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
151 ROBERT HALE

Ten Crime Fiction Titles

1970s and 1980s. AUD 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
152

1) The Shilling Shockers Stories of Terror from the Gothic Bluebooks Edited by Peter Haining with original illustrations.

1978 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
153 MICHAEL INNES

Five Michael Innes Crime Fiction Titles all

AUD 500.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
154 LEE THAYER

Five Bullets by Lee Thayer

1944 AUD 250.00 - 300.00 AUD 152.40
155 4 X MARY FITT

1) Sweet Poison 1956 2) The Man Who Shot Birds And Other Tales of Mystery and Detection 1954 3) The Night-Watchman's Friend 1953 4) Case For The Defence 1958. All books written by Mary Fitt and

New York AUD 600.00 - 800.00 AUD 539.75
156 MIGNON G EBERHART

Fifteen crime fiction titles by Mignon G Eberhart.

AUD 500.00 - 600.00 AUD 317.50
157 WARD LOCK

Four Ward Lock Crime Fiction novels.

AUD 600.00 - 700.00 AUD 635.00
158 1950S CRIME FICTION

Eleven Crime Fiction books all very good copies in dustwrappers.

AUD 300.00 - 400.00 AUD 190.50
159 ROBERT GEORGE DEAN

Murder Through the Looking Glass by Robert George Dean 1940

1940 AUD 100.00 - 150.00 AUD 101.60
160 CLINTON-BADDELEY X 7 GOLLANCZ

Seven titles by V C Clinton-Baddeley.

New York AUD 150.00 - 200.00 AUD 139.70
161 W J BURLEY X 3

1) To Kill A Cat 1970 2) The Schoolmaster 1977 3) Wycliffe And The Winsor Blue 1987 All by W J Burley.

New York AUD 150.00 - 200.00 AUD 88.90
162 J.I.M. STEWART (MICHAEL INNES) X 4

1) The Guardians 1955 2) The Man Who Won The Pools 1961 3) Mark Lambert's Supper 1954 . 4) The Man Who Wrote Detective Stories 1959.

New York AUD 100.00 - 150.00 AUD 63.50
163 JOHN DUNNING

Deadline by John Dunning

London 1982 AUD 350.00 - 400.00 AUD 215.90
164 PATRICK QUENTIN X 3

1) Run To Death 1948 2) Puzzle For Puppets 1944 3) The Shepherds File All by Patrick Quentin.

AUD 125.00 - 150.00 AUD 76.20
165 SIMON TROY X 6

1) Drunkard's End 1960 2) Blind Man's Garden 1970 (2 copies) 3) Cease Upon The Midnight 1964 Some foxing 4) Waiting For Oliver 1962 Price clipped D/W 5) Don't Play With The Rough Boys 1963 Price clipped D/W

AUD 100.00 - 150.00 AUD 88.90
166 JAMES HADLEY CHASE X 5

1) So What Happens To Me 1974 2) Have a Nice Night 1982 3) Cade 1966 4) You Have Yourself A Deal 1966 5) Well Now My Pretty 1967. All by James Hadley Chase,

New York AUD 100.00 - 150.00 AUD 63.50
167 MILES TRIPP X 5 MACMILLAN

1) A Man Without Friends 1970 2) A Woman In Bed 1976 3) Obsession 1973 4) Some Predators Are Male 1985 5) A Charmed Death. 1984 All by Miles Tripp.

New York AUD 150.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
168 JOHN BINGHAM GOLLANCZ X 8

1) The Double Agent 1966 2) Murder Plan Six 1958 3) The Paton Street Case 1955 4)A Fragment of Fear 1965 Signed by the Author 5) The Third Skin 1954 6) I Love I Kill 1968 7) Night's Black Agent 1961 .

AUD 300.00 - 400.00 AUD 190.50
169 MICHAEL INNES

1) Death At The Chase 1970 2) Carson's Conspiracy 1984 3) An Awkward Lie 1971 4) A Family Affair 1969 5)A Connoisseur's Case 1962.

New York AUD 200.00 - 250.00 Not Sold
170 MICHAEL INNES X 6

1) The Gay Phoenix 1976 2) Money From Holme 1964 3) The man From The Sea 1955 (Some foxing) 4) The Mysterious Commission 1974 5) The New Sonia Wayward 1960 6) The Open House 1972.

AUD 200.00 - 250.00 AUD 127.00
171 BERNARD NEWMAN X 4

1) Death At Lords 1952 2) The Spy In The Brown Derby 1945 3) Second Front - First Spy 1944. 4) The Flying Saucer 1948 All four

New York AUD 150.00 - 200.00 AUD 88.90
172 MICHAEL INNES VICTOR GOLLANCZ X 5

1) A Private View 1952 2) Old Hall New Hall 1956 3) The Journeying Boy 1949 4)The Long Farewell 1958 5) A Family Affair 1969.

New York AUD 250.00 - 300.00 AUD 177.80
173 E R PUNSHON X 5 GOLLANCZ

1) Secrets Can't Be Kept 19444 2) Triple Quest 1955 3) Dark Is The Clue 1955 4) There's A Reason For Everything 1945 5) It Might Lead Anywhere 1946.

New York AUD 200.00 - 250.00 AUD 177.80
174 LIONEL DAVIDSON

1) The Rose of Tibet by Lionel Davidson

London 1962 AUD 150.00 - 250.00 AUD 88.90
175 ROBERT PLAYER X 3

1) The Month Of The Mangled Models 1977 2) Let's Talk of Graves, of Worms, & Epitaphs 1975 3) The Homicidal Colonel 1970.

New York AUD 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
  • Koller, Sep. 17: NEWTON, ISAAC. Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica. London, Joseph Streater, "Prostat apud plures Bibliopolas", 1687. CHF 250,000 to 300,000.
    Koller, Sep. 17: ORTELIUS, ABRAHAM. Theatrum orbis terrarum. 3 parts in 1 volume. Antwerpen, Plantin, 1612. CHF 120,000 to 160,000.
    Koller, Sep. 17: BECKMANN, MAX. Apokalypse. Frankfurt a. M., Privatdruck der Bauerschen Giesserei, 1943. CHF 40,000 to 60,000.
    Koller, Sep. 17: BOISSERÉE, SULPIZ. Ansichten, Risse und einzelne Theile des Doms von Köln. AND: Ders. Geschichte und Beschreibung des Doms zu Köln… CHF 30,000 to 50,000.
    Koller, Sep. 17: SCHEDEL, HARTMANN. Buch der Chroniken und Geschichten. Nürnberg, Anton Koberger, 23. Dez. 1493. CHF 25,000 to 40,000.
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