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Esquire [v14 #5, #84, November 1940] ed. Arnold Gingrich (50¢, 192pp, 10" x 13", cover by L. S. Soderstrom) (Full Text) Listing fiction, poetry, and selected articles. 26 · Fire on Queer Street · J. C. Furnas · ar 28 · The Male Climacteric · Russel Blake · ar 30 · No Harm in Trying · F. Scott Fitzgerald · ss 33 · They Asked for Food · Humphrey Hume · hu 36 · The Case of Mr. Pelham · Anthony Armstrong · ss 39 · Exit · Phil Stack · pm; illustrated by Varga 44 · Homecoming at State · Herb Graffis · ss 48 · Bison Bill and Johnnie Bull · Eric Knight · ss 50 · A Word to the Wise · John Collier · vi 55 · Lost in Jerusalem · Manuel Komroff · ss 58 · Beauty and the Buyer · Parke Cummings · hu 60 · Milly and Johnny Were Lovers · Sándor Hunyady · ss 68 · To Whom It May Concern · Doug Welch · hu 70 · Isle of Nuts! Isle of Nuts! · Donald Barr Chidsey · ar 78 · Call, Quailie, Call! · Ben East · ar 80 · Restaurant Riccardo · Donald Hough · ar 82 · Poachers, the Rum, and the Preacher · Edmund Ware · ss 95 · The House of Pain · Irwin Shaw · ss

Esquire [v14 #6, #85, December 1940] ed. Arnold Gingrich (50¢, 292+72pp, 10" x 13", cover by L. S. Soderstrom) (Full Text) Listing fiction, poetry, and selected articles. 40 · Black Eagle of Harlem · Ivan Sandrof · ar 51 · Dialogues in the Desert · Manuel Komroff · ss 59 · The Awakening of Jan · Charles O’Neal · ss 60 · Preparedness, American-Style · Joseph Barber, Jr. · ar 62 · A Patriotic Short · F. Scott Fitzgerald · ss 67 · Stalking the Seal · Jim Kjelgaard · ss 68 · Granada, Oh! Granada · Lloyd Mallan · ar 68 · Dark Night of the Soul · Federico García Lorca · pm 70 · Land of the Pilgrim’s Pride · Alexander Hunter · ss 84 · The Last Round Up · Jesse Stuart · ss 86 · Ty Cobb Says Baseball Is Slipping · Frederick R. Bechdolt · ar 91 · A Success Story · Timothy G. Turner · hu 99 · Triumph of Justice · Irwin Shaw · ss 100 · An Abstractionist Is Born · Morrison Colladay · hu 107 · None but the Brave · Bucklin Moon · ss 112 · For a Hexless Xmas · Mark Ashley · ar 130 · The Cruise of the Lola Montez · Louis Paul · ss 135 · The Gears of Doom · Georges Surdez · ss 148 · You’re Not So Hot Yourself · Parke Cummings · hu

Esquire [v15 #1, #86, January 1941] ed. Arnold Gingrich (50¢, 180pp, 10" x 13", cover by L. S. Soderstrom) (Full Text) Listing fiction, poetry, and selected articles. 23 · The Eighty-Yard Run · Irwin Shaw · ss 28 · Blondes Get All the Breaks · Anonymous · ar 30 · Beheading of John the Baptist · Manuel Komroff · ss 33 · Squire Dinwiddy · Erskine Caldwell · ss 34 · The Melee of the Mages · Paul Gallico · hu 36 · On the Trail of Pat Hobby [Pat Hobby] · F. Scott Fitzgerald · ss 37 · Jean Parker · Hurrell · pt 39 · “Remember Me?” · George Petty · il 41 · For the Love of Brass · Jesse Stuart · ss 47 · The Wake of the Ribald Armenian · Sándor Hunyady · ss 48 · Ladies Are Lousy Drivers · Robert W. Marks & Hart Stilwell · hu 50 · Us and the Old Coot · Louis Zara · ss 56 · The Ninth U.S. Infantry · James Warner Bellah & Compton Pakenham · ar 58 · With Love, from Smiley · Jack Byrne · ss 60 · Art Thou Romeo? · Marvin Lewis · ar 68 · Women Are Funny People · Eldon Roark · hu 70 · The Birthday Horse · Courtney O’Brien · ss 75 · Double Trouble · Phil Stack · pm; illustrated by Varga 80 · One-Eyed Poacher Indulges Holiness · Edmund Ware · ss 84 · Alajálov: Clown or Hamlet · Harry Salpeter · ar [Constantin Alajálov] 85 · A Group of Paintings · Constantin Alajálov · il

