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Famous Detective Stories v1#1

Australia

Frank Johnson

Australia

Untitled [The "Gun Alley Murder"]
Published
December 1946
Page count
68
Cover price
1/- [0-1-0 AUP]
Colour
Black & white
Size
Pocket size
Interior paper
Newsprint
Cover stock
Matte colour
Binding
Saddle-stitched
Format
Magazine series (no comics)
Trove version
trove.nla.gov.au/version/249616702

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Show/hide Cover Untitled [The "Gun Alley Murder"] Cover, 1 page
Show/hide 1. Untitled (Crime Does Not Pay) Prose story, ? pages
Show/hide 2. The Gun Alley Murder Prose story, ? pages
Show/hide 3. Masguerade and Murder Prose story, ? pages
Show/hide 4. The Deeds of Frank Butler Prose story, ? pages
Show/hide 5. The Strange Killing of Joe Kum Yung Prose story, ? pages
Show/hide 6. His Last Gamble Prose story, ? pages
Show/hide 7. Fisher's Ghost Prose story, ? pages
Show/hide 8. Schoolboys Outshoot Hell-Fire Bushrangers Prose story, ? pages
Show/hide 9. Mystery of No. 2 Hatch Prose story, ? pages
Show/hide 10. Death for Shoplifting Prose story, ? pages
Show/hide 11. Boloney is Better than Bullets Prose story, ? pages
Show/hide 12. Where is Dan Kelly Now? Prose story, ? pages
Show/hide 13. The Broad Arrow Prose story, ? pages
Show/hide 14. Scaffold Hunger Prose story, ? pages

Notes

No numbering on volume itself but according to backlist in v5#10, this is v1#1 1946.

Contemporary newspaper advertisements report the first issue available on 7 December 1946. "Advertising" The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW: 1842-1954) 7 December 1946: 13. Web. 8 Apr 2018 .

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[Published by Frank Johnson, [1946] Sole agents, Messrs. Gordon and Gotch (A/sia) Ltd. Wholly set up and printed in Australia by The Pinnacle Press, Sydney.]

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Famous Detective Stories
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