Sydney Rare Book Auctions: Gary Gorton Crime Fiction Collection Part 9, 112325, Ultimo

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
November 23, 2025 - November 23, 2025
Page Size: 320 items in 13 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
251 Laurence Meynell

Eighteen crime fiction books

1970s and half in the 1980s AUD 600.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
252 James Ramsey Ullman

Fia Fia: A Novel of the South Pacific

Cleveland & New York 1962 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
253 James Turner

A Death by the Sea

London 1955 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 127.00
254 Anita Blackmon

There Is No Return

1938 AUD 150.00 - 200.00 AUD 88.90
255 Gertrude Atherton

The Avalanche: A Mystery Story

New York 1919 AUD 360.00 - 500.00 AUD 349.25
256 Edgar Wallace and Richard Curtis

The Man Who Changed His Name

New York 1934 AUD 100.00 - 150.00 AUD 165.10
257

Inspector Ghote's Good Crusade H. R. F. Keating

London 1966 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
258 Agatha Christie

Nemesis

London 1971 AUD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 Not Sold
259

1) By The Pricking of My Thumbs

1968 AUD 250.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
260 Agatha Christie

Endless Night

1967 AUD 160.00 - 200.00 AUD 101.60
261

1) The Lake of Darkness

1980 AUD 200.00 - 250.00 AUD 127.00
262 Stephen King

Misery

New York 1987 AUD 100.00 - 150.00 AUD 63.50
263 Ruth Rendell

Four Crime Fiction novels

AUD 150.00 - 300.00 AUD 127.00
264 Robert Hale

Ten titles

AUD 250.00 - 300.00 AUD 203.20
265

Macmillan UK x 10

AUD 100.00 - 200.00 AUD 63.50
266

1) Spytrap Signed and inscribed by the author

1982 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
267 Agatha Christie

1) Passenger To Frankfurt An Extravaganza

1970 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
268 James Turner

The Frontiers of Death

London 1957 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 AUD 101.60
269 Paul Theroux

Fong and the Indians

London AUD 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
270 John Wainwright

Six Crime Fiction titles

London AUD 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
271

Ten Crime Fiction novels

1957 to 1972 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 127.00
272

1) Sergeant Verity Presents His Compliments

1977 AUD 150.00 - 200.00 AUD 88.90
273 Hodder and Stoughton

A box containing about 30 crime novels

London 1960s, 70s and 80s AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 285.75
274 Clark Smith

The Case of Torches

London 1957 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 127.00
275

1) A Charmed Death

1984 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
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