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THE WORKS OF ARTHUR W. UPFIELD THE ROBERT J. BLACKMORE COLLECTION

Representing all of the published titles and including 26 signed or inscribed copies

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REFERENCES CITED The standard references have been consulted when compiling this catalogue. The primary source for Arthur W. Upfield is John Loder’s Australian Crime Fiction. A Bibliography 1857-1993, and Loder has been quoted throughout. Dr Loder has generously provided a copy of his digital update of the bibliography, which we have also consulted. We are indebted to him for sharing his knowledge so freely.

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INTRODUCTION 4

PART ONE - PARTPUBLISHED TWO - MANUSCRIPTS,WRITINGS PHOTOGRAPHS, EPHEMERA & CONTRIBUTIONS TO PERIODICALS THE HOUSE OF CAIN 5 THE BARRAKEE MYSTERY/THE LURE OF THE BUSH 6 THE BEACH OF ATONEMENT 7 THE SANDS OF WINDEE 8-9 A ROYAL ABDUCTION 10 GRIPPED BY DROUGHT 11 THE MURCHISON MURDERS 12 WINGS ABOVE THE DIAMANTINA/WINGED MYSTERY/WINGS ABOVE THE CLAYPAN 13 MR JELLY’S BUSINESS/MURDER DOWN UNDER 14 WINDS OF EVIL 15 THE BONE IS POINTED 16 THE MYSTERY OF SWORDFISH REEF 17 BUSHRANGER OF THE SKIES/NO FOOTPRINTS IN THE BUSH 18-19 DEATH OF A SWAGMAN 20-21 THE DEVIL’S STEPS 22 AN AUTHOR BITES THE DUST 23 THE MOUNTAINS HAVE A SECRET 24 THE WIDOWS OF BROOME 25 THE BACHELORS OF BROKEN HILL 26 THE NEW SHOE 26 VENOM HOUSE 27 MURDER MUST WAIT 28 DEATH OF A LAKE 29 SINISTER STONES/CAKE IN THE HAT BOX 30 THE BATTLING PROPHET 31 THE MAN OF TWO TRIBES/ MAN OF TWO TRIBES 31 THE BUSHMAN WHO CAME BACK/BONY BUYS A WOMAN/MURDER IN EDEN 32 FOLLOW MY DUST! 33 BONY AND THE BLACK VIRGIN/THE TORN BRANCH 34 JOURNEY TO THE HANGMAN/BONY AND THE MOUSE 35 VALLEY OF SMUGGLERS/BONY AND THE KELLY GANG 36 THE WHITE SAVAGE/BONY AND THE WHITE SAVAGE 37 THE WILL OF THE TRIBE 38 MADMAN’S BEND/THE BODY AT MADMAN’S BEND 39 THE LAKE FROME MONSTER 40 BREAKAWAY HOUSE 41 THE GIFTS OF FRANK COBBOLD 42 THE GREAT MELBOURNE CUP MYSTERY 42

PART TWO - MANUSCRIPTS, PHOTOGRAPHS, EPHEMERA & CONTRIBUTIONS TO PERIODICALS A SMALL ARCHIVE OF UPFIELD MANUSCRIPTS AND COPIES OF ARTICLES 43 A SMALL COLLECTION OF UPFIELD LETTERS AND CARDS 44 A SMALL ARCHIVE OF UPFIELD RELATED PHOTOGRAPHS, ORIGINAL AND COPIED 45 A COLLECTION OF NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS AND RELATED ARTICLES TELEPHONE +61 3 9654 8506 FACSIMILE +61 3 9654 8530 46 EMAIL [email protected] WEBSITE www.kaycraddock.com CONTRIBUTIONS TO PERIODICALS 46-47 INTRODUCTION

If you stay in business long enough there is the chance that remarkable coincidences and experiences of déjà vu will occur. In the late 1960s my mother (and business partner), Muriel, and I purchased a library that contained sixteen books written by Arthur W. Upfield. At the time, Upfield had little following amongst Australian readers although he was popular overseas. Muriel and I both had a love of ‘river-novels’ that developed with the same main character. We each chose one of the ‘Bony’ novels to read and then went on to read the remaining fifteen in quick succession. We became fans. Just over a decade ago, through an introduction by a long-standing friend and customer, Robert J. Blackmore, I was given the rare opportunity of purchasing an important collection of books, along with manuscripts, correspondence, press clippings, dust wrapper art work and even the author’s own typewriter. That author was Arthur W. Upfield. The collection covered the second period of Upfield’s life, from the time he lived with Jessica Hawke and her son, Don Uren, who from his early teens lived with his mother and Arthur W. Upfield [referred to in this catalogue as AWU]. I prepared a special catalogue of the Uren collection, which included detailed listings of each of the books and the archival material. Before going to print with the catalogue, the collection was purchased in its entirety by the Baillieu Library, University of Melbourne. Now in our fifth decade in business, I am writing this introduction to a second remarkable AWU collection – this one amassed by Rob Blackmore. In the introduction to the Uren AWU catalogue I described Rob as the epitome of the perfect book collector – one who understands the romance of book collecting. As a young man, he met AWU, whose books he collected and several volumes in his library were subsequently inscribed to Rob by him. Many years later when he moved to the country to live, Rob coincidentally met and became friends with Don Uren. My affection for AWU and my love of his work remains unabated and I am grateful to Rob Blackmore for giving me not one but two opportunities to handle significant collections of his work.

July 2015

ARTHUR W. UPFIELD HIS EPITAPH TO BE —

A boy : every wind blew fair. A youth : he mutinied. A young man : he wrecked the ship. Then he built another.

[Epitaph in Follow My Dust!]

4 –1928– THE HOUSE OF CAIN

The author’s first book, a mystery novel, set in Melbourne and north-west New South Wales. The plot is similar to a short story, The Murderers’ Home, written by AWU in 1922 but unpublished in his lifetime. Loder page 230. Serialised: Daily News, Perth, 1933.

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1. First U.K. edition. THE HOUSE OF CAIN. Pp. faintly offset, hinges starting at a few points, edges 286+32(publisher’s catalogue, dated Spring 1928); of leaves lightly foxed, occasional slight soiling; red cloth, spine and upper board lettered in black, Dorrance and Company, New York, 1929. $2,500 the boards slightly canted and lightly soiled, with some mottled fading, the corners lightly worn, 3. Second U.S. [pirated] edition. THE HOUSE OF spine cloth quite faded and slightly creased, the CAIN. Pp. [iv]+286, frontispiece (reproducing the dust lower joint frayed and starting to split; hinge wrapper from the 1929 Dorrance edition), pictorial tender near centre, a few leaves slightly creased, endpapers, designed by William L. McMillan, scattered light foxing; Hutchinson, London, printed in orange & red; red cloth, spine and upper n.d.[1928]. Variant cloth. Loder calls for light board lettered in gilt; dust wrapper, illustrated by fawn cloth; the red cloth variant was later noted George Barr; Dennis McMillan, San Francisco, in Loder 2. *Lacking the dust wrapper. $3,000 1983. *This edition (a pirated reprint of the 1929 Dorrance edition) is the first title to be 2. First U.S. edition. THE HOUSE OF CAIN. Pp. 286; published under Dennis McMillan’s imprint, and black cloth, spine and upper board lettered in gilt, was issued without the consent of Bonaparte boards slightly canted, fore-corners a trifle worn, Holdings, who hold the copyright to AWU’s work. spine chipped and frayed at head, the spine cloth In his introduction, Philip Jose Farmer describes vertically creased, with the gilt lettering dulled and the book as ‘Upfield’s pre-osteomatic novel’ [ie, remains of two ex-library marks in white below title ‘pre-Bony’], because it does not feature Detective and above publisher’s device; top edges red (quite Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte. It is the first of faded); two library stamps on pastedowns (both four AWU titles published by McMillan (all without of The Country House, one being a cancel stamp consent), whose trade and limited editions are imposed over the original), the free endpapers collected in their own right. $600

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The author’s first detective story, set in the River Darling Basin, New South Wales. Thefirst appearance of the part-Aboriginal Detective Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte, of the Queensland police, known as ‘Bony’, a character inspired by AWU’s meeting with an old friend, the half- aboriginal policeman Tracker Leon Wood, known as ‘Tracker Leon’. Loder page 230. Serialised: Daily News, Perth, 1932. Note: Not published in the U.S. until 1965, when it appeared under the title The Lure of the Bush. Working titles: The Foolishness of Silence and The Sin of Silence.

4. First U.K. edition. THE BARRAKEE MYSTERY. Pp. the backstrip and top edge of front panel faded, 288+[16](publisher’s catalogue, dated Spring both flaps slightly tape-marked at corners; free 1929), glossary; red cloth, spine and upper board endpapers slightly offset, edges of leaves lightly lettered in black, a trifle soiled and slightly rubbed, foxed; published for the Crime Club by Doubleday fore-corners lightly worn, the spine slightly faded & Company, New York, 1965. *This edition and with a couple of short splits to extremities; includes a new Introduction for the American uncut; hinges starting at a couple of points, market, containing an account of AWU’s meeting one leaf (K1) reinserted, bookseller’s sticker laid with ‘a half-caste aborigine named Tracker Leon, on title page, a few small edge splits or tears, a man of high intelligence and some education a couple of leaves slightly creased, scattered combined with surpassing bush lore’ - the light foxing and soiling; Hutchinson & Co., inspiration for the ‘Bony’ character. $250 London, n.d.[1929]. Loder calls for gilt lettering of cloth. *Lacking the dust wrapper. $2,500 6. Second U.K. edition. THE BARRAKEE MYSTERY. 5. First U.S. edition. THE LURE OF THE BUSH. Pp. Pp. [vi]+326+[2](glossary); red papered boards, 238; green cloth, spine lettered in gilt, corners faintly spine lettered in gilt; price-clipped dust wrapper, bruised or rubbed, with a couple of tiny bumps to faintly soiled; bookseller’s sticker at foot of upper edges of boards; fore-edges uncut; dust wrapper, pastedown, the lower free endpaper slightly offset; designed by Ellen Raskin, edges a trifle rubbed, Heinemann, London, 1965. $350

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6 –1930– THE BEACH OF ATONEMENT

The author’s scarce third novel, a psychological/romantic story, set mainly in south-west Western Australia. It does not feature Detective Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte. Loder page 230.

