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
301	Sydney Horler	Four titles			AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 127.00
302	Harry Carmichael	Six titles		1960s and 1970s	AUD 150.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
303	Robert Hale	Five titles			AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 177.80
304	C.P. Snow	1) Last Things	London	1970	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
305	Robert Hale	Seven Titles	London	1970s and 1980s	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 63.50
306	Taffrail	1) Mid-Atlantic		1936	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
307	John Charles Beecham	1) The Yellow Spider	London	1921	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 63.50
308	Jack Dolph	1) Murder Makes The Mare Go		1950	AUD 50.00 - 150.00	AUD 25.40
309	G Fraser-Simson	Footsteps In The Night	New York	1927	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 127.00
310	M.N.A. Messer	Mouse Trap	New York	1931	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 63.50
311	Elliott Arnold	Walk With The Devil		1951	AUD 160.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
312	Harriet Ainsworth	Death Among Friends	London	1964	AUD 250.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
313	Dean Hawkins	1) Headsman's Holiday: A Pharaoh Pharr Mystery		1946	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
314	Paul Theroux	Saint Jack	London	1973	AUD 300.00 - 500.00	AUD 190.50
315	Denis Haddow	Hanged By a Thread		No date 1947	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 127.00
316	Clay Henry	Welcome Home, Lily Glow	London	1960	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 127.00
317	Gerald Butler	Mad with Much Heart	London	(1945?)	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 63.50
318	Charles Rushton	The Doctor From Devil's Island	London	1935	AUD 600.00 - 800.00	AUD 381.00
319	Alan Hunter	Gently Sahib	London	1964	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 127.00
320	Hugh Pentecost	1) The 24th Horse	New York	1940	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 127.00

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.