 1940 40 · Dead Men Laugh Last · Dane Gregory · ss Detective Tales Apr 1940 58 · Call Girls Die Young [Regginald “Reggie” Royce] · Fred MacIsaac · nv Detective Tales Apr 1940 88 · Death-House Interlude · Anon. · ss Detective Tales Apr 1940, as by Robert Morocco & Harry Forbes

Pocket Reader Series [#102, Western Stories, 1948] (T.V. Boardman, 6d, 94pp, 4.0" x 5.5") Partial reprint of the April 1940 issue of Dime Western Magazine. Details supplied by Tom Lesser. 2 · Beyond the Law Frontier · Barry Cord · nv Dime Western Magazine Apr 1940 37 · Too Soft for the Owlhoot! · Walt Coburn · nv Dime Western Magazine Apr 1940 64 · Fiddle Yawberry—Fighting Man! · Tom Roan · nv Dime Western Magazine Apr 1940

Pocket Reader Series [#103, Romance Series, 1948] (T.V. Boardman, 6d, 96pp, 4.0" x 5.5") Details supplied by Tom Lesser. 2 · The Golden Road · Eric Hatch · na Good Housekeeping Oct 1941 (+4)

Pocket Reader Series [#104, Detective Tales, 1948] (T.V. Boardman, 6d, 96pp, 4.0" x 5.5") Partial reprint of the April 1940 issue of Detective Tales. Details supplied by Tom Lesser. 2 · The Corpse Promoter [Cash Wale] · Peter Paige · na Detective Tales Apr 1940 54 · Clothes Make the Corpse! · D. L. Champion · ss Detective Tales Apr 1940 64 · The Brass-Button Murders [John Wade] · William R. Cox · nv Detective Tales Apr 1940

Pocket Reader Series [#105, Western Stories, 1948] (T.V. Boardman, 6d, 96pp, 4.0" x 5.5") Partial reprint of the April 1940 issue of Dime Western Magazine. Details supplied by Tom Lesser. 2 · Thirty Wagons to Hell · Harry F. Olmsted · na Dime Western Magazine Apr 1940 49 · Way-Station for Horse Thieves · Dee Linford · nv Dime Western Magazine Apr 1940 83 · Gunman Godfather · Lloyd Eric Reeve · ss Dime Western Magazine Apr 1940

Pocket Reader Series [#106, Romance Series, 1948] (T.V. Boardman, 6d, 96pp, 4.0" x 5.5") Details supplied by Tom Lesser. 2 · Bright Star · Eric Hatch · na The American Magazine Dec 1942 (+2), as “Star Bright”

Pocket Reader Series [#107, Detective Tales, 1948] (T.V. Boardman, 6d, 96pp, 4.0" x 5.5") Partial reprint of the June 1940 issue of Detective Tales. Details supplied by Tom Lesser. 2 · No Miracles in Murder [Edward Carl Flame (Dr. Flame)] · Norbert Davis · nv Detective Tales Jun 1940 30 · Blood Feeds the Flames [Fire Marshal Ben Pedley] · Stewart Sterling · nv Detective Tales Jun 1940 66 · The Devil’s Mouthpiece · B. B. Fowler · nv Detective Tales Jun 1940

Pocket Reader Series [#108, Western Stories, 1948] (T.V. Boardman, 6d, 96pp, 4.0" x 5.5") Details supplied by Tom Lesser. 2 · Brand of the Tombstone Killer · Roy de S. Horn · nv Dime Western Magazine May 1940 35 · Junk-Heap Lawman · Harry F. Olmsted · ss Ace-High Western Magazine Aug 1936 50 · Furlough from the Gun Trails · Philip Ketchum · ss Dime Western Magazine May 1940 78 · The Gunsmoke Ha’ant of Black Bute · Dee Linford · ss Dime Western Magazine May 1940

Pocket Reader Series [#109, Romance Stories, 1948] (T.V. Boardman, 6d, 96pp, 4.0" x 5.5") Details supplied by Tom Lesser. 2 · Amateur Siren · Peggy Gaddis · nv 1940 31 · Heartbreak · Gertrude Curtis Ryan · pm (r) 32 · Free Love · Elaine Heyward · ss (r) 52 · She Wanted Excitement · Claire Pomeroy · nv (r) 78 · Forever Yours · Martha Dorman Arthur · ss (r)

Pocket Reader Series [#110, Detective Tales, 1948] (T.V. Boardman, 6d, 96pp, 4.0" x 5.5") Partial reprint of the June 1940 issue of Detective Tales. Details supplied by Tom Lesser. 2 · Corpses on the Force [John Wade] · William R. Cox · nv Detective Tales Jun 1940 34 · Tell Her That You Saw Me · Dane Gregory · ss Detective Tales Jun 1940 50 · Boy Meets Girl—in Hell · Costa Carousso · ss Detective Tales Jun 1940 66 · Hate and the Captain’s Lady · Leslie T. White · ss Detective Tales Jun 1940 83 · Key to a Killer’s Heart · Wyatt Blassingame · ss Detective Tales Jun 1940

