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The next instalment of Crime Fiction books from the estate of the late Gary Gorton is here! And just like the first batch, these are beautiful….

Paul took me to visit Gary when we helped organised the Hong Kong Book Fair. We sat in Gary’s lounge room and overlooked the twinkling city sky. Gary put on old records and we chatted about books and music. It wasn’t long before I was introduced to his pride and joy – A large room, filled with the most beautiful specimens of crime fiction books in dustwrapper. My mouth dropped…

The bookcases were triple shelved, with his favourites displayed like art in an art gallery. Gary pulled books off the shelves – his eyes glistened as he spoke about each one. Unforgettable and magical. Ellie Aroney

Gary collected any book listed in Hubin’s Crime Fiction: A Comprehensive Bibliography. He always bought the best that he could find so the books are in wonderful condition.

All of them are housed in a brodart cover. Some of the wrappers have professional repairs and some of the books have had the top stains refurbished. All of these individual faults and repairs have been noted in our description. Most of the repairs have been performed on the inside of the wrapper and are invisible to the naked eye.

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Crime fiction is a popular genre because it engages the reader to pop on their detective hat and seek out the truth.

Publishers have used this to their advantage promoting whoduits, murder mysteries and legal thrillers. Doubleday’s Crime Club makes a big portion of this auction,  but we also have Hodder and Stoughton, Robert Hale, Herbert Jenkins, Mystery League. Each publisher have their own design style.

This is the second of several auction catalogues of crime fiction we will be offering over the next several months.

When SundayJuly 11th, 12:00 PM
Where Timed auction
Viewing 10am – 4pm weekdays
At Sydney Rare Book Auctions Dalgety Square at C11/372-428 Wattle Street, Ultimo, NSW 2007
Bidding absentee, on Invaluable and on our website.
Absentee bids are due by email 9th Friday 3pm Sydney Time.
Questions welcomed. Please get them in before 3pm Friday 9th.

This auction we have a good and eclectic mix. We have signed books, first editions and fine bindings. We also have some good voyages and exploration, as well as other shipping books on steam, sailing and navigation. There is lots of war and military books, good Australian history, ephemera and books on Sydney Harbour. There is an interesting collection of Japanese books about Chinese Dynasties and maps. We have books for art, architecture enthusiasts as well as a number of bookplates.

We have some lovely fine bindings include Shakespeare (12), Walter Scott (11) and Religious books (3&4). Signed and first edition highlights we have Lot 60 Steinbeck Signed – Grapes of Wrath.

Next we hold Early voyage and exploration including 1790 White First Fleet Journal(35), c 1770 Chart of NSW(7) and Lot 414 Turnbull Voyage 1805(414).

We have   collection of pilots from across the world including North Sea(337); Mediterranean(334); The Channel Islands (336); St. Lawrence Pilot (345); Australia(174); The Pacific (333); Baltic Pilot(335); Greece (366). Other shipping books include Union Steam Ships New Zealand 1875-1940(389).

There is a lot Australian history books including Collins 1804 NSW One Volume Edition(37),  1828 Census of  N.S.W(24),  Sydney Harbour Bridge Souvenir c1910s(305).  We also have good military book like Lot 446 -WWII Surrender Proclamation POWs 1945.

There are over 10 Japanese books includes Lot A History of the Chinese Dynasties from Prehistoric Times until Mongolian Times(547) and Ming and Ching Dynasty History(550).

We have a number of bookplates includes seven Norman Lindsay bookplates (566). We also have books on bookplates John B Godson Bookplates 1933(158); Kurt Libesny Bookplate Etchings(385); and Warren’s Study of Bookplates 1900(159).

Voyages, exploration, history + firsts edition fiction, signed books and bookplates Sunday 23th June, 12:00 PM
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