Sydney Rare Book Auctions: Fiction to Feature Film: First editions, Signed copies +, A178, Ultimo
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- March 27, 2026 - March 27, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 | Susan Hill . | The Woman in Black : A Ghost Story |
1983 | AUD 400.00 - 500.00 | AUD 476.25 | |
| 27 | Thomas Tryon . | The Other |
New York | 1971 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 165.10 |
| 28 | Thomas Tryon . | The Harvest Home |
New York | 1973 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 127.00 |
| 29 | Joan Lindsay . | Picnic at Hanging Rock |
1967 | AUD 500.00 - 600.00 | AUD 1,270.00 | |
| 30 | Patricia Highsmith . | Ripley Under Ground |
1971 | AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | AUD 635.00 | |
| 31 | Anthony Schaffer and Robin Hardy . | The Wicker Man |
New York | 1978 | AUD 200.00 - 400.00 | AUD 635.00 |
| 32 | Beresford Egan and C Bower Alcock . | Baudelaire Flowers of Evil (Fleurs Du Mal) in Pattern and Prose |
1933 | AUD 150.00 - 200.00 | AUD 762.00 | |
| 33 | John Keir Cross Bruce Angrave . | The Other Passenger |
London | 1944 | AUD 200.00 - 400.00 | AUD 152.40 |
| 34 | Angela Carter . | Nights at the Circus |
1984 | AUD 600.00 - 700.00 | AUD 539.75 | |
| 35 | Henry Bellamann . | The Kings Row |
1940 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 127.00 | |
| 36 | Angela Carter . | The Bloody Chamber and Other Adult Tales |
New York | 1979 | AUD 400.00 - 500.00 | AUD 285.75 |
| 37 | William Lindsay Gresham . | Monster Midway: An Uninhibited Look At the Glittering World of the Carny |
New York | 1953 | AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | AUD 476.25 |
| 38 | John Keir Cross . | The Other Passenger |
1946 | AUD 200.00 - 400.00 | AUD 177.80 | |
| 39 | Henry and Katherine Bellamann . | Parris Mitchell Kings Row |
1948 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | AUD 25.40 | |
| 40 | JB Priestley . | Benighted |
London | 1927 | AUD 500.00 - 600.00 | AUD 508.00 |
| 41 | Aleister Crowley . | Moonchild: A prologue |
London | 1929 | AUD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | AUD 3,175.00 |
| 42 | Sean M'Guire illustrated by Beresford Egan . | Beast or Man? |
N/A | AUD 500.00 - 600.00 | AUD 3,302.00 | |
| 43 | Rick Geary . | The Beast of Chicago: The Murderous Career of H . H . Holmes (A Treasury of Victorian Murder) |
2003 | AUD 150.00 - 200.00 | AUD 25.40 | |
| 44 | Jack London completed with notes Robert Fish . | The Assassination Bureau Ltd . A Previously Unpublished novel |
N/A | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 127.00 | |
| 45 | Kate Westbrook pseudonym of Samantha Weinberg . | The Moneypenny Series A spin off book series from the Ian Fleming - James Bond World . |
London | N/A | AUD 800.00 - 900.00 | AUD 317.50 |
| 46 | Kate Westbrook pseudonym of Samantha Weinberg . | The Moneypenny Series A spin off book series from the Ian Fleming - James Bond World . |
London | N/A | AUD 600.00 - 700.00 | AUD 254.00 |
| 47 | Frederick Forsyth . | The Day of the Jackal Signed Frederick Forsyth |
UK | 1971 | AUD 800.00 - 900.00 | AUD 635.00 |
| 48 | Claire Spencer . | Gallows Orchard |
New York | 1930 | AUD 80.00 - 120.00 | AUD 88.90 |
| 49 | Richard Connell . | Variety |
London | 1925 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 317.50 |
| 50 | Patricia Highsmith . | The Boy Who Followed Ripley |
New York | 1980 | AUD 500.00 - 600.00 | AUD 825.50 |
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