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.
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.