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
201 Greer Andrew

Canton Airlift

London 1957 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 AUD 64.50
202 Packard Frank

The Adventures Of Jimmie Dale

Toronto 1917 AUD 400.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
203 Bennett Margot

The Furious Masters

London 1968 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 AUD 64.50
204 Robertson Colin

Dusky Limelight

London 1950 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 129.00
205 Cheyney Peter

You Can Call It A Day

Sydney 1949 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 AUD 141.90
206 Moffat Gwen

Hard Option

London 1975 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
207 Cheyney Peter

I'll Say She Does

London 1945 AUD 200.00 - 250.00 AUD 129.00
208 McGhee Bill

Cut and Run

London 1962 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 AUD 64.50
209 Innes Michael

The Paper Thunderbolt

1951 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
210 Royce Kenneth

A Single To Hong Kong

London 1969 AUD 250.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
211 Dudley Ernest

The Dark Bureau

London 1950 AUD 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
212 Pollard A O

Smugglers' Buoy

London 1958 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
213 Nolan Frederick; Bland Jennifer; Higgins Margaret; Ball Brian

6 Books, including: The Ritter Double-Bross

London 1972; 1974; 1975 AUD 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
214 Clavell James

Whirlwind

1986 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
215 Erskine Laurie York

The Confidence Man

New York 1925 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
216 Chase James Hadley

The Flesh of the Orchid

London 1948 AUD 400.00 - 500.00 AUD 838.50
217 Hubbard P M

The Causeway

London 1976 AUD 50.00 - 100.00 AUD 25.80
218 Plummer T Arthur

Murder at Brownhill

London 1962 AUD 300.00 - 400.00 AUD 193.50
219 Kaye H B

Red Rafferty

London 1949 AUD 400.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
220 Holme Timothy

The Devil and the Dolce Vita; At the Lake of Sudden Death

London 1982; 1987 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
221 Goyne Richard

You Can't Kill Shadows

London 1954 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
222 Simenon

8 Books, including: Monsieur Monde Vanishes

New York 1964; 1967; 1978; 1979; 1983; 1988; 1989 AUD 300.00 - 400.00 AUD 290.25
223

10 Crime Fiction titles

London 1966-1979 AUD 100.00 - 150.00 AUD 64.50
224 Household Geoffrey

The Third Hour

London 1937 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
225 Capon Paul

In All Simplicity; The Hosts Of Midian; The Other Side Of The Sun

London; Melbourne 1946; 1950; 1953 AUD 400.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
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