Sydney Rare Book Auctions: Ion Idriess Archive, A134, Ultimo

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
November 17, 2024 - November 17, 2024
Page Size: 164 items in 7 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1

MANUSCRIPT DETAILING PROMOTIONAL SALES TRIP IN LATE 1953.

1953 AUD 550.00 - 650.00 Not Sold
2

MATERIAL RELATING TO ESTATE OF WALTER OWEN IDRIESS, 1954.

1954 AUD 60.00 - 70.00 Not Sold
3

RECEIPTS FOR TAX PAYMENTS HELD BY ANGUS & ROBERTSON ON BEHALF OF IDRIESS IN 1948-1953.

1948-1953. AUD 80.00 - 90.00 AUD 76.20
4

CACHE OF MATERIAL RELATING TO THE BRADFIELD-IDRIESS IRRIGATION SCHEME FOR INLAND AUSTRALIA, MOSTLY DATED BETWEEN 1941-1945.

1941-1945. AUD 2,000.00 - 2,400.00 Not Sold
5

CORRESPONDENCE RELATING TO WUTTAGOONA STATION, 1949.

1949 AUD 110.00 - 130.00 Not Sold
6

LETTER RELATED TO THE 1938 'ROUND AUSTRALIA MOTOR CAR CONTEST.'

1938 AUD 160.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
7

LETTER FROM IDRIESS REGARDING HIS INSPIRATION FOR A CHARACTER IN HIS BOOK FORTY FATHOMS DEEP. LETTER WRITTEN 1940.

1940 AUD 350.00 - 450.00 Not Sold
8

PLAN FOR UNPUBLISHED BOOK ON AUSTRALIA'S ROLE IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR, CIRCA 1940.

1940 AUD 350.00 - 450.00 Not Sold
9

CACHE OF PROMOTIONAL LETTERS FROM ANGUS & ROBERTSON REGARDING FORTUNES IN MINERALS AND THE GREAT BOOMERANG 1941.

1941 AUD 80.00 - 90.00 Not Sold
10

A CACHE OF LETTERS AND EPHEMERA REGARDING REVITALISATION OF THE AUSTRALIAN LANDSCAPE, 1941-1945.

1941-1945. AUD 1,800.00 - 2,200.00 Not Sold
11

COLLECTION OF LETTERS, BROCHURES AND EPHEMERA RELATING TO GREENING ARID REGIONS OF AUSTRALIA, 1947-1949.

1947-1949. AUD 750.00 - 900.00 Not Sold
12

POST-PUBLICATION RESPONSES TO THE GREAT BOOMERANG, LATE 1941 AND 1942

1941 AND 1942 AUD 1,100.00 - 1,300.00 Not Sold
13

NINE LETTERS RELATING TO IDRIESS' BOOK ON NEW GUINEA, TITLED GOLD DUST AND ASHES (1933).

AUD 350.00 - 450.00 AUD 381.00
14

TYPED MANUSCRIPT OF LIGHTNING RIDGE (1940).

AUD 3,600.00 - 4,400.00 AUD 3,810.00
15

LETTERS FROM WILLIAM FARMER WHYTE, 1932-1933

1932-1933 AUD 350.00 - 450.00 Not Sold
16

LETTER ABOUT A GERMAN LANGUAGE TRANSLATION, 1933.

1933 AUD 60.00 - 70.00 Not Sold
17

ASSORTED FAN MAIL FOR POPULAR BOOKS AND NOVELS, 1932-1933.

1932-1933. AUD 90.00 - 110.00 Not Sold
18

IDRIESS ON HIPPOCRATES, NO DATE, CIRCA 1960.

1960 AUD 150.00 - 180.00 Not Sold
19

PROMOTIONAL TEXT RE MAN TRACKS 1935.

1935 AUD 150.00 - 180.00 Not Sold
20

SHORT TEXT ON PILBARA GOLDFIELD, CIRCA 1931.

1931 AUD 110.00 - 130.00 Not Sold
21

MANUSCRIPT OF CHALLENGE OF THE NORTH (1969).

AUD 3,600.00 - 4,400.00 Not Sold
22

ORIGINAL DESIGN BY IDRIESS FOR FRONT COVER OF OPALS & SAPPHIRES 1967.

1967 AUD 80.00 - 90.00 AUD 381.00
23

ARTHUR HOEY DAVIS AKA 'STEELE RUDD' 1967.

1967 AUD 90.00 - 110.00 Not Sold
24

MANUSCRIPT OF OPALS & SAPPHIRES (1967).

AUD 3,600.00 - 4,400.00 Not Sold
25

ADVENTURES OF RHAM DAT, CIRCA 1912.

1912 AUD 4,700.00 - 5,800.00 Not Sold
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    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: [CANALETTO] - VISENTINI, Antonio (1688-1782) da Giovanni Antonio CANAL (1697-1768, detto 'Il Canaletto') - Urbis Venetiarum prospectus celebriores. Venezia: Giovanni Battista Pasquale, 1742-51. €7.000-€10.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: LA FONTAINE, Jean de (1621-1695) - Fables Choisies. Parigi: Claude Barbin, 1668. €7.000-€10.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: MERCATOR, Rumold (1545-1599) - [I continenti] - Europa; Africa; America Sive India Nova; Asia. Amsterdam: S.d. [ca. 1633]. €2.000-€3.000
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