Dunbar Sloane: Rare Books, 1917, Wellington
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- April 09, 2026 - April 09, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 | T. D. Taylor; J. Henderson | 5 Vintage NZ Historical Pamphlets |
1940; 1933; 1937; 1922; 1891 | NZD 50.00 - 100.00 | NZD 65.45 | |
| 27 | Joseph Campbell; P. G. Morgan; James Mackintosh Bell; Arthur Jarman | 6 Early Booklets On The NZ Goldfields & Mining |
1896; 1902; c1906; c1903; c1910; 1911 | NZD 100.00 - 200.00 | NZD 178.50 | |
| 28 | H. B. Morton | A Collection Of 10 Vintage NZ Historical Pamphlets |
1887; 1842; 1842; 1873; 1893; 1834; 1890; 1920; 1913 | NZD 200.00 - 350.00 | NZD 226.10 | |
| 29 | Leys Thomson W | A Weird Region New Zealand Lakes, Terraces, Geysers, and Volcanoes |
Auckland | 1905 | NZD 100.00 - 200.00 | NZD 95.20 |
| 30 | Ng James | Windows On A Chinese Past (4 Volumes) |
1993; 1995; 1999; 1993 | NZD 300.00 - 450.00 | NZD 190.40 | |
| 31 | Beaglehole J C | The New Zealand Scholar |
Eastbourne | 1982 | NZD 300.00 - 450.00 | Not Sold |
| 32 | Edward Jerningham Wakefield; W. H. Oliver; W. P. Morrell; D. O. W. Hall; Edward Ward; J. B. Condliffe; Lipson; Joan Stevens; John Miller | 8 Various NZ Historical Volumes |
N/A | NZD 80.00 - 160.00 | NZD 83.30 | |
| 33 | J. F. H. Wohlers; Octavius Hadfield; John A Lee; F. L. W. Wood; R. M. Burdon; J. C. Beaglehole; A. G. Butchers; Harold Miller | 10 Various NZ Historical & Biographical Volumes |
N/A | NZD 80.00 - 160.00 | NZD 113.05 | |
| 34 | Carton Of NZ Historical & Literary Volumes |
N/A | NZD 50.00 - 100.00 | NZD 29.75 | ||
| 35 | Collection Of Department Of Lands And Surveys NZ Annual Reports |
1900-1929 | NZD 50.00 - 100.00 | NZD 95.20 | ||
| 36 | George Dobson Valentine | 3 x 19th Century George Dobson Valentine Albumen Prints Of Mt Tarawera & Rotorua |
1880s | NZD 750.00 - 1,200.00 | NZD 499.80 | |
| 37 | Scenes from New Zealand |
N/A | NZD 240.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 38 | W. B. (William Baulke); A. T. Ngata; Alexander McCrae; Frederick Revans Chapman; Johannes C Andersen | 3 Maori Related Volumes |
Wellington | 1905; 1959; 1928 | NZD 100.00 - 200.00 | NZD 83.30 |
| 39 | Atkinson A S | Notes on The Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary of Mr E Tregear |
Nelson | 1893 | NZD 100.00 - 200.00 | NZD 23.80 |
| 40 | Stafford D M | Te Arawa A History of the Arawa People |
Wellington | 1967 | NZD 100.00 - 200.00 | NZD 142.80 |
| 41 | Grace John Te H | Tuwharetoa The History of the Maori People of the Taupo District |
Wellington | 1959 | NZD 140.00 - 280.00 | NZD 226.10 |
| 42 | Mitira Tiaki Hikawera ( J H Mitchell) | Mitira Tiaki Hikawera ( J H Mitchell) Takitimu |
Wellington | 1944 | NZD 160.00 - 280.00 | NZD 142.80 |
| 43 | Barbage S Barton | Hauhauism An Episode in the Maori Wars 1863-1866 |
1937 | NZD 100.00 - 200.00 | NZD 309.40 | |
| 44 | Kirkham Francis W | Lessons for Beginners in the Maori Language also Exercises and Vocabulary |
Auckland | 1917 | NZD 50.00 - 100.00 | NZD 130.90 |
| 45 | Grey Sir George | Ko Nga Waiata Maori He Mea Kohikohi Mai |
Cape Of Good Hope | 1857 | NZD 500.00 - 1,000.00 | NZD 404.60 |
| 46 | Best Elsdon | The Maori Vol I |
Wellington | 1924 | NZD 60.00 - 120.00 | NZD 83.30 |
| 47 | W. D. Webster | Illustrated Catalogue of Ethnographical Specimens European and Eastern Arms and Armour Prehistoric and other Curiosities |
Bicester | 1899 | NZD 500.00 - 1,000.00 | NZD 773.50 |
| 48 | Simmons D R | Catalogue Of Maori Artefacts In The Museum Of Canada And The United States Of America Bulletin of the Auckland Institute And Museum Number 12 |
Auckland, New Zealand | 1982 | NZD 100.00 - 200.00 | NZD 166.60 |
| 49 | Cowan James | Pictures of Old New Zealand The Partridge Collection of Maori Paintings by Gottfried Lindauer |
Auckland | 1930 | NZD 140.00 - 260.00 | NZD 166.60 |
| 50 | Robley Major-General | Moko or Maori Tattooing With 180 Illustrations From Drawings By The Author And From Photographs |
London | 1896 | NZD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | NZD 1,011.50 |
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Sotheby's Book Week
2 June - 9 JulySotheby’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, 1632Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Saverio Manetti. Storia naturale degli uccelli. Firenze, 1771-76Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Fortunato Depero. Depero futurista. Rovereto, 1927Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Nicolas Visscher. Atlas minor sive totius orbis terrarum contracta delineat ex conatibus. Amsterdam, circa 1649-95Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Andreas Vesalius. Anatomia. Addita nunc. Antiquorum Anatome. Venezia, 1604Aste 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 - $1,700Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 20. Keulen's Spectacular Chart of the World Featuring California as an Island (1728) Est. $12,000 - $15,000Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 42. Schedel's Ancient World Map with Fantastic Humanoid Creatures (1493) Est. $14,000 - $17,000Old 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 - $7,000Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 9. Speed's Popular World Map with Allegorical Representations of the Elements (1651) Est. $14,000 - $17,000Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 168. First Separate Map of Kansas & Nebraska Territories (1854) Est. $5,500 - $7,000Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 43. Only Macrobius Map with Britain Attached to Europe (1515) Est. $800 - $950Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 250. Rare Map of Boston and One of the Earliest Maps of the Revolutionary War (1775) Est. $2,000 - $2,300Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 79. Schenk's Uncommon Map Featuring Two Figurative Title Cartouches (1696) Est. $1,200 - $1,500Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 681. Hand-Colored Image of the Annunciation to the Shepherds (1502) Est. $800 - $950