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Issue Details: First known date: 1929... vol. 1 no. 12 20 November 1929 of All About Books est. 1928 All About Books
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Contents

* Contents derived from the , 1929 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Celebration of the Thirtieth Anniversary, single work column
Brief history of the Society and its officers. Includes the presentation of the 1928 Gold Medal.
 (p. 368)
Historical Novels, Vernon Knowles , single work criticism
Knowles shows the broad thematic spectrum of historical novels from Sir Walter Scott to Naomi Mitchison.
 (p. 371)
A Bookseller Talks Shop, W. E. Fuller , single work prose humour
This article is presented in the form of (presumably) fictitious discussions between a bookshop proprietor and his customers.
 (p. 378-379)
Sydney Public Libraries, H. Bruno Thomas , single work column (p. 381)
Famous Plays of To-Day, E. C. Davidson , single work review (p. 381-381)
As Varied As Life : Five Good Books, single work review
— Review of My Life on The Australian Turf James Scobie , 'Khedive' , 1929 single work autobiography ; (p. 391-392)
New Books Recommended for Children, single work review
— Review of The Happy Traveller Mary Grant Bruce , 1929 single work children's fiction ; Dream Isle : an Australian Story Arthur Russell , 1926 single work children's fiction ; (p. 394-395)
Has Henry Lawson's Verse Any Permanent Value?, W. H. Ifould , single work column
After reporting on the progress of the Lawson Statue Fund of which he was the hon. secretary, Ifould predicted that Lawson would not be remembered as a poet.
 (p. 398-399)
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