Dunbar Sloane: Rare Books, 1917, Wellington

Auction Details

Auction Date: April 09, 2026 - April 09, 2026

Page Size: 401 items in 17 pages

Auction Lot Books
Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
1	Yate Rev William	An Account of New Zealand 1835 Seeley And Burnside, London, first edition, 1835	London	1835	NZD 100.00 - 200.00	NZD 119.00
2	A Pakeha Maori	Old New Zealand A Tale Of The Good Old Times Robert J Creighton & Alfred Scales, Auckland, first edition, 1863	Auckland	1863	NZD 100.00 - 200.00	NZD 113.05
3	Paul Robert Bateman	Letters From Canterbury New Zealand, Rivingtons, London, first edition, 1857	London	1857	NZD 60.00 - 120.00	NZD 95.20
4	Lady Barker	Station Life in New Zealand Macmillan & Co, London, New Edition, 1871	London	1871	NZD 100.00 - 200.00	NZD 130.90
5	Power W Tyrone	Sketches in New Zealand With Pen And Pencil Longman, Brown, Green, And Longman's, London, first edition, 1849	London	1849	NZD 120.00 - 240.00	NZD 119.00
6	Powles Colonel C Guy	The History of the Canterbury Mounted Rifles 1914-1919 Whitcombe And Tombs Limited, Auckland, 1928	Auckland	1928	NZD 200.00 - 300.00	NZD 142.80
7	Johannes C Andersen; A. W. Reed; H. Fildes	3 Various NZ Volumes New Zealand Tales by Johannes C Andersen, Ferguson & Osborn Ltd, Wellington, first edition, 1927	Wellington	1927; 1958; 1936	NZD 50.00 - 100.00	NZD 261.80
8	Kerry-Nicholls J H	The King Country or, Explorations In New Zealand. A Narrative Of 600 Miles Of Travel Through Maoriland, With Numerous Illustrations And A Map.	London	1884	NZD 100.00 - 200.00	NZD 273.70
9	An Old Colonist (William Pratt)	Colonial Experiences or, Incidents And Reminiscences of Thirty Four Years In New Zealand, signed by the author on the TP and 2 others on the FEP		N/A	NZD 80.00 - 140.00	NZD 166.60
10	Hodder Edwin	Memories of New Zealand Life Longman, Green, Longman & Roberts, London, first edition, 1862	London	1862	NZD 100.00 - 200.00	NZD 142.80
11	Rees William Lee & Lily	Life & Times Of The Right Honourable Sir George Grey H Brett, Auckland, first edition, 1892	Auckland	1892	NZD 50.00 - 100.00	NZD 130.90
12	McNab Robert	Historical Records of New Zealand John Mackay Government Printer, Wellington, 1908	Wellington	1908	NZD 50.00 - 100.00	NZD 71.40
13		A Short Account of the Character And Labours of Samuel Marsden Formerly Principal Chaplain Of The Church Of England, In New South Wales	Parratta	1844	NZD 60.00 - 120.00	NZD 71.40
14	Craik George L	The New Zealanders Charles Knight, Pall Mall, London 1830, from The Library Of Entertaining Knowledge	London	1830	NZD 100.00 - 200.00	NZD 77.35
15	Rusden G W	History of New Zealand (3 Volumes) Chapman And Hall, Limited, London, 1883, first edition	London	1883	NZD 200.00 - 300.00	NZD 309.40
16	W. P. Reeves; J. R. Elder	State Experiments in Australia by W. P. Reeves (2 Vols) together with Marsdens Lieutenants by J. R. Elder, No 116 of 1000		N/A	NZD 80.00 - 140.00	Not Sold
17	Saunders Alfred	History of New Zealand (2 Volumes) Whitcombe & Tombs Limited, ND (1896) Vol II, 1899		ND (1896); 1899	NZD 50.00 - 100.00	NZD 166.60
18	Thomson, Arthur S.	The Story of New Zealand (2 Volumes) 1859 Past And Present-Savage And Civilized, John Murray, London, first edition, 1859	London	1859	NZD 100.00 - 200.00	NZD 154.70
19	Dieffenbach Ernest	Travels in New Zealand (2 Volumes) With Contributions To The Geography, Geology, Botany, And Natural History Of That Country. John Murray, London, first edition, 1843	London	1843	NZD 300.00 - 500.00	NZD 59.50
20	Paterson A M	The Colonial Horse Doctor Published by James Hunter, Otago Daily Times Branch Office, Dunedin, first edition, 1906	Dunedin	1906	NZD 50.00 - 100.00	NZD 71.40
21	McKay R A	A History Of Printing In New Zealand 1830-1940		1940	NZD 100.00 - 200.00	NZD 101.15
22	Newman Stanley	The Centennial History Canterbury Officers Club 1885-1985		1985	NZD 70.00 - 140.00	Not Sold
23	Andrew Nash; Robert Speechly	British Empire Gazette Saturday July 2 1864		1864	NZD 100.00 - 200.00	NZD 83.30
24	Wakefield Edward	New Zealand Illustrated The Story Of New Zealand and Descriptions Of Its Cities And Towns		1967	NZD 200.00 - 350.00	NZD 357.00
25		9 x 1950 British Empire Games Auckland Programmes		1950	NZD 50.00 - 100.00	NZD 65.45

Sotheby's Book Week
2 June - 9 July

Sotheby’s, June 25: Smith, Adam. The Wealth of Nations, on its 250th anniversary. $180,000 to $250,000.

