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Del Mar: CA: The Mystery Library/ University of Cakifornia, 1976. 2nd printing, first edition thus, number line begins with 2, (originally issued by Doubleday in 1951). Page edges beginning to spot else a fine copy. The first volume published by The Mystery Library. It is unclear if dust jacket was issued with this edition, I believe jackets were issued for later printings. Includes a wonderful 11 page introduction/biography by John Ball, editor-in-chief of the Library. Also, an appended bibliography of Upfield's works along with a brief commentary on each one by Betty Donaldson and illustrtions by Dick Connor. Finally, the publishers have included an enlightening map of Australia which indicates the location of each of the Upfield mysteries. A Detective Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte title. . 2nd Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Illus. by Connor, Dick. Book.

N.Y.: Appleton Century Crofts, 1954. 1st ed. Cover edges show minor wear else near fine in lightly worn, bright dust jacket, lightly nicked, rubbed, but not price-clipped ($3.00 price intact). Previous owner's inscription at rear inside cover. Author's 2nd book. London-Australia. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Near Fine. Book.

N.Y.: Soho Crime, 2012. 1st ed. A fine copy of the Advance Uncopyeditied Edition. Wyatt, the cool, ever-evasive thief, snatches the cash easily enough. He bypasses the alarm system, eludes the cops, makes it safely back to his hideout in Hobart. It's the diamond-studded Tiffany brooch--and perhaps the girl--that undoes him. Now some very hard people want to put Wyatt and that brooch out of circulation. But this is Wyatt's game and Wyatt sets the rules--even if it means a reckoning somewhere far from home. In a murky world where the cops are robbers, old-style criminal Wyatt positively shines.. 1st Edition. Pictorial Wrappers. Fine/No Jacket. Advance Uncorrected Proof.

N.Y: Walker, 1990. 1st US ed., with complete number line beginning with 1. SYDNEY at Christmas time, top of page edges browned else fine in dj.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book.

Kent Town, SA, Australia: Wakefield Crime Classic, 1993. 1st. Ed. Trade paperback, Wakefield Crime Classic #5. Afterword by series eds. Michael Tolley & Peter Moss. (originally published 1924). No US edition. AS NEW. "Anyone with money is a god, anywhere. Here, you may be the biggest, vilest, ugliest, most diseased blackguard in the state, but if there's cash behind you, you're respected." John Archibald Cups is a bitter young man. Falsely accused of embezzlement by his banking employers, he's turned against respectable Adelaide, where the hypocrisy of the racecourse rules. Protected by his false face, false identities, and false fortune, he's racing to out-jockey the hounds of the law. "The Secret of the Garden" is a reckless outlaw's tale, and another great addition to the Wakefield Crime Classics series.. First Edition. Pictorial Wrappers. As New. Illus. by Singleton, Cameron. Book.

Kent Town: South Australia: Wakefield Press 1992, 1992. 1st printing, November 1992. A new, unread copy that shows a hint of shelfwear from just being on the shelf. Trade paperback, orig pub 1944. Wakefield Crime Classic #4. Australia 1890's. The time is the mid 1890s. The setting, a small outback town. Harry Ford, the postmaster, is opening other people's mail. They say nothing happens in small towns, but there's plenty to set tongues wagging in this neighbourhood of sinners; adultery, blackmail, disappearances, poisonings. And then the Great Boldini comes to town.. First Printing. Pictorial Wrappers. New. Illus. by Wood, Bill. Book.

N.Y.: Scribners, 1905. 1st US edition, April 1905. 393+ 4 pages of ads with frontispiece and 7 other illustrations. Illustrations by George W Lambert. Bound in original publisher's green cloth with pictorial to cover and gilt lettering to spine and green lettering to cover. Bottom edge shows some wear, lightly soiled at spine foot and along front bottom edge. The book consists of ten short stories. These are the adventures of an Australian bushranger in the Riverina and North Eastern Victoria. Stingaree was also an American pre-Code romantic drama film, directed by William A. Wellman released by RKO Radio Pictures in 1934. Set in Australia, it stars Irene Dunne as Hilda Bouverie and Richard Dix as Stingaree.. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Lambert, George W. Book.

N.Y: Walker, 1991. 1st American ed., with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in dj. Australia setting. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book.

Garden City, New York,: Crime Club Doubleday, 1960. First Edition, so stated. Published in England under the title "Bony and the Kelly Gang". Light wear at edges, rear end paper torn in half, else very good in unclipped dust jacket $2.95 price intact. Head and foot of jacket have small chips out and someone at sometime put pieces of scitch tape along head and foot to keep them from chipping any more. Previous owners name on fep. Napoleon Bonaparte, a half-aboriginal police detective, disguises himself as a horse thief in order to investigate the murder of a government officer. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Book.

Kent Town:Australia: Wakefield Press 1992, 1993. Trade pbk, Wakefield Crime Classic #8. Afterword by series eds. Michael Tolley & Peter Moss. Australia locale. Cruel, egotistical Noel, a thistledown, a cheap balloon whisking willy-nilly away from the piercing, deflating needle of her fine judgment. Geraldine needs to keep her cool through the highs and the lows, but it's maddening when Noel keeps missing the point. The trek up north was grueling, yet every plant and bird she saw, every sweaty, purposeless mile she crossed, convinced her that they were made for each other. Back home in Sydney, when there's still a gap between them, he has to be made to see.. 1st Prtg. Pictorial Cover. Fine. Trade Paperback.

N.Y.: William Morrow and Co., Inc., 1996. 1st US edition. with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in dust jacket, not price clipped, with protective mylar cover. Review Copy with slip laid in. Inspector Scobie Malone struggles to cope with the serious illness of his wife while investigating the murder of Orville Brame, a prominent American lawyer found shot to death on the Sydney, Australia, monorail, and uncovering an international web of betrayal and greed. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book.

N.Y.: Soho Crime, 2011. 1st US edition, August 2011. Advance Uncopyedited Edition, cover has some lighht marrkings but a near fine, unread copy. Garry Disher's cool, enigmatic anti-hero Wyatt has a job--a jewel heist. The kind Wyatt likes. Nothing extravagant, nothing greedy. Stake out the international courier, one Alain Le Page, hold up the goods in transit and get away fast. Wyatt prefers to work alone, but this is Eddie Oberin's job. Eddie's very smart ex-wife Lydia has the inside information. Add Wyatt's planning genius and meticulous preparation, and what could possibly go wrong? Plenty. And when you wrong Wyatt, you don't get to just walk away.. 1st American Edition. Pictorial Wrappers. Near Fine/No Jacket. Trade Paperback.

N.Y.: Scribners, 1947. 1st ed.(precedes Australian ed.) His 2nd book & 1st to published in US. page edges browned else about fine in dj, rubbed, chip out. at head, wear at edges. Dust jacket is unclipped [$2.75 price is intact]. The book was a winner in the literary contest sponsered by the Sydney Morning-Herald.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. Book.