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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 101 | Beattie Herries | The First White Boy Born In Otago Story of T B Kennard |
Dunedin | 1939 | NZD 140.00 - 200.00 | NZD 178.50 |
| 102 | Beattie Herries | Pioneer Recollections & Southern Pioneers (2) |
1911; 1918 | NZD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | |
| 103 | Herries Beattie | 4 Herries Beattie Volumes (2 Signed) Otago Place Names, As Bestowed by the Pakeha and Jottedc down by Herries Beattie |
1948; 1949; 1979 | NZD 100.00 - 200.00 | NZD 226.10 | |
| 104 | Rhys Richards; Peter Tremewan; Ian N. Church; A. R. Tyrell; Bruce E Collins | 5 Modern Southern Heritage 150 Books |
N/A | NZD 50.00 - 100.00 | NZD 89.25 | |
| 105 | Florence Mackenzie; Eric Skinner; Anita Crozier | 3 South Island Volumes The Sparkling Waters of Whakatipua, The Story Of Lake Wakatipu by Florence Mackenzie |
1948; ND (c1947); 1950 | NZD 60.00 - 120.00 | NZD 35.70 | |
| 106 | Carton Of Assorted NZ Topographical, Historical & Biographical Books |
N/A | NZD 70.00 - 140.00 | NZD 107.10 | ||
| 107 | Tom Field; Erik Olssen; Eva Wilson; Sheila Natusch; K. C. McDonald; Margaret Trotter | 6 Books Including Dunedin The Goldfields Etc Relics Of The Goldfields Central Otago by Tom Field & Erik Olssen |
1976; 2005; 1976; 1965; 1969 | NZD 60.00 - 120.00 | NZD 65.45 | |
| 108 | John Hall-Jones | 4 Volumes By John Hall-Jones Bluff Harbour |
1976; 1983; 1987; 1979 | NZD 80.00 - 160.00 | NZD 35.70 | |
| 109 | Olga Sansom; John Pascoe; Gordon Ramage; Sheila Natusch | 4 South Island Related Books The Stewart Islanders by Olga Sansom |
1970; r/p 1968; 1990; 1985 | NZD 80.00 - 160.00 | NZD 59.50 | |
| 110 | Olga Sansom; A. H. Reed; G. E. Thompson; Hardwicke Knight | 4 Books On Otago In The Grip Of An Island Early Stewart Island History by Olga Sansom |
1982; 1956; ND; 1974 | NZD 80.00 - 160.00 | NZD 59.50 | |
| 111 | John Hall-Jones; Jack Johnstone | 5 Large Modern Volumes Otago Goldfields Fiordland Etc Goldfields of Otago an illustrated history by John Hall-Jones |
ND; 2007; 2000; 2002; 2000 | NZD 100.00 - 200.00 | NZD 71.40 | |
| 112 | G. J. Griffiths; T. D. Pearce; Robert V Fulton | The Advance Guard Series 1, 2, & 3, Prize winning and other leading essays from the historical biography competition conducted by the Otago Daily Times |
1973/74; 1971; 1907; 1966 | NZD 60.00 - 120.00 | NZD 47.60 | |
| 113 | K. W. Ritchie; W. Anderson; Lawson Burrows; George A. Howard | 6 S.I. Volumes Including Fiordland Milford Te Anau Etc From The South by K. W. Ritchie |
1972; 1973; 1972; 1971; 1974; 1969 | NZD 100.00 - 200.00 | NZD 47.60 | |
| 114 | James Robson; Eileen Beaton; Noel Kennedy; Ron Murray; J. O. P. Watt; D. C. W. Muir; L. W. Dickie; Joan McIntosh; J. E. Bremer; Joan Crawford | 8 Small South Island District Booklets Bits and Pieces An Early History of Fortrose, Tokanui and Waikawa by James Robson |
1967; 1971; 1972; 1971; 1972; 1977; 1986; 2006 | NZD 50.00 - 100.00 | NZD 65.45 | |
| 115 | Paul Powell; B. T. Robertson; V. G. Boyle; M. C. Bradstock; W. A. Anderson; F. J. Lucas; Evelyn McLay | 6 Volumes Queenstown Linton Fiordland Etc Fishermen Of Fiordland by Paul Powell |
1976; 1986; 2003; r/p 1964; r/p 1974 | NZD 80.00 - 140.00 | NZD 41.65 | |
| 116 | John Pascoe; Noeline Baler; James McNeish | 6 Volumes On NZ Survey Exploration Etc Land Lifted High by John Pascoe |
r/p 1961; r/p 1950; 1959; 1957; 1932; r/p 1966 | NZD 80.00 - 140.00 | NZD 89.25 | |
| 117 | D. C. W. Muir; David Milligan; Gerard Hall-Jones; John Hall-Jones | 4 Large Modern South Island Books Mataura City of the Falls, edited by D. C. W. Muir |
1991; 1977; 2008; 1976 | NZD 80.00 - 160.00 | NZD 53.55 | |
| 118 | Carton Of Assorted Booklets Relating To Otago & The South |
N/A | NZD 80.00 - 160.00 | NZD 47.60 | ||
| 119 | V. G. Doyle; F. W. G. Miller; Pat Christiansen; Harold J. Anderson; John H. Angus; D. G. Jardine; Clive A. Lind | 8 Large South Island Books 2 volumes on Ohai-Nightcaps District 1880-1980 by V. G. Doyle |
1977; 2009; 1975; 1976; 1978; 1981 | NZD 80.00 - 140.00 | NZD 29.75 | |
| 120 | John Hall-Jones; Frank Tod; Barbara Withington; A. R. Tyrell; Wendy McArthur; George Griffiths; Win Parkes; Kath Hislop | 8 South Island Softcover Books Doubtful Harbour by John Hall-Jones |
1984; r/p 1982; 2000; 2006; 1978; 1980; 1937 | NZD 80.00 - 140.00 | NZD 35.70 | |
| 121 | E. E. (Ted) Pankhurst; F. W. G. Miller; Elizabeth Kerse; William David Stuart; M. H. Holcroft | 6 South Island Volumes Safe Haven Riverton 1935-1985 by E. E. (Ted) Pankhurst |
1935-1985 | NZD 80.00 - 140.00 | NZD 83.30 | |
| 122 | A. H. McLintock; J. C. Parcell; R. S. M. Sinclair | 3 Otago Volumes The History Of Otago by A. H. McLintock, 1949 |
1949 | NZD 80.00 - 140.00 | NZD 59.50 | |
| 123 | F. W. G. Miller; Keith Eunson; Alastair Hamilton; Andrena G. Reece; Marjorie Cairns; Frank H. Plunkett; G. A. Hamilton; E. M. Lovell-Smith | 8 South Island Volumes Hokonui The School And The People by F. W. G. Miller |
1982; 1974; 1995; 1952; 1931 | NZD 80.00 - 160.00 | NZD 101.15 | |
| 124 | John A. Cutt; J. Nigel Overton; Joan Macintosh; Paula Dickie; Alex D. Dickie | 7 Large South Island Volumes Menzies Ferry A History Of The District, 1984 |
1984; 1982; 1995; 1980; 1988; 1985 | NZD 80.00 - 140.00 | NZD 95.20 | |
| 125 | Michael Trotter; Beverley McCullough; Graham Stewart; Neville Peat; Peter Newton; Rupert Sharpe; F. W. G. Miller | 7 Titles Official Record of the New Zealand and South Seas International Exhibition, Dunedin, 1925-1926 |
1925-1926; 1971; 1979; 1952; 1966; 1954 | NZD 80.00 - 140.00 | NZD 35.70 |
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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