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
151

Seven Crime Fiction books

1940s AUD 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
152 Edgar Wallace

The Squeaker

London 1929 AUD 400.00 - 500.00 AUD 254.00
153

Eight Andrew Garve (Pseudonym of Paul Winterton) Crime fiction titles

London 1960s and 1970s AUD 500.00 - 600.00 AUD 476.25
154 John Le Carre

Four titles

AUD 400.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
155 Anita Blackmon

Murder a la Richelieu

New York 1937 AUD 250.00 - 300.00 AUD 228.60
156 Clyde B. Clason

Murder Gone Minoan

New York 1939 AUD 300.00 - 400.00 AUD 349.25
157 Morrison Dupree

A Tap on the Shoulder

1929 AUD 400.00 - 500.00 AUD 444.50
158 Val Gielgud with Holt Marvell

London Calling

1934 AUD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 AUD 635.00
159 Stephen Ransome

Hearses Don't Hurry

New York 1941 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 203.20
160 Oliver Weld Bayer

Paper Chase

1943 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 AUD 63.50
161 Christopher Hale

Exit Screaming

1942 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 165.10
162 Ernest Dudley

1) To Love and Perish

1962 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 AUD 101.60
163 Martin Russell

Seven titles

London 1974 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 AUD 203.20
164 Rufus King

The Fatal Kiss Mystery

New York 1928 AUD 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 AUD 1,778.00
165 Maxwell March

Rogue's Holiday

1935 AUD 600.00 - 700.00 AUD 1,524.00
166 Manning Coles

Without Lawful Authority

New York 1943 AUD 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
167 Manning Coles

They Tell No Tales

New York 1942 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 127.00
168 Margaret Millar

The Devil Loves Me

USA 1942 AUD 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 AUD 1,270.00
169 Proxy, Bettina and Audrey Boyers

Murder

New York 1956 AUD 160.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
170 Royce Howes

The Callao Clue

New York 1936 AUD 500.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
171 Royce Howes

Death Dupes a Lady

1937 AUD 600.00 - 700.00 Not Sold
172 H.C. McNeile

Temple Tower

1929 AUD 400.00 - 500.00 AUD 317.50
173 Georges Simenon

Inspector Maigret and the Strangled Stripper

New York 1954 AUD 100.00 - 150.00 AUD 139.70
174 Elleston Trevor

The Mind Of Max Duvine

London 1960 AUD 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
175 Raymond Postgate

Somebody at the Door

1943 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 AUD 63.50
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