UK Pulp Magazine – THE ARGOSY August 1931 – Story Magazine

[WINCHESTER, Clarence Ed.] – THE ARGOSY Vol.10 No.63, August 1931 London – The Amalgamated Press Ltd. Wraps. (viii), 1-152. In original paper covers.

Condition : Minor wear and rust staining to covers, slight scuffing on rear cover, some dustiness. Staples rusty. Contents clean, white, and tight. Very good.

About : A long lived British magazine that ran from June, 1926 to January, 1940 in pulp format then continued under a slightly different as a digest magazine from February, 1940 to February, 1940. It started primarily as a reprint magazine of prose, with some poetry and plays, but did introduced original material from time to time. See Ashley – The Age of the Storytellers for further details. This issue contains “Wizards” by Alfred Noyes (poem); “The Dream of Ah Lum” by Thomas Burke (short story); “The Knock on the Door” by Edward Knoblock (short story); “Brethren All” by Frank H. Shaw (short story); “Out of His Orbit” by Bruno Lessing (short story); “A Son’s Gesture” by Paul Bourget (short story); ““James” by Newman Flower (short story); “Tol’able David” by Joseph Hergesheimer (short story); “Durer’s Praying Hands” by Humbert Wolfe (poem); “The Little Miracle of Tlemcar” by Harrison Rhodes (short story); “Captain Rybnikoff” by Alexandre Kuprin (short story); “An Emissary of Providence” by Henri Murger (short story); “Boys Bathing” by F. H. Kendon (poem); “Incident in the Life of Mr. George Crookhill” by Thomas Hardy (vignette); “The Bedquilt” by Dorothy Canfield (short story); “The Joys of “Hiking” by Various (misc.); “The Whispering Man” by H. K. Webster (novel).