VALLEY OF SMUGGLERS
by Arthur W. Upfield New York: Published for The Crime Club by Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1960. First American edition, first printing. 1960 date printed to the title page and "First edition" statement to the copyright page. Published in England in 1960 under the title BONY AND THE KELLY GANG. Detective Inspector Napoleon 'Bony' Bonaparte is featured in a setting quite similar to the area where Upfield lived, in Kangaroo Valley, New South Wales, Australia. This mystery is spiced with accurate narratives portraying actions of the real historical criminal Ned Kelly. Slight rub wear to the cover fore-edges and to the upper and lower spine ends, tiny soil dot to the outer upper page edges, end-papers lightly age-toned as usual, else very good in blue linen with white titles to the spine; lacking a dust jacket. (The front inner flap only, of the original jacket, containing printed price $2.95 and a synopsis of the book, is laid in.) Octavo; 192 pages. PLEASE VIEW FOR MORE GREAT FIRST EDITION BOOKS THANKS! |