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

Auction Details

Auction Report
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
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