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Cosmopolitan [v123 #2, August 1947] ed. Arthur Gordon (Hearst Magazines, Inc., 35¢, 168pp+, 8¾" x 12", cover by Coby Whitmore)
fiction only. Details supplied by Richard Fidczuk.

24 · The Sealed Verdict [Part 1 of 4] · Lionel Shapiro · sl
28 · The Last Word · Frank Stevens · ss
32 · The Voice of the Heart · Georges Surdez · ss
34 · A Present for the Bride · Czenzi Ormonde · nv
42 · The Two of Them · William Brandon · ss
44 · Twilight in Capri · Phyllis Bottome · ss
52 · The Enchantress [Part 2 of 2] · Audrey De Graff · sl; illustrated by Gil Elvgren
56 · The Rivals · William O’Farrell · ss
62 · Overnight from San Francisco · Henry Meade Williams · ss
65 · The Last-Minute Miracle · Martin M. Goldsmith · na
165 · They Called Her Mousie · Grace Sartwell Mason · ss

Cosmopolitan [v123 #3, September 1947] ed. Arthur Gordon (Hearst Magazines, Inc., 35¢, 184pp+, 8¾" x 12", cover by Coby Whitmore)
fiction only. Details supplied by Richard Fidczuk.

26 · The Bribe · Frederick Nebel · ss
28 · Out of This World · Hector Chevigny · ss
32 · The Engagement Ring · Elizabeth Enright · ss
36 · The Dispossessed · Richard Sullivan · ss
38 · Carmelita · William E. Barrett · ss
44 · Song for September · Mignon McLaughlin · nv
50 · Sound Effects · S. W. M. Humason · ss
56 · The Sealed Verdict [Part 2 of 4] · Lionel Shapiro · sl
60 · The Trap · Edward Fielding · ss
62 · The Wonderful Day · Czenzi Ormonde · nv
67 · The Circus in the Attic · Robert Penn Warren · na
179 · So Red the Face · Virginia Faulkner · ss Cosmopolitan May 1935

Cosmopolitan [v123 #4, October 1947] ed. Arthur Gordon (Hearst Magazines, Inc., 35¢, 212pp+, 8¾" x 12", cover by Coby Whitmore)
fiction only. Details supplied by Richard Fidczuk.

24 · The Island of Lost Dreams · George Bradshaw · ss
28 · Flesh and the Devil · Mignon McLaughlin · ss
32 · In Touch · John Hersey · ss
34 · Goldie and the Beautiful Brakeman · Charles Hoffman · ss
42 · Welcome to Our City · Edna Ferber · ss
44 · The Enchanted Lake · Vincent Sheean · ss
52 · The Sealed Verdict [Part 3 of 4] · Lionel Shapiro · sl
56 · Joy Bells for Barmy [Drones Club] · P. G. Wodehouse · ss; rewritten from “Dudley Is Back to Normal” (The Strand Magazine, July 1940).; previously published in an abridged form as “A Wedding Has Been Arranged” (Carnival(UK), November 1946).
62 · Unless Love Is Music · Libbie Block · nv
67 · The Enemy · Nelia Gardner White · na
203 · The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber · Ernest Hemingway · nv Cosmopolitan Sep 1936

Cosmopolitan [v123 #5, November 1947] ed. Arthur Gordon (Hearst Magazines, Inc., 35¢, 210pp+, 8¾" x 12", cover by Coby Whitmore)
fiction only. Details supplied by Richard Fidczuk.

23 · The Invisible Key [Part 1 of 3] · Faith Baldwin · sl
28 · The Personal Column · Margot Hill · ss
32 · Once Upon a Horse · Virginia Faulkner · ss
38 · The Wheel · Grant H. Redford · ss
42 · Success Story · Lawrence Williams · ss
44 · Forgive Is Just a Word · Frances Bolton · ss
50 · Poor Baby · Dorothy Parker & Ross Evans · ss
54 · The Sealed Verdict [Part 4 of 4] · Lionel Shapiro · sl
56 · The Stallions · Edmund Gilligan · ss
60 · The Lottery Ticket · Graham Greene · ss The Strand Magazine May/Jun 1947
64 · First Frost · Allan Paris · ss
67 · A Sojourn in Neutralia · Evelyn Waugh · na The Cornhill Magazine Sum 1947, as “Scott-King’s Modern Europe”
207 · The Thousand Dollar Bill · Manuel Komroff · ss Cosmopolitan Sep 1935

Cosmopolitan [v123 #6, December 1947] ed. Arthur Gordon (Hearst Magazines, Inc., 35¢, 206pp+, 8¾" x 12", cover by Coby Whitmore)
fiction only. Details supplied by Richard Fidczuk.

