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
276		Ten crime fiction books	London	1990s	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
277		Twenty titles from UK published Constable crime			AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 127.00
278		Ten crime fiction titles	New York	1940s	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 127.00
279	Michael Joseph	Six titles	London	1960s and 1970s	AUD 250.00 - 400.00	AUD 603.25
280		Eight crime fiction titles	London	1970s and 1980s	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
281		Fourteen Crime Fiction books	London		AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
282		Ten crime novels	London	1889 to 1992	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
283	John Sherwood	1) Vote Against Poison	London	1956	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 63.50
284		Ten books	London	1980s	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
285		1) Unfit To Plead		1992	AUD 150.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
286		1) Gently With The Millions		1989	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
287	Doris Miles Disney	1) The Departure of Mr Gaudette		1964	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
288	Martin Russell	Six Crime Fiction titles	London		AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
289	Muriel Stafford	X Marks the Dot		1943	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
290	Jesse Templeton	1) The Timber Wolf	London	1926	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
291	Helen Reilly	Lament for the Bride	New York	1951	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	AUD 190.50
292	Helen Reilly	Not Me, Inspector	New York	1959	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 127.00
293		Seven Crime Fiction Titles	London		AUD 300.00 - 400.00	AUD 190.50
294		1) The Sultan's Daughter		1963	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
295		Ten Crime Fiction titles	London		AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
296		Seven Crime Fiction Titles	London		AUD 300.00 - 400.00	AUD 190.50
297	Henry Treece	Bang You're Dead!		1966	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
298	Hans Hellmut Kirst	Zero Eight Fifteen. The Strange Mutiny of Gunner Asch	London	1955	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	AUD 190.50
299	John Gilbert	The Fly Paper		1961	AUD 230.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
300	Reginald Hill	Ruling Passion	London	1973	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold

Heritage Auctions
Rare Books Signature Auction
December 15, 2025

Heritage, Dec. 15: John Donne. Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death. London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.

Heritage, Dec. 15: F. Scott Fitzgerald. Tender is the Night. A Romance.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Bram Stoker. Dracula. Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Jerry Thomas. How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…
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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.
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.