Sydney Rare Book Auctions: Gary Gorton Crime Fiction Collection - Part 14, 102526, Ultimo

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
October 25, 2026 - October 25, 2026
Page Size: 250 items in 10 pages
Auction Lot Books
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
176 Aird Catherine

Slight Mourning; Last Respects

London 1975; 1982 AUD 250.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
177 Cobb Belton

No Last Words

London 1949 AUD 100.00 - 150.00 AUD 103.20
178 Esmond Sidney

The Peacock's Feather

London 1947 AUD 150.00 - 200.00 AUD 141.90
179 Lewis Roy

29 Books

London N/A AUD 400.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
180 Keeler Harry Stephen

The Steeltown Strangler

London 1950 AUD 500.00 - 1,000.00 AUD 354.75
181 Fraser Anthea

10 Books

London 1982-1984 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
182 Gregson J M

6 Books, including: Murder At The Nineteenth

1989; 1990; 1991; 1992; 1993 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
183 Hill Reginald

Child's Play; Bones And Science

1987; 1990 AUD 100.00 - 150.00 AUD 64.50
184 Butler Gwendoline

3 Books, including: Coffin On The Water

London 1986; 1987; 1993 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 AUD 64.50
185

20 Crime fiction novels

London 1980s-2000s AUD 500.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
186 Infante Anne

4 Books, including: Death in Green

London 1989; 1990; 1991; 1992 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
187 Kenyon Michael

8 Books, including: A Sorry State

1968; 1970; 1972; 1974; 1975; 1977; 1978; 1981 AUD 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
188 Price Richard

Clockers

Boston 2008 AUD 150.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
189 Standish Robert

The Big One Got Away

London N/A AUD 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
190

12 Crime fiction titles

London 1960s AUD 100.00 - 200.00 AUD 64.50
191 Meynell Laurence

The Evil Hour; Third Time Unlucky

1938; 1947 AUD 400.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
192 Reeman Douglas

High Water

London 1959 AUD 400.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
193 Lee Norma

The Beautiful Gunner

London 1953 AUD 400.00 - 500.00 AUD 258.00
194 Peters Ludovic; Nettell Richard; Lymington John; Hawton Hector; Ainsworth Harriet; Palmer John; Lynn Margaret; Hackforth-Jones Gilbert; Coles Manning

10 Books, including: The Killing Game

1949; 1951; 1955; 1959; 1967; 1969 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
195 Wallace Edgar

7 Books, including: The Calendar

London; Garden City; Cleveland 1930; 1931; 1932 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
196 Courage John

We the Unworthy

1944 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
197 Betteridge Don

Spies Left !

London 1950 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 AUD 64.50
198 Blayn Hugo

Except For One Thing

London 1947 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 129.00
199 Gardner Erle Stanley

The Case of the Backward Mule

London 1955 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 AUD 103.20
200 Howard Tom; Hooker G Dalton

The Beach-Front Murders; Smith's Odyssey

Sydney 1962; 1985 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 AUD 77.40
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