Art + Object: Rare Books, 212, AUCKLAND

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
December 09, 2025 - December 09, 2025
Page Size: 307 items in 13 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
124

HATCHWELL FAMILY EPHEMERA

NZD 100.00 - 150.00 NZD 62.00
125 NAVIGATION JOURNAL

JOHN KING DAVIS [2 ITEMS]

NZD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 NZD 3,321.00
126 NEVILLE PEPPER - MANUSCRIPTS LYRICS

Voyage of the S.Y. Morning

NZD 800.00 - 1,000.00 NZD 492.00
127 THE ANTARCTIC CLUB FOUNDED 1928

Two Christmas card signed by J Hugh Mather [Petty officer, R.N.V.R.]

NZD 300.00 - 350.00 Not Sold
128 AMUNDSEN, ROALD

The South Pole

NZD 400.00 - 600.00 NZD 369.00
129

ANTARCTIC PHOTOGRAPHS

NZD 80.00 - 120.00 NZD 49.00
130

BUNDLE OF PERIODICALS, MAGAZINES & CLIPPINGS

NZD 60.00 - 80.00 NZD 25.00
131 CHILTON, CHARLES [editor]

The Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand

NZD 100.00 - 200.00 NZD 148.00
132 CLAYDON, SQUADRON LEADER J.R.

RNZAF Antarctic Flight 129 Master Inventory

NZD 300.00 - 400.00 NZD 923.00
133 CLAYDON, WING COMMANDER, JOHN R.

Report by Officer Commanding R.N.Z.A.F Antarctic Flight. Trans-Antarctic Expedition 1955-1958.

NZD 250.00 - 300.00 NZD 154.00
134 COMMONWEALTH TRANS-ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION PHOTOGRAPHS

Expedition Dog Team

NZD 150.00 - 250.00 NZD 92.00
135 FRASER, CONON

Beyond the Roaring Forties

NZD 100.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
136 HILLARY, EDMUND [signed]

Original photograph

NZD 400.00 - 600.00 NZD 431.00
137 HILLARY, SIR EDMUND

Invitation to Wg Cdr John Claydon to the attend The Funeral Service for Sir Edmund Hillary.

NZD 150.00 - 250.00 NZD 271.00
138 JOHNSTON, ALEXA [signed copy]

Sir Edmund Hillary, An Extraordinary Life

NZD 150.00 - 250.00 NZD 92.00
139 JUDD, ALFRED [4 titles]

The Conquest of the Poles

NZD 80.00 - 100.00 NZD 62.00
140

OFFICIAL COPIES OF DIRECTIVES FROM THE RNZAF AS SENT TO CLAYDON [3 items]

NZD 100.00 - 200.00 NZD 62.00
141

PHOTOGRAPHS - TRANS ANTARCTIC TEAM & NEGATIVE

NZD 150.00 - 200.00 NZD 400.00
142 PHOTOGRAPHS OF ANTARCTICA FROM THE AIR

5 images

NZD 100.00 - 200.00 NZD 86.00
143

SLIDES - IMAGES FROM TRANS-ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION

NZD 200.00 - 300.00 NZD 677.00
144 GRADY, DON

The Perano Whalers of Cook Strait 1911 - 1964

NZD 80.00 - 120.00 NZD 49.00
145 LUBBOCK, BASIL [2 titles]

The Down Easters

NZD 80.00 - 100.00 NZD 62.00
146 LUBBOCK, BASIL [two volumes]

The Last of the Windjammers

NZD 60.00 - 100.00 NZD 49.00
147 NEW ZEALAND 1882

Annual Reports of the Marine Department

NZD 150.00 - 200.00 NZD 246.00
148

1950 BRITISH TOURING TEAM TO AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND

NZD 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
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