Sydney Rare Book Auctions: Gary Gorton Crime Fiction Collection - Part 12, 53126, Ultimo
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- May 31, 2026 - May 31, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Christie Agatha | And Then There Were None |
New York | 1940 | AUD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | AUD 1,524.00 |
| 2 | Reeman Douglas | High Water |
London | 1959 | AUD 800.00 - 1,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 3 | Meynell Laurence | The Evil Hour; Third Time Unlucky |
1947; 1938 | AUD 800.00 - 1,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 4 | Long Max | The Lava Flow Murders |
Philadelphia | 1940 | AUD 500.00 - 600.00 | AUD 476.25 |
| 5 | Fairlie Gerard | Shot in the Dark |
New York | 1932 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 177.80 |
| 6 | Williams Valentine | Skeleton Out of the Cupboard |
London | 1946 | AUD 500.00 - 600.00 | AUD 317.50 |
| 7 | Post Melville Davisson | The Revolt Of The Birds |
New York | 1927 | AUD 400.00 - 500.00 | AUD 254.00 |
| 8 | West Morris | Eminence |
Sydney | 1998 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 9 | Fox-Davies A C | The Mauleverer Murders |
London; New York | 1907 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 10 | Carr John Dickson | In Spite Of Thunder |
New York | 1960 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 127.00 |
| 11 | Brand Christianna | Cat and Mouse; The Three Cornered Halo |
London | 1950; 1957 | AUD 400.00 - 500.00 | AUD 825.50 |
| 12 | Rendell Ruth | Master Of The Moor; A Demon In My View |
London | 1982; 1976 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 127.00 |
| 13 | Spark Muriel | The Comforters |
1957 | AUD 800.00 - 1,000.00 | AUD 1,143.00 | |
| 14 | Spark Muriel | Robinson |
1958 | AUD 500.00 - 600.00 | AUD 317.50 | |
| 15 | Spark Muriel | Memento Mori |
1959 | AUD 400.00 - 500.00 | AUD 254.00 | |
| 16 | Spark Muriel | The Mandelbaum Gate; The Driver's Seat |
London | 1965; 1970 | AUD 400.00 - 500.00 | AUD 381.00 |
| 17 | Greene Graham | 7 Books, including: Doctor Fischer of Geneva or The Bomb Party |
1980; 1978; 1966; 1985; 1975; 1962 | AUD 600.00 - 700.00 | Not Sold | |
| 18 | Capon Paul | Malice Domestic |
1954 | AUD 800.00 - 1,000.00 | AUD 508.00 | |
| 19 | Capon Paul | Delay Of Doom |
London | 1950 | AUD 800.00 - 1,000.00 | AUD 508.00 |
| 20 | Capon Paul | The Hosts Of Midian |
1946 | AUD 400.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold | |
| 21 | Capon Paul | In All Simplicity |
London | 1953 | AUD 500.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold |
| 22 | Capon Paul | The Other Side Of The Sun |
1950 | AUD 500.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold | |
| 23 | Capon Paul | Death at Shinglestrand |
London | 1951 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | AUD 63.50 |
| 24 | Carnson Maxwell | Shade Of the Moon |
London | 1925 | AUD 100.00 - 150.00 | AUD 88.90 |
| 25 | Spender Jean | Full Moon For Murder |
London | 1948 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 317.50 |
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Dominic Winter Auctioneers
Printed Books, Maps & Wisdens, English Bibles
1500-1800
22nd July 2026Dominic Winter, July 22: Lot 83 – Westall & Owen. Picturesque Tour of the River Thames, 1st edition, 1828. £2,000-3,000.Dominic Winter, July 22: Lot 88 – Blume. Rumphia, Botanicae de plantis Indiae Orientalis, 1835-1848. £2,000-3,000.Dominic Winter, July 22: Lot 101 – Michaux. Histoire des arbres forestiers de l'Amérique septentrionale, 1810-1812. £700-1,000.Dominic Winter Auctioneers
Printed Books, Maps & Wisdens, English Bibles
1500-1800
22nd July 2026Dominic Winter, July 22: Lot 102 – Miller & Shaw. Cimelia Physica, 1796 [but c. 1816]. £3,000-5,000.Dominic Winter, July 22: Lot 104 – Parkinson. Theatrum Botanicum: The Theater of Plants, London: Thomas Cotes, 1640. £800-1,200.Dominic Winter, July 22: Lot 159 – Plancius. Orbis Terrarum..., double hemisphere map, 1594-99. £5,000-8,000.Dominic Winter Auctioneers
Printed Books, Maps & Wisdens, English Bibles
1500-1800
22nd July 2026Dominic Winter, July 22: Lot 217 – Illuminated Medieval Manuscript. From a Breviary, 14th/15th c. £3,000-4,000.Dominic Winter, July 22: Lot 224 – The newe Testament … By Wylliam Tyndall…, 1549. £3,000-5,000.Dominic Winter, July 22: Lot 238 – Douay-Rheims Bible. 3 volumes, 1582/1609/1610. £7,000-10,000.Dominic Winter Auctioneers
Printed Books, Maps & Wisdens, English Bibles
1500-1800
22nd July 2026Dominic Winter, July 22: Lot 336 – Ashendene Press. A Treatyse of Fysshynge with an Angle, 1903. £1,000-1,500.Dominic Winter, July 22: Lot 393 – Sassoon. Memoirs of an Infantry Officer, signed limited edition, 1931. £800-1,200.Dominic Winter, July 22: Lot 402 – Dylan Thomas. Twenty-Five Poems, 1st edition in d.j., 1936. £400-600. -
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July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Warre (Capt. Henry James). Sketches in North America and the Oregon Territory, first edition, rare hand-coloured issue, 1848. £30,000-40,000Forum, July 16: Norie (John William). The Marine Atlas, or Seaman's Complete Pilot for all the principal places in the known world..., 1826. £30,000-50,000Forum, July 16: Mao Tse-tung.- Kim Il-sung.-[Note book for visitors from China to Korea], signed by Mao and Kim, [Beijing, 1954]. £10,000-15,000 -
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