Sydney Rare Book Auctions: Gary Gorton Crime Fiction Collection Part 10, A170, Ultimo

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
December 21, 2025 - December 21, 2025
Page Size: 125 items in 5 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
51 MARGOT NEVILLE 1959

Sweet Night Of Murder by Margot Neville .

London 1959 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 127.00
52 MARGOT NEVILLE

Ladies In The Dark by Margot Neville.

London, 1965 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 127.00
53 MARGOT NEVILLE

Come See Me Die by Margot Neville

London, 1953 AUD 150.00 - 200.00 AUD 165.10
54 MARGOT NEVILLE

The Hateful Voyage by Margot Neville.

London 1956 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
55 MARGOT NEVILLE

Murder and Poor Jenny by Margot Neville.

London, 1954 AUD 120.00 - 150.00 AUD 203.20
56 MARGOT NEVILLE

Head On The Sill by Margot Neville.

London 1966 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 190.50
57 MARGOT NEVILLE

Ladies In The Dark by Margot Neville.

London, 1965 AUD 250.00 - 300.00 AUD 152.40
58 PATRICIA CARLON

The Running Woman by Patricia Carlon.

London 1966 AUD 600.00 - 700.00 Not Sold
59 MAX URRAY

Breakfast With a Corpse by Max Murray

London, 1956 AUD 300.00 - 400.00 AUD 190.50
60 ELIZABETH BACKHOUSE

Death Came Uninvited by Elizabeth Backhouse

1957 AUD 300.00 - 400.00 AUD 317.50
61 LUNA ROTHWELL 1964

Murder Is Lonely by Una Rothwell.

London 1964 AUD 600.00 - 700.00 AUD 381.00
62 UNA ROTHWELL 1965

Death On The Run by Una Rothwell.

London 1965 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 127.00
63 ROY BRIDGES 1939

This House Is Haunted by Roy Bridges

London 1939 (?) AUD 400.00 - 500.00 AUD 1,778.00
64 PAT FLOWER X4

1 Slyboots 1974 Priceclipped DW. Jacket photo by Graham Miller

AUD 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
65 ESTELE THOMPSON 1967

The Glass Houses by Estelle Thompson.

London 1967 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
66 ESTELLE THOMPSON 1971

A Mischief Past by Estelle Thompson

London 1971 AUD 400.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
67 ESTELLE THOMPSON 1968

The Glass Houses by Estelle Thompson.

London 1968 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 127.00
68 SOUTH AUSTRALIAN AUTHOR

The Storm Breaks by Arthur Gask.

London, 1949 AUD 400.00 - 500.00 AUD 254.00
69 PATRICIA CARLON 1965

Crime of Silence by Patricia Carlon.

London 1965 AUD 250.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
70 EDWARD LINDALL

1 A Day For Angels.

London Constable 1975 AUD 80.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
71 GAVIN HOLT

Garlands For Sylvia by Gavin Holt

London 1958 AUD 500.00 - 600.00 AUD 698.50
72 GAVIN HOLT

Tonight Is For Death by Gavin Holt

London 1952 AUD 500.00 - 600.00 AUD 444.50
73 GAVIN HOLT

Begonia Walk by Gavin Holt

London 1946 AUD 400.00 - 500.00 AUD 254.00
74 MARK CORRIGAN

I Like Danger by Mark Corrigan.

London 1954 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 285.75
75 PATRICIA CARLON 1970

The Souvenir by Patricia Carlon

1970 AUD 300.00 - 400.00 AUD 190.50
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