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
  • Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction May 27th
    Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
    K. Marx, Das Kapital,1867. Dedication copy. Est: € 120,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
    Latin and French Book of Hours, around 1380. Est: € 25,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
    Theodor de Bry, Indiae Orientalis, 1598-1625. Est: € 80,000
    Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction May 27th
    Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
    Breviary, Latin manuscript, around 1450-75. Est: € 10,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
    G. B. Piranesi, Vedute di Roma, 1748-69. Est: € 60,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
    K. Schmidt-Rottluff, Arbeiter, 1921. Orig. watercolour on postcard. Est: € 18,000
    Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction May 27th
    Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
    Breviarium Romanum, Latin manuscript, 1474. Est: € 20,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
    C. J. Trew, Plantae selectae, 1750-73. Est: € 28,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
    M. Beckmann, Apokalypse, 1943. Est: € 50,000
    Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction May 27th
    Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
    Ulrich von Richenthal, Das Concilium, 1536. Est: € 9,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
    I. Kant, Critik der reinen Vernunft, 1781. Est: €12,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
    Arbeiter-Illustrierte Zeitung (AIZ) / Die Volks-Illustrierte (VI), 1932-38. Est: €8,000
  • ALDE, May 28: KIPLING (RUDYARD). Le Livre de la Jungle. – Le IIe livre de la Jungle. Paris, Sagittaire, Simon Kra, 1924-1925. €3,000 to €4,000.
    ALDE, May 28: NOAILLES (ANNA DE). Les Climats. Paris, Société du Livre contemporain, 1924. €50,000 to €60,000.
    ALDE, May 28: MILTON (JOHN). Paradis perdu. Quatrième chant. S.l., Les Bibliophiles de l'Automobile-Club de France, 1974. €2,000 to €3,000.
    ALDE, May 28: LEBEDEV (VLADIMIR). Russian Placards - Placard Russe 1917-1922. Saint-Petersbourg, Sterletz, 1923. €1,000 to €1,200.
    ALDE, May 28: MARDRUS (JOSEPH-CHARLES). Histoire charmante de l'adolescente sucre d'amour. Paris, F.-L. Schmied, 1927. €1,500 to €2,000.
    ALDE, May 28: TABLEAUX DE PARIS. Paris, Émile-Paul Frères, 1927. €2,000 to €3,000.
    ALDE, May 28: LA FONTAINE (JEAN DE). Les Fables illustrées par Paul Jouve. S.l. [Lausanne], Gonin & Cie, 1929. €4,000 to €5,000.
    ALDE, May 28: SARTRE (JEAN-PAUL). Vingt-deux dessins sur le thème du désir. Paris, Fernand Mourlot, 1961. €1,500 to €2,000.
    ALDE, May 28: [BRAQUE (GEORGES)]. 13 mai 1962. Alès, PAB, 1962. €3,000 to €4,000.
    ALDE, May 28: MIRÓ (JOAN). Je travaille comme un jardinier. Avant-propos d'Yvon Taillandier. Paris, Société intenationale d'art XXe siècle, 1963. €1,000 to €2,000.
    ALDE, May 28: MAGNAN (JEAN-MARIE). Taureaux. Paris, Michèle Trinckvel, 1965. €3,000 to €4,000.
    ALDE, May 28: PICASSO (PABLO). Dans l'atelier de Picasso. 1960. €15,000 to €20,000.
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