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ARGOSY

A Monthly Magazine of novels, short stories & verse,
containing variant or original contributions by most of the
notable authors of the period.

 
 

ARGOSY.
June 1926-Feb 1974(last issue).
Published in the UK, and not to be confused with the contemporaneous American publication of the same name.
A Monthly Magazine of novels, short stories & verse, containing variant & original contributions from most of the notable authors of the period:- A Bennett, A A Milne, W B Yeats, Dunsany, V Sackville-West, W S Maugham, A Sillitoe, C S Forester, J Masefield, W H Davies, W De la Mare, K Mansfield, J Symons, J Wain, H Williamson, L O'Flaherty, A Christie, R Bradbury, H E Bates, P G Wodehouse, S O'Faolain, J Ballard, J Mortimer, G MacDonald Fraser, B Malamud, Dick Francis, etc. 510 out of the 573 issues published. The bound volumes, from 1926-June 1939 are in excellent condition.
The wraps of the earlier issues tend to be a little frayed & the staples rusted, otherwise the contents are very good and the majority are in very good condition. £2000.00

1926, July. (Conan Doyle, J London, A E W Mason, H G Wells, J K Jerome, Bram Stoker, etc.) No front cover. £10.00
1926, Sept.
(H G Wells, H M Tomlinson, Bram Stoker, etc.) £17.00
1943, May.
(Stories by C Asquith, H Spring, J Masefield, H Treece, A Huxley, etc.) Spine frayed at base. £10.00
1945, June.
(D L Sayers, J Steinbeck, G Kersh, W S Maugham, Q) £10.00
1946, Jan.
(H Treece-The Visitor; M Foster, M Sharp.) £10.00
1946, Feb.
(S O'Faolain, E Bowen, Don Marquis, B Naughton.) £10.00
1946, April.
(Stories by Rhys Davies, B Hecht, B L Jacot, etc.) £10.00
1946, May.
(A Christie, R Davies, L O'Flaherty.) £10.00
1946, June.
(G Kersh, E Blunden, E Phillips, Openheim.) £10.00
1946, Aug.
(Stories by T F Powys, G Kersh-Red Gentleman of Staffordshire, Neil Bell.) £12.00
1946, Sept.
(A.E., W S Maugham, J Thurber, F O'Connor, etc.) £10.00
1946, Nov.
(Stories by Cledwyn Hughes, E Bowen, R Graves-She Tells Her Love While Half Asleep, N Paterson, Neil Bell, etc.) £10.00
1946, Dec.
(Stories by D L Sayers, Rumer Godden, H G Wells, W S Maugham, G Kersh-The Sad Road to the Sea, Sherwood Anderson, etc.) Covers dusty. £16.00
1947, August.
(Poem by W B Yeats. Stories by B L Jacot, W S Maugham, T Aiken, etc.) £10.00
1947, Sept.
(Stories by S V Benet, M Irwin, J Hersey, Q,. Poem by C Day Lewis etc.) £10.00
1947, Oct.
(Stories by L Housman, K Capek, H Fast, Lee Yi-Hsieh translated by H Acton.) £10.00
1947, Nov.
(Stories by J Freeman, W S Maugham, R K Narayan, N Mitchison, A Waley.) £10.00
1947, Dec.
(Stories by V Sackville-West, S V Benet, K Boyle, R K Narayan, L Tolstoy, G Kersh-No 14 Tulip Cresent, K Boyle, N Bell, etc.) £10.00
1948, Jan.
(Stories by N Langley, E Linklater-Sealskin Trousers, O Henry, N Bell, etc.) Upper wrap soiled. Head and foot of spine frayed. £6.00
1948, Feb.
(Stories by A E Coppard, G Kersh-This stuff is Like Cigarette Ash, P Buck, Lord Dunsany, etc.) Spine torn. £10.00
1948, Sept.
(T H White-Cloud Set-a poem in 3 stanzas. First stanza a poem with a different title. Previously printed in "Fair Helen & Other Poems." C S Forster-new Hornblower story. L A G Strong, E Mordaunt, J Atkins, etc.) £12.00
1950, Aug.
