Sydney Rare Book Auctions: Ion Idriess Archive, A134, Ultimo

Auction Details

Auction Date: November 17, 2024 - November 17, 2024

Page Size: 164 items in 7 pages

Lot Number	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
1	MANUSCRIPT DETAILING PROMOTIONAL SALES TRIP IN LATE 1953.	1953	AUD 550.00 - 650.00	Not Sold
2	MATERIAL RELATING TO ESTATE OF WALTER OWEN IDRIESS, 1954.	1954	AUD 60.00 - 70.00	Not Sold
3	RECEIPTS FOR TAX PAYMENTS HELD BY ANGUS & ROBERTSON ON BEHALF OF IDRIESS IN 1948-1953.	1948-1953.	AUD 80.00 - 90.00	AUD 76.20
4	CACHE OF MATERIAL RELATING TO THE BRADFIELD-IDRIESS IRRIGATION SCHEME FOR INLAND AUSTRALIA, MOSTLY DATED BETWEEN 1941-1945.	1941-1945.	AUD 2,000.00 - 2,400.00	Not Sold
5	CORRESPONDENCE RELATING TO WUTTAGOONA STATION, 1949.	1949	AUD 110.00 - 130.00	Not Sold
6	LETTER RELATED TO THE 1938 'ROUND AUSTRALIA MOTOR CAR CONTEST.'	1938	AUD 160.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
7	LETTER FROM IDRIESS REGARDING HIS INSPIRATION FOR A CHARACTER IN HIS BOOK FORTY FATHOMS DEEP. LETTER WRITTEN 1940.	1940	AUD 350.00 - 450.00	Not Sold
8	PLAN FOR UNPUBLISHED BOOK ON AUSTRALIA'S ROLE IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR, CIRCA 1940.	1940	AUD 350.00 - 450.00	Not Sold
9	CACHE OF PROMOTIONAL LETTERS FROM ANGUS & ROBERTSON REGARDING FORTUNES IN MINERALS AND THE GREAT BOOMERANG 1941.	1941	AUD 80.00 - 90.00	Not Sold
10	A CACHE OF LETTERS AND EPHEMERA REGARDING REVITALISATION OF THE AUSTRALIAN LANDSCAPE, 1941-1945.	1941-1945.	AUD 1,800.00 - 2,200.00	Not Sold
11	COLLECTION OF LETTERS, BROCHURES AND EPHEMERA RELATING TO GREENING ARID REGIONS OF AUSTRALIA, 1947-1949.	1947-1949.	AUD 750.00 - 900.00	Not Sold
12	POST-PUBLICATION RESPONSES TO THE GREAT BOOMERANG, LATE 1941 AND 1942	1941 AND 1942	AUD 1,100.00 - 1,300.00	Not Sold
13	NINE LETTERS RELATING TO IDRIESS' BOOK ON NEW GUINEA, TITLED GOLD DUST AND ASHES (1933).		AUD 350.00 - 450.00	AUD 381.00
14	TYPED MANUSCRIPT OF LIGHTNING RIDGE (1940).		AUD 3,600.00 - 4,400.00	AUD 3,810.00
15	LETTERS FROM WILLIAM FARMER WHYTE, 1932-1933	1932-1933	AUD 350.00 - 450.00	Not Sold
16	LETTER ABOUT A GERMAN LANGUAGE TRANSLATION, 1933.	1933	AUD 60.00 - 70.00	Not Sold
17	ASSORTED FAN MAIL FOR POPULAR BOOKS AND NOVELS, 1932-1933.	1932-1933.	AUD 90.00 - 110.00	Not Sold
18	IDRIESS ON HIPPOCRATES, NO DATE, CIRCA 1960.	1960	AUD 150.00 - 180.00	Not Sold
19	PROMOTIONAL TEXT RE MAN TRACKS 1935.	1935	AUD 150.00 - 180.00	Not Sold
20	SHORT TEXT ON PILBARA GOLDFIELD, CIRCA 1931.	1931	AUD 110.00 - 130.00	Not Sold
21	MANUSCRIPT OF CHALLENGE OF THE NORTH (1969).		AUD 3,600.00 - 4,400.00	Not Sold
22	ORIGINAL DESIGN BY IDRIESS FOR FRONT COVER OF OPALS & SAPPHIRES 1967.	1967	AUD 80.00 - 90.00	AUD 381.00
23	ARTHUR HOEY DAVIS AKA 'STEELE RUDD' 1967.	1967	AUD 90.00 - 110.00	Not Sold
24	MANUSCRIPT OF OPALS & SAPPHIRES (1967).		AUD 3,600.00 - 4,400.00	Not Sold
25	ADVENTURES OF RHAM DAT, CIRCA 1912.	1912	AUD 4,700.00 - 5,800.00	Not Sold

High Bids Win
Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
and Machine Manuals
December 24 to January 9

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Ellis Smith Prints unsigned. 20” by 16”.

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: United typothetae of America presidents. Pictures of 37 UTA presidents 46th annual convention United typothetae of America Cincinnati 1932.

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec signed Paper Impressionism Art Prints. MayMilton 9 1/2” by 13” Reine de Joie 9 1/2” by 13”.

High Bids Win
Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
and Machine Manuals
December 24 to January 9

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Aberle’ Ballet editions. 108th triumph, American season spring and summer 1944.

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Puss ‘n Boots. 1994 Charles Perrult All four are signed by Andreas Deja

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Specimen book of type faces. Job composition department, Philadelphia gazette publishing company .

High Bids Win
Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
and Machine Manuals
December 24 to January 9

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: An exhibit of printed books, Bridwell library.

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur Court By Mark Twain 1889.

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: 1963 Philadelphia Eagles official program.

High Bids Win
Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
and Machine Manuals
December 24 to January 9

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: 8 - Esquire the magazine for men 1954.

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: The American printer, July 1910.

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Leaves of grass 1855 by Walt Whitman.
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Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
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Sotheby’s: William Shakespeare.
The Poems and Sonnets of William Shakespeare, 1960. 7,210 USD

Sotheby’s: Charles Dickens.
A Christmas Carol, First Edition, 1843. 17,500 USD

Sotheby’s: William Golding.
Lord of the Flies, First Edition, 1954. 5,400 USD

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Sotheby’s: Lewis Carroll.
Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There, Inscribed First Edition, 1872. 25,000 USD

Sotheby’s: J.R.R. Tolkien.
The Hobbit, First Edition, 1937. 12,000 USD

Sotheby’s: John Milton.
Paradise Lost, 1759. 5,400 USD