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Issue Details:
First known date:
1935...
vol.
7
no.
8
12 August
1935
of
All About Books
est. 1928
All About Books
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Notes
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Volume number is given incorrectly as II (2) on the cover.
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Cover photograph is captioned: Ambrose Pratt, author of Magical Malaya, The Centenary History of Victoria, etc., and whose new novel, Lift Up Your Eyes, was recently published.
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"Best Sellers" column contains no Australian titles but the following quote is of interest as is its subject work's presence on the A.B.A.'s recommended list: "With The Donkey of God Louis Untermeyer won a Fascist prize for the best description of Italy by a foreigner. It makes enjoyable reading." (p.128)
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Includes a 12 page fiction catalogue from Cassell and Company.
Contents
* Contents derived from the 1935 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
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New Australian Work,
single work
review
— Review of Black Waterlily 1935 single work novel ; Battle Fronts Of Outback 1935 single work prose ; The Lemon Farm 1935 single work novel ; Pendulum Swing 1935 single work novel ; (p. 125-127) - Some London Libraries, single work correspondence (p. 127)
- Publishers Write About Their New Publications, single work correspondence (p. 130-137)
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Three Ward Lock Thrillers,
single work
review
— Review of Waste Lands 1935 single work novel ; (p. 138) - Gordon Memorial Cottage, Ballarat, single work column (p. 140p.)
- The Henry Lawson Memorial and Literary society of Footscray [Meeting Report], single work review column biography (p. 141-142)
- Australian Composers and Writers' Association, Melbourne [Meeting Report], single work column (p. 142)
- Australian Literature Society [Meeting Report], single work column criticism biography (p. 143)
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