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7. First U.K. edition. THE BEACH OF ATONEMENT. to the upper free endpaper, where the tape marks Pp. 288(including the upper endpapers)+[12] remain. Loder describes a signed copy containing a (publisher’s catalogue, dated Summer 1930); red handwritten note by AWU: ‘The last chapter ought cloth, spine and upper board lettered and ruled in never to have been written’. $6,000 black, the cloth heavily faded and slightly mottled, 8. First U.S. edition, hardcover. THE BEACH OF boards now predominantly a light orange, the ATONEMENT. Introduction by Jan Howard Finder. spine even paler, edges faintly bruised; dust Pp. 288+[12](advertisements); top fore-corner wrapper, designed by Robb, worn and slightly of lower board a trifle bruised; dust wrapper, soiled, the edges chipped and torn, with tape designed by Jan Finder; Wombat Enterprises, repairs to backstrip and back panel; hinges tender Unlimited, Albany, N.Y., 2007. *An edition at a couple of points, outer leaves and edges in paper wrappers preceded this casebound lightly foxed; Hutchinson, London, n.d.[1930]. issue by a month. The pagination follows *This was AWU’s own copy, later given by him to the original edition published in London by his stepson, Don Uren, whose typed ownership Hutchinson in 1930, including the advertisements slip (now loosely inserted), was previously taped (Hutchinson’s Summer 1930 list). $45

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The second Bonaparte story, set in outback New South Wales. Loder page 230. Serialised: Western Mail, Perth, 1932. Note: A Book Society choice, and recognized as the start of AWU’s popularity. The story was associated with a real murder case in which AWU gave evidence, and which he later described in the very rare booklet, The Murchison Murders, [1934]. AWU repeated the theme in one of his few short stories, Wisp of Wool and Disk of Silver, which was included in Ellery Queen’s Crime Cruise Round the World, Dial Press, New York, 1981. It was the only short story to feature ‘Bony’.

9. First U.K. edition. THE SANDS OF WINDEE. outer leaves and edges foxed; Hutchinson, London, Pp. 292 (including the upper endpapers, last n.d.[1931]. *Lacking the dust wrapper. $350 blank)+8(publisher’s list, dated early Summer 1931); light yellow/brown cloth, spine lettered 12. First U.K. edition, sixth thousand. THE SANDS OF and ruled in black, the upper board lettered in WINDEE. Pp. 292(including the upper endpapers, black with single blind rule border, the cloth faintly last blank); brown cloth, the spine and upper soiled, spine foxed, edges a trifle rubbed; upper board lettered and ruled in black, boards slightly hinge cracked, bookseller’s sticker at foot of upper canted, edges rubbed, the fore-corners bruised, pastedown, several small damp stains (heaviest faint damp stain, small faded patch and tiny pp. 94/5), scattered foxing; Hutchinson, London, surface graze to upper board; text block slightly n.d.[1931]. *Lacking the dust wrapper. Inscribed browned, bookseller’s sticker at foot of upper and signed by AWU (to Mr. G. H. Heritage, dated 1st pastedown, upper hinge starting, 2 inscriptions September, 1931) on the title page. $4,000 (gift and ownership) on upper free endpaper, the free endpapers offset and lightly marked, short 10. First U.K. edition, second impression. THE split to bottom edge pp. 33/4, corners of a few SANDS OF WINDEE. Pp. 292(including the upper leaves faintly creased, scattered foxing, with a few endpapers, last blank)+8(publisher’s list, dated heavy spots to fore-edges; Hutchinson, London, early Summer 1931); light yellow/brown cloth, n.d.[1931?]. Sixth thousand, but not marked ‘Cheap spine lettered and ruled in black, the upper board Edition’, as some copies of this impression were. lettered in black with single blind rule border, *Lacking the dust wrapper. $250 boards slightly canted, cloth soiled; edges lightly worn, with a couple of tiny frayed patches and small 13. First Australian edition. THE SANDS OF WINDEE. bruises; upper hinge tender, a couple of small damp Pp. vi+282; grey textured papered boards, spine stains, some light foxing; Hutchinson, London, lettered in red, edges a trifle faded; dust wrapper, n.d.[1931]. *Lacking the dust wrapper. $400 slightly soiled, edges lightly rubbed and split, with small closed tear to top edge of front panel 11. First U.K. edition, third impression. THE SANDS slightly affecting first letter of title; edges of leaves OF WINDEE. Pp. 292(including the upper endpapers, faintly soiled; Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 1958. last blank)+8(publisher’s list, dated early Summer *Inscribed and signed by AWU (to Rob Blackmore, 1931); yellow/brown cloth, spine lettered and ruled ‘hoping he liked this story’) on the title page. $750 in black, upper board lettered in black with single blind rule border, the boards a trifle canted, fore- 14. First U.S. edition. THE SANDS OF WINDEE. Pp. corners faintly bruised, spine cloth slightly faded; 224(last blank); dust wrapper, faintly soiled, edges hinges tender at a couple of points, the half-title lightly rubbed and split; short closed tear extending page faintly offset, early inked gift inscription on title from bottom edge into last 3 lines of text pp.189/190; page, the lower endpapers slightly creased, a couple London House and Maxwell, New York, 1968. Not of tiny edge splits and a few marginal damp stains, in Loder. $200

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A non-’Bony’ mystery novel of a kidnapping from the Overland Express, and imprisonment in caves below the Nullarbor Plain. Loder page 231. Serialised: Herald, Melbourne, from March to April 1932.

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15. First U.K. edition. A ROYAL ABDUCTION. Pp. 16. First U.S. [pirated] edition. A ROYAL ABDUCTION. 288(including the upper endpapers)+24(publisher’s Introduction by Tony Hillerman. Pp. 288, frontis- catalogue, dated early Spring 1932); green cloth, piece (reproducing the dust wrapper of the first spine and upper board lettered in black, the boards edition), pictorial endpapers; light brown cloth, slightly canted and a trifle soiled, edges lightly lettered and decorated in gilt; dust wrapper; Dennis rubbed, the bottom fore-corners bruised, spine McMillan, n.p. [Miami Beach, Florida?], 1984. One cloth faded and slightly creased, with a couple of tiny of only 400 copies. Not in Loder. $500 frays to extremities; upper hinge cracking, lacking most of the lower free endpaper, a couple of leaves 17. Second U.S. edition. A ROYAL ABDUCTION. Pp. faintly creased, a little light foxing and occasional 252(last blank); navy cloth, spine lettered in gilt; dust slight soiling; Hutchinson, London, n.d.[1932]. *Ex wrapper; Lulu, Raleigh, NC, 2011. *Signed by the library copy, lacking the dust wrapper, and with rights owner, Kees de Hoog, on the title page. $45 Century Book Depot label on lower board, plus their stamp at foot of title page, and numbers written in ink on verso of title page and lower pastedown. $500

10 –1932– GRIPPED BY DROUGHT

A non-’Bony’ mystery novel about a three-year drought on a large property in the Australian Outback, Atlas, near Menindee, western New South Wales. It is the last of the Hutchinson imprints. Loder page 231. Note: Based largely on AWU’s personal experiences, and written at a time (1931) when he was working as a State Rabbit Fence boundary rider in Western Australia. Working title: Drought.

18. First U.K. edition. GRIPPED BY DROUGHT. Pp. 19. First U.S. [pirated] edition. GRIPPED BY DROUGHT. 288(including the upper endpapers)+40(publisher’s Pp. 288(including the upper free endpaper), 1 text catalogue, dated Autumn 1932), 1 text illustration; illustration, pictorial endpapers; maize cloth, spine dark red cloth, spine and upper board lettered in lettered in gilt; dust wrapper, designed by Joe black, soiled and worn, with several small damp Servello; Dennis McMillan, Missoula, Montana, stains, corners bruised, the lower joint frayed and 1990. One of 450 copies. Not in Loder. $300 split; bookseller’s sticker at foot of upper pastedown, hinges cracked, lacking the upper and lower free endpapers, several small edge splits or chips, the top 20. Second U.S. edition. GRIPPED BY DROUGHT. fore-corner torn from pp. 29/30 (affecting a few lines Pp. 290+[2](advertisement, verso blank), 1 text of text), several leaves slightly creased, scattered illustration; navy cloth, spine lettered in gilt, bottom foxing and soiling; Hutchinson, London, n.d.[1932]. fore-corner of lower board bruised; dust wrapper; *Shabby copy, lacking the dust wrapper. Inscribed both pastedowns slightly bubbled; Lulu, Raleigh, and signed by AWU on the title page (to Mr & Mrs Mace, NC, 2011. *With presentation inscription on the title dated 10-2-34). The pagination is irregular, with the page (to Rob Blackmore) from the rights holder/ upper endpapers accounting for pp. [i-iv]. $900 publisher, Kees de Hoog. $45

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AWU’s scarce non-fiction account of the notoriousSnowy Rowles affair. Loder page 231. Note: John Thomas Smith, alias Snowy Rowles, murdered three men in Western Australia during late 1929 and early 1930, and disposed of their bodies using a method he had heard AWU discuss when the latter was devising the plot for The Sands of Windee.

21. First Australian edition. THE MURCHISON before or after the fact, the Crown alleged that I MURDERS. Edited by Bernard Cronin. Pp. 62+[2 did provide him with a method of destroying the (blank); demy 16mo; printed paper wrappers, bodies of his victims’ [p. 11]. $3,000 stapled, a trifle foxed and soiled, edges faintly rubbed, the backstrip slightly damp stained; 22. First U.S. [pirated] edition. THE MURCHISON staples rusted, a few leaves faintly creased; The MURDERS. Pp. [ii]+90, 3 full page illustrations (2 Midget Masterpiece Publishing Co., Sydney, photographic), pictorial endpapers printed in n.d.[1934] Australian Crime Series. *In the Preface brown; yellow cloth, spine lettered in brown; dust to this account, Bernard Cronin describes Rowles wrapper; Dennis McMillan Publications, Miami, as ‘an example in the flesh of that horrifying dual Florida, 1987. Limitation not stated, but probably personality portrayed in Stevenson’s fantastic story one of 600 copies. Not in Loder. *Four articles, of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.’ AWU himself conceded: the first of which was originally published by The ‘In a proper review of the Snowy Rowles case, it Midget Masterpiece Publishing Co., Sydney, in 1934 is impossible to disregard my work as a novelist; (see above). The three other articles, all written in because, although I did not provide Rowles 1935, are: Patrolling the World’s Longest Fence; An with a motive, and was in no way an accessory Australian Camel Station; and Trapping for Fur. $400

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12 –1936– WINGS ABOVE THE DIAMANTINA / WINGED MYSTERY / WINGS ABOVE THE CLAYPAN

The third Bonaparte story, set in the region of the Diamantina River, Queensland. Loder page 231. Serialised: The Australian Journal from January 1936 under the title Wings Above the Diamantina. Note: Published in Australia as Wings Above the Diamantina, in the U.K. as Winged Mystery, and later in the U.S. under the title Wings Above the Claypan.

