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
176	J. S. Fletcher	The House in Tuesday Market	New York	1929	AUD 800.00 - 1,000.00	Not Sold
177	Valentine Williams	The Clue of the Rising Moon		1935	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	AUD 254.00
178		Two Flights Up by Mary Roberts Rinehart	New York	1928	AUD 399.00 - 499.00	AUD 241.30
179		Strange Murders at Greystones Elsie N Wright	Cleveland, OH	1931	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	AUD 241.30
180	Francis Lynde	Young Blood	NY	1929	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	AUD 349.25
181	Mark Lee Luther & Lillian C Ford	The Saranoff Murder	Indianapolis	1930	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	AUD 190.50
182	Nora and George E. Jorgenson	The Circle of Vengeance	New York	1930	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	AUD 190.50
183	Percival Wilde	Mystery Week-End	New York	1938	AUD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	AUD 635.00
184		Murder In Haste Garnett Weston		1935	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	AUD 254.00
185	Charles Givens	THe Rose Petal Murders	New York	1935	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
186	Whitman Chambers	Contraband Coast	London	1928	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 63.50
187	Charles Rushton	Furnace For A Foe		1951	AUD 200.00 - 250.00	AUD 190.50
188	Lawrence Lynch	The New Detective Story The Diamond Coterie	Chicago	1884	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
189	Robert Bloch	Night-World		1972	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
190	Robert Harris, editor	John Creasey's Crime Collection			AUD 400.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
191	Francis Beeding	The Five Flamboys	Boston	1929	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 127.00
192	Dorothy Bowers	Shadows Before		1940	AUD 300.00 - 500.00	AUD 190.50
193	Edgar Wallace	The Twister	Garden City, New York	1929	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 165.10
194	George Bagby	Coffin Corner	New York	1949	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
195	Frank L Packard	Jimmie Dale and the Missing Hour: the Gray Seal and the Tocsin again join forces in a thrilling battle against the underworld	New York	1935	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 152.40
196	Ruth Darby	Beauty Sleep		1942	AUD 500.00 - 600.00	Not Sold
197	Guy Compton	1) Too Many Murderers		1962	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 190.50
198	Frank L Packard	The Wire Devils	New York	1918	AUD 50.00 - 100.00	AUD 25.40
199	August Derleth	The Seven Who Waited	New York	1943	AUD 500.00 - 600.00	AUD 317.50
200	Max Long	The Lava Flow Murders	Philadelphia	1940	AUD 800.00 - 1,000.00	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.