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
102	LETTER RELATING TO THE ANGLO SAXON GOLD MINE IN THE PALMER RIVER DISTRICT, FAR NORTH QUEENSLAND. DATED 1937.	1937	AUD 150.00 - 180.00	AUD 165.10
103	WIDOW OF WEST AUSTRALIAN POLICE COMMISSIONER WILLIAM DOUGLAS, 1935.	1935	AUD 80.00 - 90.00	Not Sold
104	LETTER TO IDRIESS ABOUT PRISONER REHABILITATION AT GOULBURN REFORMATORY, 1937.	1937	AUD 180.00 - 225.00	Not Sold
105	THREE LETTERS TO IDRIESS FROM MEMBERS OF THE RETURNED SAILORS AND SOLDIERS' IMPERIAL LEAGUE OF AUSTRALIA, ALL 1937.	1937	AUD 180.00 - 225.00	Not Sold
106	LETTER TO IDRIESS FROM JAMES SCULLIN, 1937.	1937	AUD 350.00 - 450.00	AUD 381.00
107	TWO LETTERS FROM A NEW GUINEA PLANTER, 1937.	1937	AUD 110.00 - 130.00	AUD 114.30
108	LETTER TO IDRIESS REGARDING KINGSFORD SMITH AND THE FLIGHT OF THE SOUTHERN CROSS, AND ANOTHER LETTER RELATING TO THE PEARLING INDUSTRY. BOTH 1937.	1937	AUD 150.00 - 180.00	Not Sold
109	DR. ANGAS JOHNSON OF ADELAIDE, 1935.	1935	AUD 40.00 - 50.00	Not Sold
110	RURAL LIBRARY INITIATIVE, CIRCA 1937.	1937	AUD 60.00 - 70.00	Not Sold
111	LETTER FROM FRANK CLUNE, 1935.	1935	AUD 80.00 - 90.00	AUD 114.30
112	REVIEWS OF THE VANISHED PEOPLE (1955).	1955	AUD 60.00 - 70.00	Not Sold
113	REVIEWS OF THE RED CHIEF (1953) AND THE NOR' WESTERS (1954).	1953, 1954	AUD 80.00 - 90.00	Not Sold
114	CORRESPONDENCE REGARDING MENTAL TELEPATHY IN THE TORRES STRAIT, 1943.	1943	AUD 350.00 - 450.00	AUD 381.00
115	THREE UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE CONTRIBUTIONS BOOKS, ISSUED TO IDRIESS ON THURSDAY ISLAND 1926-1927.	1926-1927.	AUD 500.00 - 600.00	Not Sold
116	MANUSCRIPT FRAGMENT BY IDRIESS, WRITTEN WHILST WOUNDED ABOARD A TRANSPORT IN THE DARDANELLES, UNDATED BUT MARCH 1918.	1918	AUD 900.00 - 1,100.00	Not Sold
117	NEW SOUTH WALES MINER'S RIGHT, ISSUED TO IDRIESS IN FEBRUARY 1919.	1919	AUD 425.00 - 500.00	AUD 1,270.00
118	JUNGLE FIGHTING IN CAPE YORK, 1942.	1942	AUD 350.00 - 450.00	Not Sold
119	ORNAMENTAL BRONZE DOORS FOR THE STATE LIBRARY OF NSW, 1940-1941.	1940-1941.	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
120	SHORT BIOGRAPHY OF IDRIESS BY COLIN RODERICK, CIRCA 1948.	1948	AUD 110.00 - 130.00	AUD 114.30
121	PROSPECTING ARRANGEMENT FOR A COPPER RESERVE IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA, 1949.	1949	AUD 180.00 - 225.00	AUD 177.80
122	DANGER OF MALARIA TO AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY IN NEW GUINEA, 1944.	1944	AUD 225.00 - 275.00	Not Sold
123	U.S. WARTIME PROPAGANDA, 1945.	1945	AUD 150.00 - 180.00	AUD 152.40
125	CORRESPONDENCE REGARDING HONORARY MEMBERSHIP IN THE ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY OF AUSTRALIA, 1944.	1944	AUD 150.00 - 180.00	Not Sold
126	IDRIESS ON THE DEFENCE OF AUSTRALIA, SYDNEY MORNING HERALD, 1940.	1940	AUD 60.00 - 70.00	Not Sold
127	BULLETIN OF THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY, FEBRUARY 1945.	1945	AUD 60.00 - 70.00	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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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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Paradise Lost, 1759. 5,400 USD