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23. First Australian edition. WINGS ABOVE THE 25. Second Australian edition. WINGS ABOVE THE DIAMANTINA. Pp. [iv]+ii+302, upper free endpaper DIAMANTINA. Pp. vi+266(last colophon); blue cloth, map; red cloth, spine and upper board lettered lettered and decorated in navy, boards a trifle and ruled in black, edges lightly rubbed, spine canted, edges and spine lightly faded and rubbed, faded; name and date in ink at head of upper bottom fore-corner of upper board slightly bruised; free endpaper, short closed tear to bottom edge dust wrapper, lightly soiled and worn, the edges pp. 197/8, scattered foxing and occasional slight and backstrip chipped and torn; hinges starting soiling (including a little bleeding of cloth colour at a couple of points, a little light foxing; Angus & to the lower endpapers); Angus & Robertson, Robertson, Sydney, 1940. *Inscribed and signed by Sydney, 1936. *Lacking the dust wrapper. $750 AWU (to Rob Blackmore) on the title page. $1,500

26. First U.S. edition. WINGS ABOVE THE CLAYPAN. 24. First U.K. edition. WINGED MYSTERY. Pp. Pp. [viii]+280; brown cloth, spine and upper board [iv]+ii+302+38(publisher’s pictorial catalogue, dated lettered and decorated in orange, the upper board Autumn 1937); orange cloth, spine lettered in black, slightly scuffed; fore-edges uncut; dust wrapper, edges a trifle rubbed, the fore-corners lightly worn, edges rubbed and split, with a few small chips, tiny stain near bottom edge of upper board, spine the back panel faintly soiled, backstrip a trifle cloth slightly soiled; top edges orange; text block faded; ownership inscription (in blue & black ink) faintly browned, a couple of spots of foxing; John at head of upper pastedown, hinges starting at a Hamilton, London, n.d.[1937]. *Lacking the dust couple of points; published for the Crime Club by wrapper. $600 Doubleday, Doran & Co., New York, 1943. $500

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The fourth Bonaparte story, set in the Western Australian wheat belt in a town on the Perth-Kalgoorlie railway line. Loder page 231. Serialised: Herald, Melbourne, Daily News, Perth, and Daily Mail, Brisbane. Note: Published in Australia and the U.K. as Mr. Jelly’s Business and in the U.S. under the title Murder Down Under. This is the first of AWU’s novels to be published for the Crime Club in America and only the second of his books published in America (the other being his first novel, The House of Cain, in 1929). In its introduction, the American publishers describe AWU as ‘the leading mystery-story writer of Australia in regard to both productivity and popularity.... In this book, as well as in other books by Mr. Upfield which we plan to publish at frequent intervals, there is a picture drawn of Australian life which is bound to interest Americans now more than at any other time. Because of the thousands of Americans now in Australia with our armed forces, that country has become to many of us the most intriguing, important part of the globe, and we welcome an opportunity to meet its people and its scene through an informal, intimate medium such as the detective story’. Working title: A Needle in a Haystack.

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27. First Australian edition. MR. JELLY’S BUSINESS. Pp. browned, the endpapers lightly offset, with 2 small [vi]+286, upper free endpaper plan; orange cloth, initial stamps on lower free endpaper and a minor lettered in black, faintly soiled and marked, edges production (folding) fault to the lower endpapers slightly rubbed, the spine cloth lightly faded and resulting in some paper loss around head of lower creased; dust wrapper, worn and soiled, with hinge, corners of a few leaves slightly creased, a several creases, splits and tears and a 5 cm x 2.5 little light foxing; published for the Crime Club by cm piece torn from lower portion of backstrip and Doubleday, Doran, New York, 1943. *Lacking the small piece torn from foot of backstrip fold into dust wrapper. $300 back panel; hinges tender at a couple of points, a little light foxing; Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 1937. *Inscribed and signed by AWU (to Rob 29. Second Australian edition. MR. JELLY’S Blackmore) on the title page. $1,500 BUSINESS. Pp. 256, full page plan; black textured papered boards, spine lettered in gilt, light bump 28. First U.S. edition. MURDER DOWN UNDER. Pp. to bottom edge of lower board next to spine; [xii]+298, full page plan; grey cloth, spine and dust wrapper, designed by C.W.B., edges slightly upper board lettered and decorated in red, slightly rubbed and split; bookseller’s sticker at foot of rubbed, fore-corners lightly bruised, the spine upper pastedown, the free endpapers faintly faintly faded; fore-edges uncut; text block slightly offset; Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 1964. $200

14 –1937– WINDS OF EVIL

The fifth Bonaparte story, set in a country town near Broken Hill, New South Wales. Loder page 232. Serialised: The Australian Journal from 1 March to 1 October, 1937. Working title: Strange Bedfellows.

30. First Australian edition. WINDS OF EVIL. Pp. slight soiling; John Hamilton, London, n.d.[1939]. [vi]+258(last colophon), endpaper sketch map; *Lacking the dust wrapper. $350 red cloth, spine and upper board lettered and ruled in black, the boards a trifle canted, top 32. First U.S. edition. WINDS OF EVIL. Pp. x+230, full fore-corners faintly bruised; name in ink and page sketch map; red cloth, spine lettered and bookseller’s sticker on upper pastedown, hinge decorated in cream, the boards a trifle canted and tender near centre, scattered foxing (heavier slightly flecked, top fore-corners bruised, edges on outer leaves); Angus & Robertson, Sydney, lightly rubbed; fore-edges uncut; price-clipped dust 1937. *Lacking the dust wrapper. $600 wrapper, edges and backstrip heavily chipped and torn, with tape repairs and paper reinforcements 31. First U.K. edition. WINDS OF EVIL. Pp. [vi]+258(last on reverse, the back panel slightly soiled; text block colophon)+20(publisher’s catalogue, last blank), faintly browned; published for the Crime Club by endpaper map; orange cloth, spine lettered in black, Doubleday, Doran and Co., New York, 1944. $350 lightly soiled, edges a trifle rubbed, fore-corners faintly bruised, small damp stain to upper board, 33. Second Australian edition. WINDS OF EVIL. a couple of tiny frays at head of spine; top edges Pp. 256; black textured papered boards, spine red; text block faintly browned, the free endpapers lettered in gilt; dust wrapper, designed by Biro, slightly offset, hinges starting, small surface graze edges lightly rubbed and split, the back panel near centre of title page, 3 cm closed tear from slightly soiled; free endpapers offset, minor top edge of one leaf (affecting a couple of lines of production fault (light vertical creasing) to a few text on p. 125), a little light foxing and occasional leaves; Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 1961. $200

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The sixth Bonaparte story, set on an inland pastoral station in the Channel Country of south-western Queensland, and involving a migratory rabbit plague. Loder page 232. Serialised: Herald, Melbourne, under the title Murder on the Station, from 20 August, 1938. Note: Although the first U.S. edition is dated 1947, the Unicorn Mystery Book Club edition bears the New York 1946 imprint, indicating that it preceded it. A presentation copy of the first U.S. edition from AWU to his stepson, Don Uren, which we have previously sold, bears the date 7th March, 1947, indicating that this was the month of printing. It was not usual for the book club edition to precede the Crime Club release, although they were sometimes quite close chronologically. The American editions do not include the endpaper plan present in the Australian editions, but have a different version of the plan at page 8, opposite the opening page of text. Working title: Dance of the Rodents.

34. First Australian edition. THE BONE IS POINTED. Pp. published for Unicorn Mystery Book Club by viii+320(last colophon), endpaper plan printed in Unicorn Press, New York, 1946. Not in Loder. $300 navy; red cloth, the spine and upper board lettered and ruled in black, a couple of small surface grazes 36. First U.S. edition* THE BONE IS POINTED. Pp. to fore-edge of upper board and to spine, the spine 288, full page plan; black cloth, spine lettered cloth faintly faded and a trifle soiled, with a faint and decorated in red, boards a trifle marked and crease near the foot; free endpapers slightly offset, flecked, fore-corners lightly worn, the spine slightly a little light foxing; Angus & Robertson, Sydney, frayed at head and with faint vertical crease; 1938. *Lacking the dust wrapper. $500 fore-edges uncut; dust wrapper, slightly cropped (being 1 cm shorter than the boards), the flaps 35. U.S. Book Club edition. THE BONE IS POINTED. lightly soiled and foxed, edges a trifle rubbed; text [Being the final story in the Unicorn Mystery Book block slightly browned, corners of a few leaves Club omnibus edition, together with Front For faintly creased, a little light foxing and occasional Murder by Guy Emery; The Lady Regrets by James faint soiling; published for the Crime Club by M. Fox; and P. Moran, Operative by Percival Wilde]. Doubleday & Company, New York, 1947. *See Each story with separate pagination (AWU’s novel note, above, regarding edition. $300 comprises 286 of the volume’s 950 pages, and including a full page plan), pictorial free endpapers; 37. Second Australian edition. THE BONE IS POINTED. light brown cloth, spine and upper board lettered Pp. 288, endpaper plan; maroon papered boards, and decorated in gilt, red & black, the boards a spine lettered in gilt, faint bruise at head of spine; trifle marked, fore-corners slightly bruised; top dust wrapper, designed by Wal Stackpool, edges edge red (faded); fore-corners of a few leaves lightly rubbed and split; bookseller’s sticker at foot slightly creased, a couple of tiny edge splits, a of upper pastedown, edges of leaves faintly foxed; little light foxing and occasional slight soiling; Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 1966. $75

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16 –1939– THE MYSTERY OF SWORDFISH REEF

The seventh Bonaparte story, involving marlin fishing at Bermagui on the southern coast of New South Wales. Loder page 232. Note: The U.K. and book club editions were issued without the full page sketch map present in the first Australian and first U.S. editions.

