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Blue North : Being a Narrative Concerning Incidents and Adventures Which Befell John Fordyce When He Went in Search of Freedom and Pearls in the Year 1876 single work   novel  
Issue Details: First known date: 1934... 1934 Blue North : Being a Narrative Concerning Incidents and Adventures Which Befell John Fordyce When He Went in Search of Freedom and Pearls in the Year 1876
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Alternative title: Blue North
Serialised by: The Bulletin 1880 periodical (6777 issues)
Notes:
Published in serialised format in the Bulletin in 16 weekly instalments 20 January - 4 May, 1932.
    • Sydney, New South Wales,: Frank Johnson , 1946 .
      person or book cover
      Scanned for the Australian Pulp Fiction Industry project.
      Extent: 159p.
      Series: Magpie Books Magpie Series Frank Johnson (publisher), series - publisher Popular fiction issued in two separately numbered series with titles in the genres of adventure, mystery, romance, crime and detection. The motto on inside back covers reads: "there is nothing like a Magpie to make the hours fly.' The series claimed to be 'by far the finest and cheapest books yet issued in Australia'. Books in the first series were 5.5 x 8.5 inches and may have been issued in plain wrappers; those in the second series were 5.5 x 7.25 inches with pictorial covers. Price for second series title was two shillings and the books were 'available at all newsagents.' Number in series: 58
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  • Perth, Western Australia,
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