34 · The Cloud · Elizabeth Enright · ss
38 · The Professor and the Bangtails · Elva Williams · ss
42 · Christmas Vigil · Marian Spitzer · ss
44 · Nightfall · Frederick Nebel · ss
48 · Treasure · Vincent Sheean · ss
52 · The Sound and the Fury · Sidney Carroll · ss
54 · Midnight Visitor · Robert Blees · ss
62 · Christmas Is So Expensive · William E. Barrett · ss
68 · Green Is for Jealousy · Dawn Powell · ss
70 · The Invisible Key [Part 2 of 3] · Faith Baldwin · sl
73 · The Inverted Forest · J. D. Salinger · na

Cosmopolitan [v124 #1, January 1948] ed. Arthur Gordon (Hearst Magazines, Inc., 35¢, 166pp+, 8¾" x 12", cover by Coby Whitmore)
Fiction only, from British Library copies. Details supplied by Richard Fidczuk.

29 · Aphrodite in Pine Springs [Part 1 of 2] · Elizabeth Janeway · sl
34 · The Four Words · David Davidson · ss
38 · The Stepmother · Margaret Weymouth Jackson · ss
40 · To Do Her Killing · Laura Z. Hobson · ss
44 · Hannigan and the Pine-Tree Cow · Elliott Chaze · ss
48 · Deep in the Heart · Dale Eunson · ss
50 · The Sniper · Constantine Fitz Gibbon · ss
58 · From an Admirer · Margaret Culkin Banning · ss
62 · The Iron Suit · Saul Levitt · ss
66 · The Invisible Key [Part 3 of 3] · Faith Baldwin · sl
69 · The Long Run · Jerome Weidman · na
163 · Maid of Honor · Katharine Brush · ss Cosmopolitan Sep 1932

Cosmopolitan [v124 #2, February 1948] ed. Arthur Gordon (Hearst Magazines, Inc., 35¢, 182pp+, 8¾" x 12", cover by Coby Whitmore)
Fiction only, from British Library copies. Details supplied by Richard Fidczuk.

33 · Of Good and Evil · George Bradshaw · nv
40 · Pickup · John D. MacDonald · ss
42 · The World and Arthur Royal · Alec Rackowe · ss
44 · Out of the Past · Elick Moll · ss
48 · The Woods-Devil · Paul Annixter · ss
52 · The Wooing of Hester Warren · Walter Brooks · ss
54 · Home Is the Hero · Knox Burger · ss
62 · Sixteen · Gordon Malherbe Hillman · ss
64 · The Ghost of Cherry Street [Lida] · Czenzi Ormonde · nv
66 · Wrong Girl · William E. Barrett · ss
70 · Aphrodite in Pine Springs [Part 2 of 2] · Elizabeth Janeway · sl
73 · Dealers in Illusion · Hugh Pentecost & Blake Cabot · na

Cosmopolitan [v124 #3, March 1948] ed. Arthur Gordon (Hearst Magazines, Inc., 35¢, 192pp+, 8¾" x 12", cover by Coby Whitmore)
Details supplied by Richard Fidczuk from British Library copies.

34 · Peony [Part 1 of 2] · Pearl S. Buck · sl; illustrated by John Clymer
38 · A Time for Love · Edward Fielding · ss; illustrated by Barbara Schwinn
42 · The Paris Hat · May Sarton · ss; illustrated by R. G. Harris
44 · Pau · James Ramsey Ullman · ss; illustrated by Ray Prohaska
48 · Night Flight · Ken W. Purdy · ss; illustrated by Fred Ludekens
52 · The Revolutionary Miss Gibson · Robert Wallsten · ss; illustrated by Varady
54 · The Intruder · William Sansom · ss; illustrated by Al Parker
62 · The Orange Jalopy · Ann Chidester · ss; illustrated by Jon Whitcomb
68 · Slick as Satan · Sophie Kerr · ss; illustrated by Walter Baumhofer
73 · The Girl in the Post Office · Nelia Gardner White · na
190 · The Sweetness of the Twisted Apples · Wallace Stegner · ss

Cosmopolitan [v124 #4, April 1948] ed. Arthur Gordon (Hearst Magazines, Inc., 35¢, 196pp+, 8¾" x 12", cover by Coby Whitmore)
Details supplied by Richard Fidczuk from British Library copies.