ITEM # 38 ITEM # 39 ITEM # 40

38. First Australian edition. THE MYSTERY OF bottom edges uncut; dust wrapper, edges lightly SWORDFISH REEF. Pp. [vi]+256+[2](blank, rubbed and split, the back panel slightly soiled; a colophon), upper free endpaper plan; green cloth, couple of tiny edge splits, occasional faint soiling; spine and upper board lettered in black, boards published for the Crime Club by Doubleday, a trifle canted and faintly mottled, edges lightly Doran and Company, New York, 1943. $300 rubbed, the fore-corners and spine extremities a trifle frayed; hinges cracking, a little light foxing 40. First U.K. edition. THE MYSTERY OF SWORDFISH and occasional slight soiling; Angus & Robertson, REEF. Pp. [vi]+248(last blank); dark blue papered Sydney, 1939. *Lacking the dust wrapper. $200 boards, spine lettered in silver; dust wrapper, designed by Bill Morden, with author’s photograph 39. First U.S. edition. THE MYSTERY OF SWORDFISH on back panel, edges a trifle rubbed and split, the REEF. Pp. [vi]+240, full page sketch map; grey backstrip slightly browned; outer leaves faintly cloth, spine lettered and decorated in navy, fore- offset, edges a trifle foxed; Heinemann, London, corners of boards a trifle bruised, edges slightly 1960. *Inscribed and signed by AWU (to Rob faded, the spine cloth faintly creased; fore and Blackmore) on the title page. $400

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The eighth Bonaparte story, set in Central Australia. Loder page 232. Working title: Burning water and Flame in the Shadow. Note: First published in Australia as Bushranger of the Skies, the title was changed to No Footprints in the Bush for the first U.S. and U.K. editions. It reverted toBushranger of the Skies for the second U.S. edition.

41. First Australian edition. BUSHRANGER OF THE 43. First U.K. edition (paperback). NO FOOTPRINTS SKIES. Pp. [vi]+314; beige cloth, spine lettered and IN THE BUSH. Pp. 288(last advertisement); printed ruled in dark blue, with small dark blue vignette paper wrappers, with author’s photograph on of an aeroplane near bottom fore-corner of upper back panel, slightly soiled, bookseller’s stamp board, the boards faintly soiled, bottom fore-corner on front panel, edges lightly worn; text block of upper board slightly bruised, spine faded; hinges slightly browned, corners of a few leaves lightly starting at a couple of points, a little light foxing creased, closed tear from bottom edge into last 2 and occasional slight soiling; Angus & Robertson, lines of text pp. 177/8, a couple of spots of foxing; Sydney, 1940. *Lacking the dust wrapper. $350 Penguin Books, Harmondsworth, Middlesex, 1949. Not in Loder. *Inscribed and signed by AWU (to Rob Blackmore) on the title page. $100 42. First U.S. edition. NO FOOTPRINTS IN THE BUSH. Pp. [ii]+viii+214(last blank); light brown cloth, spine 44. Second U.S. edition. BUSHRANGER OF THE SKIES. lettered and decorated in blue, boards slightly Pp. 234(last blank); black papered boards, spine soiled and flecked, edges lightly worn; fore-edges lettered in gilt; dust wrapper, designed by Edward uncut; dust wrapper, designed by H. A. Peace, a Gorey, edges rubbed and split, with a couple of trifle creased, the edges lightly chipped and split, tiny chips, small damp stain and tape repair at with small pieces torn from backstrip extremities; foot of backstrip on reverse; bookseller’s sticker at text block faintly browned, bookseller’s stamp on head of upper free endpaper; London House and upper pastedown, small initial stamp on lower Maxwell, New York, 1963. $200 free endpaper, occasional slight soiling; published for the Crime Club by Doubleday, Doran and 45. Second Australian edition. BUSHRANGER OF Company, New York, 1944. *The front flap of THE SKIES. Pp. 254(last blank); black papered the dust wrapper includes a publisher’s wartime boards, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper, edges production note stating: ‘This edition is complete a trifle rubbed and split, the backstrip faintly faded; and unabridged. This is a full-length book printed bookseller’s sticker at foot of upper pastedown, the in a special format designed to save materials and free endpapers slightly offset; Angus & Robertson, manpower.’ $350 Sydney, 1963. $200

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ITEM # 50 ITEM # 51

20 –1945– DEATH OF A SWAGMAN

The ninth Bonaparte story, set in south-western New South Wales. Loder page 232. Serialised: Sydney Morning Herald from 20 November, 1945. Note: In the second Australian and U.S. editions, the diagram present in Chapter XII of other editions [‘strange symbols direct ‘Bony’ in his search for a murderer’] is featured only in the dust wrapper illustration. Working title: Blood on the Walls of China.

46. First U.S. edition. DEATH OF A SWAGMAN. Pp. soiled, the edges rubbed and split, with a couple of [ii]+222(last blank), text diagram; fawn cloth, small chips, large piece torn from foot of backstrip, spine lettered in black, boards a trifle foxed; fore- another piece (comprising first words of title) torn edges uncut; price-clipped dust wrapper, slightly from top edge of front panel but still extant; a little foxed and worn, the edges rubbed and split, faint foxing and occasional slight soiling; Angus & with a couple of small paper repairs on reverse, Robertson, Sydney, 1947. *Inscribed and signed by backstrip slightly faded; text block faintly browned, AWU (to Rob Blackmore) on the title page. $600 endpapers slightly offset, scattered light foxing; published for the Crime Club by Doubleday, 50. Second Australian edition. DEATH OF A Doran & Co., New York, 1945. $400 SWAGMAN. Pp. 256(last blank); black papered boards, spine lettered in gilt, fore-corners faintly 47. U.S. Book Club edition. DEATH OF A SWAGMAN. bruised; dust wrapper, slightly scuffed, edges lightly Pp. [ii]+222(last blank), text diagram; fawn cloth, rubbed and split, with a couple of tiny chips, the spine lettered in black; fore-edges uncut; dust back panel lightly soiled; a little foxing (mainly to wrapper, lightly rubbed, edges worn and split, edges); Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 1962. $150 with a couple of small tears, piece torn from foot of backstrip; small chip to bottom edge 51. Second U.S. edition. DEATH OF A SWAGMAN. pp. 147/8; published for the Crime Club by Pp. 256(last blank); black papered boards, spine Doubleday, Doran & Co., New York, 1945. $300 lettered in gilt, the top fore-corners bumped, 2 faint horizontal indentations to lower board; dust 48. First U.K. edition. DEATH OF A SWAGMAN. Pp. wrapper, worn and lightly soiled, the edges rubbed 196, text diagram; dark blue cloth, spine lettered and chipped, with several tears and a couple of tape in gilt, boards a trifle flecked, edges lightly rubbed, repairs on reverse; ownership name in ink on upper the lower board slightly spotted; dust wrapper, free endpaper, the free endpapers faintly offset, lightly foxed and soiled, edges slightly creased and pastedowns slightly creased, a little light foxing; split, with a couple of tiny chips; ownership name British Book Centre, New York, n.d.[1962?] *This in ink on upper free endpaper, the outer leaves edition was probably issued from the 1962 Angus and edges faintly foxed; Francis Aldor, 1946. $300 & Robertson sheets, with a different imprint on the title page. The spine features the British Book Centre 49. First Australian edition. DEATH OF A SWAGMAN. imprint at foot, not the A & R logo. Dust wrapper Pp. [vi]+268+[2](blank, colophon), text diagram; differences are: BBC imprint on backstrip; $3.25 red cloth, spine lettered in black, the boards price on front flap; the back flap blank (without the slightly canted, with a couple of tiny bumps to blurb for Winds of Evil present in the A & R edition); bottom edge of upper board, spine faintly faded; and advertisement for Winds of Evil (instead of La dust wrapper, designed by Quinton Davis, slightly Bora) on the back panel. $60

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The tenth Bonaparte story, set at a holiday guest house on Mt. Chalmers in the Victorian Alps. Loder page 233. Serialised: Argus, Melbourne, from 16 November, 1946.

52. First U.S. edition. THE DEVIL’S STEPS. Pp. worn and slightly soiled, the edges creased and [ii]+286(last blank); dark green cloth, spine lettered chipped, with several mainly small tears repaired in black, the cloth a trifle frayed at head of spine; fore- with tape and paper on reverse; the free endpapers edges uncut; dust wrapper, slightly soiled, edges faintly offset, several leaves slightly buckled, a little lightly rubbed and split; bottom fore-corner pp. 61/2 light foxing; Francis Aldor, London, 1948. $300 slightly creased; published for the Crime Club by Doubleday & Company, New York, 1946. $500 54. First Australian edition [unabridged]. THE DEVIL’S STEPS. Pp. 256; black papered boards, spine 53. First U.K. edition. THE DEVIL’S STEPS. Pp. 200; lettered in gilt; dust wrapper, a trifle scuffed, edges red papered boards, spine lettered in gilt, edges lightly rubbed and split, with dual price (Sterling lightly rubbed, the boards a trifle canted and faintly and decimal currency) on front flap; free endpapers marked, small faded patch at foot of spine; price- offset, small damp stain to top fore-corner of a few clipped dust wrapper (designed by Hofbauer?), leaves; Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 1965. $150

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22 –1948– AN AUTHOR BITES THE DUST

The eleventh Bonaparte story, set in the Yarra Valley, Victoria. Loder page 233.

ITEM # 55 ITEM # 56 ITEM # 57

55. First U.S. edition. AN AUTHOR BITES THE DUST. bottom fore-corners a trifle bruised, tiny bump Pp. 192(last blank); pale orange papered boards, to top edge of upper board, the spine cloth faintly the spine and upper board lettered and decorated creased; dust wrapper, slightly soiled, edges lightly with the Crime Club banner in green, the spine rubbed and split; text block browned (as often), a trifle creased at extremities, top fore-corner of bookseller’s sticker at foot of upper pastedown, lower board faintly bruised, upper board a trifle edges of leaves a trifle foxed; Angus & Robertson, soiled; dust wrapper, designed by Podorson, slightly Sydney, 1948. *Inscribed and signed by AWU (to soiled and rubbed, edges worn and chipped, the Rob Blackmore) on the title page. $750 front flap almost completely detached, backstrip faded; text block browned, the half-title page 57. First U.K. edition. AN AUTHOR BITES THE DUST. loosening, a few leaves lightly creased, a couple Pp. 224; blue papered boards, spine lettered in gilt; of spots of foxing; published for the Crime Club by dust wrapper, edges lightly rubbed and split, with Doubleday & Company, New York, 1948. $400 a couple of tiny chips; bookseller’s sticker at foot of lower pastedown, the bottom fore-corner of a 56. First Australian edition. AN AUTHOR BITES couple of leaves slightly creased, edges of leaves THE DUST. Pp. vi+242(last colophon); fawn cloth, faintly soiled; Angus & Robertson, London, 1967. spine lettered in black, the boards slightly canted, $150

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The twelfth Bonaparte story, set in the Grampians of Victoria. Loder page 233. Serialised: Detective Fiction Magazine, Volume l, number 1, December, 1948 to March, 1949, Frank Johnson, Sydney, 1948. Working title: Can That Man Be Dead?