Esquire [v15 #2, #87, February 1941] ed. Arnold Gingrich (Esquire Inc., 50¢, cover by L. S. Soderstrom) (Full Text) Details supplied by Richard Fidczuk from Table of Contents. 23 · The Crazy Torpedo · Len Zinberg · ss 28 · The Bulletproof Hidalgo · Franz Werfel · ss 47 · The Lepers in the Wilderness · Manuel Komroff · ss 50 · Where Love Is a Lot of Fun · Donald Barr Chidsey · ar 52 · Women Are Bad Providers · Sándor Hunyady · ss 54 · The Cholo Candy · Peter Viertel · ss 59 · On an Ocean Wave · Paul Elgin · ss 64 · Fun in an Artist’s Studio [Pat Hobby] · F. Scott Fitzgerald · ss 83 · First Nights and Passing Judgments · George Jean Nathan · th

Esquire [v15 #3, #88, March 1941] ed. Arnold Gingrich (50¢, 10" x 13", cover by L. S. Soderstrom) (Full Text) Listing fiction, poetry, and selected articles. 27 · The Last of the Confucianists · Lin Yutang · ar 30 · A Pair of Vikings · Conrad Aiken · ss 36 · Soldier of the Realm · James Ramsey Ullman · ss 39 · We’ve Got Nothing on Her · George Petty · il 44 · Murder in Fly Time · John Russell · ss 48 · At the Fertility Sing · Eric Howard · ss 50 · “The Gentle Rain” · Stanley Logan · ss 53 · Two Old-Timers · F. Scott Fitzgerald · ss 58 · A Lady to the Last · Sándor Hunyady · ss 67 · Come, Follow Me! · Manuel Komroff · ss 70 · Dieterle Among the Lilliputians · Sidney Carroll · ar 75 · Hymn to Diana · Phil Stack · pm; illustrated by Varga 79 · A Quiet Wedding · William Hazlett Upson · ss 80 · Football’s Fifth Column · Hermann B. Deutsch · ar 91 · Doreen McKay · Hurrell · pt

Esquire [v15 #4, #89, April 1941] ed. Arnold Gingrich (50¢, 10" x 13", cover by L. S. Soderstrom) (Full Text) Listing fiction, poetry, and selected articles. 27 · “Somebody Stole My Car!” · Lt. John T. Kelly · ar 28 · Offensive in the Spring · Frank Nagy · ss 30 · Nantucket Sleigh Ride · Jeremiah Digges · ar 33 · The End of a Long Journey · Manuel Komroff · ss 34 · The Yellow Man’s Adolf · Irving Wallace · ar [Fumimaro Konoe] 36 · Mightier Than the Sword · F. Scott Fitzgerald · ss 41 · Soldier of Occupation · Alfredo Segre · ss 42 · The Taming of Valenti · John Fante · ss 47 · The Calling Cards of Mr. Engle · Louis Paul · ss 50 · The General Woke at Dawn · Conrad Phillips · ss 55 · Rain in Tanyard Hollow · Jesse Stuart · ss 56 · Rinaldo and His Rabbit · Ernst Behrendt · ss 58 · The Fixed Grin · Robert Kinney · ss 60 · I Lost My Hedy · Donald Hough · ar [Hedy Lamarr] 67 · The Black Hand Terror · Anonymous · ar 68 · Breath in the Afternoon · Edmund Ware · ss 75 · “To Mary from Keith” · Phil Stack · pm; illustrated by Varga 77 · The Fall of the Funny Papers · Michael Wilson · fa; backward glance from 2000 A.D. at Superman’s siege against Tracy, Tarzan, et al, for rule of the comics. 79 · The World on a Silver Plate · Gene Rider · ss

Esquire [v15 #5, #90, May 1941] ed. Arnold Gingrich (50¢, 10" x 13") (Full Text) Listing fiction, poetry, and selected articles. 27 · Time and Detroit Can Do It · Clyde Vandeburg · ar 28 · Le Dernier Cri · Lkaus Mann · ss 30 · A Marriage of Convenience · L. A. G. Strong · ss 34 · The Ghost Town of Rhyolite · Edwin Corle · ar 37 · Northward Ho! · Robert W. Marks · ar 45 · Eighth Wonder of the World · George Weller · ar 46 · No Middle Ground · Justin Sturm · ss 53 · The Genial Governor of Judea · Manuel Komroff · ss 55 · Pat Hobby’s College Days [Pat Hobby] · F. Scott Fitzgerald · ss 58 · The Five Mrs. Bectons · George Agnew Chamberlain · ss 63 · When the Hen Crows · Jesse Stuart · ss 66 · Black Sea Excursion · Cedric Seager · ss 68 · That Crazy Sheepherder · Lynn Montross · ss 75 · The Mountain of God · Michael Taaffe · ss 94 · Adolf Helm: Happy Artist · Harry Salpeter · ar [Adolf Helm]

