Auction 12noon Sunday 2^nd of August 2026

250

191

169

164

157

156

155

154

152

147

142

79

73

72

52

51

43

50

35

34

31

26

15

12

 

The next part of the Gary Gorton Crime Fiction Collection is online now.

It includes publishers: Herbert Jenkins, Hodder and Stoughton, Robert Hale, Hamish Hamilton, Macmillan including a few Collins Crime Club and Doubleday Crime Club.

And authors: Fergus Hume (Lots 50-52 & 250); Ellis Peters (Lots 169, 187, 210, 221, 229); Guy Boothby (Lots 154-15); and Agatha Christie (26 & 43).

There two books not found in Hubin (72 & 147); Publisher file copies (Lots 73, 28, 12, 31, 44); and even a book that was banned in Australia (142).

Gary collected the best copies that he could find. Most are in dustwrappers and some are signed. His collection has been a delight to handle.

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 most 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

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Timed Auction -12noon Sunday 2^nd of August 2026
Bidding – Absentee and Online
Viewing encouraged and questions welcomed.

William Blake's Book of Urizen - Trianon Press 1958 Limited edition (Lot 4)

The Illustrated Book Of The Dog (Lot 320)

Novels and Letters of Jane Austen limited (Lot 88)

Works of Rudyard Kipling Signed - Seven Seas Edition (Lot 86)

Prichard's Egyptian Mythology 1819 (Lot 82)

Journal of Science Samuelson & Crookes - Fine Binding (Lot 55)

Philosophical Magazine 1798-1808 - Fine Binding (Lot 52)

Christopher Hitchens Signed (Lot 30)

Unpublished manuscript: Set in Outback about the Bryce Russell Mystery 1940s (Lot 20)

Scapegoats First edition - Breaker Morant - Boer War & Murder of POWs (Lot 12)

1910 India, Australia, China & the Far East (Lot 10)

Francis Bacon's Sylva Sylvarum 1635 (Lot 6)

 

In this auction we have a number of History, Science and the Arts lots including fine bindings, limited editions and more.

If you like science we have some natural history, geology, astronomy and philosophy. Check out Francis Bacon’s Sylva Sylvarum 1635 (Lot 6); Philosophical Magazine 1798-1808 – Fine Binding (Lot 52); Eucalyptus Maiden 1910-1912 (Lot 47); Journal of Science Samuelson & Crookes – Fine Binding (Lot 55); Geology of South Australia 1905-1951 (lot 59)

If history is more your thing we have items including voyages, exploration and discovery, early Australia, military history, biographies and more. Some highlights including: Unpublished manuscript: Set in Outback about the Bryce Russell Mystery 1940s (Lot 20); Second Voyage of North-West Passage 1835 (Lot 58); 1910 India, Australia, China & the Far East (Lot 10); Scapegoats First edition – Breaker Morant – Boer War & Murder of POWs (Lot 12); Sydney Shipping Gazette 1848-1856 (Lot 62); Prichard’s Egyptian Mythology 1819 (Lot 82).

We also have some good literature and art books with some limited, special or signed editions including: William Blake’s Book of Urizen – Trianon Press 1958 Limited edition (Lot 4); Christopher Hitchens Signed (Lot 30); Fergus Hume (Lot 67); Works of Rudyard Kipling Signed – Seven Seas Edition (Lot 86); Novels and Letters of Jane Austen limited (Lot 88); Edgar Allan Poe (Lot 89); The Illustrated Book Of The Dog (Lot 320);

History, Science and the Arts – Fine bindings, limited editions and more A192
Timed auction 26th July from 12noon
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