Sotheby’s, June 17: Fontana, Lucio. Concetto Spaziale. 1967. Leporello en papier doré. Bel exemplaire signé. €4,000 to $€,000.

Sotheby’s, June 25: Fitzgerald, F. Scott. "So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past”. $150,000 to $200,000.

Sotheby’s, June 25: Washington, George (as First President). Washington decries “an ostentatious imitation, or mimickry of Royalty” in his Presidency. $250,000 to $500,000.

Sotheby’s, June 17: Lope de Vega. Rare manuscrit autographe signé de la préface dédicatoire de "El Cardenal de Belen" (le cardinal de Bethléem), pièce composée en 1610. €40,000 to €60,000.
Leland Little, June 12: The First Illustrated Edition of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein.

Leland Little, June 12: John Morton, Signer of the Declaration of Independence, Signed Pennsylvania Land Survey.

Leland Little, June 12: The Scarce Jansson Edition of a Remarkable Early View of London.

Leland Little, June 12: Signed Limited Edition of The Works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

Leland Little, June 12: Faden’s Important and Scarce Map of the Southern Campaign of the American Revolution.

Leland Little, June 12: William J. Tate (NC, 1869-1953), Archive of the "Original host to the Wright brothers at Kitty Hawk.”
Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Galileo Galilei. Dialogo sopra i due massimi sistemi del mondo tolemaico, e copernicano. Firenze, 1632

Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Saverio Manetti. Storia naturale degli uccelli. Firenze, 1771-76

Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Fortunato Depero. Depero futurista. Rovereto, 1927

Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Nicolas Visscher. Atlas minor sive totius orbis terrarum contracta delineat ex conatibus. Amsterdam, circa 1649-95

Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Andreas Vesalius. Anatomia. Addita nunc. Antiquorum Anatome. Venezia, 1604

Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Tristan Tzara and Salvador Dalì. Grains et Issues. Parigi, 1935
June 25, 2026

Doyle, June 25: Houdini's biography, boldly signed. $3,000 to $5,000.

Doyle, June 25: A volume from Abraham Lincoln's library, signed just before heading to Washington for his inauguration. $20,000 to $30,000.

Doyle, June 25: A very early Confederate recruiting manual belonging to the chief commissary in Lee's Army. $600 to $800.

Doyle, June 25: Rare hand-colored lithographs of the life of Napoleon. $20,000 to $30,000.

Doyle, June 25: The "Holster Atlas" of the American Revolution. $5,000 to $8,000.

Doyle, June 25: Jewish ceremonies in fine hand-colored engravings. $7,000 to $10,000.

Doyle, June 25: A very rare work on Turkish military costume. $1,000 to $1,500.

June 25, 2026

Doyle, June 25: The most important illustrated work on the Mexican-American War. $10,000 to $15,000.

Doyle, June 25: The finest illustrated book on Afghanistan. $10,000 to $15,000.

Doyle, June 25: Henry Justice Ford St. George rescues the Princess from the horrible Dragon. $2,000 to $3,000.

Doyle, June 25: A rare work of Prussian Army uniforms under Frederick William II, with exquisite hand-colored engravings. $800 to $1,200.

Doyle, June 25: Lenny Bruce typed letter signed to a Village bohemian during his obscenity trials, with a manuscript note and drawing. $300 to $500.

Doyle, June 25: Schiff's scarce Shanghai Sketchbook. $300 to $500.

Doyle, June 25: The first accurate published representation of the American flag. $2,000 to $4,000.
Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 123. Celebrate 250 Years of Independence with Original Stars and Stripes (1790) Est. $1,400 - $1,700

Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 20. Keulen's Spectacular Chart of the World Featuring California as an Island (1728) Est. $12,000 - $15,000

Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 42. Schedel's Ancient World Map with Fantastic Humanoid Creatures (1493) Est. $14,000 - $17,000

Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 591. Matching Set of 3 Stunning Globe Gores of Eastern Asia from Coronelli's 3.5 Foot Globe (1688) Est. $5,500 - $7,000

Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 9. Speed's Popular World Map with Allegorical Representations of the Elements (1651) Est. $14,000 - $17,000

Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 168. First Separate Map of Kansas & Nebraska Territories (1854) Est. $5,500 - $7,000

Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 43. Only Macrobius Map with Britain Attached to Europe (1515) Est. $800 - $950

Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 250. Rare Map of Boston and One of the Earliest Maps of the Revolutionary War (1775) Est. $2,000 - $2,300

Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 79. Schenk's Uncommon Map Featuring Two Figurative Title Cartouches (1696) Est. $1,200 - $1,500

Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 681. Hand-Colored Image of the Annunciation to the Shepherds (1502) Est. $800 - $950