Esquire [v15 #6, #91, June 1941] ed. Arnold Gingrich (Esquire Inc., 50¢, cover by L. S. Soderstrom) (Full Text) Details supplied by Richard Fidczuk from Table of Contents. 29 · The Woman from Twenty-One · F. Scott Fitzgerald · ss 41 · A Morning in Court · Manuel Komroff · ss 46 · The Faraway Atoll · Wilmon Menard · ss 53 · The “Fitified” Man · Jesse Stuart · ss 65 · Once a Cowboy · Eric Howard · ss 76 · The One-Eyed Poacher’s Paradise · Edmund Ware · ss 80 · First Nights and Passing Judgments · George Jean Nathan · th 86 · The Long Embrace · Mark Schorer · ss

Esquire [v16 #1, #92, July 1941] ed. Arnold Gingrich (50¢, 10" x 13") (Full Text) Listing fiction, poetry, and selected articles. 23 · Muscle-Man in Memoriam · William H. Hendrix · ar 24 · Dad’s Day at State · E. L. Gray · ss 27 · The Prodigal Marquis · Sidney Carroll · ar 30 · On the Bench · Louis Zara · ss 39 · Since Father Was a Pup · Mark Ashley · ss 41 · Three Hours Between Planes · F. Scott Fitzgerald · ss 44 · The Wizard of Wump · Wilmon Menard · ss 51 · Unhappy Promotion Day · Charles Samuels · ss 52 · A Corporal Under Protest [Smoot] · Louis Paul · ss 54 · The First Born Son · Ernest Buckler · ss 58 · Make Mine with Water · Critchell Rimington · ar 63 · Within the Arena · Manuel Komroff · ss 66 · Old Men’s Plans · Oliver La Farge · ss 70 · Daughter of Danny the Red · Roderick Lull · ss 76 · Bygone Big Shots · Hart Stilwell · ar 83 · Curves Are Trumps · Phil Stack · pm; illustrated by Varga

Esquire [v16 #2, #93, August 1941] ed. Arnold Gingrich (50¢, 10" x 13") (Full Text) Listing fiction, poetry, and selected articles. 20 · Cheers and Jeers · Billy Evans · ar 22 · The Year That Had No Summer · Morton Stern · ss 26 · Sergeants Are Heartless [Smoot] · Louis Paul · ss 28 · The Miracle of Miracles · Manuel Komroff · ss 30 · The Case of the Thin Actor · Walter Schoenstedt · ss 37 · Quest for Jungle Favor · Paul Annixter · ss 40 · Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney, Sark · Allan Seager · ss 45 · Petty Girl · George Petty · il 47 · When the Earth Trembles · Stuart Lillico · ar 50 · History of a Man of Pulp · Martin Aver Cohen · ss 52 · The Widow’s Son · Roderick Lull · ss 54 · Airplanes on the Ceiling · Charles E. Planck · ar 59 · Story of a Ship’s Writer · Weston Hill · ss 64 · The Man Who Made Peace · Hamilton Basso · ss 70 · The Farmer Takes a Horse · Joe Abrams · ss 77 · Cute Trick · Phil Stack · pm; illustrated by Varga 82 · The Shades of Night · George Armstrong · ss 89 · Etiquette for Shipwrecks · Leonard Dankmar Wyle · ar

