Bony and the Kelly Gang (An Inspector Bonaparte Mystery). by Upfield, Arthur - 1960

London: Heinemann, 1960. 1st ed.. Hardback small octavo, dustjacket, good condition (in good dustjacket), inner hinge little split (pages firm), edges & inside covers lightly foxed, pages lightly toned, light foxing some pages, minor edgewear jacket (small tears spine ends, fore-edge & spine edges rubbed, bottom rear flap creased), archival tape reverse side). 208 pp. First edition. The Australian part-Aboriginal detective, Napoleon Bonaparte, investigates the hard-drinking Irishmen of Cork Valley, New South Wales. When an excise man, searching for illicit stills, is murdered, Bony goes in undercover as a horse-thief and petty crook.