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
151		Seven Crime Fiction books		1940s	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
152	Edgar Wallace	The Squeaker	London	1929	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	AUD 254.00
153		Eight Andrew Garve (Pseudonym of Paul Winterton) Crime fiction titles	London	1960s and 1970s	AUD 500.00 - 600.00	AUD 476.25
154	John Le Carre	Four titles			AUD 400.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
155	Anita Blackmon	Murder a la Richelieu	New York	1937	AUD 250.00 - 300.00	AUD 228.60
156	Clyde B. Clason	Murder Gone Minoan	New York	1939	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	AUD 349.25
157	Morrison Dupree	A Tap on the Shoulder		1929	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	AUD 444.50
158	Val Gielgud with Holt Marvell	London Calling		1934	AUD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00	AUD 635.00
159	Stephen Ransome	Hearses Don't Hurry	New York	1941	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 203.20
160	Oliver Weld Bayer	Paper Chase		1943	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 63.50
161	Christopher Hale	Exit Screaming		1942	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 165.10
162	Ernest Dudley	1) To Love and Perish		1962	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 101.60
163	Martin Russell	Seven titles	London	1974	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 203.20
164	Rufus King	The Fatal Kiss Mystery	New York	1928	AUD 1,200.00 - 1,500.00	AUD 1,778.00
165	Maxwell March	Rogue's Holiday		1935	AUD 600.00 - 700.00	AUD 1,524.00
166	Manning Coles	Without Lawful Authority	New York	1943	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
167	Manning Coles	They Tell No Tales	New York	1942	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 127.00
168	Margaret Millar	The Devil Loves Me	USA	1942	AUD 2,000.00 - 2,500.00	AUD 1,270.00
169	Proxy, Bettina and Audrey Boyers	Murder	New York	1956	AUD 160.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
170	Royce Howes	The Callao Clue	New York	1936	AUD 500.00 - 600.00	Not Sold
171	Royce Howes	Death Dupes a Lady		1937	AUD 600.00 - 700.00	Not Sold
172	H.C. McNeile	Temple Tower		1929	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	AUD 317.50
173	Georges Simenon	Inspector Maigret and the Strangled Stripper	New York	1954	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	AUD 139.70
174	Elleston Trevor	The Mind Of Max Duvine	London	1960	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
175	Raymond Postgate	Somebody at the Door		1943	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 63.50

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.