(Poem by O Nash. Stories by N Bell, G Kersh-Karmesin and the Big Frost, W Somerset Maugham, R Bradbury, etc.) £10.00
1950, Oct.
(Poems by J Drinkwater, O Nash. Stories by K Allsop, R Bradbury, F O'Connor, A Christie - The Case of the Cretan Bull, etc.) £10.00
1951, June.
(G Household, Dashiell Hammett, R Bradbury, A E Coppard, S Lewis.) £10.00
1951, July.
(R Bradbury, J Collier, G Household.) £10.00
1952, April.
(R Bradbury, D H Lawrence, Carter Dickson.) £10.00
1953, March.
(Stories by A J Cronin, R Bradbury, S N Behrman, G Household, etc.) £10.00
1953, June.
(W Sansom-A Roman Holiday*4pp; E Linklater-Crusader's Key-17pp; R Bradbury, G B Stern.) Spine a little frayed. £10.00
1953, July.
(R Church, John Wyndham, W Collins.) £10.00
1953, Sept.
(E Sitwell, R Bradbury, W Mankowitz.) £10.00
1953, Oct.
(Lord Dunsany-Last Boundary-a story.) £10.00
1953. Nov. (W Sansom, R Bradbury, G Household, J Inglis Hall, N Blakisyon, Bartimeus, T Burke, etc.) £10.00
1954, Jan.
(E Farjeon, J Heath Stubbs, J Pudney, N Monsarrat.) £10.00
1954, Feb.
(Dunsany-Mocking Bird.) £10.00
1954, March
(Stories by J Masters, R Bradbury, G Kersh-Frozen Beauty) £10.00
1954, April.
(W Sansom - A Country Walk 12pp; M Van Doren, N Bell,
G Guareschi, A E Lindop, etc.) £10.00
1954, May.
(D Lessing.) £10.00
1954, June.
(Stories by A C Clarke, C Landon, Cl Hughes, N Marsh, R Eberhart, R Standish, O Nash, etc.) £10.00
1954, Aug. (H E Bates, R Bradbury, John Wyndham, M Van Doren, etc.) Punched through the top margins of some pages - text not affected - not noticeable to start with. £10.00
1954, Sept.
(A Ross, P Gallico, N Balchin, C Brahms, H M Tomlinson.) £10.00
1954, Oct.
(Stories-E J Scovell, J Pudney, B Russell, I A R Wylie, H E Bates, J Steinbeck) £12.00
1954, Nov.
(W Mankowitz, J Steinbeck, G Kersh, R Bradbury.) £12.00
1955, Jan.
(W de la Mare, C Brahms Maidenhair, P Gallico.) Spine torn & part missing. £6.00
1955, Feb.
(R Bradbury, R Standish, P Gallico.) Spine frayed. £10.00
1955, March.
(P Gallico.) £10.00
1955, April.
(Dunsany-Fatal Mistake a short Jorkens story. G Newton.) Tips of spine cellotaped. £10.00
1955, May.
(W de la Mare, O Nash, J Dickson.) £10.00
1955, July.
(J Kirkup, S Tremayne, N Balchin, P Gallico, K Boyle, R Bradbury, J Dickson Carr.) £10.00
1955, Oct.
(H E Bates, G Household, J Wyndham.) Front of spine frayed. £10.00
1955, Dec.
(A Waley, Rhys Davies, P Gallico.) £10.00
1956. Jan. (P Gallico, W Sansom, E Bowen, L Bemelmans, S O'Faolain, D WalkerR Sheckley, etc.)£10.00
1956, Feb.
(A C Clarke, J Betjeman, R Davies.) £10.00
1956, March.
(W Saroyan, R Bradbury.) £10.00
1956, April.
(W Gibson, V Canning, R Bradbury, M Gilbert.) £10.00
1956, Oct.
(Dunsany-Echoing Dream-a story.) £10.00
1956, Dec.
(H A Manhood, C Landon.) £5.00
1957, Feb.
(M Gilbert, S Clopete.) £5.00
1957, March.
(A Gordon, P Ryan, E Gilligan.) £5.00
1957, April.
(Stories by R Bradbury, H E Bates, C Landon, etc.) Tips of spine reinforced. £6.00
1957, May.
