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21.01.2022 Lot: 15 Torres Straits - Reports of the Cambridge Anthropological Expedition to Torres Straits, Volume VI. Sociology, Magic and Religion of the Eastern Islanders. Cambridge at the University Press 1908. Original cloth a very good copy complete with 30 black and white photographic plates. Another from the Idriess estate with no previous ownership markings. Auction Saturday 12th December, 2020 #torresstrait #sociology #magic... #religion #easternislanders #cambridgeuniversitypress See more

21.01.2022 Lot: 605 Sydney Harbour Bridge and City Railway - Sydney Harbour Bridge and City Railway. Published by H. Phillips in Willoughby, c1930 (no date). Oblong octavo, with soft card covers. Illustrated featuring a reproduction of the Department of Public Works' Birds-Eye View of the Harbour, as well as many other monochrome photographic and diagrammatic plates. A good copy with little toning and handling, a notably bright interior with little indication of soiling. A lovely souve...nir of the bridge. Auction Saturday 12th December, 2020 #Australian #Austaliana #sydneyharbourbridge #sydney #harbourbridge #sydneyharbour #railway #sydneytransport #transport #trains #rail See more

20.01.2022 Lot 472: AUTOGRAPH BOOKS Four autograph books from Australians with charming illustrations, signatures and long notes. In varying condition. 1) Small leather marbles endpapers. Labelled Hebert W Dudley on front endpaper. 13x15cm. worn especial on top of spine. 2) CL Pauley May Street East Goulburn July 1910. Signatures of the staff of the local land and board office at Wagga Wagga, and Hay. 18x13cm 3) JE Pears 28/1/11. Loose binding. 20x17cm 4) Someone (I cannot read the name...) from Randwick. 20x26cm Auction Day - December 12th https://www.invaluable.com//autograph-books-472-c-29645f69 #autograph #autographs # HerbertWDudley # CLPauley #MayStreetEastGoulburn #Goulburn #EastGoulburn #WaggaWagga #Randwick #JEPears #illustrations #illustrators #cartoons #cartoon #australian See more

18.01.2022 Lot 77: CAYLEY 1)The Fairy Wrens of Australia Blue Birds of Happiness 1949, first edition. Two copies in dustwrapper. Both wrapers are chipped; 2) Budgerigars in Bush and Aviary 1933, first edition. Cloth badly flecked; 3) Australian Finches in Bush and Aviary 1932, first edition. Cloth flecked. All by Neville Cayley and Sydney Angus and Robertson. 10:30AM 12th December 2020 https://www.invaluable.com/auction-l/cayley-77-c-4bd455b865... #nevillecayley #cayley #fairywrens #bluebird #budgerigars #australianfinches #angusandrobertson #1930s #australian #naturalhistory #aviary #ornithology See more

09.01.2022 Lot: 13 Henry Lawson First Edition 1900 - On the Track and Over the Sliprails Sydney Angus and Robertson 1900. 1st edition of the combined edition. On the Track was first published in March 1900 and Over the Sliprails June 1900, both in paperback. This combined hardback edition was published in 1900 with the adverts dated June 1900. It’s the first hardback edition. It’s a very good copy with a few tiny fleck marks on the cover. Auction Saturday 12th December, 2020 #Australia...n #Austaliana #henrylawson #australianliterature #literature #classic #angusandrobertson See more

09.01.2022 Lot 314 - 5 books written and illustrated by children. 1) The Take of MJL and Samuel S Swordfish. Ink and watercolour; 2) The Two Tailed Dog an Adventure Story by Tim Bailey. Acrylic paint; 3) Story of the Buzzoowoo Pastels and ink; 4) Dermont and the Elephant by TCB. Pastels and ink; 5) Who was the Poodle Pot. Pastels and ink. https://www.invaluable.com//written-illustrated-by-childre Auction 10:30 12th December. #childrensbooks #originalart #kids #poodle #timbailey #poodle #books

09.01.2022 Lot 94 - Queensland 1939. Queensland The Land of Sunshine. Published by Sydney G Hughes no date but 1939. 48 pages plus the original wrappers. Measures 23 x 16 cm. Very good copy of a pictorial booklet. A few pages of images of Aboriginal people. Auction day 12pm, Saturday 12th December, 2020 #queensland #qld #sunnyqueensland #upnorth #pineapples #ephemera #broucher #srba #sydneyrarebookauctions #collectible... #collecting See more

08.01.2022 Lot 2: IDRIESS - HARNEY INSCRIBED. North of 23 (degrees) Ramblings in Northern Australia. Sydney Australasian Publishing Co. (1947) first edition in dustwrapper. Very good copy. Inscribed on title page To Jack Idriess with memories of T I days. Best wishes old cobber W E H Harney. 'T I' is a reference to Thursday Island. A great piece of Australiana connecting two of the best writers on bush life from another age 10:30AM 12th December 2020 https://www.invaluable.com//idriess-harney-inscribed-2-c-0 #ionidriess #idriess #billharney #williamharney #australia #australian #australiana #northernaustralia #signed #inscribed #australianhistory #history #firstedition

07.01.2022 Lot: 286 Spitfire Bomber Model - Spitfire and Bomber Squadron. Cut out, model builder, 6 sheets, no gluing necessary. Some slight tanning else very good condition. 42x26cm. Auction Saturday 12th December, 2020 #model #spitfirer #military... #games #ww2 #raf #raaf See more

04.01.2022 Lot: 520 Battye Western Australia 1924 - Western Australia A History from its Discovery to the Inauguration of the Commonwealth by J S Battye Oxford at The Clarendon Press 1924. First edition in dustwrapper. A little darkening to the spine of the wrapper and a red mark on the rear of the wrapper. A very good copy and very rare in dustwrapper. From the estate of Ion Idriess. Auction Saturday 12th December, 2020 #Australian #Austaliana #battye... #westernaustralia #clarendonpress #ionidriess See more

04.01.2022 Lot 7: ION IDRIESS BIBLIOGRAPHY Ion Idriess An Annotated and Illustrated Bibliography by Ellie Aroney and Paul Feain. Published in Sydney by Cornstalk Bookshop in association with Sydney Rare Book Auctions. 2016. Number 128 in an edition of 200 copies signed and numbered by the authors. Hardback in dust wrapper. Colour plates. If you collect Idriess you need this book 10:30AM 12th December 2020 https://www.invaluable.com//ion-idriess-bibliography-7-c-c A great review can ...be found here: https://www.idriess.info//ion-idriess-an-annotated-and-ill #ionidriess #idriess #bibliography #australia #australian #australiana #northernaustralia #signed #inscribed #australianhistory #history #firstedition #elliearoney #paulfeain #barbaraaroney See more

02.01.2022 Lot 46: AUSTRALIANA IN DUSTWRAPPER Around 15 titles from the 1950s and 1960s, including 'Medicine Man' by McCann, 'The Lizard Eaters' and 'Fair Dinkum' by Lockwood, 'Dreamtime Justice' by Hall, and 'The Territory' by Ernestine Hill. Many feature subthemes on Indigenous Australians. A very attractive set with little shelf-wear, few price-clipped, and little toning, all but two in dustwrapper. These titles come from the estate of Ion Idriess. 10:30AM 12th December 2020 ... https://www.invaluable.com//australiana-in-dustwrapper-46- #australian #australiana #idriess #lockwood #fairdinkum #lizardeaters #medicineman #ernestinehill #dustwrappers