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    Lilliput [v36 #1, #211, January 1955] (2/-, 80pp, octavo, cover by Victoria)
    Down to 80 pages.
    • 4 · The Buckden Feast · Lemuel Gulliver · cl
    • 9 · Death in the Tall Grass · Sandy Sanderson · ar; hunting.
    • 13 · Change of Wind · James Helvick · ss
    • 16 · The Mystery of the Edwardian Pin-ups · [The Editors] · pi; feature on pin-ups by ‘Bert’ and querying his identity.
    • 18 · The Awful Example of Fly-Away-Peter · Charles Raven · ar
    • 21 · I Don’t Count Mexicans · John Prebble · ss
    • 28 · A Are You a Ladies’ Man? · [Various] · qz
    • 29 · One Man and His Cars · Anon. · ar; motoring feature.
    • 32 · Never the Bride · Patrick Campbell · ar
    • 39 · The Mess · John Masters · ss
    • 42 · The Boston Tar-Baby · Richard Lane · ar; about boxer Sam Langford.
    • 46 · Red Granite Water, Peat Reek and the Lord’s Good Time · S. L. Solon · ar
    • 48 · The Woman in the Case · Edgar Lustgarten · ar; about Alma Rattenbury.
    • 63 · Good Books Lately · [Various] · br
    • 65 · Shooting for the first time · Patrick Campbell · ar
    • 68 · A Man and His Tailor · Graham · hu; cartoon sequence.

    Lilliput [v36 #4, #214, April 1955] (2/-, 80pp, octavo, cover by Victoria, [?])
    From this issue the magazine becomes side stapled.
    • 4 · In Search of Suky · Lemuel Gulliver · cl
    • 13 · Putting Our Backs Into Things · Nicholas Butler · ss
    • 16 · Suicide on the Little Big Horn · John Prebble · ar
    • 25 · The Girls That Thrilled Grand-Pa · Anon. · pi; feature on La Vie Parisienne, not dissimilar to that in the March 1944 issue.
    • 31 · I Was the Law · Charles Raven · ar
    • 33 · When the Ids Broke Out · Jensen · hu; cartoon sequence.
    • 44 · The Eyes Have It · Patrick Campbell · ar
    • 46 · A Man About the House · Graham · hu; cartoon sequence.
    • 49 · “Until You Be Dead—” · Anon. · ar 1864; eyewitness account of a hanging in 1864.
    • 52 · Britain’s Big Brother · Richard Lane · ar; about Lord Kitchener.
    • 56 · The Corpse de ma Tante · Gerald Kersh · nv The Saturday Evening Post Mar 12 1955, as “The Woman Who Wouldn’t Stay Dead”
    • 64 · Good Books Lately · [Various] · br

    Lilliput [v37 #3, #219, September 1955] (2/-, 80pp, octavo, cover by Victoria, [?])
    The letter column includes responses by Patrick Moore and Francis Wykes to Solon’s article about whether we have landed on the Moon.

    Lilliput [v37 #4, #220, October 1955] (2/-, 88pp, octavo, cover by Victoria, [?])
    This issue 88 pages the extra given over to adverts. Jack Hargreaves’s name vanishes as Managing Editor, though the others remain in their roles. The fashion pages (70-71) are photographed by “Ken Russell”. I wonder!

    Lilliput [v37 #5, #221, November 1955] (2/-, 80pp, octavo, cover photo)
    From this issue the cover paintings change to glamour photos. Internally there are now many full colour illustrations rather than two-tone. Also the editorial names all vanish. This may be when William Richardson became editor.

    Lilliput [v38 #2, #224, February 1956] (2/-, 80pp, octavo, cover photo)
    • 5 · “But Keep It Under Your Drier” · Lemuel Gulliver · cl
    • 9 · The Adventures of René Cutforth: 2. The Reverend · René Cutforth · ts
    • 13 · What’s Wrong with British Sport?—How to Put It Right · Anon. · ar
    • 16 · Cooter James · Jack Schaefer · ss Collier’s Jan 12 1952; western. from The Canyon.
    • 24 · Love Among the Cave-Men · Siggs · hu; cartoons.
    • 25 · A Story That Reflects Credit on Practically Everybody · Charles Raven · ar
    • 27 · A.D. 2056 · Sir George Thomson · ex (r); from The Foreseeable Future, Cambridge University Press, 1955.
    • 28 · Queen of all She surveys · S. L. Solon · ar; about American beauty.
    • 31 · Through-Coach · Peter Towry · ss
    • 34 · How to Dance the Mambo · Russ Allen · ar
    • 36 · Room for another on Top? · Ronald Clarke · ar; about stegophily.
    • 42 · Foxing the Krauts · John Baker White · ex (r); from The Big Lie.
    • 43 · A Banger for a Monkey · David Langdon · hu; cartoons.
    • 45 · The Smile of Sgt. Musa · R. Stanley Morton · ss
    • 50 · The Big Fellow · Richard Lane · ar; about Michael Collins.
    • 54 · A Man Entertains · Graham · hu; cartoon sequence.
    • 56 · K2 Conquered! · Ardito Desio · ts
    • 62 · Good Books Lately · [Various] · br
    • 65 · Value for Money · Franklin Engelmann · ms; holiday supplement.
    • 72 · The Shape of Things to Come · Jon Pertwee · pi; fashion!

    Lilliput [v38 #3, #225, March 1956] (2/-, 80pp, octavo, cover photo)
    • 5 · Sitting Duck · Lemuel Gulliver · cl
    • 9 · First Aid on the Second Front · Richard Gordon · ts; start of series “Where the Fighting was Thinnest” about people’s wartime recollections.; illustrated by Norman Thelwell
    • 13 · The Vanishing Jezebel · Roly Larson · ar; on prostitution.
    • 16 · Rupert at Naseby · Hugh Ross Williamson · ar
    • 25 · What’s Wrong with British Sport?—The Great Amateur Sham · Anon. · ar
    • 28 · Death on the Longsand · G. Goldsmith Carter · ar; about a shipping tragedy in the Thames in January 1881.
    • 30 · Three in a Peter · Charles Raven · ar
    • 32 · An Orchid or a Brussels-Sprout? · S. L. Solon · ar; about English beauty.
    • 35 · Scandal in Bohemia · Guy Deghy & Keith Waterhouse · ex (r); from Café Royal.
    • 38 · The Big Marlin · Francis de Wolfe · ss
    • 42 · I Mustn’t Be a Bully, Ma’am · Cecil Beaton · ex (r); from It Gives Me Great Pleasure.
    • 45 · Perfectly Suited · David Langdon · hu; cartoons.
    • 47 · Excellent Turn-out · Alan Roland · ex (r); from Guardsman.
    • 50 · The Diffident Dynamiter · Richard Lane · ar; about Alfred Nobel.
    • 54 · A Man and His Sport · Graham · hu; cartoon sequence.
    • 56 · The Ball of Paper · William Cooper · ss
    • 63 · Good Books Lately · [Various] · br
    • 66 · It’s Our Staple Tipple · Malcolm Monteith · ar (r); Lilliput Beer Report, Part 1.

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