(A E Housman, G Household, H A Manhood.) £10.00
1957, July.
(W Mankowitz, S Cloette, C Simak.) £5.00
1957, Sept.
(Rhys Davies, E Bowen, H A Manhood, S Cloette, C Simak.) £8.00
1957, Nov.
(E Linklater-A Sociable Plover(prepublication of the book) - illustrated by Reynolds Stone. Angus Wilson-Men with Bowler Hats.) £10.00
1958, April.
(Stories by H E Bates-Summer Enchantress, G Household, B Mather, etc.) £10.00
1958, Sept.
(Stories by P Gallico, R Bradbury, G Household, C Landon,etc.) £10.00
1958, Oct.
(J Collier, I Hamilton, M Gilbert.) £6.00
1959, Jan.
(O Sitwell, J Silver, A Christie, M Gilbert.) £10.00
1959, March.
(R Dahl, R Bradbury, B Mather.) £10.00
1959, April.
(A Inglis, B Mather.) £5.00
1959, June.
(B Mather, J Thurber, R Bradbury.) £8.00
1959, July.
(N Monsarrat, R Bradbury.) £10.00
1959, Nov.
(H E Bates, P Gallico, G Kersh, G Household.) £10.00
1960, Jan.
(Poem by J Kirkup. Stories by G Household, S Cloete, J Collier, M Armstrong, etc.) £6.00
1960, Feb.
(Stories by G Household, R Bradbury, Mary Stewart, etc.) £10.00
1960, March.
(Stories by Rhys Davies, V Francis, etc. Peter Scott on the Nature of Fear, etc.) £6.00
1960, April.
(G Kersh-Skate's Eyeball, C Landon, B Cleeve, etc.) £10.00
1960, May.
(Stories by E McCarthy, M Gilbert, C Landon, G Household, Elizabeth Taylor, etc.) £6.00
1960, June.
(R Bradbury, S Chaplin, C Landon, etc.) £10.00
1960, Aug.
(Stories by G Kersh-Perfect Camera, J Steinbeck, S O'Faolain, B Cleeve, etc.) £10.00
1960, Sept.
(H E Bates, R Bradbury, V S Pritchett, etc.) £10.00
1960, Oct.
(A Christie, H E Bates.) £10.00
1960, Nov.
(Stories by R Bradbury, P Ryan, E Pargeter, W Mayne, etc.) £10.00
1960, Dec.
(D Caute, G Household, N Mitford, Field Marshal the Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, etc.) £6.00
1961, Jan.
(C S Forester, J Wain, H E Bates, W S Maugham, etc.) £10.00
1961, April.
(D H Lawrence, W Saroyan, B Mather.) £10.00
1961, May.
(R Bradbury, Youngman Carter, A Hitchcock.) £10.00
1961, July.
(R Bradbury, H E Bates.) £10.00
1961, Oct.
(Simenon, I Dinesen.) £10.00
1962, Jan.
(Stories by G Simenon, A Siltoe, N Monsarrat, W McGivern, W Mankowitz.) £10.00
1962, March.
(Donford Yates, Ogden Nash, P Gallico.) Scruffy. £5.00
1962, May.
(Darrell Bates, P Gallico, D H Lawrence.) Scruffy. £5.00
1962, July.
(Darell Bates, R Graves, J Updike, V Pritchett.) £10.00
1962, Oct.
(S Barstow, Darrell Bates, Rhys Davies, R Bradbury.) Some pages missing. £2.00
1962, Nov.
(J Wyndham, L Bemelmans, G Simenon, J Joyce, W De La Mare.) £10.00
1963, Jan.
(H E Bates, R Bradbury, S J Perelman, G Simenon, W S Churchill.) £10.00
1963, Feb.
(B Behan, M Droun, G Simenon, Darrell Bates, G Sparrow.) £10.00
1963, March.
(H E Bates, R Bradbury, A C Clarke, V Pritchett.) £10.00
1963, April.
(S J Perelman, L Durrell, Stevie Smith, R Bradbury, M Druon.) £10.00
1963, May.
(C S Forester-Letters in Evidence, A Seager-One Over Eight illus by R Searle) £10.00
1963, June.
