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
101 WATKINS

The Master of Revels by Richard Howells Watkins

New York 1928 AUD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 AUD 635.00
102 VIRGINIA RATH

Posted For Murder by Virginia Rath

1942 AUD 400.00 - 500.00 AUD 254.00
103 C ST. JOHN SPRIGG 1035

Death of an Airman by C St John Sprigg

1935 AUD 500.00 - 600.00 AUD 317.50
104 KURT STEEL

Madman's Buff by Kurt Steel

Boston 1941 AUD 400.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
105 BEATRICE JEFFERSON

Small Town Murder by Beatrice Jefferson

New York 1941 AUD 400.00 - 500.00 AUD 412.75
106 ELLMORE LEONARD

Split Images by Elmore Leonard

1981 AUD 160.00 - 200.00 AUD 101.60
107 MACMILLAN

Ten Crime Fiction Novels all

London, New York. 1980s AUD 250.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
108 HAMISH HAMILTON

10 x Crime Fiction titles all

New York 1960-1980s. AUD 300.00 - 400.00 AUD 444.50
109 HARDBOILED

1) Yours Truly Hoodlum . 2) She Gave Me Hell - and 3) Dames Are Out. All three by Darcy Glinto

New York 1953 AUD 400.00 - 500.00 AUD 825.50
110 ANNE ROWE

Too Much Poison by Anne Rowe

New York 1944 AUD 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
111 SIMENON

Monsieur Monde Vanishes by Georges Simenon

1967 AUD 400.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
112 SIMENON

The Iron Staircase by Georges Simenon translated by Eileen Ellenbogen

New York 1963 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 127.00
113 H W RODEN

Too Busy To Die by H.W. Roden

New York 1944 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
114 JAMES HADLEY CHASE

Twenty crime fiction titles by James Hadley Chase.

AUD 600.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
115 JAMES HADLEY CHASE

1) Knock Knock who's there? 1973 2) Shock Treatment 1959 3) Consider Yourself Dead 1978 4) You Can Say That Again 1980.

London 1980 AUD 250.00 - 300.00 AUD 152.40
116 E PHILLIPS OPPENHEIM

The Dumb Gods Speak by E Phillips Oppenheim

Toronto 1927 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 AUD 101.60
117 GARLAND LORD

She Never Grew Old by Garland Lord

New York 1942 AUD 500.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
118 TECH DAVIS

Murder On Alternate Tuesdays by Tech Davis

New York 1938 AUD 500.00 - 600.00 AUD 317.50
119 FREDERICA DE LAGUNA

The arrow points to murder by Frederica De Laguna

New York 1937 AUD 500.00 - 600.00 AUD 825.50
120 HEINEMANN

Ten crime fiction novels all

1960 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 127.00
121 MICHAEL

Five Crime Fiction Titles by Michael Gilbert.

AUD 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
122 FLASHMAN

Flashman and the Dragon by George MacDonald Fraser

1985 AUD 400.00 - 500.00 AUD 254.00
123 REX STOUT

Trouble in Triplicate by Rex Stout

New York, NY 1949 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 190.50
124 HARRY STEPHEN KEELER

By Third Degree. A Novel Of Mystery (UK Edition of The Sharkskin Book) by Harry Stephen Keeler

1948 AUD 300.00 - 400.00 AUD 190.50
125 MAIGRET

The Methods of Maigret by Georges Simenon

Garden City, New York 1957 AUD 200.00 - 250.00 AUD 127.00
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