Arthur Upfield — The Battling Prophet

London, William Heinemann LTD, 1956. First edition. Cloth. One of Arthur Upfield's gripping murder mystery novels with his Detective Inspector Napoleon "Bony" Bonaparte. First edition, first impression, with no subsequent printings listed.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.'The Battling Prophet' is set at the Cowdry River, a fictional river just south of Mount Gambier in Australia. A gripping murder mystery, our main detective sets out to solve a murder of a man who had learned to accurately foresee the weather.By the English-Australian author Arthur Upfield, known for his character Detective Inspector Napoleon "Bony" Bonaparte, who features in this novel. In the original publisher's cloth binding, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, very smart, with a little very light fading to the head of the spine. Dust wrapper is lightly edge worn and age-toned, with a few light marks, including to the reverse. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Fine . Ill.: None. Fine/Very Good Indeed.