58. First U.S. edition. THE MOUNTAINS HAVE A SECRET. 59. First U.K. edition, in Australian issue dust Pp. 188; red papered boards, spine and upper board wrapper. THE MOUNTAINS HAVE A SECRET. Pp. lettered and decorated in black, bottom edge of vi+210(last blank); black cloth, spine lettered and boards a trifle shelf worn; dust wrapper, designed decorated in gilt, top fore-corner of lower board a by R. M. Powers, edges lightly rubbed and split; trifle bruised; dust wrapper, designed by A. J. Yates, text block slightly browned, thin piece torn from lightly soiled and worn, edges rubbed and split, with bottom edge pp. 95/6, tiny surface graze to fore- a couple of small chips; inked ownership inscription edge of lower free endpaper, small ink spot to lower on upper pastedown, the upper hinge starting, pastedown, occasional slight soiling; published for outer leaves and edges slightly foxed; Heinemann, the Crime Club by Doubleday & Company, New London, 1952. *Inscribed and signed by AWU (to York, 1948. *The dust wrapper blurb on the flaps Rob Blackmore) on the title page. The Australian misspells ‘Bony’ as ‘Boni’, as did Isabelle Taylor of issue dust wrapper has a narrower front flap, which Doubleday in some of her correspondence with is overprinted with the Australian retail price (7s6d) AWU in the late 1940s and early 1950s. $250 in red. $500

ITEM # 58 ITEM # 59

24 –1950– THE WIDOWS OF BROOME

The thirteenth Bonaparte story, set in Broome, Western Australia. Loder page 233. Serialised: Western Mail, Perth, from 12 December 1951.

ITEM # 60 ITEM # 61

60. U.S. Book Club edition. THE WIDOWS OF BROOME. to the Dollar Mystery Guild by Howard Haycraft, Pp. x+204, the title page printed in green & black; the front flap has printed in orange ‘Book Club dark green simulated cloth, spine lettered in white, Edition’, and the back flap is blank. $150 top fore-corners of boards bruised; top edges green, fore-edges uncut; dust wrapper, designed by Elaine, 61. First U.K. edition, Australian issue dust wrapper. edges lightly rubbed and split, with a couple of tiny THE WIDOWS OF BROOME. Pp. [vi]+246; black chips, the back panel slightly soiled; published for papered boards, spine lettered in gilt, the boards the Crime Club by Doubleday & Company, New faintly scuffed, fore-corners bruised, light bump to York, 1950. *With loosely inserted Book Club top edge of upper board near spine; dust wrapper, ephemera. The Book Club edition was published in edges rubbed and split, with a few small chips, the same year as the first edition. It is close in the back panel slightly soiled, small pieces torn appearance to the first edition, but there are from head and foot of backstrip; inked ownership significant differences. There is no list of books by inscription on upper pastedown, the outer blanks AWU on verso of half title page, the title page drops offset, small stain to page 140, edges of leaves a the Crime Club logo, imprint and the date, and the trifle foxed; Heinemann, London, 1951. *Inscribed Copyright page drops the ‘First Edition’ tag. The and signed by AWU (to Rob Blackmore) on the dust wrapper, designed by Elaine, does not bear title page. The Australian issue dust wrapper has a the Crime Club banner at head of backstrip and narrower front flap, which is overprinted with the front panel, the back panel has a long introduction Australian retail price (7s6d) in red. $400

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The fourteenth Bonaparte story, set in Broken Hill, New South Wales. Loder page 233.

62. First U.K. edition. THE BACHELORS OF BROKEN HILL. Pp. [vi]+254; blue textured papered boards, spine lettered in gilt; price-clipped dust wrapper, designed by Bill Morden, edges lightly rubbed and split, with 2 number stamps on back panel; bookseller’s sticker at foot of upper pastedown, the upper free endpaper faintly offset; Heinemann, London, 1958. *Inscribed and signed by AWU (to Rob Blackmore) on the title page. $600 ITEM # 62

–1951– THE NEW SHOE

The fifteenth Bonaparte story, set on the southern Victorian coast, near Lorne. Loder page 233. Serialised: Argus, Melbourne, from 27 December, 1952 to 2 January, 1953. Working Title: The Fourth Ring.

63. First U.S. edition. THE NEW SHOE. Pp. 190(last trifle rubbed; dust wrapper, edges lightly rubbed blank); black textured papered boards, spine and split, the back panel slightly soiled; text block lettered and decorated in red, edges lightly worn, browned, endpapers lightly offset, edges of leaves the lower board faintly scuffed, fore-corners a trifle foxed; published for the Crime Club by bruised; text block browned, the free endpapers Doubleday & Company, New York, 1951. $350 faintly offset, a little light foxing; published for the Crime Club by Doubleday & Company, New York, 65. First U.K. edition. THE NEW SHOE. Pp. [vi]+230; 1951. *Lacking the dust wrapper. Inscribed by black cloth, spine lettered and decorated in gilt, AWU on the title page to Australian journalist and the spine lightly creased; dust wrapper, slightly author John Hetherington: ‘For John Hetherington soiled, edges lightly rubbed and split, the backstrip with the hope he will like this tale of ordinary browned and slightly chipped at extremities; a people Arthur W. Upfield 16th March 1952’. $500 little light foxing and occasional slight soiling; 64. First U.S. edition. THE NEW SHOE. Another copy; Heinemann, London, 1952. *Inscribed and signed foot of spine and bottom fore-corners of boards a by the author on the title page. $400

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26 –1952– VENOM HOUSE

The sixteenth Bonaparte story, involving murder at Edison on the coast, south of Brisbane. Loder pages 233/4. Serialised: Australasian Post, from 17 April to 5 June, 1952.

66. First U.S. edition. VENOM HOUSE. Pp. 184; grey the foot of spine and bottom fore-corner of upper textured papered boards, spine lettered and board a trifle bruised; price-clipped dust wrapper, decorated in lighter grey; dust wrapper, designed designed by A. J. Yates, slightly soiled and foxed, by Gillian Sandlands, slightly soiled, edges rubbed edges lightly rubbed and split, with a couple of tiny and split, with several tiny chips, small piece torn chips to backstrip extremities; lower free endpaper from head of backstrip, inked price change to tape marked and slightly grazed, a little light foxing; front flap; text block browned, the half-title page Heinemann, London, 1953. *Inscribed and signed a trifle marked; published for the Crime Club by by AWU (to Rob Blackmore) on the title page, and Doubleday & Company, New York, 1952. $350 with a loosely inserted newscutting (relating to the forthcoming serial version of Venom House in the VENOM HOUSE. Pp. [vi]+258; 67. First U.K. edition. Australasian Post, April 1952). $600 black cloth, spine lettered and decorated in gilt,

ITEM # 66 ITEM # 67

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The seventeenth Bonaparte story set in far west New South Wales. Loder page 234. Serialised: Argus, Melbourne, from 8 January to 5 March, 1954.

ITEM # 68 ITEM # 69

68. First U.S. edition. MURDER MUST WAIT. Pp. 69. First U.K. edition. MURDER MUST WAIT. Pp. 190, full page illustration; fawn textured papered [vi]+254(last blank), full page illustration; black boards, spine lettered in black, the top fore-corner cloth, spine lettered and decorated in gilt; price- of lower board a trifle bruised; dust wrapper, clipped dust wrapper, designed by A. J. Yates, designed by Freund Larje, slightly soiled, edges slightly soiled, edges lightly rubbed and split; inked lightly rubbed; text block browned, the endpapers ownership inscription and bookseller’s sticker faintly offset; published for the Crime Club by on upper pastedown, pp. 12/13 slightly browned Doubleday & Company, New York, 1953. $300 (from extant newscuttings), a little light foxing and occasional slight soiling; Heinemann, London, 1953. *Inscribed by the author on the title page: ‘Not a bad yarn. Arthur Upfield’. $500

28 –1954– DEATH OF A LAKE

The eighteenth Bonaparte story, set near Menindee, New South Wales. Loder page 234. Serialised: Sydney Morning Herald, from 22 May, 1954. Note: The U.K. edition includes a full page plan not present in the U.S. edition.

70. First U.S. edition. DEATH OF A LAKE. Pp. [ii]+188; 71. First U.K. edition. DEATH OF A LAKE. Pp. [vi]+226 mottled green/black textured papered boards, (last blank), full page plan; black cloth, spine the spine lettered in black, edges and spine a lettered and decorated in gilt, boards a trifle bowed, trifle faded; price-clipped dust wrapper, designed the top fore-corners faintly bruised; price-clipped by Harold Josephs, edges lightly rubbed and dust wrapper, designed by A. J. Yates, slightly soiled, split, backstrip faintly faded; text block slightly edges worn and split, with a few small chips and browned, green & black inked annotations to tears; upper free endpaper and half-title page slightly page [1](list of author’s works), a couple of tiny offset, a couple of spots of foxing; Heinemann, spots of foxing; published for the Crime Club by London, 1954. *Inscribed and signed by AWU (to Doubleday & Company, New York, 1954. $250 Rob Blackmore) on the title page. $500

ITEM # 70 ITEM # 71

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The nineteenth Bonaparte story, set in the Kimberley region of Western Australia. Loder page 234. Serialised: An abridged version of the novel appeared in Woman’s Day, under the title A Woman Named Kimberley, from 20 June to 18 July, 1955. Note: First published in the U.S. as Sinister Stones and in the U.K. under the title Cake in the Hat Box. The original manuscript for Cake in the Hat Box was rejected by Doubleday, when submitted in 1949. Fearing that it would damage AWU’s reputation the American publisher decided to wait for the next manuscript (The Bachelors of Broken Hill), which was to be ‘a companion yarn to Widows, to be played out in a large mining town …’ It was only after a revised manuscript ofCake in the Hat Box was submitted in 1953 that Doubleday agreed to publish the novel. They suggested that the title be changed to Sinister Stones as the word ‘cake’ was not used to mean money in America, and that it would sound as though it were a humorous book

ITEM # 72 ITEM # 73

72. First U.S. edition, later issue. SINISTER STONES. York, 1954. *Ex library copy, with inked markings to Pp. 188(last blank); fawn cloth, spine lettered in title page and stamps at foot of 2 pages. $50 red, with black glue residue or tape marks across the boards and spine (heavier near bottom edge and lightly along top edge), corners of boards a 73. First U.K. edition. CAKE IN THE HAT BOX. Pp. trifle bruised; dust wrapper, designed by Franklyn [vi]+208; black cloth, spine lettered and decorated Webber, edges slightly rubbed and split, backstrip in gilt; dust wrapper, with author’s photograph on with tape repairs on reverse and small damp stains back panel, slightly soiled, edges lightly rubbed and to extremities; text block browned, the upper free split, with a couple of tiny chips, the backstrip faded; endpaper laid down, small surface grazes and tape free endpapers slightly offset, pp. 38/39 slightly marks to lower pastedown, a couple of small edge browned (from loosely inserted newscutting, chips or splits, pp. 17/18 slightly creased, a few small extant), edges of leaves a trifle foxed; Heinemann, damp stains, edges of leaves lightly foxed; published London, 1955. *Inscribed by AWU on the title page: for the Crime Club by Doubleday & Company, New ‘This is my favourite tale Arthur Upfield’. $750

30 –1956– THE BATTLING PROPHET

The twentieth Bonaparte story, set along the Murray River, South Australia. Loder page 234. Serialised: World’s News, Sydney, 19 February to April 16, 1955.

