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
26 John Fores

Candidates For Glory

1968 AUD 600.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
27 Philip Loraine

White Lie the Dead

London 1950 AUD 400.00 - 500.00 AUD 317.50
28

1. Back In Daylight

1957 AUD 300.00 - 400.00 AUD 317.50
29

1. Strange Sanctuary 7173

1949 AUD 400.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
30

Fifteen titles

London AUD 700.00 - 800.00 AUD 508.00
31 Belton Cobb

No Last Words

London 1949 AUD 500.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
32 J. S. Fletcher

The Time-Worn Town

New York 1924 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 165.10
33 Ruth Rendell

Talking To Strange Men

London 1987 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 AUD 139.70
34 John Keir Cross

The White Magic

London 1947 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
35 Mansell Black

Sinister Cargo

London 1951 AUD 400.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
36 Daniel Easterman

The Last Assassin

1984 AUD 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
37

Ten Gollancz Crime Fiction Titles

AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
38 Jarrolds

Twelve Crime Fiction Titles

London AUD 500.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
39 Julian Symons

1. The Players and the Game

London 1972 AUD 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
40

1. The Green Frontier

1982 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 127.00
41

Four Barry Cork Crime Fiction titles

AUD 120.00 - 150.00 AUD 76.20
42 Richard Grayson

Seven crime fiction titles

AUD 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
43

19 titles

London 1950s and 1960s AUD 400.00 - 500.00 AUD 539.75
44

Twelve titles

1970s and 1980s AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 165.10
45 Alexander Wilson

The Death of Dr. Whitelaw

London 1930 AUD 500.00 - 600.00 AUD 381.00
46 Craig Rice

The Corpse Steps Out

New York 1940 AUD 600.00 - 700.00 AUD 603.25
47 Lawrence Meynell

The Evil Hour

London 1947 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
48 John Mersereau

The Corpse Comes Ashore

Philadelphia 1941 AUD 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
49 Thomas McMorrow

The Sinister History Of Ambrose Hinkle

1929 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 127.00
50 Frank L. Packard

Jimmie Dale and the Blue Envelope Murder

Garden City 1930 AUD 300.00 - 400.00 AUD 228.60
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