TRASHY TUESDAY: EARLY AUSTRALIAN PULP – AN EAR FOR MURDER By Max Afford
An Ear For Murder by Max Afford (Magpie, 1947?) Magpie Books were published by Frank Johnson Pty Ltd in the 1940s and 1950s. They ran for two series and focused on...
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TRASHY TUESDAY: HORWITZ COVERS – THE PENGUIN SERIES
The Unorthodox Corpse by Carter Brown (Horwitz, 1965) Horwitz were arguably the prime Australian publishers of paperbacks and pulp fiction in the 1950s and 60s....
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TRASHY TUESDAY: DIFFERENT BOOK, SAME COVER!
Beat Not The Bones by Charlotte Jay (Avon, 1955) Supernatural Stories No. 39 (Badger, 1961) At first glance there would seem to be little connection between an Edgar...
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TRASHY TUESDAY: BUTCHER OF AUSCHWITZ by John Slater (Horwitz, 1965)
Butcher of Auschwitz by John Slater (Horwitz, 1965) In the early 1960s Australian paperbacks featured a steady stream of books about the horrific treatment of...
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TRASHY TUESDAY: BADGER SUPERNATURAL COVERS BY HENRY FOX
The Macabre Ones by Bron Fane (Badger, SN90) The cover illustrator Henry Fox became almost as synonymous with Badger Books (1960-67) as the legendary Lionel Fanthorpe...
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