74. First U.K. edition. THE BATTLING PROPHET. Pp. [vi]+226; red textured papered boards, spine lettered in gilt and with faint indentation just below centre; price- clipped dust wrapper, designed by Cuthbertson, with author’s photograph on back panel, slightly soiled, edges a trifle creased and rubbed; bookseller’s sticker at foot of upper pastedown, the free endpapers offset, edges of leaves faintly foxed; Heinemann, London, 1956. *Inscribed and signed by AWU (to Rob Blackmore) on the title page . $600 ITEM # 74

–1956– THE MAN OF TWO TRIBES / MAN OF TWO TRIBES

The twenty-first Bonaparte story, set in the Nullabor Plain, southwest South Australia. Loder page 234. Serialised: Daily Mail, Brisbane, from 13 January, 1957. Note: Published in the U.S. as The Man of Two Tribes and in the U.K. and Australia under the title Man of Two Tribes.

75. First U.S. edition. THE MAN OF TWO TRIBES. Pp. price-clipped dust wrapper, designed by Ley Kenyon, 188; fawn papered boards, spine lettered in black, slightly soiled, edges lightly rubbed and split, bottom fore-corners of boards a trifle bruised; dust small number stamp near top edge of back panel; wrapper, designed by Franklyn Webber, edges bookseller’s sticker at foot of upper pastedown, lightly rubbed and split, the backstrip and top the lower free endpaper faintly offset, pp. 32/3 edge of back panel a trifle faded; edges of leaves browned near top edge (from a loosely inserted pre- faintly foxed; published for the Crime Club by decimal currency tram ticket, extant), short split to Doubleday & Company, New York, 1956. $300 fore-edge pp. 205/6, edges of leaves faintly soiled; Heinemann, London, 1956. *Inscribed and signed 76. First U.K. edition. MAN OF TWO TRIBES. Pp. by AWU (to Rob Blackmore) on the title page, and [viii]+216(last blank); blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt; with a loosely inserted newscutting (book review). $500

ITEM # 75 ITEM # 76

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The twenty-second Bonaparte story, set in the Lake Eyre region. Loder page 234. Note: Published in the U.S. as The Bushman Who Came Back and in the U.K. and Australia under the titles Bony Buys a Woman and Murder in Eden. Working title: Loyalty Has No Colour.

77. First U.S. edition. THE BUSHMAN WHO CAME page, and with the publisher’s original pictorial BACK. Pp. 192(last blank); black textured papered order form loosely inserted (also advertising Follow boards, spine lettered in orange, the boards slightly My Dust). $600 tape marked, edges occasionally a trifle bruised; dust wrapper, designed by Franklyn Webber, slightly 79. First Australian (pulp, revised) edition: MURDER soiled and creased, edges rubbed and split, both IN EDEN. (The Bushman Who Came Back). [cover flaps tape marked; text block faintly browned, title]. Bestseller Mystery Magazine, Vol. 3 No. 2, name in ink and bookseller’s stamp on upper free April 1961. Pp. 132(including the wrappers), printed endpaper, the free endpapers tape marked, tiny split double column, pictorial tailpieces; printed glazed to top edge pp. 27/28; published for the Crime Club paper wrappers, lightly soiled and rubbed, edges by Doubleday & Company, New York, 1957. $200 quite brittle and chipped; text block browned, a few corners slightly creased or chipped, a little light foxing; Joseph W. Ferman, Concord, N.H., 78. First U.K. edition. BONY BUYS A WOMAN. Pp. 1961. *The title story Murder in Eden, rewritten and [iv]+238(last blank); blue textured papered boards, with removal of some of the British edition chapter spine lettered in gilt; price-clipped dust wrapper, headings, occupies the first 109 pages. The Mystery designed by Bill Morden, edges lightly rubbed and Magazine was edited and published by Joseph split, the back panel slightly soiled and with number W. Ferman. This issue also includes the stories stamp near top edge, backstrip faded; bookseller’s The Solid Gold Brick, by Richard M. Gordon; The Pit sticker at foot of upper pastedown, free endpapers and the Bottle, by Arthur Porges; and A Note for the lightly offset;Heinemann, London, 1957. *Inscribed Milkman, by Avram Davidson. The cover design is by and signed by AWU (to Rob Blackmore) on the title Frank Alfred Taggart. $50

ITEM # 77 ITEM # 78 ITEM # 79

32 –1957– FOLLOW MY DUST!

Autobiography, presented as having been written by Jessica Hawke in collaboration with Arthur Upfield, but actually written in full by AWU. Loder page 230. Note: Jessica’s son, Don Uren, has confirmed that this book was actually written by AWU, possibly in collaboration with his mother, and that it was AWU’s intention that it be seen as her biography of him. Although Don often witnessed his mother proof-reading AWU’s work, he never saw her writing any manuscript, and he knows that she could not type. Parts of AWU’s story had appeared in magazines and newspapers prior to it being put into full book form. Working titles: That Bastard From the Bush and That Blighter From the Bush.

ITEM # 80 ITEM # 81

80. First (and only) edition. FOLLOW MY DUST! A Meyers, on the happy occasion of our meeting biography of Arthur Upfield. With an Introduction Jessica Hawke’ [and by AWU] ‘and Arthur W. Upfield by Detective Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte. Pp. May 1957’. $800 [xii]+238, frontispiece, plus 12 plates; red cloth, spine 81. First (and only) edition. FOLLOW MY DUST! … lettered in gilt, slightly soiled and a trifle flecked, Another copy; the boards a trifle canted, tiny edges lightly rubbed; dust wrapper, designed by mark to upper board, spine cloth faintly creased; Desmond Skirrow, edges lightly rubbed and split, price-clipped dust wrapper, slightly soiled, edges the back panel slightly soiled and silverfished; lightly rubbed and split, with small chip at head of tiny splits to bottom edge of half-title page and backstrip; bookseller’s sticker at foot of upper paste- frontispiece, a couple of small marginal damp down, edges of leaves faintly foxed; Heinemann, stains, pp. 219/220 slightly creased, a little light London, 1957. *Inscribed and signed by AWU (to foxing; Heinemann, London, 1957. *Inscribed Rob Blackmore) on the title page. With a loosely jointly by Jessica Hawke on the title page: ‘For Joyce inserted newscutting (book review). $500

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The twenty-third Bonaparte story, set in the Murray-Darling Basin, New South Wales. Loder page 235. Note: Published in the U.S. under the titles Bony and the Black Virgin and The Torn Branch. Working title: When Hell Was Dowsed.

82. First U.K. edition. BONY AND THE BLACK VIRGIN. Pp. 83. U.S. revised edition (paperback). THE TORN [viii]+246, full page plan; dark green papered boards, BRANCH. Pp. 156, full page plan; pictorial glazed spine lettered in yellow, faintly mottled; price-clipped paper wrappers, designed by Paul Bacon, fore- dust wrapper, with author’s photograph on back corners a trifle rubbed; Collier Books, New York, panel, edges a trifle rubbed and split, the back panel 1986. Scribner Crime Classic series. $20 slightly soiled, with faint damp stain to bottom edge near backstrip; bookseller’s sticker at foot of upper pastedown, the upper free endpaper lightly offset; Heinemann, London, 1959. *Inscribed and signed by AWU (to Rob Blackmore) on the title page. $500

ITEM # 82 ITEM # 83

34 –1959– JOURNEY TO THE HANGMAN / BONY AND THE MOUSE

The twenty-fourth Bonaparte story, set in the region of Laverton, Western Australia. Loder pages 234/5. Serialised: Daily Mail, Brisbane, from 16 August, 1959. Note: Published in the U.K. as Bony and the Mouse and in the U.S. under the title Journey to the Hangman.

ITEM # 84 ITEM # 85

84. First U.S. edition. JOURNEY TO THE HANGMAN. 85. First U.K. edition. BONY AND THE MOUSE. Pp Pp. 188; black cloth, spine lettered in sky blue, [vi]+250; blue papered boards, spine lettered in corners of boards a trifle rubbed and slightly gilt, bottom fore-corner of upper board faintly creased; dust wrapper, edges rubbed, with a few bruised; price-clipped dust wrapper, designed by tiny chips or splits and 2 tape repairs to bottom Bill Morden, edges lightly rubbed and split, the edge on reverse; text block faintly browned, tiny back panel slightly soiled, back flap lightly creased; chip to bottom edge pp. 77/8, a couple of faint bookseller’s sticker at foot of upper pastedown, top spots of foxing; published for the Crime Club by edges of leaves a trifle foxed; Heinemann, London, Doubleday & Company, New York, 1959. $300 1959. *Inscribed and signed by AWU (to Rob Blackmore) on the title page. $500

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The twenty-fifth Bonaparte story, set in the south coast mountains of the New South Wales Illawara district. Loder page 235. Serialised: Sydney Morning Herald, in 1960 under the title Bony and the Kelly Gang. Note: Published in the U.S. as Valley of Smugglers and in the U.K. and Australia under the title Bony and the Kelly Gang. The dust wrapper for the U.K. edition is in two states. The first, for the U.K. market, designed by Fratini (priced at 13/6), illustrating Kelly in his armour. The second, for the Australian market, designed by Christine Aldor (priced at 17/-), depicting an Australian outback valley, with figure hiding behind rocks. Both feature the standard AWU photographic portrait on back panel. The U.K. edition contains a typographical error, page 94, ten lines from bottom, where the word ‘stagy’ is used instead of ‘stagey’. Working title: The Smuggler’s Apprentice.

