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y separately published work icon So Many Fights (and Other Stories) A. C. Headley , Sydney : Frank Johnson , 1942 Z1024890 1942 selected work short story
y separately published work icon Fighting Men : A Novel of Sporting Life in Old Sydney During the Romantic Eighties Tony James , Sydney : Frank Johnson , 1942 Z1059541 1942 single work novel
y separately published work icon A City Office Mystery M. B. Giles , Sydney : Frank Johnson , 1946 Z1118455 1946 single work novel crime mystery
y separately published work icon My South Sea Island Eric Muspratt , London : Travel Book Club , 1931 Z1248414 1931 single work autobiography travel
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y separately published work icon Ah There, Ffyshe! : A Novel W. S. Howard , Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1937 Z480545 1937 single work novel Sydney : Frank Johnson , 1941
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y separately published work icon Hilarious Death John Robert Harvey , Sydney : Frank Johnson , 1942 Z1011182 1942 single work novel Sydney : Frank Johnson , 1942
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y separately published work icon Captain Bill Ernest Osborne , 1938 single work novel

It is a fast-moving and exciting story of "rum running" at the time of prohition in the United States, written by a man who is clearly conversant with the seas and of the ways of rum runners in eluding Customs men, both at sea and on land.

The story moves rapidly from the United States to Europe and back, and there is an unusual love interest, for the girl who acts as informer, both against her father's investments in this trade and against "Captain Bill," has more affection for Bill than she cares to admit.

– The Sydney Morning Herald, 13 September 1938, p4

 Sydney : Frank Johnson , 1942
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y separately published work icon The Game Darrells The Game Darrells : A Novel Leslie Haylen , Sydney : Macmillan , 1933 Z576645 1933 single work novel Sydney : Frank Johnson , 1940-1949
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y separately published work icon The Killing of Jacqueline Love Jean Devanny , Sydney : Frank Johnson , 1942 Z155025 1942 single work novel Sydney : Frank Johnson , 1942
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y separately published work icon Sugar Heaven Jean Devanny , Sydney : Modern Publishers , 1936 Z507181 1936 single work novel (taught in 3 units) Sydney : Frank Johnson , 1942
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y separately published work icon Bound for Callao Will Lawson , 1941 single work novel adventure historical fiction Sydney : Frank Johnson , 1942
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y separately published work icon The Adventures of Mrs. Parsley Harold Mercer , Sydney : Frank Johnson , 1942 Z1262223 1942 selected work short story Sydney : Frank Johnson , 1942
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y separately published work icon Shoot to Kill Jim McCarter , Sydney : Frank Johnson , 1942 Z1247758 1942 single work novel crime detective mystery Sydney : Frank Johnson , 1942
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y separately published work icon The Third Man C. K. Thompson , Sydney : Sydney Newspapers Ltd , 1940-1949 Z1375643 1940-1949 single work novel thriller mystery Sydney : Frank Johnson , 1942
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y separately published work icon A New Guinea Abduction Ernest Osborne , Sydney : Frank Johnson , 1942 Z1302295 1942 single work novel Sydney : Frank Johnson , 1942
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y separately published work icon The Brierley Rose Leslie Haylen , Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1935 Z395567 1935 single work novel Sydney : Frank Johnson , 1944
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y separately published work icon Mid-Pacific : A Novel William Stewart , Sydney : Frank Johnson , 1944 Z1039700 1944 single work novel Sydney : Frank Johnson , 1944
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y separately published work icon Watchdogs of the Deep : Life in a Submarine During the Great War T. M. Jones , Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1935 Z1068041 1935 single work autobiography war literature Sydney : Frank Johnson , 1944
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y separately published work icon Brown Boy Singing Leslie Haylen , Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1940 Z395464 1940 single work novel historical fiction Sydney : Frank Johnson , 1940-1949
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y separately published work icon Wild Oats Eric Muspratt , London : Duckworth , 1932 Z1248520 1932 single work autobiography travel An account of the author's vagabond journey through Europe in 1926. Melbourne : Frank Johnson , 1944
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y separately published work icon Nights Ashore Jack Hamilton , Sydney : Endeavour Press , 1933 Z986526 1933 single work novel war literature Melbourne : Frank Johnson , 1944
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y separately published work icon Bushman Burke Taipo; Wages of Desire Jean Devanny , London : Duckworth , 1930 Z811380 1930 single work novel Sydney : Frank Johnson , 1944
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y separately published work icon Rumpelmayer's Reverser and Other Stories J. B. Blair , Sydney : Frank Johnson , 1944 Z1582025 1944 selected work short story humour

These stories centre around the use of the Reacher-Outer-Bringer-Backer - "a device that enables one to hear conversations from bygone eras". The main character, Eddie Rumpelmayer, uses it for various absurd money-making schemes which inevitably go wrong.

