Sydney Rare Book Auctions: Gary Gorton Crime Fiction Collection Part 4, 121524, Ultimo

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
December 15, 2024 - December 15, 2024
Page Size: 360 items in 15 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1 T Arthur Plummer.

The Man They Feared

London No date but 1937 AUD 500.00 - 600.00 AUD 825.50
2 William Irish.

The Blue Ribbon

London 1951 AUD 400.00 - 500.00 AUD 254.00
3 Ivan Somerville

Scattered Death

New York 1931 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 203.20
4 George F Eliot.

The Purple Legion

New York 1936 AUD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
5 Richard Keverne.

Crook Stuff

1933 AUD 400.00 - 500.00 AUD 349.25
6 Cortland Fitzsimmons

Death Rings A Bell

1942 AUD 400.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
7 A Li Matthison

Death In The Cemetery

London 1938 AUD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
8 Cortland Fitzsimmons

Tied For Murder

Philadelphia 1943 AUD 600.00 - 700.00 AUD 381.00
9 Ian Marshall

The Strange Case of Vintrix Polbarton: A Novel

London 1929 AUD 450.00 - 500.00 AUD 317.50
10 Oscar Schisgall

The Devil's Daughter

1932 AUD 200.00 - 250.00 Not Sold
11 Richard M. Baker

Death Stops The Bells

New York 1938 AUD 300.00 - 400.00 AUD 190.50
12 Paul Selver ,

Private Life

London No date but 1929 AUD 400.00 - 500.00 AUD 381.00
13 Lee Thayer

Persons Unknown

1941 AUD 400.00 - 500.00 AUD 254.00
14 Eden Phillpotts.

A Close Call

New York 1936 AUD 150.00 - 200.00 AUD 101.60
15 Denis Scott.

Murder. Makes a Villain

1944 AUD 150.00 - 200.00 AUD 165.10
16 T Lund.

Robbery At Portage Bend. A Story of the Royal North-West Mounted Police

1933 AUD 350.00 - 400.00 AUD 215.90
17 Hannah Lees.

Prescription for Murder

New York 1941 AUD 400.00 - 500.00 AUD 285.75
18 Dorothy Bowers.

The Bells at Old Bailey

London 1947 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 349.25
19 J Russell Warren

Time For A Murder

New York 1941 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 127.00
20

1) The Asbestos Mask 2) Death Has Scarlet Candles 3) Ducats in Her Coffin 1951 4) Death's Dateless Night 1952 5) Heavenly Bodies 1960 (3, 4 & 5 all

AUD 200.00 - 250.00 AUD 203.20
21 P Walker Taylor.

Murder in the Flagship

London 1936 AUD 400.00 - 500.00 AUD 317.50
22 Raymond Holden

Death on the Border

New York 1937 AUD 400.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
23 Jocelyn Playfair

Murder Without Mystery

London 1939 AUD 500.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
24 Mervyn Lamb.

On Hazardous Service

Edinburgh 1921 AUD 500.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
25 David Keith

A Matter of Accent

New York 1923 AUD 150.00 - 200.00 AUD 139.70
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    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: [CANALETTO] - VISENTINI, Antonio (1688-1782) da Giovanni Antonio CANAL (1697-1768, detto 'Il Canaletto') - Urbis Venetiarum prospectus celebriores. Venezia: Giovanni Battista Pasquale, 1742-51. €7.000-€10.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: LA FONTAINE, Jean de (1621-1695) - Fables Choisies. Parigi: Claude Barbin, 1668. €7.000-€10.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: MERCATOR, Rumold (1545-1599) - [I continenti] - Europa; Africa; America Sive India Nova; Asia. Amsterdam: S.d. [ca. 1633]. €2.000-€3.000
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