86. First U.S. edition. VALLEY OF SMUGGLERS. A *Inscribed and signed by AWU (to Rob Blackmore) Napoleon Bonaparte Story. Pp. 192; dark blue on the title page. Although no Australian edition cloth, spine lettered in white, edges a trifle rubbed; was issued, there was an Australian variant of fore-edges uncut; dust wrapper, designed by the British Heinemann dust wrapper. $500 Pat Reynolds, faintly soiled, edges rubbed and split, with a couple of small chips and a 2.5 cm 88. First U.K. edition, with U.K. dust wrapper. BONY closed tear from top edge into front panel near AND THE KELLY GANG. Pp. 208; black papered backstrip; the free endpapers very faintly offset, boards, spine lettered in silver, faintly scuffed, top published for the Crime Club by Doubleday & fore-corner of lower board a trifle bruised; dust Company, New York, 1960. $250 wrapper, designed by Fratini, with photograph of author on back panel, edges tape-marked and 87. First U.K. edition, with Australian dust wrapper. slightly rubbed, with inked number on reverse of BONY AND THE KELLY GANG. Pp. 208; black papered backstrip, both flaps slightly cropped at fore-edge, boards, spine lettered in silver, top fore-corner causing minor loss of letterpress (to printed price of lower board faintly bruised; dust wrapper, only) on the front flap; tiny tape mark to both designed by Christine Aldor, with photograph of pastedowns, inked gift inscription (dated 1961) author on back panel, slightly foxed, edges lightly on upper free endpaper, small damp stain to top rubbed, with a couple of tiny splits; bookseller’s edge of a few leaves, a little light foxing of edges; sticker at foot of upper free endpaper, a couple of Heinemann, London, 1960. $150 tiny spots of foxing; Heinemann, London, 1960.

ITEM # 86 ITEM # 87 ITEM # 88

36 –1961– THE WHITE SAVAGE / BONY AND THE WHITE SAVAGE

The twenty-sixth Bonaparte story, set in a timber town in the south-west of Western Australia. Loder page 235. Note: Published in the U.S. as The White Savage and in the U.K. and Australia under the title Bony and the White Savage. Working titles: The Man Behind the Door and The White Kedic.

ITEM # 89 ITEM # 90

89. First U.S. edition. THE WHITE SAVAGE. Pp. 190; 90. First U.K. edition. BONY AND THE WHITE SAVAGE. fawn cloth, spine lettered in blue, the top fore- Pp. [vi]+230; maroon papered boards, spine lettered corners and head of spine slightly bruised; fore- in gilt; dust wrapper, designed by Fratini, with edges uncut; dust wrapper, designed by Eileen photograph of author on back panel, a trifle soiled Taber, edges a trifle rubbed, the top edge of front and scuffed, edges and backstrip lightly rubbed and panel and head of backstrip slightly faded; fore- split; top fore-corner of a couple of leaves slightly edges of leaves very faintly foxed; published for the creased; Heinemann, London, 1961. *Inscribed by Crime Club by Doubleday & Company, New York, AWU (to Rob Blackmore, dated 29 Oct 1961) on the 1961. *Ex library copy, with stamp on title and one title page. $500 text page, plus signs of removal of bookplate or library pocket from lower free endpaper. $100

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The twenty-seventh Bonaparte story, set in the region of Wolfe Creek Crater, Western Australia. Loder page 235. Working titles: The Body on Lucifer’s Couch, Bony on Lucifer’s Couch and Blood on Lucifer’s Couch.

ITEM # 91 ITEM # 92

91. First U.S. edition, later issue. THE WILL OF 92. First U.K. edition. THE WILL OF THE TRIBE. Pp. THE TRIBE. Pp. 216; grey cloth, spine lettered 246(last blank); green cloth, spine lettered in silver; in red and black, bottom fore-corner of upper price-clipped dust wrapper, designed by Fratini, board and top fore-corner of lower board faintly with photograph of author on back panel, slightly bruised; dust wrapper, designed by Margot soiled, edges a trifle rubbed, with tiny split to head of Tomes, lightly foxed and soiled, edges rubbed backstrip; upper free endpaper faintly offset (from a and slightly chipped; outer leaves and edges loosely inserted related newscutting, extant), edges lightly foxed; published for the Crime Club by of leaves a trifle marked; Heinemann, London, Doubleday & Company, New York, 1962. $150 1962. $250

38 –1963– MADMAN’S BEND / THE BODY AT MADMAN’S BEND

The twenty-eighth Bonaparte story, set in the west of the Darling River region of New South Wales. Loder page 235. Note: Published in the U.S. as The Body at Madman’s Bend and in the U.K. and Australia under the title Madman’s Bend. Working title: A Ship for the Crows.

93. First U.S. edition. THE BODY AT MADMAN’S BEND. bookseller’s sticker at foot of upper pastedown, Pp. 192; maize cloth, spine lettered in blue and edges of leaves a trifle foxed; Heinemann, black, boards slightly canted, with tiny bruise to London, 1963. $300 top edge centre of upper board; dust wrapper, designed by Eileen Taber, a trifle soiled, edges 95. First U.K. edition, Milkwell issue dust wrapper. lightly rubbed; edges of leaves faintly foxed; MADMAN’S BEND. Pp. [vi]+232; green papered published for the Crime Club by Doubleday & boards, spine lettered in gilt, the boards a trifle Company, New York, 1963. $250 sprung, fore-corners faintly bruised; dust wrapper, designed by Quinton S. Davis, a trifle soiled and 94. First U.K. edition. MADMAN’S BEND. Pp. [vi]+232; slightly scuffed, edges lightly rubbed and split, green papered boards, spine lettered in gilt; price- backstrip faded; scattered light foxing; Heinemann, clipped dust wrapper, designed by Quinton S. Davis, London, 1963. *No. 8 of the ‘Milkwell’ books - a with photograph of author on back panel, corners promotional series for dairy products, issued by W. slightly rubbed, the backstrip faintly browned; R. & D. Wells Pty Ltd. $250

ITEM # 93 ITEM # 94 ITEM # 95

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The twenty-ninth and last Bonaparte story, set in Lake Frome, South Australia. Loder page 235. Note: Published posthumously, based on the manuscript left unfinished by AWU when he died in 1964. The novel has been completed and revised by J. L. Price, using the copious and detailed notes left by AWU for that purpose. The suggestion by Loder and others that Mrs Dorothy Strange assisted J. L. Price in preparing the manuscript for publication has been denied by him.

ITEM # 96 ITEM # 97

96. First U.K. edition. THE LAKE FROME MONSTER. 97. First U.S. edition. THE LAKE FROME MONSTER. Pp. Pp. [vi]+184; gilt lettered red papered boards, a 160(last blank); black cloth, spine and upper board trifle canted, bottom fore-corner of upper board lettered and decorated in gilt, the upper board faintly bruised; price-clipped dust wrapper, faintly scuffed; pp. 17/18 faintly creased, p. 52 a trifle designed by Colin Andrews, faintly scuffed, edges soiled; The American Reprint Co., Mattituck, N.Y., lightly rubbed; bookseller’s sticker at foot of upper 1976. Not in Loder. *Issued without a dust wrapper. pastedown; Heinemann, London, 1966. $200 $40

40 –1987– BREAKAWAY HOUSE

First publication of an early Upfield story, apparently rejected by a publisher before the author became well known. It features policeman Harry Tremayne, in an outback community in Western Australia. Loder page 236. Serialised: Daily News, Perth, 1932.

98. First U.K. edition. BREAKAWAY HOUSE. Pp. 99. First U.S. edition (limited). BREAKAWAY HOUSE. [viii]+244, full page map, mottled brown endpapers; Pp. 210, full page map; top fore-corner of upper brown papered boards, spine lettered in white, board and bottom edge of both boards slightly bottom edges a trifle shelf worn; dust wrapper, bruised; dust wrapper; Lulu, Raleigh, NC, 2012. illustrated by Sheryll Phelps, the back panel [Limitation not stated]. Not in Loder. *Inscribed and faintly scratched; Angus & Robertson, London, signed (to Rob Blackmore) by the rights holder for 1987. *Published simultaneously in Australia and this title, Kees De Hoog, on the title page. $50 England. (This copy has the U.K. price printed on the front flap of dust wrapper). $150

ITEM # 98 ITEM # 99

Available items, with images, can be viewed on www.kaycraddock.com 41 –1988– THE GIFTS OF FRANK COBBOLD

A biography of Frank Cobbold, who first sailed to Australia in 1867, as a young apprentice on a clipper ship. After an adventurous career as a Fijian trader (escaping cannibals and surviving a hurricane), Cobbold settled in Queensland, where he made a fortune as a pastoralist. When he died in South Yarra, Victoria, in August 1935, his estates were valued at more than half a million pounds. Shortly before Cobbold’s death, Arthur Upfield was commissioned to write his biography, but it remained unpublished for over 70 years - perhaps because Cobbold died before publication could be finalised (and paid for). In 2005, the manuscript, Francis Edward Cobbold, Sailor, Fijian trader and Australian pioneer pastoralist was donated by a family member to the Baillieu Library, University of Melbourne, together with related correspondence. This included receipts for payments made by F. E. Cobbold to Upfield, correspondence about possible printing costs, and a letter dated 3 January [1936] from Upfield to Cobbold’s widow, suggesting a meeting ‘if she is prepared to go ahead with the project’. It is probable that Cobbold began the work as an autobiography, because the material presented to the University includes an incomplete draft told in the first person and lacking chapter headings. According to a note by Upfield: ‘When compiling the work I was assisted by Mr. Cobbold to the point of collaboration: he has provided the bones; I have placed on them merely the flesh of the historical background and the life blood of personalities.’ A typescript draft is also held at the National Library of Australia.

100. First edition. THE GIFTS OF FRANK COBBOLD. Edited by Sandra Berry. Pp. [viii]+274 (last blank), text illustrations and maps; pictorial glazed paper wrappers, edges a trifle rubbed; published for The Cobbold Family History Trust by Number 11 Publishing, New Malden, 2008. *With loosely inserted Cobbold Family History Trust leaflet. $200

–1996– ITEM # 100 THE GREAT MELBOURNE CUP MYSTERY

A racing novel which does not include Detective Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte. Loder page 2. Serialised: Herald, Melbourne, from 21 October to 17 November, 1933, a year after the mysterious death, in 1932, of the great Australian race horse, Phar Lap, who had won the 1930 Melbourne Cup.

