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Issue Details: First known date: 1928... vol. 1 no. 1 14 December 1928 of All About Books est. 1928 All About Books
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Notes

  • Includes autobiographical note on Benjamin Travers, in Australia on holiday to see the Test matches.
  • Includes 'The Importance of Giving Books' by Hugh Walpole and 'Selling rare and Old Books by Auction' by Phil Grim.
  • Includes substantial reviews of The House at Pooh Corner, Wilkins' Flying the Arctic, Caine's Recollections of Rossetti, The Reference Catalogue of Current Literature, and The Call of the Veld.
  • 'What England and America are Reading' includes 'best seller' lists from England, the United States of America and Australia and New Zealand as well as publication and prize news.
  • Includes 10 pages of abbreviated reviews from English literary papers and 5 pages of 'Condensed Reviews of Some Good Books' by "Jay".
  • Includes advertisements for meetings of Australian Literary Societies.
  • Includes an article on pocket editions available in Australia and New Zealand.

Contents

* Contents derived from the 1928 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Introduction, single work prose
This is a short statement of intent for the periodical.
 (p. 1)
Some Australian Authors, single work criticism
Includes biographical and bibliographical details.
 (p. 2-3)
Novels I Think You Would Like to Read, S. M. MacFarlane , single work review
Includes brief reviews of Warwick Deeping's Old Pybus, W.J. Locke's Joshua's Vision, The Star Spangled Manner by Beverley Nichols, A Brood of Ducklings by Frank Swinnerton, The Young Elizabeth by Winifred Boggs, Beatrice Kean Seymour's Youth Rides Out, and R. Austin Freeman's A Thief in the Night.
 (p. 4-5)
Some Australian Gift Books for Young People, single work review
— Review of Judy and Punch Ethel Turner , 1928 single work children's fiction ; Golden fiddles Mary Grant Bruce , 1928 single work children's fiction ; The Wild Oats of Han Katharine Susannah Prichard , 1926 single work novel ; Ann Chooses Glory Lilian Turner , 1928 single work novel ; The Treasure of the Tropics Bernard Cronin , 1927 single work children's fiction ; (p. 5)
Publishers' Mistakes, single work review
— Review of Guests of the Unspeakable: The Odyssey of an Australian Airman - Being a Record of Captivity and Escape in Turkey T. W. White , 1928 single work autobiography ; (p. 6)
Vanity Under the Sun, Jay , single work review
— Review of Vanity Under the Sun Dale Collins , 1928 single work novel ; (p. 36)
Wild Oats of Han, Jay , single work review
— Review of Wild Oats of Han Katharine Susannah Prichard , 1965 extract ; (p. 36)
The Laughing Prodigal, Jay , single work review
— Review of The Laughing Prodigal Marie Conway Oemler , 1928 single work novel ; (p. 37)
Legion : for we are many, Rose Nuttall , single work review
— Review of Legion : For We Are Many Roy Bridges , 1928 single work novel ; (p. 40)
The Figure in the Hut, Jack McLaren , single work short story
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