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
26	TYPESCRIPT MANUSCRIPT FOR THE RED CHIEF (1953)		AUD 3,600.00 - 4,400.00	Not Sold
27	FAN MAIL AND PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE 1935-1955.	1935-1955.	AUD 220.00 - 275.00	Not Sold
28	CALEDON BAY IN ARNHEM LAND, 1935.	1935	AUD 160.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
29	PRESS RELEASE ABOUT LEGAL ACTION AGAINST RUPERT KATHNER, 1937.	1937	AUD 110.00 - 130.00	Not Sold
30	CORRESPONDENCE RELATING TO THE TIN SCRATCHERS (1959).		AUD 80.00 - 90.00	AUD 76.20
32	NOTES AND CLIPPINGS ON SHEARING AND PIONEERING, CIRCA 1960.	1960	AUD 180.00 - 225.00	AUD 177.80
33	WRITING PAD WITH STORIES PREPARED FOR THE BULLETIN, CIRCA 1928.	1928	AUD 1,600.00 - 2,000.00	Not Sold
34	COLLECTION OF DOCUMENTS AND LETTERS RELATING TO LASSETER'S GOLD REEF, MOSTLY 1933-1934.	1933-1934.	AUD 450.00 - 550.00	AUD 444.50
35	DOCUMENTS AND CORRESPONDENCE RELATED TO FORTUNES IN MINERALS (1941).		AUD 350.00 - 450.00	Not Sold
36	MEMENTOS OF WENDY IDRIESS, 1946.	1946	AUD 80.00 - 90.00	Not Sold
37	UNFINISHED STORY ABOUT AN EVIL PROFESSOR, BY IDRIESS, CIRCA 1925.	1925	AUD 350.00 - 450.00	Not Sold
38	ARCHIVE RELATING TO THE FILM ABOUT LASSETER'S REEF, KNOWN AS PHANTOM GOLD (1937).		AUD 2,000.00 - 2,400.00	Not Sold
39	FAN MAIL FOR THE OPIUM SMUGGLERS 1948-1949.	1948-1949.	AUD 110.00 - 130.00	Not Sold
40	MATERIAL AND MANUSCRIPT NOTES FOR AN UNPUBLISHED BOOK ABOUT CAPE YORK, CIRCA 1962.	1962	AUD 1,500.00 - 1,800.00	Not Sold
41	DRAFT AMERICAN NEWSPAPER REVIEW OF LASSETER'S LAST RIDE (1931).		AUD 180.00 - 225.00	AUD 177.80
42	FIVE LETTERS TO IDRIESS REGARDING THE DRUMS OF MER (1933).		AUD 150.00 - 180.00	Not Sold
43	LETTERS TO AND FROM IDRIESS RELATING TO GALLIPOLI CHAPLAIN WILLIAM MCKENZIE, 1933.	1933	AUD 850.00 - 1,100.00	Not Sold
44	LETTER FROM IDRIESS REGARDING AMERICAN PUBLICATION OF THE TIN SCRATCHERS (1959).		AUD 80.00 - 90.00	AUD 76.20
45	CAPE YORK SOLDIER SETTLEMENT SCHEME, 1945.	1945	AUD 80.00 - 90.00	Not Sold
46	ARTICLES BY IDRIESS, VARIOUS TOPICS 1929-1956.	1929-1956.	AUD 40.00 - 50.00	AUD 165.10
47	THREE LETTERS TO IDRIESS FROM AN ADELAIDE SOLICITOR, DATED 1934.	1934	AUD 80.00 - 90.00	Not Sold
48	LETTERS FROM IDRIESS REQUESTING IMAGES, 1959.	1959	AUD 110.00 - 130.00	Not Sold
49	CUMBO GUNNERAH OF THE KAMILAROI, DOCUMENTS FROM 1938.	1938	AUD 350.00 - 450.00	Not Sold
50	LETTERS AND RELATED MATERIALS ON THE BRADFIELD-IDRIESS IRRIGATION SCHEME FOR INLAND AUSTRALIA 1941-1944.	1941-1944.	AUD 1,100.00 - 1,300.00	Not Sold
51	IDRIESS COLLECTION - BOOKS ON WATER MANAGEMENT		AUD 100.00 - 150.00	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.
Sotheby's
Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
Available for Immediate Purchase

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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Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
Available for Immediate Purchase

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