Sydney Rare Book Auctions: Gary Gorton Crime Fiction Collection - Part 12, 53126, Ultimo

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
May 31, 2026 - May 31, 2026
Page Size: 330 items in 14 pages
Auction Lot Books
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
301 Lyall Gavin

The Secret Servant; Uncle Target

London 1980; 1988 AUD 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
302 Clarke Anna

5 Books, including: The Deathless And The Dead

London 1976; 1980; 1979; 1977; 1978 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
303 James P D

Original Sin

London 1994 AUD 100.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
304 Spillane Mickey

The Delta Factor

New York 1967 AUD 800.00 - 900.00 Not Sold
305 Jobson Hamilton

Waiting For Thursday; Judge Me Tomorrow; To Die A little

London 1977; 1978 AUD 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
306 Penn John; Dean S.F.X.; West Charles; Page Emma; Cairns Alison; Sheffield Robyn; Anthony Michael David; Hilton John Buxton

10 Books, including: A Knife Ill-Used

London 1991; 1983; 1968; 1993; 1991; 1984; 1990; 1993; 1990; 1984 AUD 400.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
307 Fullerton Alexander

Special Deliverance; Special Dynamic

London 1986; 1987 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
308 Knox Alexander; Stubbs Jean; Dexter Colin; Fox Peter; Wright Glover; Craig David; Dominic R B; Stewart Blair; George Jonathan; Saul John Ralston

10 Books, including: The Enemy Kill

London 1972; 1976; 1989; 1981; 1991; 1974; 1970; 1980; 1970; 1977 AUD 400.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
309 Lenteric Bernard; Walker David; Ross Sheila; Johnston Ronald; Kyle Duncan; Mather Berkely; Trew Anton; Watson Jack; MacLean Alistair; Steelle Tommy

10 Books, including: Deuces Wild

London 1983; 1973; 1971; 1964; 1970; 1970; 1979; 1980; 1983; 1983 AUD 400.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
310 Eberhart Mignon G

Another Woman's House; Escape The Night; Five Passengers From Lisbon

New York 1947; 1944; 1946 AUD 500.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
311 Dalman Max

Death Disposes

London 1945 AUD 400.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
312 Campbell Keith

Born Beautiful

London 1951 AUD 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
313 Bentley John

The Iron Orchid

London 1950 AUD 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
314 Gask Arthur

The Man of Death

London 1946 AUD 300.00 - 400.00 AUD 190.50
315 Gask Arthur

The Unfolding Years

London 1947 AUD 400.00 - 500.00 AUD 254.00
316 Butler Ewan

Talk of the Devil

London 1948 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 AUD 76.20
317 Household Geoffrey

The Lives and Times of Bernado Brown

London 1973 AUD 300.00 - 400.00 AUD 190.50
318 Coles Manning

A Knife for the Juggler

London 1953 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 127.00
319 Fairlie Gerard

Winner Take All

London 1953 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 AUD 63.50
320

14 Constable Crime Series Books

London 1990s AUD 100.00 - 200.00 AUD 114.30
321 Cohen Anthea; Harrisson Ray; Greenwood John

38 Quartet Crime Titles

London 1980s AUD 150.00 - 200.00 AUD 317.50
322

10 Collins Crime Club Titles

London N/A AUD 250.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
323 Tripp Miles

A Charmed Death; Going Solo; High Heels; Cruel Victim; One Lover Too Many

London 1984; 1981; 1980; 1979; 1983 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 AUD 63.50
324

10 Constable Crime Books

London 1990s AUD 100.00 - 200.00 AUD 127.00
325 Hawkins Dean; Marble Dana; Manners David X

