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
151

4 Various Maori Volumes. The Blue Privilege, The Last Tattooed Maori Women, Te Kuia Moko by Harry Sangl,

1980 AUD 60.00 - 120.00 AUD 65.45
152

3 Various Maori Volumes. Sacred Soil Images and Stories of the New Zealand by Neil Finlay,

1998 AUD 60.00 - 120.00 AUD 41.65
153

3 New Zealand War Related Volumes. Frontier The Battle for the North Island of New Zealand 1860-1872 by Peter Maxwell,

2000 AUD 60.00 - 120.00 AUD 35.70
154

3 Maori War Related Volumes. The New Zealand Wars And The Victorian Interpretation Of Racial Conflict by James Belich, first edition,

1986 AUD 60.00 - 120.00 AUD 35.70
155

4 New Zealand War Related Volumes. The Wailkato War 1863-1864 by John Featon,

1971 AUD 60.00 - 120.00 AUD 35.70
156 Alexander Major-General Sir James Edward Alexander

Bush Fighting. Illustrated by Remarkable Actions and Incidents of The Maori War In New Zealand,

reprint 1973 AUD 50.00 - 100.00 AUD 35.70
157 Gorst J E

The Maori King. or the Story Of Our Quarrel with The Natives Of New Zealand,

1974 AUD 50.00 - 100.00 AUD 41.65
158 Butler Annie R

Glimpses Of Maori Land.

London 1886 AUD 50.00 - 120.00 AUD 53.55
159

4 Vintage Maoriland Volumes. Skyways of Maoriland by Hugh Gardiner, with a foreword by Sir Charles Kingsford-Smith,

Wellington 1934 AUD 60.00 - 120.00 AUD 35.70
160

3 Early Historical NZ/Maori Books. Tales Of The Maori Bush by James Cowan,

ND (1934) AUD 70.00 - 140.00 AUD 53.55
161 Cody J F

28 (Maori) Battalion. War History Branch,

Wellington 1956 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 AUD 101.15
162 Cowan James

The Maoris In The Great War. A History of The New Zealand Native Contingent and Pioneer Battalion.

Gallipoli 1915 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 AUD 178.50
163 Cowan James

The Maoris In The Great War. A History of The New Zealand Native Contingent and Pioneer Battalion.

Gallipoli 1915 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 AUD 154.70
164 Kerry-Nicholls J H

The King Country. or, Explorations In New Zealand A Narrative Of 600 Miles Of Travel Through Maoriland,

Marston, London 1884 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 AUD 113.05
165 Oldman W O

The Oldman Collection Of Polynesian Artifacts. Memoirs of the Polynesian Society, Vol 15,

New Plymouth 1943 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 AUD 71.40
166

(-) Skilled Handwork Of The Maori. Being the Oldman Collection of Maori Artefacts Illustrated and Described.

second edition 1946 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 AUD 101.15
167 Pinfold James T

Fifty Years In Maoriland. With Foreword By Elsdon Best,.

London 1930 AUD 50.00 - 120.00 AUD 29.75
168 W B Otorohanga (Wm Baucke)

Where The White Man Treads.

Auckland 1928 AUD 50.00 - 100.00 AUD 17.85
169

8 Various Maori Books. Maori Paintings, Pictures From The Partridge Collection Of Paintings By Gottfried Lindauer,

1965 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 AUD 89.25
170 Salmond Anne

Two Worlds First Meetings Between Maori and Europeans 1642-1772.

1991 AUD 60.00 - 120.00 AUD 47.60
171

2 Modern Volumes On The Maori Wars. Contested Ground, Te Whenua I Tohea, The Taranaki Wars 1860-1881,

2010 AUD 70.00 - 140.00 AUD 214.20
172

Duff Roger The Moa-Hunter Period of Maori Culture.

Wellington 1950 AUD 80.00 - 160.00 AUD 142.80
173 Robley Major-General

Moko Or Maori Tattooing. With Illustrations From Drawings By The Author And From Photographs, first edition,

1896 AUD 200.00 - 350.00 AUD 714.00
174 Buick T Lindsay

The Moa-Hunters Of New Zealand. Sportsmen of the Stone Age.

New Plymouth 1937 AUD 70.00 - 140.00 AUD 101.15
175 Gorton Lieut-Col Edward

Some Home Truths re The Maori War 1863 To 1869. On The West Coast Of New Zealand,

London 1901 AUD 50.00 - 100.00 AUD 83.30
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