12 noon, Sunday, 8th March

We are delighted to announce our latest auction, being the science fiction books and magazines of a veteran Sydney collector. The material includes some significant first editions, such as The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham (1951) and Philip K. Dick’s dystopian nightmare titled The Man in the High Castle (1962). Both are attractive copies with their dust-jackets.

Of special interest are the runs of pulp fiction magazines from the thirties through to the seventies. Featuring cover art both beautiful and innovative, these pulps are littered with short novels and stories by science fiction greats including Clifford Simak, Philip K. Dick, Robert A. Heinlein, Sprague de Camp, Isaac Asimov, Ray Bradbury and L. Ron Hubbard.

Many of these pulps are desirable rarities, and this auction represents a real opportunity for passionate collectors of science fiction and fantasy literature.

Catalogue https://connect.invaluable.com/sydneybook/

12noon Sunday 8th March
Timed Auction (online only)
Online bidding on Invaluable or our website.

Viewing is encouraged &
Questions welcomed
Before 3pm Sydney Time Friday 6th March

Where: Dalgety Square
C11/372-428 Wattle Street, Ultimo.
(Corner of MacArthur with the entrance on Wattle Street.)

We are opened between 10am and 5pm week days.

The next installment of the Gary Gorton Crime Fiction Collection is live!

Gary collected the best first editions that he could find;
desirable, delightful and some signed…

Gary Gorton was resident in Hong Kong for many years and more recently in Bangkok. He died suddenly in Bangkok in 2023. He lived most of his adult life in Asia and for fun he was collecting any book listed in Hubin’s Crime Fiction: A Comprehensive Bibliography.

The books he collected had to be first editions in dustwrapper and in very good condition. In his job as an international banker, he travelled widely and made contacts with dealers in the UK, USA, Canada and Australia and was always happy to entertain us when we were in Hong Kong or later in Bangkok.

When visiting Gary I always felt privileged to view and handle his collection and it left me totally amazed that one person could put together such a collection of fine books.

Paul J Feain

Catalogue https://connect.invaluable.com/sydneybook/

12noon Sunday 1st March
Timed Auction (online only)
Online bidding on Invaluable or our website.

Viewing is encouraged & Questions welcomed
Before 3pm Sydney Time Friday 27th February

Where: Dalgety Square, C11/372-428 Wattle Street, Ultimo.
(Corner of MacArthur with the entrance on Wattle Street.)

We are opened between 10am and 5pm week days.