Item #132115 GRIPPED BY DROUGHT. Arthur W. Upfield.

GRIPPED BY DROUGHT.

Pp. 288(including the upper free endpaper), 1 text illustration, pictorial endpapers; maize cloth, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper, designed by Joe Servello; Dennis McMillan, Missoula, Montana, 1990. First U.S. edition, being one of 450 copies. [See Loder p. 231]. *One of the few Upfield novels not featuring Detective Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte. Originally published by Hutchinson, in 1932, this is one of four Upfield titles reprinted in a (pirated) limited edition by Dennis McMillan. A novel about a three-year drought in the Australian outback, based largely on Upfield's personal experiences, and written at a time (1931) when he was working as a State Rabbit Fence boundary rider. Item #132115

Price: $300.00

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