(Stories by H E Bates, P Bentley, A Miller, C S Forester, etc) £10.00
1963, July
(Stories by S Barstow, R Bradbury, R Pertwee, G Sparrow, etc) £10.00
1963, Aug.
(Stories: C H B Kitchin, P Gallico, G Kersh-Ghost Money, etc) £10.00
1963, Sept.
(Stories by D Athill, A Moravia, A Conan Doyle-Lone Dhow, J Wain-A Visit at Tea-Time, Taylor Caldwell,etc.) £10.00
1963, Oct.
(A Moravia, A Buchwald, P S Buck, K O'Brien.) £8.00
1963, Nov.
(W Sansom - A Visit to the Dentist - 11pp; Moravia, R Bradbury, R Campbell, Darrell Bates, etc.) £10.00
1963, Dec.
(J Wain, A Moravia, S Barstow, W Haggard, etc.) £10.00
1964, Feb.
(Darrell Bates, W Sansom, W Haggard, C McCullers, etc.) £8.00
1964, March.
(J G Ballard, M Sharp, R Bradbury, Darrell Bates, R Chandler, etc.) £10.00
1964, April.
(R Chandler, G Household, E Pargeter, Taylor Caldwell, etc.) £10.00
1964, May.
(G Kersh, Darrell Bates, R Bradbury, L Lee, R Chandler.) £10.00
1964, July.
(E Hemingway, Dylan Thomas, J Wain, G Household, R Chandler, etc.) £10.00
1964, Aug.
(E Hemingway-extracts from A Moveable Feast, R Dahl, Darrell Bates, G Kersh, Dylan Thomas-The Beach of Falesa, etc.) Original Wraps. £15.00
1965, Feb.
(Moravia, R K Narayan, N Lofts, J Cope, etc.) £10.00
1965, March.
(Rhys Davies, G Kersh, J Masefield, R Bradbury.) £10.00
1965, June.
(G Greene, -Mortmain-8pp-1st printing. W S Churchil-lost short story. R Bradbury, etc.) £12.00
1965, Sept.
(Stories by Darrell Bates, L Rosten, D H Lawrence, R Chandler - first appearance in a British magazine; etc.) £10.00
1965, Nov.
(Stories by J Baldwin, G Greene, B Traven. Poem by O Nash, etc.) £10.00
1965, Dec.
(W Graham, N Mailer, W Saroyan.) £10.00
1966, July. (Stories by J Leasor, G Kersh - A Tale Told in the Twilight, H E Bates, W Saroyan, etc.) £10.00
1966, August.
(Stories by L Durrell, B L Jacot, W Haggard, S Merrick-Argosy Profile: S Merrick on Roald Dahl, etc.) Cover by R Searle. £10.00
1966, Sept.
(W Sansom In Profile by A Potterman-6pp; W Saroyan W Haggard, W H Canaway, etc.) £10.00
1966, Oct.
(W Graham, Darrell Bates, J G Ballard, A MacLean.) £10.00
1966, Nov.
(I Babel, J Pudney, A MacLean.) £10.00
1966, Dec.
(P Ustinov, W Mankowitz, Max Hastings, S O'Faolain, J Wain, G Mikes, A MacLean, etc.) £10.00
1967, Jan.
(Stories by P G Wodehouse, H Bolitho, W Sansom-Mama Mia, P Ustinov - The Swiss Watch, G Kersh - For a Song, etc.) £10.00
1967, Feb.
(P Ustinov, J Lennon, G Household.) £10.00
1967, March.
(M Hastings, G Mikes, W Saroyan, M Gilbert, I Babel, P Ustinov, W Burroughs, Y Yevtushenko.) £10.00
1967, May.
(Stories by H Bolitho, A Dipper, W Sansom-Difficulty with a Bouquet: D K Haynes, E L Malpass, etc.) £10.00
1967, June.
(J Lennon, P Turnbull, J Leasor.) £10.00
1967, July.
(R H Fredette, J B Priestley, J Mortimer, J Symons, S Chaplin, R Duncan -Heads.) £10.00
1967, Aug.