101. First edition in book form. THE GREAT MELBOURNE CUP MYSTERY. Introduced and edited by Stuart Mayne. Pp. xii+194+[2](full page reproduction of the newspaper advertisement for the Upfield serial, verso blank), 9 text illustrations (probably reproduced from the serial), glossary; white simulated cloth boards, spine lettered in gilt, the spine extremities a trifle bruised; dust wrapper; Imprint, Sydney, 1996. *With ITEM # 101 loosely inserted related newscutting. $150

42 –PART TWO– MANUSCRIPTS, PHOTOGRAPHS, EPHEMERA & CONTRIBUTIONS TO PERIODICALS

102.101. A SMALL ARCHIVE OF ARTHURUPFIELD W.MANUSCRIPTS UPFIELD MANUSCRIPTS AND COPIES AND OF ARTICLES. COPIES OF ARTICLES. $2,500

i. SWORDFISHING. Handwritten manuscript by AWU, [Mount Dandenong, 1938], possibly unpublished, showing much emendation and re- working. 19 pages on 11 leaves; f’cap folio, single fold. AWU usually typed his manuscripts and edited them by hand and it is unusual to have a manuscript entirely in his hand.

ii. MANUSCRIPT FRAGMENT. Handwritten manuscript by AWU [Mount Dandenong, 1938?}, possibly a portion of a short story, being one and a half pages on 2 leaves; f’cap folio, single fold. The first page of the manuscript is numbered 3.

iii. NOTES IN AWU’S HAND, on 2 scraps of paper.

iv. INTRODUCTION TO RADIO SERIES FEATURING NAPOLEON BONAPARTE. 7 page typescript by AWU (rectos only), with extensive emendations, possibly in another hand; 4to, with punch holes. The text is the introduction to a series of radio plays, in which AWU introduces ‘the Australian Napoleon Bonaparte’ and tells how he developed the character for his mystery stories, how ‘Bony’ became popular in America and how the Americans ‘took him to their hearts, and started writing to him ‘Care of Mister Upeifl [sic]. Dear Bony, …’. In the 1950s a number of AWU’s titles were scripted for a series of radio broadcasts, initially titled Ininja, but changed to the series title The Man of Two Tribes. These started on July 28, 1953, and were aired throughout the country on thirteen stations. This introduction may have been used for the series.

v. AUSTRALIA’S FANTASTIC FRONT DOOR. 8 page typescript by AWU (rectos only), with a few emendations, possibly in his hand; 4to.

vi. NIGHT OF THE TIN CANS. 10 page typescript by AWU [Mount Dandenong, c. 1930-40], (rectos only), with extensive emendations, possibly in his hand; 4to. A First World War story, first published in The ABC Weekly, 25 October 1941 and republished in Up and Down Australia Again. More Short Stories. [Selected by Kees de Hoog, Lulu.com, Morrisville, N.C., 2009].

vii. CHARLIE THE COOK. 13 page typescript by AWU [Abemarle Station, via Menindee, N.S.W.], (rectos only); 4to. A short story, first published in Up and Down Australia Again. More Short Stories. [Selected by Kees de Hoog, Lulu. com, Morrisville, N.C., 2009].

viii. NOTES re THE CHRISTIAN LIFE. [Subject: the Bible]. Unpublished typescript, 28 pages; f’cap folio; some rust marks from a previous pin. Provenance: from the Upfield estate; typed on AWU’s typewriter, presumably by him.

ix. A SMALL COLLECTION OF PHOTOCOPIED ARTICLES AND MANUSCRIPTS: BREAKAWAY HOUSE. A photocopy of an edited typescript, 52 pp. (rectos only); 4to; BIG GAME FISHING IN AUSTRALIA. A photocopy of an edited typescript, 12 pp. (rectos only); stapled, 4to; WITH HIS MAJESTY THE SWORDFISH AT BEGMAUI. A photocopy of a 3 pp. article (rectos only); large 4to; A TALE OF BERMAGUI. A photocopy of a 3 pp. article (rectos only); stapled; large 4to.

Available items, with images, can be viewed on www.kaycraddock.com 43 103.102. A SMALL COLLECTION OF UPFIELDARTHUR W.LETTERS UPFIELD AND LETTERS CARDS AND CARDS. $900

i. 31ST JULY, 1939. TLs to J.K. Moir, replying to his request for a photograph and lamenting that an author’s photograph will only sell his work if ‘… the picture shows either a pretty woman or a soul-stirring, heaven-gazing handsome man. …’ and suggesting that ‘… Australian literature will continue to lie in the muck until such time it is regarded as an industry and not as an excuse to get into the limelight. …’

ii. 28TH JANUARY, 1957. Typed letter to his estranged son, Arthur, regarding his interests in AWU’s literary properties in accordance with the terms of his Will. He explains that by signing an enclosed (not present) application and paying the required minimum sum of one pound, Arthur or his children will gain more from the estate as a shareholder in the company than from a taxable private estate. Arthur is urged to ‘… cooperate in this matter within a period of fifteen days from the date of this letter. If at the end of this period you have not done so, I shall have to name another beneficiary who will probably be your Uncle Frank’s daughter, …’The letter concludes: ‘… If you acknowledge this letter, you might let me have the names of your children. Your still affectionate father, …’

iii. 21ST DECEMBER 1960. Typed letter to his grandson ‘My dear Billy’, in which he wonders how old Billy is and says how well he is getting on at school (unlike his father and grandfather). AWU enclosed three pounds for Billy to buy a Christmas present. Together with original typed addressed envelope.

iv. 3 CHRISTMAS CARDS ISSUED BY AWU: a. From ‘Bony’ giving a list of his Assignments (with line drawing of ‘Bony’ and, on verso, map of Australia with 28 locations keyed to a list of 28 titles by AWU; single fold card, printed in black.

b. From ‘Bony’, with line drawing of ‘Bony’ and three personal wishes for Christmas; with autograph note in blue ink ‘And all the best. Pop.’; deckle edged card, printed in blue on one side only.

c. From ‘Arthur Upfield’, with map of Australia and footprints and the message ‘Have insisted that our mutual friend step aside this year to permit me to wish you a very Happy Christmas, and the Coming Year will be one of joy and achievement’; inscribed in blue ink ‘For Arthur Dorothy & Little Bill Pop’. Double fold cream paper, printed in brown, with imprint ‘A Freelance Press Special (logo) 63 City Road South Melbourne, Australia’.

44 103. A SMALL ARCHIVE OF ARTHUR W. UPFIELD RELATED PHOTOGRAPHS, ORIGINAL AND COPIED. $1,500 104. A SMALL ARCHIVE OF UPFIELD RELATED PHOTOGRAPHS, ORIGINAL AND COPIED. $1,500

i. ORIGINAL HAND-COLOURED STUDIO PHOTOGRAPH OF AWU AT HIS DESK, WRITING, CIRCA 1930; 19 cm high by 24 cm wide, signed in white ink lower right ‘Austin Murcott Melb.’ On studio mounting card.

ii. ORIGINAL BLACK & WHITE PHOTOGRAPH, HALF PORTRAIT AWU; 12 cm high by 8.4 cm wide, creased and laid on rectangle of cardboard, with partial white paper on verso bearing notes, including ‘Mrs A. W. Upfield/Barrakie North’ and other names.

iii. ORIGINAL SEPIA PHOTOGRAPH OF AWU, WITH CAMEL; annotated on verso ‘your much maligned husband on the S.A. Border Fence with one of the three pack camels at [?] obtaining water’; 7.8 cm high by 5.3 cm wide, with light horizontal crease. [Sent to his wife, Anne].

iv. ORIGINAL SEPIA PHOTOGRAPH OF AWU WITH THREE DONKEYS; 20.4 cm high by 15.6 cm wide; slightly surface scratched. `

v. ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPH OF AN ABORIGINAL HAND HOLDING A MESSAGE STICK; 17 cm high by 12 cm wide.

vi. 18 PAGES OF PHOTOCOPIED PHOTOGRAPHS, from the Don Uren archive, many with pencilled captions on verso.

vii. A SMALL COLLECTION OF PHOTOGRAPHIC COPIES, small and medium sizes (including Anne Douglass; Jessica Hawke & AWU; Snowy Rowles).

Available items, with images, can be viewed on www.kaycraddock.com 45 105. A COLLECTION OF NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS AND ARTICLES RELATING TO ARTHUR W. UPFIELD, INCLUDING BOOK REVIEWS. Contained within plastic sleeves in a white four post binder. $150

– CONTRIBUTIONS TO PERIODICALS–

106. THE WIDE WORLD MAGAZINE, 1926. FIGHTING THE DINGO. 6 page article; pictorial paper wrappers, creased and chipped, lacking most of backstrip; George Newnes, London, 1926. $30

46 107. Walkabout/Australian Geographical Magazine. $250 Eleven issues, containing various contributions either by or about AWU; pictorial paper wrappers, several issues lightly soiled, chipped or torn, backstrip of one issue (September, 1935), replaced with clear cellotape; Sydney, 1934-1949. Containing the following articles by AWU:

i. Coming Down With Cattle. November, 1934 ii. A Visit to Lake Frome. December, 1934 iii. Men, Sheep, and Far Horizons. January, 1935 iv. Patrolling the World’s Longest Fence. March, 1935 v. An Australian Camel Station. June, 1935 vi. Trapping for Fur. September, 1935 vii. A paragraph about and photograph of AWU. October, 1935 viii. This Jealous Land. April, 1948 ix. Walking the Cattle. May, 1948 x. Pearling Town of the North-West. March, 1949 xi. The Vermin Fences of Western Australia. May, 1949.

108. Detective Fiction magazine, Volume 1, Number 1, 1948. THE MOUNTAINS HAVE A SECRET. First instalment (18 of 64 pp.); pictorial paper wrappers; leaves browned, with upper fore-corner of last leaf and lower wrapper soiled and creased; Frank Johnson, Sydney, 1948. Loder p. 233. *Includes a short story by Frank Walford, The Unfinished Voyage (Loder p. 76) and Max Afford,The Vanishing Trick (Loder p. 4). $50

109. Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, Volume 74, Number 6, Whole Number 433. WISP OF WOOL AND DISK OF SILVER. [Short story], being pp. 6-19 in the December 1979 issue. Pictorial glazed paper wrappers, slightly creased and faintly discoloured, edges a trifle rubbed, with a couple of tiny splits; text block browned; Davis Publications, New York, 1979. Loder p. 235. *The first and only Inspector Bonaparte short story. In a brief introduction, the 1979 editor of Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine quotes a letter written by Upfield in June 1948 to the magazine’s editor of that time, submitting the piece as an entry in a short story competition and noting ‘The detective short is strange work for me, this being the first. In the event of non-success, kindly drop it into your w.p.b.’ For unknown reasons, the story (which was originally titled The Fool and the Perfect Murder), remained unpublished until 1979. Loder, p. 231 notes a similarity in theme between this story and The Sands of Windee (the second Bony novel, published in 1931). $50

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