Sydney Rare Book Auctions: Gary Gorton Crime Fiction Collection - Part 7, A147, Ultimo

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
June 01, 2025 - June 01, 2025
Page Size: 361 items in 15 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
301 Jennifer Jones

Dirge for a Dog

New York 1939 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 127.00
302 William Crisp

1) Spytrap 1982 2) Vengeance Is Thine 1986 3) The Compleat Agent 1984 .

London AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
303

Ten titles all

London 1960s to 1980s. AUD 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
304 C E Heanley.

The Toll Of The Marshes

London 1929 AUD 250.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
305 Laurence Dwight Smith.

Death is Thy Neighbor

Philadelphia 1938 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 127.00
306 William Le Queux

The Rat Trap

New York 1930 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 139.70
307 John Crozier

Kidnapped Again

London No date but 1937 AUD 400.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
308

Ten Crime Fiction novels all

London 1950s AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 285.75
309 Agatha Christie

1) Passenger To Frankfurt An Extravaganza

1970 AUD 400.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
310

2 boxes of Crime Fiction titles all

1960s AUD 2,500.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
311 Francis Selwyn.

1) Sergeant Verity Presents His Compliments 1977 2) Cracksman on Velvet 1974 3) Sergeant Verity And The Blood Royal 1979.

AUD 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
312 Nicolas Freelng.

1) The Dresden Green 1966 2) Criminal Conversation 1965 3) Because Of The Cats 1963. 4) This Is The Castle 1968

AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
313 Agatha Christie.

1) By The Pricking of My Thumbs 1968 2) Hallowe'en Party 1969.

London AUD 500.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
314 W J Burley.

Eight Crime Fiction Titles

London AUD 150.00 - 250.00 AUD 88.90
315 Richard M Baker

Death Stops the Rehearsal

New York 1937 AUD 250.00 - 300.00 AUD 381.00
316 John Easton.

Matheson Fever: The Story of a Curse

London 1928 AUD 300.00 - 400.00 AUD 190.50
317 Keats Patrick Pseudonym of Walter Karig

Death is a Tory

Indianapolis 1935 AUD 350.00 - 400.00 AUD 215.90
318 H.Lawrence Phillips

The House of Secrets

London 1931 AUD 300.00 - 400.00 AUD 215.90
319 J. R. L. Anderson

Thirteen Crime Fiction Titles

London 1970s AUD 400.00 - 500.00 AUD 254.00
320 By Noel Cromarty .

1) The Blind Side 2) Neither Had I Rest both

London 1951 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 127.00
321 Joan Aiken.

Ten Crime Fiction titles

1960s AUD 300.00 - 400.00 AUD 317.50
322 Elleston Trevor

The Mind Of Max Duvine

in London 1960 AUD 600.00 - 700.00 Not Sold
323 Simon Brett.

Nine titles

London AUD 300.00 - 400.00 AUD 190.50
324 Peter Van Greenaway.

Eleven Crime Fiction titles

AUD 400.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
325 Ruth Rendell

Four Crime Fiction novels by Ruth Rendell

AUD 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
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