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
51

Ten Crime Fiction titles

London 1970s & 1980s AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
52

The Karla Trilogy: Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

1974-79 AUD 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 Not Sold
53 John Le Carre

The Honourable Schoolboy

New York 1977 AUD 600.00 - 700.00 Not Sold
54 John Le Carre

Four titles

AUD 600.00 - 700.00 Not Sold
55 Sydney Horler

High Stakes

Boston 1935 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 165.10
56

Thirteen MacMillan Crime Fiction Titles

London 1960s AUD 500.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
57 Valentine Williams

Skeleton Out of the Cupboard

London 1946 AUD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
58 William Almon Wolff

The Trial of Mary Dugan

New York 1928 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
59 Clement Wood

Death In Ankara A Story Of Modern Espionage

New York 1944 AUD 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
60 Frank L. Packard

The Red Ledger

New York 1926 AUD 600.00 - 700.00 Not Sold
61 Robin Forsythe

The Pleasure Cruise Mystery

New York 1934 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 AUD 101.60
62 Herbert Crooker

The Crime In Washington Mews

New York 1931 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 127.00
63 Charles Francis Coe

The Other Half

New York 1930 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 127.00
64 John Bolton

The Air Smugglers

London 1938 AUD 300.00 - 400.00 AUD 190.50
65

Five Fatal Days Jack Woodford

New York 1933 AUD 500.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
66

1. The Negro

1959 AUD 300.00 - 400.00 AUD 285.75
67

The Man With The Little Dog

1965 AUD 400.00 - 500.00 AUD 285.75
68

1. The Disappearance of Odile

1972 AUD 400.00 - 500.00 AUD 412.75
69 Simon Harvester

Nine Crime Fiction titles

London AUD 400.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
70 Ruth Rendell

Heartstones

London 1987 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
71

Fast Company Marco Page

1938 AUD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 AUD 635.00
72 Cedric Worth

The Corpse That Knew Everybody

New York 1941 AUD 250.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
73

1. Night Encounter

London 1968 AUD 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
74

Fifteen Crime Fiction Titles

London 1960s and later AUD 400.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
75 Henry Leyford

Murder Moon

New York 1933 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 AUD 63.50
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