Sydney Rare Book Auctions: Gary Gorton Crime Fiction Collection Part 8, 80325, Ultimo

Auction Details

Auction Date: August 03, 2025 - August 03, 2025

Page Size: 315 items in 13 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
226	CHRISTOPHER HALE	Murder in Tow by Christopher Hale 1943		1943	AUD 250.00 - 300.00	Unknown
227	CONSTANCE + GWENYTH LITTLE	The Black Piano by Constance + Gwenyth Little 1946.		1946	AUD 200.00 - 250.00	Unknown
228	2 X ROBERT BLOOMFIELD	1) From This Death Forward 1952 2) Stranger In Town 1955. Both by Robert Bloomfield			AUD 100.00 - 150.00	Unknown
229		1) Poison Speaks Softly by Dorothy Clark 1947 2) Lethal Lady by Rufus King 1947 3) Diamonds In The Dumplings by Susannah Shane 1946			AUD 100.00 - 150.00	Unknown
230	2 X THE GORDONS	1) FBI Story 1950. Bookplate of Adele M Schindler 2) Captive 1957. Both by The Gordons			AUD 75.00 - 100.00	Unknown
231		1) A Happy English Child by Ursula Zilinsky 1988 2) A Question of Quarry by George Bagby 1981 3) A Dismal Thing To Do by Alisa Craig 1986			AUD 100.00 - 150.00	Unknown
232		1) The Hollywood Takes by Michael de Larrabeiti 1988 2) The Mason Codex by Jo Bannister 1988 3) The Verona Passamezzo by James Gollin 1985 4) Corpus Christmas by Margaret Maron 1989		1980	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	Unknown
233	GEORGES, SIMENON	Inspector Maigret And The Killers by Georges, Simenon 1954		1954	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	Unknown
234		1) Dead At The Take-Off by Lester Dent 1946 2) Pick Your Victim by Pat McGerr 1947 Signed by the author 3) Snipe Hunt by Amber Dean 1949			AUD 100.00 - 150.00	Unknown
235		1) For Love Or Money by Dorothy Gardiner 1957 2) The House Of The Cat by Alexandra Roudybush 1970 3) Kill With Kindness by Robert Bloomfield 1962 4) Act Of Fear by Willo Davis Roberts 1977 Signed by the Author 5) Sweet Savage Death by Orania Papazooglou 1			AUD 150.00 - 300.00	Unknown
236		1) Strange Felony by Elizabeth Linington 1986 2) Death In Time by Mignon Warner 1982 3) The Golden Creep By George Bagby 1982 4) A Classic Death by Amy Marsland 1985 5) A Grave Without Flowers by Mary McMullen 1983			AUD 100.00 - 150.00	Unknown
237	MURDO COOMBS	A Moment of Need by Murdo Coombs		1947	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	Unknown
238	ROBERT KOEHLER	The Blue Parakeet Murders by Robert Portner Koehler	New York, NY	1948	AUD 250.00 - 300.00	Unknown
239	20 X HAMMOND	Twenty crime fiction titles all	in London	1940s, 1950s and 1960s.	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	Unknown
240	CARROLL JOHN DALY	Mr. Strang by Carroll John Daly.	New York	1936	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	Unknown
241	THOMSON BURTIS	Flying Blood by Thomson Burtis		1932	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	Unknown
242	ERIC HEATH	Murder of a Mystery Writer by Eric Heath	New York	1955	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	Unknown
243	HILDA DEARDEN	The Blonde Madonna: A Modern Spy Story by Hilda Danvers Dearden	London	1934	AUD 150.00 - 200.00	Unknown
244	ALEC BROWN	A Time to Kill by Alec Brown.	New York	1930	AUD 350.00 - 400.00	Unknown
245	R C WOODTHORPE	The Necessary Corpse by R C Woodthorpe 1939		1939	AUD 200.00 - 250.00	Unknown
246	H.F.S. MOORE	Murder Goes Rolling Along by H.F.S. Moore 1942		1942	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	Unknown
247	S FOWLER WRIGHT	Crime & Co by S Fowler Wright 1931.	New York	1931	AUD 200.00 - 250.00	Unknown
248	JUDSON P PHILIPS	Red War by Judson P Philips & Thomas Johnson		1936	AUD 300.00 - 350.00	Unknown
249	DAPHNE DU MAURIER	The Apple Tree A Short Novel and Some Stories by Daphne Du Maurier	London	1952	AUD 250.00 - 300.00	Unknown
250	LAURIE ERSKINE	The Confidence Man by Laurie York Erskine	New York	1925	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	Unknown

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