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
26	John Fores	Candidates For Glory		1968	AUD 600.00 - 800.00	Not Sold
27	Philip Loraine	White Lie the Dead	London	1950	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	AUD 317.50
28		1. Back In Daylight		1957	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	AUD 317.50
29		1. Strange Sanctuary 7173		1949	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
30		Fifteen titles	London		AUD 700.00 - 800.00	AUD 508.00
31	Belton Cobb	No Last Words	London	1949	AUD 500.00 - 600.00	Not Sold
32	J. S. Fletcher	The Time-Worn Town	New York	1924	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 165.10
33	Ruth Rendell	Talking To Strange Men	London	1987	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 139.70
34	John Keir Cross	The White Magic	London	1947	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
35	Mansell Black	Sinister Cargo	London	1951	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
36	Daniel Easterman	The Last Assassin		1984	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
37		Ten Gollancz Crime Fiction Titles			AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
38	Jarrolds	Twelve Crime Fiction Titles	London		AUD 500.00 - 600.00	Not Sold
39	Julian Symons	1. The Players and the Game	London	1972	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
40		1. The Green Frontier		1982	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 127.00
41		Four Barry Cork Crime Fiction titles			AUD 120.00 - 150.00	AUD 76.20
42	Richard Grayson	Seven crime fiction titles			AUD 300.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
43		19 titles	London	1950s and 1960s	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	AUD 539.75
44		Twelve titles		1970s and 1980s	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 165.10
45	Alexander Wilson	The Death of Dr. Whitelaw	London	1930	AUD 500.00 - 600.00	AUD 381.00
46	Craig Rice	The Corpse Steps Out	New York	1940	AUD 600.00 - 700.00	AUD 603.25
47	Lawrence Meynell	The Evil Hour	London	1947	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
48	John Mersereau	The Corpse Comes Ashore	Philadelphia	1941	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
49	Thomas McMorrow	The Sinister History Of Ambrose Hinkle		1929	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 127.00
50	Frank L. Packard	Jimmie Dale and the Blue Envelope Murder	Garden City	1930	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	AUD 228.60

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.
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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