Sydney Rare Book Auctions: Icons: Opera House, Idriess Manuscripts, Art and History, 40624, Ultimo

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
April 06, 2024 - April 06, 2024
Page Size: 338 items in 14 pages

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

Ion Idriess Original Manuscript on Irrigation 1936

 1936 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 215.90
2 Ion Idriess

Ion Idriess Manuscript Rat Plague circa 1938

 circa1938. AUD 300.00 - 400.00 AUD 349.25
3 Ion Idriess

In Prehistoric Australia",

circa1935 AUD 300.00 - 400.00 AUD 444.50
4 Ion Idriess

This manuscript is titled "Down in the Depths" and is the story of a Japanese pearl diver lost in an undersea forest. Typed manuscript of 6 pages.

 1938 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 412.75
5

Sydney National Opera House (the Red Book)

 1958 AUD 5,000.00 - 7,500.00 AUD 5,715.00
6

David Bailey's Box of Pin-Ups. 37 Published photographs

 AUD 250.00 - 300.00 AUD 8,255.00
7 The Sydney Harbour Trust Commissioners.

Map of Part of the Water Frontage of the City of Sydney Showing The Alterations and Improvements Effected

 AUD 200.00 - 250.00 Not Sold
8

1) Tales of Mystery & Imagination by Edgar Allan Poe 1975 2) The Jungle Books by Rudyard Kipling Illustrated by David Gentleman 1980

 AUD 150.00 - 200.00 AUD 152.40
9

Motleys Dutch Republic

London 1900 AUD 200.00 - 250.00 AUD 127.00
10 Bernard D'Andrea.

1)Giovanni Boccaccio Stories From the Decameron 1977 2) Isak Dinesen Seven Gothic Tales Illustrated

 AUD 200.00 - 250.00 AUD 127.00
11 DAALDER, Truus.

Ethnic Jewellery and Adornment. Australia, Oceania, Asia, Africa".

2009 AUD 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
12

A Directory for the Vavigation of the North Pacific Ocean

 London 1870 AUD 400.00 - 500.00 AUD 412.75
13

Every Man His Own Gardener With A New And Much More Complete Gardener's Calendar also General Directory Than Anyone Hitherto

 1800 AUD 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
14 John Cotton EditedAllan McEvey.

John Cotton's Birds. Of the Port Phillip District of New South Wales 1843-1849.

Sydney. 1974 AUD 100.00 - 120.00 AUD 127.00
15

Inaugural Proceedings Of The Nuclear Research Foundation.

 1954 AUD 100.00 - 120.00 Not Sold
16 Dr. Julius Rosenbaum

The Plague of Lust, Being a History of Venereal Disease in Classical Antiquity, and Including:-- Detailed Investigations into the Cult of Venus, and Phallic Worship, Brothels, the Nousos Theleia (feminine disease) of the Scythians, Paederastia, and other

Paris 1901 AUD 250.00 - 300.00 AUD 285.75
17 Roger Tory Peterson

Audubon's Birds of America. The National Audubon Society Baby Elephant Folio

 London 1981 AUD 200.00 - 250.00 Not Sold
18 Idriess

Early Ion Idriess Manuscript from 1922 "The Fight for Mehunyah" Original typed manuscript of 32 pages. An early story

 1922 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 381.00
19 John Cotton EditedAllan McEvey.

John Cotton's Birds. Of the Port Phillip District of New South Wales 1843-1849. Foreword

 Sydney 1974 AUD 100.00 - 120.00 AUD 127.00
20

1) Finches of Australia by Morris. 1976 Folio Paperback 2) Australian Marsupials and Monotremes 1974 Hardback facsimile plates 3) Australian Birds and Their Young by Gladys Y O'Grady with text

 AUD 120.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
21

5 Limited Edition Facsimile Reproductions of Neville Cayley's Australian Birds.

 AUD 200.00 - 250.00 AUD 127.00
22 Bruce Campbell

The Bird Paintings of Henry Jones

 London 1976 AUD 500.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
23 Mary Roberts Rinehart

The Circular Staircase

 Indianapolis 1908 AUD 120.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
24

Eight volumes of the Yearly collection of Australian Stamps. For the years 1981, 1983, 1988, 1989, 1990. 1990/1991, 1993 and 2001.

 1981-2001. AUD 200.00 - 250.00 AUD 127.00
25 George Emmett.

For Valour or How I Won The Victoria Cross

 London No date 1880s AUD 120.00 - 150.00 AUD 76.20
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    Books, Maps, Modern Literature
    May 14 (US) / May 15 (Australia)
    Australian Book Auctions, May 14/15: ORWELL, George. ANIMAL FARM. London, Secker & Warburg, 1945. $8,000 to $12,000 AUD.
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    Australian Book Auctions, May 14/15: RAND, Ayn. ATLAS SHRUGGED. Random House, New York, 1957. First edition. $800 to $1,200 AUD.
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  • Gonnelli
    Auction 51
    Antique prints, paintings and maps
    May 14st 2024
    Gonnelli: Leonard Bramer, The descent from the cross, 1634. Starting price 3200€
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    Gonnelli: XIV Century Artist, Capital “N” letter, 1350 ca. Starting price 340€
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    Ketterer Rare Books, May 27: K. Marx, Das Kapital, 1867. Dedication copy. Est: €120,000
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    Auction May 27th
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