(Stories by J Mortimer, J Symons, S Chaplin, R Duncan, etc.) £10.00
1967, Sept.
(E Linklater chooses his favourite from all his own stories - Redundant Miracle; H E Bates-The Simple Life; H Secombe-Needle Match; A new poem by John Pudney; Stephen Merrick interviews Alistair Maclean; etc) £10.00
1967, Oct.
(H Williamson - The Stags of Stumberleap; A Miller - Fame; J Cleary -The Long Pursuit.) £10.00
1967, Nov.
(J Cleary, Darrell Bates, J Wyndham, E Ionesco, J Symons.) £10.00
1967, Dec.
(W Sansom-One Fine Day*5pp; W Graham, A Pottersman on Winston Graham, I Bashevis Singer, etc.) £10.00
1968, April. (Darrell Bates, V S Pritchett.) £10.00
1968, May.
(W Sansom, M Hastings, J Dos Passos, E Hemingway, Scott Fitzgerald, Picasso, R Church, B Pasternak, etc.) £10.00
1968, June.
(J Mortimer, G Mackay Brown.) £10.00
1968, Aug.
(H Secombe, Y Yevtushenko, F Stark, G Williams.) £10.00
1968, Oct.
(Darrell Bates, B Singer, J Symons.) £10.00
1968, Nov.
(L Charteris, M Hastings, E Malpass, G Andreass, etc.) £10.00
1969, Aug.
(Stories by Darrell Bates, G Mackay Brown, W Sansom - Happy Holiday Abroad. C S Forester - December 6th - first appearance in a British Magazine; Poem by O Nash, etc.) £10.00
1969, Oct.
(Stories by Chaim Bermant, A Maltz, P Turmbull, etc.) £6.00
1969, Nov.
(Stories by M Lurie, G Taylor-Cross of Iron, etc. E De Bono-Thinking about Shapes, etc.) £6.00
1970, March.
(B Malamud, M Innes, E Ambler.) £10.00
1970, April.
(R Bradbury, John Masters, R Grosvenor, E Ambler.) £10.00
1970, May.
(D Francis, I Asimov, J Trevor, E Ambler.) £10.00
1970, June.
(W Trevor, H Fast, W Graham Gibb.) £10.00
1970, July.
(S O'Faolain, J Creasey.) £10.00
1970, Sept.
(G Mackay Brown, W Graham.) £10.00
1970, Oct.
(G Greene - Across the Bridge - 10pp. R P Jhabvala, J Collier,
A Naumann.) £10.00
1970 Nov. ( D Bates, B Cleeve, A Moravia , R Bradbury, W Sansom , etc.)£10.00
1971, Jan/Feb. (W Graham, S O'Faolain.) £10.00
1972, March. (O Wilde, R Braddon, G Heyer.) £10.00
1972, May.
(G Heyer, R Sabatini, W S Maugham, Agatha Christie, J London.) £10.00
1972, Sept. (W S Maugham, J London, etc.) £10.00
1972, Dec. (W S Maugham, J London, E Lustgarten, etc.) £10.00
1973, Feb.
(R Quigley, H A Vachell, B L Kearley, etc.) £6.00
1973, March.
(R Kirby, E D Hoch, R Quigley.) £6.00
1973, Aug. (Stories by Cledwyn Hughes, R Echelin, etc. L Gribble - They took to the Heather; Captain Adventurous by J H Hearn,etc.) £6.00
1973, Nov. (A Ewart, H Dearden, E D Hoch.) £6.00
The following are bound volumes - full details of binding on request:
1926, June-Sept, vol 1/1-4.
(A Bennett, A A Milne, M Arlen, Dunsany, A E W Mason, J London, Conan Doyle, H G Wells, B Stoker, J Galsworthy, Lewis Carroll, A Soutar, R Marsh.) £30.00
1934, May-July.
Bound volume containing complete short stories & poems from three issues. A Bennett contributes THE NINETEENTH HAT; Dunsany - HOW JEMBU PLAYED FOR CAMBRIDGE, illustrated and Somerset Maugham - THE MOTHER. Other contributors include H Walpole, E Wharton, K Mansfield, D MacCarthy, W W Jacobs, etc.) £40.00

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