Sydney Rare Book Auctions: Gary Gorton Crime Fiction Collection Part 9, 112325, Ultimo

Auction Details

Auction Date: November 23, 2025 - November 23, 2025

Page Size: 320 items in 13 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
251	Laurence Meynell	Eighteen crime fiction books		1970s and half in the 1980s	AUD 600.00 - 800.00	Not Sold
252	James Ramsey Ullman	Fia Fia: A Novel of the South Pacific	Cleveland & New York	1962	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
253	James Turner	A Death by the Sea	London	1955	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 127.00
254	Anita Blackmon	There Is No Return		1938	AUD 150.00 - 200.00	AUD 88.90
255	Gertrude Atherton	The Avalanche: A Mystery Story	New York	1919	AUD 360.00 - 500.00	AUD 349.25
256	Edgar Wallace and Richard Curtis	The Man Who Changed His Name	New York	1934	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	AUD 165.10
257		Inspector Ghote's Good Crusade H. R. F. Keating	London	1966	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
258	Agatha Christie	Nemesis	London	1971	AUD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	Not Sold
259		1) By The Pricking of My Thumbs		1968	AUD 250.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
260	Agatha Christie	Endless Night		1967	AUD 160.00 - 200.00	AUD 101.60
261		1) The Lake of Darkness		1980	AUD 200.00 - 250.00	AUD 127.00
262	Stephen King	Misery	New York	1987	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	AUD 63.50
263	Ruth Rendell	Four Crime Fiction novels			AUD 150.00 - 300.00	AUD 127.00
264	Robert Hale	Ten titles			AUD 250.00 - 300.00	AUD 203.20
265		Macmillan UK x 10			AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 63.50
266		1) Spytrap Signed and inscribed by the author		1982	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
267	Agatha Christie	1) Passenger To Frankfurt An Extravaganza		1970	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
268	James Turner	The Frontiers of Death	London	1957	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 101.60
269	Paul Theroux	Fong and the Indians	London		AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
270	John Wainwright	Six Crime Fiction titles	London		AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
271		Ten Crime Fiction novels		1957 to 1972	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 127.00
272		1) Sergeant Verity Presents His Compliments		1977	AUD 150.00 - 200.00	AUD 88.90
273	Hodder and Stoughton	A box containing about 30 crime novels	London	1960s, 70s and 80s	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 285.75
274	Clark Smith	The Case of Torches	London	1957	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 127.00
275		1) A Charmed Death		1984	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold

Sotheby’s
Book Week
December 9-17, 2025

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Francesco Colonna. Hypnerotomachie, Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Nausea. De principiis dialectices Gorgias, and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Billon. Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur, Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000.

Sotheby’s
Book Week
December 9-17, 2025

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of Sense and Sensibility, the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.
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Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.