Fact or Fiction #1: The Bramley Book

Fact and Fiction #1 is a digest-sized book published by Page Publications in the early 1970's with a Keith Chatto cover:

I expected this to be a collection of short illustrated prose stories. However, it turns out to be something quite surprising - it not only contains comics stories, it is also wholly comprised of material by Maurice Bramley, which he apparently personally compiled. Indeed, as per the introduction below, the title could have been The Bramley Book:

The issue begins with the 10-page U-Boat Kelly: 

This is followed by a 3-page story, Flying Spits. 

The other 51 pages are 1 and 2-page features which look like the filler material found in various other Australian comic books. For example, this issue includes Stranger Still, which was previously published in Strange Tales #4 (1963) and  Pirates, previously published in Strange Tales #6. 

This is effectively a Maurice Bramley trade paperback collection.

I have seen a second issue in this series:

I do not own this book. It may be a reprint of Fact and Fiction #1. However, consider that Strange Tales #4 (1965) contains a Bramley feature titled Goblins which does not appear in Fact and Fiction #1, and might qualify as a (ahem) Strange Tale as per the cover blurb of Fact and Fiction #2. TBA.

The cover image of Fact and Fiction #1 appears to be based on interior art from U-Boat Kelly:

So - Chatto covers Bramley in two senses of the word!

I purchased this issue for the Chatto cover, but I'm keeping it for the Bramley material.