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
77	NORMA HENDERSON WRITES ABOUT MAN TRACKS (1935).		AUD 80.00 - 90.00	Not Sold
78	LETTER FROM AN ENGLISH GUNNER REGARDING THE 4TH AUSTRALIAN LIGHT HORSE AT BEERSHEBA, 1937.	1937	AUD 350.00 - 450.00	Not Sold
79	LETTER REGARDING SCREEN PLAY OF GOLD DUST AND ASHES, 1938.	1938	AUD 180.00 - 225.00	Not Sold
80	DEATH OF CHARLES THACKERAY, FIRST EDITOR OF THE POLICE NEWS, 1938.	1938	AUD 60.00 - 70.00	Not Sold
81	FAN MAIL FOR MADMAN'S ISLAND, MOSTLY AROUND 1937.	1937	AUD 80.00 - 90.00	Not Sold
82	CORRESPONDENCE ABOUT AUSTRALIAN MEGAFAUNA, 1938.	1938	AUD 110.00 - 130.00	Not Sold
83	CORRESPONDENCE REGARDING THE NORTHERN TERRITORY EXHIBITION OF 1938.	1938	AUD 250.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
84	LETTER FROM A FIRST WORLD WAR VETERAN, 1938.	1938	AUD 150.00 - 180.00	AUD 203.20
85	LETTERS FROM WALTER COUSINS AND LEONARD PEARSON, 1935-1938.	1935-1938.	AUD 110.00 - 130.00	Not Sold
86	LETTERS ABOUT A RADIO PLAY ON 'HALF-CASTE' ABORIGINAL AUSTRALIANS, 1938.	1938	AUD 350.00 - 450.00	Not Sold
87	LETTERS TO IDRIESS REGARDING THE 5TH LIGHT HORSE REGIMENT ASSOCIATION, 1938.	1938	AUD 225.00 - 275.00	Not Sold
88	ANTHROPOSOPHY INVITATIONS AT THE HOME OF WALTER BURLEY GRIFFIN, 1938.	1938	AUD 80.00 - 90.00	Not Sold
89	TWO LETTERS FROM JACK ORRELL IN YUNGABURRA, 1938.	1938	AUD 90.00 - 110.00	Not Sold
90	PUBLIC SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS, 1938-1939.	1938-1939.	AUD 80.00 - 90.00	Not Sold
91	LETTER FROM A GALLIPOLI VETERAN REMINISCING ABOUT JOHN SIMPSON (AND HIS DONKEY) AND OTHER MILITARY MATTERS, 1938.	1938	AUD 550.00 - 650.00	Not Sold
92	NOTES FOR A PROSPECTIVE STORY SET ON THE COAST OF ARNHEM LAND, CIRCA 1955.	1955	AUD 350.00 - 450.00	Not Sold
93	RESEARCH MATERIALS FOR LIGHTNING RIDGE (1940).	1940	AUD 350.00 - 450.00	AUD 2,540.00
94	SHORT STORY ABOUT MINERAL DISCOVERY IN NEW GUINEA, 1932.	1932	AUD 225.00 - 275.00	AUD 228.60
95	ORIGINAL LETTER PROMOTING PROSPECTING FOR GOLD (1931).	1931	AUD 110.00 - 130.00	AUD 114.30
96	IDRIESS WRITES TO 'RIPLEY'S BELIEVE IT OR NOT' ABOUT A CANNIBAL NECKLACE FROM NEW GUINEA, 1963.	1963	AUD 110.00 - 130.00	Not Sold
97	BOOK PROPOSAL BY COLIN SIMPSON, REPLY FROM IDRIESS, 1959.	1959	AUD 60.00 - 70.00	Not Sold
98	PRESS CLIPPINGS AND ADVERTISEMENT FOR THE NATIONAL EDITION, FROM 1939 ONWARDS.	1939 ONWARDS.	AUD 40.00 - 50.00	Not Sold
99	PROOF COPY OF ONE WET SEASON (1949).	1949	AUD 3,600.00 - 4,400.00	Not Sold
100	PRESS CLIPPINGS ON MINING AND PROSPECTING, MOSTLY 1940'S.	1940'S.	AUD 80.00 - 90.00	Not Sold
101	MANUSCRIPT OF AN UNFINISHED NOVEL ON OUTBACK LIFE, CIRCA 1935.	1935	AUD 3,600.00 - 4,400.00	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
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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