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
201	Reed Fulton	The Grand Coulee Mystery		1941	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 63.50
202	Jeremy Lord	The Bannerman Case	Garden City NY USA	1935	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
203	Francis Duncan	Justice Returns	London	1940	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	AUD 349.25
204	Louis Bromfield	The Strange Case of Miss Annie Spragg	New York	1928	AUD 50.00 - 100.00	AUD 38.10
205	Kerry O'Neil	Mooney Moves Around	New York	1939	AUD 50.00 - 100.00	AUD 38.10
206	Jefferson Farjeon	Death in Fancy Dress		1939	AUD 50.00 - 100.00	AUD 25.40
207		Twenty Titles published in London		1970s and 1980s	AUD 500.00 - 600.00	Not Sold
208		One dozen Crime Fiction titles			AUD 300.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
209	Helen Reilly	The Thirty-First Bullfinch	New York	1930	AUD 600.00 - 700.00	AUD 476.25
210	George Bagby	The Corpse Wore A Wig	New York	1940	AUD 400.00 - 800.00	AUD 254.00
211		1. The Knavish Crows		1971	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	AUD 190.50
212		1) Appleby & Honeybath		1983	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
213	K.M. Stevens	Panic in the Solomons	London	1951	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 127.00
214	Ann Barron	1. Maybe It's Murder	London	1963	AUD 500.00 - 600.00	Not Sold
215		1. Nothing Can Rescue Me		1945	AUD 500.00 - 600.00	AUD 762.00
216		Seven titles	London	1946	AUD 500.00 - 600.00	AUD 317.50
217	Dorothy Bowers	Fear and Miss Betony		1942	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	AUD 317.50
218	Gerard Fairlie	Shot in the Dark	New York	1932	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
219		Fifteen Crime Fiction Titles	London	1960s	AUD 500.00 - 600.00	AUD 825.50
220		1. The Cause Of The Screaming		1953	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
221		1. Backlash A Red Badge Novel Of Suspense		1976	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	AUD 254.00
222	Virginia Perdue	Alarum and Excursion	New York	1944	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
223	James Nelson, James, editor	The Complete Murder Sampler	New York	1946	AUD 150.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
224	Martin Amis	London Fields	London	1989	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
225	Doris Miles Disney	Fire At Will	New York	1950	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.