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--- see under Western Fiction Magazine (1930s).

--- see under National Home Monthly.

The Western Library was, in Amalgamated Press terms, rather short-lived, running to only 110 issues between 1950 and 1954. The 64-page stories appeared in the same pocket library format as the more famous Sexton Blake Library, sharing with the latter a number of authors (T.C.H. Jacobs, better known as Jacques Pendower, for instance), as well as its editor Len Pratt. Unlike the Blake series, a number of Western Library titles were reprints of American novels, by such famous authors as Ernest Haycox, Max Brand and Clarence E. Mulford (the creator of Hopalong Cassiday). The longest running series was the Lannagan tales of John Hunter, which were translated into picture strips in a companion Cowboy Library. Shorter series included the Careless O’Connor series by Mike M’Cracken (Gordon Landsborough) and the Whip McCord series by Jacobs. Other series may exist.

The title was fully illustrated, with some stunning covers by D.C. Eyles and internal illustrations by the likes of James Holdaway. Details supplied by Steve Holland.

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec mid-Dec
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1950

# 1
Apr # 2
Apr # 3
May # 4
May # 5
Jun # 6
Jun # 7
Jul # 8
Jul # 9
Aug #10
Aug
1950 #11
Sep #12
Sep #13
Oct #14
Oct #15
Nov #16
Nov #17
Dec #18
Dec

1951 #19
Jan #20
Jan #21
Feb #22
Feb #23
Mar #24
Mar #25
Apr #26
Apr #27
May #28
May #29
Jun #30
Jun #31
Jul
1951 #32
Jul #33
Aug #34
Aug #35
Sep #36
Sep #37
Oct #38
Oct #39
Nov #40
Nov #41
Dec #42
Dec

1952 #43
Jan #44
Jan #45
Feb #46
Feb #47
Mar #48
Mar #49
Apr #50
Apr #51
May #52
May #53
Jun #54
Jun #55
Jul
1952 #56
Jul #57
Aug #58
Aug #59
Sep #60
Sep #61
Oct #62
Oct #63
Nov #64
Nov #65
Dec #66
Dec

1953 #67
Jan #68
Jan #69
Feb #70
Feb #71
Mar #72
Mar #73
Apr #74
Apr #75
May #76
May #77
Jun #78
Jun #79
Jul
1953 #80
Jul #81
Aug #82
Aug #83
Sep #84
Sep #85
Oct #86
Oct #87
Nov #88
Nov #89
Dec #90
Dec

1954 #91
Jan #92
Jan #93
Feb #94
Feb #95
Mar #96
Mar #97
Apr #98
Apr #99
May #100
May #101
Jun #102
Jun #103
Jul
1954 #104
Jul #105
Aug #106
Aug #107
Sep #108
Sep #109
Oct #110
Oct

Western Love (about)

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec mid-Dec
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1945

v1 #1
Dec

1946

v1 #2
Feb

v1 #3
Jun

v1 #4
Aug
v1 #5
Oct

v1 #6
Dec

Western Love Romances (about)

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec mid-Dec
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1949

v1 #1
Nov
v1 #2
Dec

1950
v1 #3
Jan
v1 #4
Feb
v2 #1
Mar
v2 #2
Apr
v2 #3
May

Western Love Romances (Canada) (about)

Canadian reprint edition of Western Love Romances.

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec mid-Dec
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1950

Feb

Western Love Stories:

— Western Love Stories

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1930

v3 #3
Dec

1931
v3 #4
Feb
v4 #1
Apr
v4 #2
Jun
v4 #3
Aug
v4 #4
Oct
v5 #1
Dec

1932
v5 #2
Feb
v5 #3
Apr

v5 #4
Jul

— My Love Story

Title changed from Western Love Stories.

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec mid-Dec
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1932

v6 #1
Nov

1933 v6 #2
Jan

— Love Classic

Title changed from My Love Story.

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec mid-Dec
Winter Spring Summer Fall Winter

1933

Mar
Apr
May/Jun

Western Love Story Magazine (about)

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec mid-Dec
Winter Spring Summer Fall Winter

1938

v1 #1
May

v1 #2
Sep

v1 #3
Dec

Western Magazine (1950s) (about)

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec mid-Dec
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1955

v1 #1
Jun

v1 #2
Sep

v1 #3
Dec

1956

v2 #1
Mar

v2 #2
Jul

v2 #3
Oct

1957
v3 #1
Jan

v3 #2
Apr

v4 #1
Jul

v4 #2
Oct

1958

v5 #1
Feb

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