Sydney Rare Book Auctions: Gary Gorton Crime Fiction Collection - Part 12, 53126, Ultimo
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- May 31, 2026 - May 31, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 226 | Townend W | South Of Forty-Five |
London | circa 1938 | AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold |
| 227 | Hyne Cutcliffe | Atoms of Empire |
London | 1904 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 228 | Stuart Brian | The Serpent's Fang |
London | 1951 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 229 | Marshall Raymond | The Things Men Do |
London | 1953 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 127.00 |
| 230 | Ball John | Miss One Thousand Spring Blossoms |
1968 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | |
| 231 | Saunders Hilary St George; Palmer John | The Sleeping Bacchus |
1951 | AUD 400.00 - 500.00 | AUD 952.50 | |
| 232 | Halliday Brett | Murder Is My Business |
New York | 1945 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 233 | Halliday Michael | First A Murder |
London | 1948 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | AUD 63.50 |
| 234 | Rampo Edogawa | Japanese Tales of Mystery and Imagination |
Boston | 1956 | AUD 600.00 - 700.00 | Not Sold |
| 235 | Alington Cyril | Mr Evans, A Cricketo-Detective Story |
London | 1922 | AUD 600.00 - 700.00 | AUD 381.00 |
| 236 | Watson Colin | Coffin Scarcely Used |
London | 1958 | AUD 400.00 - 500.00 | AUD 317.50 |
| 237 | Crisp Frank | The Ape of London |
London | 1959 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 127.00 |
| 238 | Crofts Freeman Wills | Fear Comes to Chalfont |
1942 | AUD 400.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold | |
| 239 | Wadsworth L.A. | Mystery at the Black Cat |
New York | 1941 | AUD 400.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold |
| 240 | Williams Edwin Alfred (1910-?) | Umgasi Diamonds |
London | 1954 | AUD 600.00 - 700.00 | Not Sold |
| 241 | Jacobs T. C. H. | The Curse of Khatra |
London | 1947 | AUD 600.00 - 800.00 | Not Sold |
| 242 | Butler Joan; Spiller Andrew; Volk Gordon | 3 Books, including: Space To Let |
London | 1955; 1915; 1946 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 127.00 |
| 243 | Black Mansell | Steps in the Dark: A Richard Vaness Adventure |
London | 1954 | AUD 600.00 - 700.00 | Not Sold |
| 244 | Horler Sydney | The Dark Night |
London | 1953 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 245 | Huston H.C. | With Murder for Some |
London | 1954 | AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold |
| 246 | Savage Richard | Murder For Fun |
London | 1947 | AUD 500.00 - 600.00 | AUD 317.50 |
| 247 | Southworth Louis | Corpse On London Bridge |
London | 1969 | AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | AUD 190.50 |
| 248 | Groom Pelham | Little Hanging Men |
1946 | AUD 400.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold | |
| 249 | Manvers Betty | You Were Mine |
London | early 1950s | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 127.00 |
| 250 | Carson Bart | She Died Downtown |
London | early 1950s | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
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