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
101	Gilbert Wintle	Strange Partners	London	1909	AUD 200.00 - 250.00	AUD 127.00
102	Laverne Rice	Well Dressed for Murder	New York	1958	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
103	J. Lindsay Hamilton	The Black Asp	London	1933	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	AUD 254.00
104	Alexandra Dick	One Is One	London	1958	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	AUD 190.50
105	Hugh Pentecost	Where the Snow Was Red		1949	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
106	Thomas Polsky	Curtains for the Editor	New York	1939	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
107	Ellis Peters	Mourning Raga		1969	AUD 500.00 - 600.00	Not Sold
108	Henry Bellamann	The Gray Mab Walks	New York	1936	AUD 600.00 - 800.00	AUD 381.00
109	Christopher Bush	Dancing Death	New York	1931	AUD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00	Not Sold
110	Edgar Wallace	The Murder Book of J.G. Reeder	New York	1929	AUD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00	Not Sold
111	Raymond Postgate	Verdict of Twelve	New York	1940	AUD 800.00 - 1,000.00	Not Sold
112		Death Among Doctors	New York	1942	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	AUD 254.00
113	Sara Elizabeth Mason	The Crimson Feather	New York	1945	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 127.00
114	Val Gielgud	The Ruse of the Vanished Women	New York	1934	AUD 700.00 - 800.00	AUD 444.50
115	Ethel H. Loban	Signed in Yellow		1930	AUD 700.00 - 800.00	Not Sold
116	Joel Y. Dane	The Christmas Tree Murders	New York	1938	AUD 700.00 - 800.00	Not Sold
117	E X Ferrars	The Shape Of A Stain	Doubleday	1942	AUD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00	Not Sold
118	Christopher Bush	The Perfect Murder Case	New york	1919	AUD 700.00 - 800.00	AUD 539.75
119	Leonard R. Gribble	The Grand Modena Murder	New York	1931	AUD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00	Not Sold
120	M V Heberden	Death On The Doormat	New York	1939	AUD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00	Not Sold
121	John Crozier	Kidnapped Again	London	1937	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 127.00
122	H.C. & A. E. Walter	The Patriot		1928	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
123	H C McNeile	The Finger of Fate		1931	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	AUD 285.75
124	Frederic F. Van de Water	Still Waters		1929	AUD 600.00 - 700.00	AUD 381.00
125	Peter Van Greenaway	Eleven titles	London	1977	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.