Blair, Richard. 'Blown to Blazes & Other Works of J.B. Blair and Jim Blair's years at The Bulletin (1934-1961)'

Sydney : Frank Johnson , 1944
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y separately published work icon Of Many Colours Joan Gardiner , Sydney : Frank Johnson , 1944 Z800475 1944 single work novel Sydney : Frank Johnson , 1944
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y separately published work icon Gold in the West Walter Smyth , Sydney : Frank Johnson , 1944 Z1062292 1944 single work novel western Sydney : Frank Johnson , 1944
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y separately published work icon The Singing Ship Meta Maclean , Sydney : Frank Johnson , 1940-1949 Z1682335 1940-1949 single work novel Sydney : Frank Johnson , 1940-1949
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y separately published work icon The Musk Shop Helen Hudson , Sydney : Frank Johnson , 1945 Z1062288 1945 single work novel Sydney : Frank Johnson , 1945
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y separately published work icon Emancipation G. Vardy , Sydney Melbourne : Frank Johnson , 1945 Z1466841 1945 single work novel historical fiction Sydney Melbourne : Frank Johnson , 1945
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y separately published work icon Until September 'Esther Roland' , Sydney : Frank Johnson , 1945 Z1062297 1945 single work novel Sydney : Frank Johnson , 1945
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y separately published work icon Pop's Blonde Dan Robinson , Sydney : Frank Johnson , 1945 Z1399066 1945 selected work short story Sydney : Frank Johnson , 1945
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y separately published work icon Dead Fires Joan Gardiner , Melbourne : Frank Johnson , 1945 Z800472 1945 single work novel mystery romance Melbourne : Frank Johnson , 1945
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y separately published work icon Suspicion M.N. Minchin , Sydney : Frank Johnson , 1940-1949 Z1682456 1940-1949 single work novel Sydney : Frank Johnson , 1940-1949
y separately published work icon Miss Pennycuick's Nightie and Other Stories J. B. Blair , Sydney : Frank Johnson , 1942 Z567124 1942 selected work short story crime humour

'This 1941 collection included three stories featuring world famous detective Stagnant Waters, a Sherlock Holmes type of character, who also has a brilliant mind and utilises disguise to great effect'.

Source: Richard Blair, 'Blown to Blazes and Other Works of J.B. Blair'.

 Sydney : Frank Johnson , 1942
y separately published work icon The Laughing Buccaneer Will Lawson , Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1935 Z266204 1935 single work novel Sydney : Frank Johnson , 1942
y separately published work icon Blood on His Hands! : A Detective Novel Max Afford , London : John Long , 1936 Z814313 1936 single work novel detective 'Chief Inspector William Read, now working for the Police Department in Victoria, Australia, once again enlists the help of his old friend, freelance sleuth Jeffery Blackburn, to help him solve the grisly murder of High Court Judge, Sir Merton Tenison Sheldon, in Melbourne...' - back cover, Ramble House ed. Sydney : Frank Johnson , 1945
y separately published work icon The Dead Are Blind : A 'Jeffery Blackburn' Adventure Max Afford , London : John Long , 1937 Z814319 1937 single work novel detective

'Described as the "Extraordinary Case of Sound Without Sight," this is an involved story of three murders, the first of which was committed In a locked broadcasting studio during the production of a radio play. The plot is ingenious and its Investigators are led on many false trails before arriving at the solution. Interesting details of radio production are given by Mr. Afford, who, by the way, is a playwright employed by the Australian Broadcasting Commission.'

Source:

'Book Reviews in Brief', The Argus, 4 December 1937, p.17 [weekend magazine].

 Sydney : Frank Johnson , 1946

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