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Scanned for the Australian Pulp Fiction Industry project.
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Series:Magpie BooksMagpie SeriesFrank 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:74
Famous Detective Stories
1950-1959
Z1738409
1950-1959
periodical issue
1950-1959
