Sydney Rare Book Auctions: Gary Gorton Crime Fiction Collection Part 8, 80325, Ultimo

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
August 03, 2025 - August 03, 2025
Page Size: 315 items in 13 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
51 HELEN REILLY

The Thirty-First Bullfinch by Helen Reilly

New York 1930 AUD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
52 KAY CLEAVER STRAHAN

The Hobgoblin Murder by , Kay Cleaver Strahan.

Indianapolis 1934 AUD 800.00 - 1,000.00 Not Sold
53 CAROLYN WELLS

Crime Incarnate A Fleming Stone Mystery by Carolyn West.

Philadelphia 1940 AUD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 AUD 635.00
54 VAN DEUSEN

Murder Bicarb by Delia Van Delia Van Deusen

New York 1940 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
55 JOHN WAINWRIGHT

1) A Touch Of Malice by 1973 2) Who Goes Next ? 1976 x John Wainwright .

AUD 400.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
56 HENRY KITCHELL WEBSTER

The Sealed Trunk by Henry Kitchell Webster

Indianapolis 1929 AUD 600.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
57 JOHNSTON MCCULLEY

The Black Star : A Detective Story by Johnston McCulley

New York 1921 AUD 150.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
58 GEOFFREY HOUSEHOLD

Fellow Passenger by Geoffrey Household

1955 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
59 ROBERT GEORGE DEAN

A Murder of Convenience by Robert George Dean

New York 1938 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 152.40
60 KATHLEEN MOORE KNIGHT

Death Blew Out the Match by Kathleen Moore Knight

New York 1935 AUD 300.00 - 400.00 AUD 203.20
61 TEN COLLINS CRIME CLUB1

Ten London Collins Crime Club titles.

AUD 500.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
62 FIFTEEN HODDER & STOUGHTON

Fifteen Titles

London. AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 285.75
63 KATHLEEN MOORE KNIGHT

Death Came Dancing by Kathleen Moore Knight

1940 AUD 150.00 - 200.00 AUD 139.70
64 ZELDA POPKIN

No Crime For A Lady A Mary Carner Mystery by Zelda Popkin

Philadelphia 1942 AUD 250.00 - 300.00 AUD 203.20
65 1933 CUTCLIFFE HYNE

Absent Friends by C J Cutcliffe Hyne

New York 1933 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 AUD 139.70
66 E PHILLIPS OPPENHEIM

The Gallows of Chance by E Phillips Oppenheim

New York No date but 1934 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 AUD 63.50
67 BLOODHOUNDS

Four-&-Twenty Bloodhounds Edited by Anthony Boucher

New York 1950 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 AUD 63.50
68

Flower of the Gods by Achmed Abdullah & Anthony Abbot.

New York 1936 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 AUD 63.50
69 ANTHONY WYNNE

The White Arrow by Anthony Wynne

Philadelphia 1932 AUD 300.00 - 400.00 AUD 508.00
70 HENRY DE VERE STACPOOLE

Pacific Gold by H De Vere Stacpoole.

New York 1931 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 127.00
71 ROBERT HALE X 10

Ten Crime Fiction titles

1976-1982 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
72 G FRASER-SIMSON

Footsteps In The Night by G Fraser-Simson

New York 1927 AUD 500.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
73 M.N.A. MESSER

Mouse Trap by M.N.A. Messer

New York 1931 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
74 JAMES G EDWARDS

Death Elects a Mayor by James G Edwards

New York 1939 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 AUD 114.30
75 FRANCIS D GRIERSON

The Mad Hatter Murder. by Francis D. Grierson

London 1941 AUD 500.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
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