Pocket Reader Series [#111, Western Stories, 1948] (T.V. Boardman, 6d, 96pp, 4.0" x 5.5") Details supplied by Tom Lesser. 2 · Gun-Partners of the Overland Mails · Walt Coburn · nv Dime Western Magazine May 1940 70 · Free Land Bought in Blood · L. L. Thompson · nv (r)

Pocket Reader Series [#112, Romance Stories, 1948] (T.V. Boardman, 6d, 96pp, 4.0" x 5.5") Details supplied by Tom Lesser. 2 · Loves Tries Twice · Ruth Herbert · nv 39 · As Is · Grace Meredith · pm 40 · Stand in for Love · Dorothy Street · nv 66 · Patsy Took Happiness · Gertrude Schalk · ss 85 · Love Lasts Five Years · Ruth Brown · ss

Pocket Reader Series [#113, Detective Tales, 1949] (T.V. Boardman, 6d, 64pp, 4.75" x 6.75") Partial reprint of the February 1940 issue of Detective Tales. Details supplied by Tom Lesser. 2 · Cash for a Killer [Race Williams] · Carroll John Daly · na Dime Detective Magazine Feb 1940 62 · History of the New York Underworld · Anon. · cl (r) 64 · Oddities in Crime · Anon. · cl (r)

Pocket Reader Series [#114, Western Stories, 1949] (T.V. Boardman, 6d, 64pp, 4.0" x 5.5") Details supplied by Tom Lesser. 2 · Kill That Rio Rebel! · Bob Obets · na New Western Magazine Jul 1946 38 · Hell-on-the-Hoof! · Charles Irwin · ss New Western Magazine Jul 1946 52 · Wolver! · John Bodrero · ss New Western Magazine Jul 1946

Pocket Reader Series [#115, Romance Stories, 1949] (T.V. Boardman, 6d, 64pp, 4.0" x 5.5") Issue not found. Need Contents

Pocket Reader Series [#116, Western Stories, 1949] (T.V. Boardman, 6d, 64pp, 4.0" x 5.5") Partial reprint of the October 10, 1942 issue of Wild West Weekly. Details supplied by Tom Lesser. 2 · Dinero for the Devil [The Border Eagle] · Philip F. Deere (by Walker A. Tompkins) · na Street & Smith’s Wild West Weekly Oct 10 1942 41 · Sheriff’s Savvy · Walker Tompkins · ss Street & Smith’s Wild West Weekly Oct 10 1942 51 · Western Quiz · Anon. · qz Street & Smith’s Wild West Weekly Oct 10 1942, as “¿Quien Sabe?” 52 · Use a Gun or Forget It! · Jack Sterrett · ss Street & Smith’s Wild West Weekly Oct 10 1942

Pocket Reader Series [#117, Detective Tales, 1949] (T.V. Boardman, 6d, 64pp, 4.0" x 5.5") Partial reprint of the February 1940 issue of Detective Tales, plus one story from elsewhere. Details supplied by Tom Lesser. 2 · Death Deals in Dust [Ethan Burr] · Russell Gray · nv Strange Detective Mysteries May 1940 30 · Tough on Rats · Leslie T. White · ss Dime Detective Magazine Feb 1940 49 · The Corpse with the Missing Finger · Anon. · ss Dime Detective Magazine Feb 1940, as by Riley Williams 62 · Fantastic but True · Anon. · ia (r)

Pocket Reader Series [#118, Western Stories, 1949] (T.V. Boardman, 6d, 64pp, 4.0" x 5.5") Partial reprint of the August 1947 issue of Big-Book Western Magazine. Details supplied by Tom Lesser. 2 · Open Up Those Boothill Gates! · Tom Roan · na Big-Book Western Magazine Aug 1947 34 · The Hunted · Harrison Colt · ss Big-Book Western Magazine Aug 1947 50 · Keko’s on the Kill! [Keko] · Anon. · ss Big-Book Western Magazine Aug 1947, as by Harold F. Cruickshank 63 · Frontier Oddities · Anon. · ia Big-Book Western Magazine Aug 1947, as by Waggener & Robbins

Pocket Reader Series [#119, Detective Tales, 1949] (T.V. Boardman, 6d, 64pp, 4.75" x 6.75") Details supplied by Tom Lesser. 2 · Crime on My Hands · Tom Marvin · nv New Detective Magazine Nov 1948 27 · Mayhem in the A.M. · Frank Donovan · ss Detective Tales Sep 1948 30 · The Corpse Is Familiar · Bruce Cassiday · ss Detective Tales Sep 1948 43 · Easy Kill · Talmage Powell · ss Detective Tales Sep 1948 58 · Last Stop · Henry Guth · ss New Detective Magazine Nov 1948

