The Austrovert. Number 4, Spring 1951, to Number 9, December 1952

['The Austrovert']

Published by Bruce Muirden, Glen Iris, 1951

About this Item

Glen Iris, Bruce Muirden, 1951 to 1952. Small quarto (Number 4) and quarto, six issues, 8 pages (Numbers 4 and 8) and 10 pages (Numbers 5-7 and 9) with a few illustrations. Folded, without staples or stitching, as issued; a fine run. 'An occasional journal devoted mainly to Australian literature' (John Tregenza: 'Australian Little Magazines, 1923-1954'). Ten issues of this literary journal were published between December 1950 and June 1953 (the last one, published in Darwin, was called 'The Northern Austrovert'). The first two were limited to 400 copies each, and Number 3 to 500 copies. In this run, Number 4 is limited to 499 copies, and Number 5 to 'not more than 500 copies'. Number 4 contains an article by Arthur Upfield ('The Critic's Value'), and Number 7 contains a two-page review (of 'The Shades Will Not Vanish' by Helen Fowler, and 'The Ridge and the River' by Tom Hungerford) by P.R. Stephensen, his 'first signed article in the last ten years'. [6 items].

Seller Inventory # 93383

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Austrovert. Number 4, Spring 1951, to Number 9, December 1952
• Publisher: Bruce Muirden, Glen Iris
• Publication Date: 1951
• Seller catalogs:
  • Australia