The true story of the kelly gang of bushrangers.
Melbourne.
Fraser & Jenkinson, 1920.
First edition.
8vo.
159pp, [1]. With a frontispiece, six further plates, and a terminal leaf of publisher's advertisements. Stapled in original publisher's printed olive green paper wrappers. Rubbed and lightly marked, slight loss to head and foot of spine, toned. Leaves browned.
The first edition of a meticulously researched biography of the notorious Kelly Gang of bushrangers, compiled by Australian farmer, barrister and writer, Charles Henry Chomley (1868-1942).
The family gang, led by the notorious Ned Kelly (1854-1880), stand today as examples of some of the last bushrangers, the name given to gangs of armed robbers and criminals who terrorised the Australian bush in the Victorian era. Chomley's account is widely considered one of the most legally and technically accurate accounts of the gang's activities, informed by his unique personal connections to the case - one of his uncles, Arthur Wolfe Chomley, acted as assistant prosecutor during Ned Kelly's trial; the other served as a police officer during the period of the investigation.
Although copies are prevalent across Oceania and North America, COPAC records only a single copy in the British Isles (NLS).
£ 95.00
Antiquates Ref: 35079
The family gang, led by the notorious Ned Kelly (1854-1880), stand today as examples of some of the last bushrangers, the name given to gangs of armed robbers and criminals who terrorised the Australian bush in the Victorian era. Chomley's account is widely considered one of the most legally and technically accurate accounts of the gang's activities, informed by his unique personal connections to the case - one of his uncles, Arthur Wolfe Chomley, acted as assistant prosecutor during Ned Kelly's trial; the other served as a police officer during the period of the investigation.
Although copies are prevalent across Oceania and North America, COPAC records only a single copy in the British Isles (NLS).
