Sydney Rare Book Auctions: Ion Idriess: Manuscripts, Correspondence & Ephemera - Agriculture; Irrigation; Military; Publishing, 62125, Ultimo

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
June 21, 2025 - June 21, 2025
Page Size: 199 items in 8 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
297 [Ion Idriess]

Letter regarding a syndicated article on Australian grazing, circa 1936.

1936 AUD 150.00 - 250.00 Not Sold
298 [Ion Idriess]

Letter from Sydney detectives thanking Idriess for donated books, 1950.

1950 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
299 [Ion Idriess]

Cummins & Campbell's Monthly Magazine, October 1934.

1934 AUD 140.00 - 250.00 Not Sold
300 [Ion Idriess]

Early notes and scraps relating to Far North Queensland, circa 1925.

1925 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
302 [Ion Idriess]

Note on platinum sources and amalgams, circa 1941.

1941 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
303 [Ion Idriess]

Letter about mining tin in Far North Queensland in 1913. Letter itself is dated 1932.

1932 AUD 150.00 - 250.00 AUD 152.40
304 [Ion Idriess]

WWI History Bill Gammage Correspondence 1967

1967 AUD 150.00 - 250.00 Not Sold
305 [Ion Idriess]

WWI History Bill Gammage

AUD 150.00 - 250.00 Not Sold
306 [Ion Idriess]

Travel in Northern Australia - Charles Gray

AUD 150.00 - 250.00 Not Sold
307 [Ion Idriess]

Letters from Sister M. Brigida, 1967.

1967 AUD 120.00 - 250.00 Not Sold
308 [Ion Idriess]

5th Adelaide Festival of Arts 1968 - Brideson former SA Librarian

1968 AUD 150.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
309 [Ion Idriess]

Australian gold prospects

AUD 120.00 - 250.00 Not Sold
310 [Ion Idriess]

Two letters from aspiring writers 1967

1967 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
311 [Ion Idriess]

Correspondence 1956-1964

1956-1964 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
312 [Ion Idriess]

Ernest Mitchell 1956-1958 Letters

1956-1958 AUD 150.00 - 250.00 Not Sold
313 [Ion Idriess]

Correspondence from Glenville Pike

AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 254.00
314 [Ion Idriess]

Prospector seeks advice on pumping our alluvial river beds.

AUD 150.00 - 250.00 Not Sold
315 [Ion Idriess]

Letter from a miner at Mt. Isa, 1957.

1957 AUD 120.00 - 250.00 Not Sold
316 [Ion Idriess]

Introducing Scientology c1956

c1956 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
317 [Ion Idriess]

Extra-terrestrials with South African professor 1956

1956 AUD 150.00 - 250.00 Not Sold
318 [Ion Idriess]

Wagga regarding extra-terrestrials, 1957.

1957 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
319 [Ion Idriess]

Veteran's hospital library, 1956.

1956 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
320 [Ion Idriess]

Australian bauxite industry 1961

1961 AUD 180.00 - 280.00 Not Sold
321 [Ion Idriess]

Papuan Water Scheme 1959

1959 AUD 370.00 - 450.00 Not Sold
322 [Ion Idriess]

Watering Inland Australia 1941JJC Bradfiled

1941 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
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