33 · Second Marriage · Elisabeth Sanxay Holding · nv; illustrated by Phil Dormont
38 · The Cinderella Switch · Julien Field · ss; illustrated by Ron Whitcomb
42 · Reunion with Time · Grant H. Redford · ss; illustrated by James Bingham
44 · A Legend for Spring Brides · Viña Delmar · ss; illustrated by Harry Fredman
48 · Face to Face · S. W. M. Humason · ss; illustrated by Peterson
52 · Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory · Helen Ormsbee · ss; illustrated by Austin Briggs
54 · Average Woman · Belva Plain · ss; illustrated by J. Frederick Smith
62 · The Silver Sword · James Ramsey Ullman · ss
64 · Peony [Part 2 of 2] · Pearl S. Buck · sl; illustrated by John Clymer
71 · The Crystal Years · Daniel Doan · nv
193 · The Feud · George Loveridge · ss

Cosmopolitan [v124 #5, May 1948] ed. Arthur Gordon (Hearst Magazines, Inc., 35¢, 202pp+, 8¾" x 12", cover by Coby Whitmore)
Details supplied by Richard Fidczuk from British Library copies.

34 · The Blue Sleep [Part 1 of 3] · William E. Barrett · sl
38 · Morning in May · Frank Stevens · ss
42 · Rite of Spring · Mary Sellars · ss
44 · Wild Leather · Norman A. Fox · ss
48 · The Middle of Nowhere · George Surdez · nv
52 · The Bird of Time · Elisabeth Sanxay Holding · ss
54 · The Ambassador’s Egg · Oscar Schisgall · ss
62 · Smart Women Wear Black · Margaret Culkin Banning · ss
64 · The Secret · Charles Cooke · ss
66 · Week End in San Francisco · John & Ward Hawkins · ss
70 · The Girl Who Plotted Her Own Murder · Anthony Abbot · ss
187 · Three Blind Mice · Agatha Christie · na; adapted from the radio play of the same name, first broadcast on the BBC Light Programme, May 30th 1947,; which also later became the basis for The Mousetrap.

Cosmopolitan [v124 #6, June 1948] ed. Arthur Gordon (Hearst Magazines, Inc., 35¢, 8¾" x 12", cover by Coby Whitmore)
Details supplied by Richard Fidczuk from British Library copies.

33 · The Last of Montparnasse · Louis Bromfield · nv
40 · One Night in Cincinnati · Mosser Mauger · ss; illustrated by Jon Whitcomb
44 · The Suitcase from Heaven [Lida] · Czenzi Ormonde · nv
48 · Madame Southpaw · S. W. M. Humason · ss; illustrated by Al Dorne
52 · The Vacation · L. L. Biddle, Jr. · ss; illustrated by George Hughes
54 · Bedlam · Dick Pearce · ss; illustrated by Fred Ludekens
62 · The Blue Sleep [Part 2 of 3] · William E. Barrett · sl; illustrated by Robert Patterson
64 · Lesson in Love · Lester Atwell · ss; illustrated by Fredric Varady
70 · Girl Alone · Janet Graham · ss; illustrated by Michael Mitchell
181 · “Remember, My Love?” · Alec Rackowe · na

Cosmopolitan [v125 #1, July 1948] ed. Arthur Gordon (Hearst Magazines, Inc., 35¢, 172pp+, 8¾" x 12", cover by Coby Whitmore)
Details supplied by Richard Fidczuk from British Library copies.

34 · Who Is Your Judge? · Paul Gallico · nv
38 · Seal Maiden · Phyllis Hambledon · ss
42 · Just the Two of Us · Czenzi Ormonde · ss
48 · The Double Corner · Wallace Stegner · nv
52 · The Head and the Heart · W. C. Heinz · ss
54 · The Affair · Elise Jerard · ss
62 · The Father of the Bride · Hortense Lion · ss
64 · The Temptation of Anthony Sloan · Carl Dreher · nv
70 · The Blue Sleep [Part 3 of 3] · William E. Barrett · sl
158 · Moonlight Behind You · Robert Wallsten · nv
166 · Incident in a Blizzard · Ruth McCoy Harris · nv

Cosmopolitan [v125 #2, August 1948] ed. Arthur Gordon (Hearst Magazines, Inc., 35¢, 172pp+, 8¾" x 12", cover by Coby Whitmore)
Details supplied by Richard Fidczuk from British Library copies.

34 · The Next Voice You Hear... · George Sumner Albee · ss
38 · Comrade Casey [Part 1 of 2] · Philip Wylie · sl
42 · The Almost Perfect Day · S. W. M. Humason · ss
44 · Yes...My Darling Daughter · Marguerite Eyssen · ss
48 · The Case of the Man Who Was Wanted [Sherlock Holmes] · Arthur Conan Doyle (error, actually by Arthur Whitaker) · nv; actually by Arthur Whitaker; he had sent it to Doyle and it was later found in Doyle’s papers.
52 · Beulah · Mary Augusta Rodgers · ss
54 · The Luck (?) of the Irish · John Latham Toohey · ss
58 · Golden Glove · Dorothy Pitkin · ss
62 · Marriage Is No Honeymoon · Jerome Weidman · ss
64 · I’ll Never Let You Go · Mary Hastings Bradley · nv
70 · Bigfoot, the Last Outlaw · Paul Annixter · ss
155 · Long After Summer · Robert Nathan · na

Cosmopolitan [v125 #3, September 1948] ed. Arthur Gordon (Hearst Magazines, Inc., 35¢, 184pp+, 8¾" x 12", cover by Coby Whitmore)
Details supplied by Richard Fidczuk from British Library copies.

