My Upfield collection

This page shows images of all my editions – I have 47 copies of the various books, and only the Orion set was bought new – they have all come from second-hand bookshops, garage sales, etc. Many are library throwouts – sold by the libraries in some cases!

Hardbacks

Angus & Robertson UK. First published 1931, republished 1958, this edition pub date 1968.	Angus & Robertson UK. First published 1937, this edition pub date 1964.	William Heinemann & Co, UK. First published in Great Britain 1960. So this is a 1^st edition but it was a library copy, so only poor condition.	Angus & Robertson UK. First published 1946. This edition first published 1965.
William Heinemann & Co, UK. First published 1952. So this is a 1^st edition but it was a library copy, so only fair condition. Under Heinemann Thrillers imprimatur	William Heinemann & Co, UK. First published 1958. Reissued 1969. Obviously these 2 were a set with matching covers.	William Heinemann & Co, UK. First published 1969. This edition 1968. Obviously these 2 were a set with matching covers.	Angus & Robertson Publishers. North Ryde, NSW, Australia. First edition, 1987

Paperback sets

Then I have some Pan publications – an imprint of Pan Books Ltd London. There have been at least 4 different ‘sets’, one with the circles on a white cover, one with circles on a timber finish cover, and the police badge set, and the ones to accompany the TV series (above). I have some of each.

As can be seen from the number of reprintings, in the late 1960s and early 1970s Upfield’s books were quite popular. All were printed in Britain, so I can’t say if the majority of sales were UK or Australia.

	Wings Above the Diamantina, – the only one I have of this series with a cover picture from the 1970s TV series, and the incorrect spelling used in it.. Pub date 1973.
	Mountains Have a Secret, 3^rd printing 1971 Death of a Lake, 3^rd printing 1971 The Clue of the new Shoe, 3rd printing 1970 Bony Buys a Woman, 3^rd printing 1971 (2 copies) Bony and the Black Virgin, 4th printing 1 (2 copies) Bony and the Mouse, 4^th printing, 1970 Bony and the White Savage, 2^nd printing 1970 Madman’s Bend, 4^th printing 1974
	The Barrakee Mystery, Pan edition 1969 The Bachelors of Broken Hill, Pan edition 1961, 2^nd printing 1966 The Clue of the New Shoe, Pan edition 1955, 2^nd printing 1967 Murder Must wait, Pan edition 1958, 2^nd printing 1966 Cake in the Hatbox, Pan edition 1958, 2^nd printing 1966 Bony and the Black Virgin, Pan edition 1962, 2^nd printing 1967 Bony and the Kelly Gang, Pan edition 1963, 2^nd printing 1964, 3^rd printing 1968 The Lake Frome Monster, Pan edition 1969

The next two sets are Pacific Book publications, an imprimatur of Angus & Robertson, Ltd of George St, Sydney, and printed in Australia by J C Stephens Pty Ltd.

	The Winds of Evil, 1^st published in this edition 1963, mine 1968 reprint. The Bone is Pointed, 1^st published in this edition 1968 Bushranger of the Skies, 1^st published in this edition 1968, reprinted 1967, 68 & 69 (mine is 69) Death of a Swagman, 1^st published in this edition 1964, reprinted 1966, & 69 (mine is 69) The Devil’s Steps, 1^st published in this 1967, reprinted 1969 (mine is 69)
	Mr Jelly’s Business, 1^st published in Pacific Books 1965 The Will of the Tribe, 1^st published in Pacific Books 1965

Penguin paperback editions, printed in Britain

The Battling Prophet, 1^st published Penguin 1969 Venom House, 1^st published penguin 1969

Then in the 1980s & 90s a new set of Orion imprints was produced by Angus and Robertson. Inside the books it states Angus and Robertson, an imprint of Harper Collins Publishers. Most editions published for Hinkler Book Distributors Pty Ltd. Two of mine, although they bear the same covers, say they are Eden paperbacks, an imprint of Angus and Robertson. (Doesn’t it all get a bit confusing!) I’ve noted below which two are Eden.

Winds of Evil, 1994 Mystery of Swordfish Reef, 1994 Death of a Swagman, 1994 Widows of Broome, 1988 (Eden) Cake in the Hat Box, 1994 The Battling Prophet, 1994 Man of two Tribes, 1989 (Eden) The lake Frome Monster, 1994 The Bone is Pointed, 1994 (not pictured, I was reading it and forgot to include it!)

I also have the Great Melbourne Cup Mystery reprint published in