Dunbar Sloane: The Tony Arthur Library, 1901, Wellington

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
November 26, 2025 - November 26, 2025
Page Size: 301 items in 13 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
226 Lytton Edward Bulwer

The Last Days Of Pompeii

NZD 50.00 - 100.00 NZD 47.60
227 Douglas Norman

In The Beginning

1927 NZD 60.00 - 120.00 Not Sold
228 Tolkien J R R

Farmer Giles Of Ham

1957 NZD 60.00 - 120.00 NZD 154.70
229 Rudyard Kipling

A H Wheeler's Indian Railway Library Books Series No 1 & 2

1891 NZD 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
230 Lawlor Pat

The Mystery Of Maata

1946 NZD 60.00 - 120.00 NZD 89.25
231

Ruskin, John, Arrows Of The Chace (2 Volumes)

1840-1880. NZD 60.00 - 120.00 Not Sold
232 Masefield John

Sard Harker A Novel

1924 NZD 60.00 - 120.00 Not Sold
233 (-)

The Travels and Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen

ND (c1900) NZD 50.00 - 100.00 NZD 130.90
234 Miller Henry

Tropic of Cancer

1963 NZD 50.00 - 100.00 NZD 65.45
235 Orwell George

Nineteen Eighty-Four

1949 NZD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
236 Boz (Charles Dickens)

The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club (20 Vols, 1931/32)

1931/32 NZD 200.00 - 350.00 NZD 178.50
237 Ruskin John Collingwood W G

The Poems of John Ruskin (2 Volumes)

1891 NZD 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
238 Homer

The Oddyssey

1974 NZD 80.00 - 160.00 NZD 261.80
239 Lawrence T E

Seven Pillars Of Wisdom & 3 Other Volumes

1935 NZD 80.00 - 160.00 NZD 249.90
240 Le Carre John

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

1974 NZD 60.00 - 120.00 NZD 101.15
241

A Small Group Of Books Including Several Literary Classics

1929 NZD 100.00 - 200.00 NZD 95.20
242

Small Box Of Assorted Literary Volumes

1927 NZD 100.00 - 200.00 NZD 202.30
243

Box Of Assorted Poetical Literary Volumes

NZD 100.00 - 200.00 NZD 101.15
244

Novels Of The Bronte Sisters (12 Volume Thornton Set)

1924 NZD 240.00 - 375.00 NZD 226.10
245 Various

Rare & Complete 13 Volume Set Of The Yellow Book

1894-1897 NZD 2,000.00 - 3,500.00 NZD 892.50
246 Pendennis Arthur

The Newcomes (2 Volumes)

1854 NZD 50.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
247 Tolkien J R R

Lord Of The Rings Trilogy

1968 NZD 280.00 - 375.00 Not Sold
248 Harrison Gessner

A Treatise on the Greek Prepositions

1858 NZD 180.00 - 280.00 Not Sold
249 Clarke Samuel (Editor)

Homer: Odyssea Graece et Latine

1846 NZD 260.00 - 375.00 Not Sold
250 Heyne C G (Editor)

Homeri Illias

2 Volumes 1821 NZD 260.00 - 375.00 Not Sold
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