Dunbar Sloane: John Anscombe Library (Part 1), 1838, Wellington

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Auction Date: December 10, 2024 - December 10, 2024

Page Size: 300 items in 12 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
1	Wakefield Edward	After Fifty Years.	London	1894	AUD 60.00 - 120.00	AUD 119.00
2	Stewart William Downie	The Right Honourable Sir Francis H D Bell His Life and Times.	(Aus) Ltd	1937	AUD 60.00 - 120.00	AUD 35.70
3	Buick T Lindsay	The French At Akaroa. An Adventure In Colonization.	Wellington	1928	AUD 60.00 - 120.00	AUD 83.30
4	Rees William Lee & Lily	The Life And Times Of Sir George Grey KCB.	Auckland	1892	AUD 50.00 - 100.00	AUD 47.60
5	Von Haast Julius	Geology of the Provinces Of Canterbury And Westland New Zealand. A Report Comprising The Results Of Official Explorations.	Christchurch	1879	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 119.00
6	Earle Augustus	A Narrative of a Nine Months Residence in New Zealand in 1827. Together With A Journal Of A Residence in Tristan D'Acunha An Island Situated Between South America And The Cape Of Good Hope.	London	1832	AUD 600.00 - 1,000.00	AUD 1,428.00
7	Skey William	The Pirate Chief and The Mummy's Complaint. With Various Zealandian Poems.	Wellington	ND 1889	AUD 80.00 - 160.00	AUD 53.55
8	Buick T Lindsay	An Old New Zealander. or, Te Rauparaha, The Napoleon Of The South.	London	1911	AUD 50.00 - 100.00	AUD 119.00
9	Wakefield Edward Jerningham	Adventure In New Zealand From 1839 to 1844 (2 Volumes). With Some Account Of The Beginning Of The British Colonization Of The Islands.	London	1845	AUD 400.00 - 700.00	AUD 249.90
10	Thomson, A. S.,	The Story Of New Zealand (2 Volumes). Thomson A S - The Story Of New Zealand (2 Volumes). Past And Present - Savage And Civilized,		1974	AUD 70.00 - 140.00	AUD 142.80
11	Polack J S	Manners And Customs of the New Zealanders (2 Volumes). With Notes Corroborative Of Their Habits, Usages, Etc and Remarks To Intending Emigrants With Numerous Cuts Drawn On Wood.	London	first edition	AUD 600.00 - 1,000.00	AUD 499.80
12	Gudgeon Thomas Wayth	The Defenders of New Zealand.	Auckland	first edition	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 83.30
13	Wilson John Alexander	The Story Of Te Waharoa. A Chapter in Early New Zealand History, Together With Sketches Of Ancient Maori Life And History.	Christchurch	ND (1907)	AUD 60.00 - 120.00	AUD 77.35
14	Cowan James	The New Zealand Wars and the pioneering period (2 Volumes).	red cloth	DJ.	AUD 60.00 - 120.00	AUD 154.70
15		3 New Zealand Historical Volumes. Early Walks In New Zealand Up To 1850, by Russell Duncan, compiled from travellers journals, first edition,		1918	AUD 60.00 - 120.00	AUD 95.20
16	Buller & Vogel	2 Volumes By Buller & Vogel. Anno Domini 2000: or Woman's Destiny, Colonial Edition,	London	1889	AUD 60.00 - 120.00	AUD 77.35
17	Polack J S	Manners And Customs Of The New Zealanders (2 Volumes).		1976	AUD 60.00 - 120.00	AUD 113.05
18	Scholefield Guy H (Editor)	The Richmond-Atkinson Papers (2 Volumes).	Wellington	1960	AUD 60.00 - 120.00	AUD 77.35
19		Barker. Lady, Station Life In New Zealand,	London	1883	AUD 50.00 - 100.00	AUD 35.70
20		Barker Lady - Station Life In New Zealand.	London	1871	AUD 50.00 - 100.00	AUD 47.60
21		4 Books On Colenso.			AUD 50.00 - 100.00	AUD 59.50
22	Thompson G E	Official Record of the New Zealand and South Seas International Exhibition Dunedin 1925-26.	Dunedin		AUD 50.00 - 100.00	AUD 35.70
23		2 Early NZ Volumes On Recollections & Reminiscences. Recollections: Australia, England, Ireland, Scotland, New Zealand by Alfred Cox,		1884	AUD 60.00 - 120.00	AUD 53.55
24		3 Hocken Library Facsimile Books. Remarks On New Zealand In February 1846 by Robert Fitz-roy,		1969	AUD 60.00 - 120.00	AUD 77.35
25		(-) The Right Hon R J Seddon's Visit to Tonga Fiji Savage Island and the Cook Islands May 1900.	Wellington	1900	AUD 60.00 - 120.00	AUD 41.65

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