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
126	J S Fletcher	The Black House in Harley Street		1928	AUD 800.00 - 1,000.00	Not Sold
127	Sue MacVeigh	Murder Under Construction	USA	1939	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 63.50
128	Ruth Fenisong	Murder Needs A Face		1942	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 127.00
129	Alan LeMay	One of Us is a Murderer	New York	1930	AUD 500.00 - 800.00	AUD 476.25
130	Philip MacDonald	The Rynox Murder Mystery		1931	AUD 600.00 - 800.00	AUD 762.00
131	Harry Carmichael	James Knowland Deceased	London	1958	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	AUD 63.50
132	Green Shiver	A Theocritus Lucius Westborough Story	New York	1941	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	AUD 476.25
133	Orme Sackville	The Island Of Ghosts	London	1930	AUD 600.00 - 800.00	Not Sold
134	Clyde B Clason	Blind Drifts	New York	1937	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	AUD 228.60
135	Mabel Seeley	The Chuckling Fingers		1941	AUD 350.00 - 400.00	AUD 215.90
136	M P Rea	Compare These Dead		1941	AUD 150.00 - 200.00	AUD 88.90
137	James Ronald	They Cant Hang Me!		1938	AUD 150.00 - 200.00	AUD 317.50
138	Charlotte Murray Russell	I Heard the Death Bell: A Jane Amanda Edwards Story		1940	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	AUD 203.20
139	Charlotte Murray Russell	The Bad Neighbour Murder		1946	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	AUD 317.50
140	Charlotte Murray Russell	Murder Steps In		1942	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	AUD 412.75
141	Georges Simenon	Maigret's Special Murder	London	1964	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	AUD 254.00
142		Eleven titles		1970s	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
143		Ten Gollancz Crime Fiction novels		1960s 1970s 1980s	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
144	Edgar Wallace	The Arranways Mystery	New York	1932	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 88.90
145	Harold Kemp	Murder Humane	London	1947	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
146	Basil Cooper	Five titles		1960s. 1970s. 1980s	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 63.50
147	E Phillips Oppenheim	The Bird of Paradise	London	1936	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 203.20
148		Ten Crime Fiction titles	London	1960s	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 127.00
149	Hugh Pentecost	Thirty six crime fiction titles	New York		AUD 600.00 - 800.00	Not Sold
150	P M Hubbard	A Thirsty Evil	London	1974	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	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.