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Author Johnson-Woods, Toni.

Title Pulp : a collector's book of Australian pulp fiction covers / Toni Johnson-Woods
Published Canberra, A.C.T. : National Library of Australia, 2004

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 MELB  827.3 J7187/P  AVAILABLE
Description 104 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm
regular print
Contents The C.G. Bleeck Collection -- Introduction -- Crime -- Sports -- Romance -- War -- Science Fantasy -- Horror -- Westerns -- Australian Pulp Fiction Publishers
Summary In the 1940s and 1950s Australian pulp fiction jostled with magazines and comics at newsstands. Tariff kept the local 'industry' cheap and viable and offered Australian writers national and international careers.In this publication, the third in the National Library's popular "Collector's Book" series, Toni Johnson-Wood explores the history, the authors, the genres and the lurid covers of this once-popular literary form
Notes Based on the G.C. Bleek Collection of the National Library of Australia
Bibliography Includes bibliographic references (page 103)
Notes National Library of Australia and Toni-Johnson-Woods,2004
Subject National Library of Australia. Bleeck Collection
Book covers -- Design -- History.
Book covers -- Australia -- History.
Book covers -- Australia.
Book design -- Australia.
Penny dreadfuls.
Book jackets -- Australia.
Popular literature -- Australia.
Pulp literature, Australian.
Penny dreadfuls -- History and criticism.
Popular literature -- Australia -- History and criticism.
Pulp literature, Australian -- History and criticism.
Australian fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
Genre/Form Popular literature
Author National Library of Australia.
LC no. 2005412422
ISBN 0642107661
Other Titles Collector's book of Australian pulp fiction covers