Esquire [v16 #3, #94, September 1941] ed. Arnold Gingrich (quarto) (Full Text) Details supplied by Paul Di Filippo. 27 · The End of Hitler · Rupert Hughes · ar 29 · A Tale of the Sea · Will F. Jenkins · ss 32 · The Heart of a Broken Story · J. D. Salinger · ss 46 · The General and the Soup · Joe Abrams · ss 49 · Petty Girl · George Petty · il 53 · The Great Devil Fish · Bob Russell · ss 54 · Dollar-a-Day Paradises: Part II · Martin Torrence · ar 58 · Grampa Birdwell’s Last Battle · Jesse Stuart · ss 76 · The Pearl Pelican · Paul T. Gilbert · ss 83 · Red Means Go · Phil Stack · pm; illustrated by Varga 86 · I’ll Stick with McNeill · John R. Tunis · ar 87 · Kovacs the Clown Will Win · Art Cohn · ar Elegant Erratum of M. Laquelle · Henri Troyat · ss The Cycle of Myrrh · Manuel Komroff · ss The Real Viennese Schmaltz · Budd Wilson Schulberg · ss A Case of Sabotage · Louis Paul · ss One Must Carry On · Louis Paul · ss

Esquire [v16 #4, #95, October 1941] ed. Arnold Gingrich (50¢, 10" x 13") (Full Text) Listing fiction, poetry, and selected articles. 27 · That Was Europe · Martin Torrence · ar 29 · The Indian Ocean Sits and Smiles · George Slocombe · ss 32 · The Sunday of Psalms and Prophecy · Manuel Komroff · ss 39 · Hawaiian Hospitality · Thomas Blake Clark · ar 41 · The Day of the Storm · William Brandon · ss 42 · The Conversion of Thunderpuss · Peter De Vries · ss 46 · Time Out of Mind · Sidney Carroll · ss 49 · “Just Another Proposal...” · George Petty · il 54 · The Diary of Death · Edmund Ware · ss 58 · “...as Long as Ye Both Shall Live” · Louis Zara · ss 67 · Credo of Men at Arms · Robert T. Souter · ss 70 · The Riddle of Vladimir · Francis G. Spencer · ss 75 · The Pancreas of the Boss · Sándor Hunyady · ss 76 · For the Esprit de Corps [Smoot] · Louis Paul · ss 83 · Yours to Command! · Phil Stack · pm; illustrated by Varga 85 · Roulades and Cadenzas · Carleton Smith · cl 91 · A Hundred Years of Photography · Mark Ashley · ar 102 · La Cava: Complex Realist · Sidney Carroll · ar [Gregory La Cava]

Esquire [v16 #5, #96, November 1941] ed. Arnold Gingrich (50¢, 10" x 13", cover by L. S. Soderstrom) (Full Text) Listing fiction, poetry, and selected articles. 35 · How to Beat the Lie Detector · William Scott Stewart · ar 37 · The Office Butterfly · Samuel Hopkins Adams · ss 42 · Won’t You Come Into the Palace? · Joe Abrams · ss 47 · Johnny-on-the-"Spot" · John S. Getchell · ar 49 · The Conscientious Steward · C. G. Learoyd · ss 50 · The Chocolate Soldier [Smoot] · Louis Paul · ss 54 · Treasure and Trouble Islands · Chester Chatfield · ar 57 · “Oh, General...” · George Petty · il 61 · The Cattle of Tone · E. Harrold · ss 71 · The Mighty Hjalmarson · Arthur Tofte · ss 74 · The Pedigreed Cockroach · Paul T. Gilbert · ss 76 · Ride of the Two Thieves · Manuel Komroff · ss 83 · Publicity Is Like Perfume · Forest Evashevski · ar 88 · First Nights & Passing Judgments · George Jean Nathan · th 91 · Patriotism Minus · Phil Stack · pm; illustrated by Varga 96 · Olivia’s Last Stand · Donald Hough · ar [Olivia de Havilland] 97 · Olivia De Havilland · Hurrell · pt 103 · Red, White and American · Mark Ashley · ar

Esquire [v16 #6, #97, December 1941] ed. Arnold Gingrich (50¢, 10½" x 13") (Full Text) Details taken from www.more-magazines.com 51 · The Lost Halo · Horatio Winslow · ss Alone the Stranger Passes · Manuel Komroff · ss Freeing of Jason Whiteapple · Jesse Stuart · ss Marionettes’ Night Out · Louis Paul · ss Eddie and the Piano · Frank Brookhouser · ss The Lonely Wayfarer · Kurt R. Mattusch · ss The Fortunes of War · Alfred F. Loomis · ss Life Begins for Aunt Margit · Sandor Hunyady · ss 138 · You Can’t Lick the Senator · John D. Weaver · ss Satire: The Deep Sea Christmas Tree · Ernst Behrendt · ss 96 · Some People Are Fools · Donald Hough · ss 126 · The Villain Still Pursued · Joe Abrams · ss A Matter of Offspring · Louis Paul · ss