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
52	RAILWAY FROM OODNADATTA TO PINE CREEK, 1936.	1936	AUD 225.00 - 275.00	Not Sold
53	UNRECORDED POEM TITLED 'RHYMES OF RACING ROGUES BY ION L. IDRIESS', CIRCA 1941.	1941	AUD 90.00 - 110.00	AUD 444.50
54	POLICE DOCUMENTS RELATING TO A HOMICIDE IN 1912; TYPED COPIES CREATED IN 1934.	1912; 1934	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
55	COLLECTION OF NEWSPAPER ARTICLES ON WARTIME NEW GUINEA 1944-1945.	1944-1945.	AUD 60.00 - 70.00	Not Sold
56	ARTICLES BY IDRIESS, VARIOUS TOPICS, 1932-1948.	1932-1948.	AUD 80.00 - 90.00	Not Sold
57	EARLY POPULAR ARTICLES BY IDRIESS, MOSTLY BRISBANE MAIL AND DATED 1926-1929.	1926-1929.	AUD 80.00 - 90.00	AUD 241.30
58	CORRESPONDENCE REGARDING GOLD LEASES AT OPHIR 1932-1933	1932-1933	AUD 350.00 - 450.00	Not Sold
59	LETTER FROM 1938, WRITTEN BY A DISABLED PATIENT TO IDRIESS, CRITICAL OF MADMAN'S ISLAND (1927).	1938, (1927).	AUD 60.00 - 70.00	Not Sold
60	CORRESPONDENCE FROM WALTER COUSINS WHILST TRAVELLING IN CALIFORNIA DURING 1937.	1937	AUD 250.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
61	LOT OF ASSORTED PAPERS AND DOCUMENTS CONTAINED IN A DOCUMENT FOLDER ADDRESSED TO WENDY IDRIESS AT MARTYN RESEARCH IN NORTH SYDNEY. VARIOUS DATES, SOME 1938.	1938	AUD 110.00 - 130.00	AUD 114.30
62	INVITATION FROM GERMAN COUNT LUCKNER, 1938.	1938	AUD 90.00 - 110.00	Not Sold
63	MOMENTO OF THE BRAILLE EDITION OF LASSETER'S LAST RIDE 1936.	1936	AUD 60.00 - 70.00	Not Sold
64	DEFENCE OF 'HALF-CASTE' ABORIGINAL AUSTRALIANS BY IDRIESS, 1939.	1939	AUD 225.00 - 275.00	Not Sold
65	PROOF COPY OF NEWSPAPER ADVERTISEMENT FOR MADMAN'S ISLAND, FOR THE UK MARKET IN 1939.	1939	AUD 90.00 - 110.00	Not Sold
66	LETTERS REGARDING PROOF COPY OF THE DRUMS OF MER, 1932.	1932	AUD 180.00 - 225.00	Not Sold
67	TRAPPING THE JAP (1942), AN UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY.		AUD 3,600.00 - 4,400.00	Not Sold
68	COLLECTION OF ORIGINAL ILLUSTRATIONS BY EDGAR ALFRED HOLLOWAY, 1936.	1936	AUD 5,500.00 - 6,500.00	Not Sold
69	COLLECTION OF DOCUMENTS RELATING TO SALES TRIPS AND BUSINESS MATTERS, 1947-1959.	1947-1959.	AUD 750.00 - 900.00	Not Sold
70	LETTERS AND RELATED MATERIALS ON THE BRADFIELD-IDRIESS IRRIGATION SCHEME, SOME FROM 1941 BUT MOSTLY 1950'S.	1941 BUT MOSTLY 1950'S.	AUD 500.00 - 600.00	Not Sold
71	FOUR CONTRACTS BETWEEN ANGUS & ROBERTSON AND ION IDRIESS, 1932-1964.	1932-1964.	AUD 350.00 - 450.00	AUD 381.00
72	MANUSCRIPT MATERIALS ON PROSPECTING, CIRCA 1960.	CIRCA 1960	AUD 250.00 - 300.00	AUD 571.50
73	CHINESE PEARLER AT BROOME, STORY DATED 1935.	1935	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	AUD 381.00
74	TWO LETTERS TO IDRIESS FROM AN AUSTRALIAN FILM PRODUCTION COMPANY, 1935.	1935	AUD 250.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
75	LETTER TO IDRIESS ABOUT THE KIDMAN FAMILY, 1936.	1936	AUD 180.00 - 225.00	Not Sold
76	REJECTING AN AMATEUR MANUSCRIPT, 1939.	1939	AUD 160.00 - 200.00	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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The Poems and Sonnets of William Shakespeare, 1960. 7,210 USD

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A Christmas Carol, First Edition, 1843. 17,500 USD

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Lord of the Flies, First Edition, 1954. 5,400 USD

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Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There, Inscribed First Edition, 1872. 25,000 USD

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The Hobbit, First Edition, 1937. 12,000 USD

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