Pocket Reader Series [#120, Western Stories, 1949] (T.V. Boardman, 6d, 64pp, 4.0" x 5.5") Issue not found. Need Contents

Pocket Reader Series [#121, Romance Stories, 1949] (T.V. Boardman, 6d, 64pp, 4.0" x 5.5") Details supplied by Tom Lesser. 2 · His Unconditional Surrender · Mara King · ss 21 · Kindly Omit Kisses · Peggy Hunt · ss 32 · In Love by Mistake · Ruth Ferrari · ss 40 · Dangerous Attraction · Blake Reed · ss 58 · She Threw Love Away · Anon. · ss

Pocket Reader Series [#122, Western Stories, 1950] (T.V. Boardman, 6d, 64pp, 4.0" x 5.5") Partial reprint of the June 1946 issue of New Western Magazine. Details supplied by Tom Lesser. 2 · Brannigan Deals with the Devil [Big Sam Brannigan] · Joseph Chadwick · na New Western Magazine Jun 1946 36 · Only Fools Die for Gold! · Prentice A. Burlingham · ss New Western Magazine Jun 1946 51 · The Better Badman · Harry F. Olmsted · ss New Western Magazine Jun 1946

Pocket Reader Series [#123, Detective Tales, 1950] (T.V. Boardman, 6d, 64pp, 4.75" x 6.75") Who’ll Carry My Coffin? · W. Lee Herrington · ss Dime Detective Magazine Oct 1948 My Husband Dies Slowly · John D. MacDonald · ss Dime Detective Magazine Oct 1948 Doubled in Danger · Bruce Cassiday · ss Dime Detective Magazine Oct 1948 Call Your Murder Signals! · John D. MacDonald · ss Dime Detective Magazine Jun 1948 Just Dumb Enough [O’Toole] · Booton Herndon · ss Detective Tales Nov 1948

Pocket Reader Series [#124, Western Stories, 1950] (T.V. Boardman, 6d, 96pp, 4.75" x 6.75") Details supplied by Tom Lesser. 2 · The Long Arm of the Law · James Shaffer · nv 1946 28 · Through Hell to Glory · Van Cort · nv New Western Magazine Mar 1946 43 · Face Front to Danger! · Rolland Lynch · ss New Western Magazine Mar 1946 50 · Tunin’ Tedro—Triangle Buster [Tunin’ Tedro] · Giff Cheshire · ss New Western Magazine Mar 1946 62 · Five Men for the Hanging-Bee! · Walt Coburn · nv New Western Magazine Oct 1946

Pocket Reader Series [#125, Detective Tales, 1950] (T.V. Boardman, 6d, 96pp, 4.75" x 6.75") Partial reprint of the July 1948 issue of Dime Detective Magazine. Details supplied by Tom Lesser. 2 · Dolls of Death [Jim Bennett] · Robert Martin · nv Dime Detective Magazine Jul 1948 43 · Our Favorite Corpse · Dwight V. Swain · ss Dime Detective Magazine Jul 1948 56 · Whistle-Stop Mayhem · Bryce Walton · nv Dime Detective Magazine Jul 1948 86 · Vacation from Violence · John Polito · ss Dime Detective Magazine Jul 1948

Pocket Reader Series [#126, Western Stories, 1950] (T.V. Boardman, 6d, 96pp, 4.75" x 6.75") Partial reprint of the May 1947 issue of New Western Magazine, plus a single story from elsewhere. Details supplied by Tom Lesser. 2 · That Bank-Bustin’ Buckaroo! · Walt Coburn · nv New Western Magazine May 1947 35 · Bitter Brew for Bildad [Bildad Shane] · Gunnison Steele · nv New Western Magazine May 1947 58 · Safe—Like a Snowball in Hell! · Marvin De Vries · ss New Western Magazine May 1947 82 · Trixie—Amateur Town Tamer [Trixie] · Barnie Stacy · ss New Western Magazine May 1947

Pocket Reader Series [#127, Romance Stories, 1950] (T.V. Boardman, 6d, 96pp, 4.75" x 6.75") Details supplied by Tom Lesser. 2 · When Heartbreakers Meet! · Lucinda Baker · nv (r) 23 · If She Hadn’t Pretended · Corinne Manners · ss (r) 35 · The Danger in Loving Him · Kathryn Keeley · ss (r) 51 · Front-Page Fiancé · Verna Munday · ss (r) 64 · Manhattan Flirt! · Helen Gray · ss (r) 81 · Those Practice Dates · Felice Hart · ss (r) 94 · Are You Afraid of the Past? · Ruth Leslie · ar (r)