Gary Gorton Crime Fiction Collection

The Fourth instalment. 15th December – Sunday 12 noon

Sydney Rare Book Auctions is pleased to present the fourth instalment of Crime Fiction books from the estate of the late Gary Gorton.

Gary travelled the world extensively as a merchant banker. He spent much time in Asia living many years in Hong Kong and more recently Bangkok.

He had a passion for books, collecting any book listed in Hubin: Crime Fiction a Comprehensive Bibliography. He only bought books from people he trusted and he was very fussy about condition.

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When Sunday 15th December, 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 at 3pm, Friday 13th December (Sydney Time).

Questions welcomed. Please get them in before 3pm, Friday 13th December (Sydney Time).

Books: Historical and Literary treasures

8th December  – Sunday 12 noon

This auction showcases a diverse collection of historical and literary treasures. Highlights below:

Lot 37 Original WW1 Warship Newsletter 1915
Extremely rare – an original newsletter printed aboard the H.M.S. Natal, a British naval cruiser patrolling the North Sea during the First World War which sunk near the coast of Scotland. At least 390 sailors and officers were killed. The newsletter was printed by hand aboard a rotary stenciling machine while cruising in the North Sea.

We have tracked a scattering of issues, but no one appears to hold a complete run, making this collection of 34 issues especially significant. It is reasonable to surmise that most copies of the Natal Newsletter were destroyed on that fatal night of 30 December 1915.

Lot 34  Mongolia, the Tangut Country, and the Solitudes of Northern Tibet. Being a narrative of three years travel in eastern high Asia by Prejevalsky 1876.

Lot 460 1824-1830 Robert Howe Colonial Printing

Six early colonial “Acts and Ordinances” printed by Robert Howe and Ralph Mansfield in a colonial Sydney binding. The Acts and Ordinances of the Governor and Council of New South Wales were passed during the reign of His Majesty King George the Fourth and  during the administration of His Excellency Lieut.- Gen. Ralph Darling. 1829-30. With a table of the titles, and an index.

Lot 30 1927 Japanese Album of Melanesian Designs from the New Guinea Ornament Collection.

When Sunday 8th December, 12:00 PM
Where Timed auction (online only)
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 at 3pm, Friday 6th November (Sydney Time).
Questions welcomed. Please get them in before 3pm, Friday 6th November (Sydney Time).