Headsman's Holiday; Sail Into Silence; Memory Of A Scream

New York 1946; 1958; 1946 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 127.00
  • Dominic Winter Auctioneers
    Printed Books, Maps & Wisdens, English Bibles
    1500-1800
    22nd July 2026
    Dominic 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 2026
    Dominic 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 2026
    Dominic 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 2026
    Dominic 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.
  • Forum Auctions
    The 10th Anniversary Sale
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    July 16, 2026
    Forum, July 16: Inundation papyrus. P.Michael 4, the ‘Inundation papyrus’, a geographical account of the Nile near Canopus, in Greek, remains of two columns from a manuscript scroll on papyrus, Egypt, second century CE. £12,000-18,000
    Forum, July 16: Book of Hours, use of Sarum, manuscript on vellum, 6 full-page miniatures, with famous Middle English inscriptions, Southern Netherlands for the English market, [c.1430]. £30,000-50,000
    Forum, July 16: Qu'ran, Arabic manuscript on burnished, stencilled, and gold-flecked paper, 447ff., Sultanate Gujarat, Ahmadabad, [after 1411 but no later than 1442]. £15,000-20,000
    Forum Auctions
    The 10th Anniversary Sale
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    July 16, 2026
    Forum, July 16: Turner (William). A New boke of the natures and properties of all wines that are commonly vsed here in England, rare first edition of the first English book on wine, By William Seres, 1568. £20,000-£30,000
    Forum, July 16: Spenser (Edmund). The Faerie Queene. first edition, Printed [by John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, 1590. £30,000-40,000
    Forum, July 16: Shakespeare (William). The Comedie of Errors, extracted from the first folio, Isaac Jaggard and Edward Blount, 1623. £15,000-20,000
    Forum Auctions
    The 10th Anniversary Sale
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    July 16, 2026
    Forum, July 16: Fleming (Ian). Casino Royale, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author, 1953. £40,000-60,000
    Forum, July 16: d'Agoty (Jacques-Fabien Gautier). Anatomie de la Tête, first edition, Paris, chez le Sieur Gautier, 1748. £10,000-15,000
    Forum, July 16: Martial Arts.- Lee (Bruce). 'Praying Mantis style' Kung Fu book, containing numerous annotations, diagrams and graphs in Bruce Lee's hand, c. 1960. £50,000-70,000
    Forum Auctions
    The 10th Anniversary Sale
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    July 16, 2026
    Forum, July 16: Warre (Capt. Henry James). Sketches in North America and the Oregon Territory, first edition, rare hand-coloured issue, 1848. £30,000-40,000
    Forum, July 16: Norie (John William). The Marine Atlas, or Seaman's Complete Pilot for all the principal places in the known world..., 1826. £30,000-50,000
    Forum, 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
  • Case Auctions
    2026 Summer Auction
    August 1st and 2nd
    Case Antiques, Aug. 1: Timberlake, Henry: A DRAUGHT OF THE CHEROKEE COUNTRY on the West Side of the Twenty Four Mountains, Commonly Called "Over the Hills". $18,000 to $22,000.
    Case Antiques, Aug. 1: Manuscript orderly book detailing day to day activities of multiple Virginia regiments in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary,1776-1777. $7,000 to $8,000.
    Case Antiques, Aug. 1: Cormac McCarthy, The Orchard Keeper, Random House, New York, 1965. Signed 1st Edition. $3,800 to $4,200.
    Case Auctions
    2026 Summer Auction
    August 1st and 2nd
    Case Antiques, Aug. 1: Battle of Kings Mountain Pamphlet by Isaac Shelby, April 1823, Signed. $1,800 to $2,200.
    Case Antiques, Aug. 1: Large Tintype CSA Lt. Col. Thomas Coke Johnson, 19th GA, w/ Southern Cross, Book. $1,400 to $1,800.
    Case Antiques, Aug. 1: Rare Civil War Ambrotype, 19th GA Infantry with Johnson Family of GA. $800 to $1,200.
    Case Auctions
    2026 Summer Auction
    August 1st and 2nd
    Case Antiques, Aug. 1: A signed note written by Thomas Alva Edison to an unknown recipient, in which he shares his thoughts on Guglielmo Marconi, regarded as the inventor of the radio. $800 to $1,200.
    Case Antiques, Aug. 1: Rare 1931 TN Grasslands Steeplechase Book, Gallatin. $800 to $1,000.
    Case Antiques, Aug. 1: War of 1812 related Broadside, Petersburg Volunteers. $700 to $800.
    Case Antiques, Aug. 1: 2 World War I Posters, “Our Colored Fighters” and “No Slacker”. $800 to $1,000.