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
1		1) The Canvass Dagger		1956	AUD 500.00 - 600.00	Not Sold
2		Twenty-Three titles all with dustwrappers illustrated by Sax			AUD 600.00 - 700.00	AUD 762.00
3		Six crime fiction titles all by Mignon G Eberhart		1940s and 1950s	AUD 600.00 - 700.00	Not Sold
4	Judson Philips	The 14th Trump	London	1951	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
5	William Gillette	The Astounding Crime on Torrington Road	New York	1927	AUD 800.00 - 900.00	AUD 539.75
6	Arthur Barker	No Pockets in a Shroud by Horace McCoy	London	1937	AUD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	Not Sold
7	Cecil M Wills	The Clue Of The Lost Hour	London	1949	AUD 800.00 - 1,000.00	AUD 508.00
8	Carolyn Wells	In the Onyx Lobby	New York	1920	AUD 1,200.00 - 2,000.00	AUD 762.00
9	Mickey Spillane	Five titles	New York	1964	AUD 600.00 - 700.00	Not Sold
10	Edwin De Caire	Death Among The Writers	London	1952	AUD 1,200.00 - 1,500.00	AUD 762.00
11	Paul Mactyre	Bar Sinister	London	1964	AUD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	AUD 635.00
12	Seldon Truss	Death Of No Lady	London	1952	AUD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00	Not Sold
13	Seldon Truss	In Secret Places	London	1958	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
14	Robert Van Gulik	Four titles			AUD 600.00 - 800.00	AUD 476.25
15	Ared White	Seven Tickets to Singapore	Boston	1939	AUD 500.00 - 600.00	AUD 317.50
16	Marcet and E Haldeman-Julius	Violence	New York	1929	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	AUD 254.00
17	William Du Bois	The Case of the Frightened Fish	Boston	1940	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	AUD 241.30
18	Garland Lord	She Never Grew Old	New York	1942	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 127.00
19	Maximilian Foster	Humdrum House?		1924	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 63.50
20	James Owen	Deferred Payment	London	1930	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
21	George Harmon Coxe	Eleven titles all written	New York		AUD 300.00 - 400.00	AUD 508.00
22	Celia Fremlin	Four titles		1969	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 127.00
23	H H Kirst	Eleven novels	London		AUD 300.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
24	Frances and Richard Lockridge	One dozen crime fiction titles	Philadelphia and New York	1940s, 1950s and 1960s	AUD 600.00 - 700.00	AUD 444.50
25	Georges Simenon	Nine titles	London	1969	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	AUD 571.50

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.
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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