34 · On the Beach · Charles Hoffman · nv; illustrated by Jon Whitcomb
40 · Four A.M. [Anne Elizabeth Ward] · Mary Roberts Rinehart · ss; illustrated by William A. Smith
44 · Millicent and the Tiger · George Oppenheimer · ss; illustrated by Al Parker
50 · Blue Melody · J. D. Salinger · nv; illustrated by Lonie Bee
52 · Lida’s First Fling [Lida] · Czenzi Ormonde · ss; illustrated by Harry Anderson
54 · I’ll Give You Some Advice [The Oldest Member] · P. G. Wodehouse · ss; illustrated by Austin Briggs
61 · The Dark Goddess · Pendleton Hogan · ss; illustrated by Euclid Shook & Raymond P. R. Neilson
68 · Comrade Casey [Part 2 of 2] · Philip Wylie · sl
70 · The Quarter · Paul Marcus · ss
167 · Give Me Possession · Paul Horgan · nv
The Art of Happiness · Joshua Loth Liebman · ar
I Knew Jimmy Doolittle When · Lawrence Tibbett · ar
Bluebeard and the Armchair Sleuth · Alan Hynd · ar; illustrated by Fred Siebel
Interview with Hervey Allen · Anon. · iv
$4000 a Week Butler · Stanley Frank · ar
My Biggest Baseball Thrills · Joe DiMaggio · ar
Modern Art · Emily Genauer · ar
Behind the Kremlin · Drew Middleton · ar
A Day in the Life of a Jockey (Ted Atkinson) · W. C. Heinz · ar; illustrated by photos
Lady Bull Fighters · Anon. · ar; illustrated by photos

Cosmopolitan [v125 #4, October 1948] ed. Arthur Gordon (Hearst Magazines, Inc., 35¢, 190pp+, 8¾" x 12", cover by Coby Whitmore)
Fiction only, from British Library copies. Details supplied by Richard Fidczuk.

34 · The Trouble with Men · Ken Purdy · ss
36 · The End of Summer · George Sumner Albee · ss
44 · Debut · George Oppenheimer · ss
46 · The Master of Harrow [Part 1 of 2] · Frank Yerby · sl
48 · The Wedding Guest · Loretta Burrough · ss
56 · The Great American Movie · Erick Moll · ss
58 · Nancy · Elizabeth Enright · ss
167 · Crooked House · Agatha Christie · na

Cosmopolitan [v125 #5, November 1948] ed. Arthur Gordon (Hearst Magazines, Inc., 35¢, 202pp+, 8¾" x 12", cover by Coby Whitmore)
Fiction only, from British Library copies. Details supplied by Richard Fidczuk.

34 · Bring on the Kid · John Godey · ss
36 · Remembrance · Neil S. Boardman · ss
44 · Honor Bright · Max Brand · ss
46 · Because It Is May [Part 1 of 2] · Richard Nossaman · sl
48 · Isla · Dale Eunson · ss
56 · Here’s a Picture of Me, Honey · Albert Williams · ss
58 · The Master of Harrow [Part 2 of 2] · Frank Yerby · sl
179 · Cory · Leo Rosten · na

Cosmopolitan [v125 #6, December 1948] ed. Herbert R. Mayes (Hearst Magazines, Inc., 35¢, 192pp+, 8¾" x 12", cover by C. John Whitcomb)
Fiction only, from British Library copies. Details supplied by Richard Fidczuk.

34 · The Pale Red Room [Part 1 of 2] · Ann Chidester · sl
36 · Second Fiddle · Michael Fessier · ss
40 · But Don’t Get Me Wrong · Pete Stirling Cardozo · ss
46 · The Gallant Second-Storey Man · Martha Gellhorn · ss
48 · Everybody Loves My Baby · Max Shulman · ss
54 · Because It Is May [Part 2 of 2] · Richard Nossaman · sl
56 · The Runaway · Roderick Lull · ss Collier’s Mar 20 1948
58 · The Game · Dorothy Parker & Ross Evans · ss
169 · Fairy Gold · Gerald Kersh · nv

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