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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 151 | Adrian A. Gerbrands | The Asmat Of New Guinea The Journal Of Michael Clark Rockefeller |
New York | 1967 | NZD 140.00 - 240.00 | NZD 59.50 |
| 152 | J. Soderstrom | A Sparmann's Ethnographical Collection From James Cook's 2nd Expedition (1772-1775) |
Stockholm, Sweden | 1939 | NZD 100.00 - 200.00 | NZD 166.60 |
| 153 | Roland W. Force; Maryanne Force | The Fuller Collection of Pacific Artifacts |
London | 1971 | NZD 200.00 - 350.00 | NZD 71.40 |
| 154 | Maurice Leenhardt | Notes D'Ethnologie Neo-Caledonienne |
Paris | 1930 | NZD 100.00 - 200.00 | NZD 47.60 |
| 155 | Edwin M. Loeb; Robert Heine-Geldern | Sumatra Its History And People also, The Archaeology And Art Of Sumatra by Robert Heine-Geldern |
N/A | NZD 100.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 156 | L. Austine Waddell; Heinrich Harrer; Carl Bock | Lhasa And Its Mysteries With A Record Of The Expedition Of 1903-1904 |
1929; 1954; 1985; 1932 | NZD 100.00 - 200.00 | NZD 89.25 | |
| 157 | Clarence Edward Dutton | Hawaiian Volcanoes |
N/A | NZD 100.00 - 200.00 | NZD 35.70 | |
| 158 | William Bligh | A Voyage to the South Sea |
c. 1960s | NZD 80.00 - 140.00 | NZD 89.25 | |
| 159 | James D. Dana | Characteristics of Volcanoes with Contribution Of Facts And Principles from The Hawaiian Islands |
New York | 1891 | NZD 80.00 - 140.00 | NZD 47.60 |
| 160 | Liliuokalani | Hawaii's Story By Hawaii's Queen Liliuokalani |
Boston | 1898 | NZD 200.00 - 400.00 | NZD 119.00 |
| 161 | Thomes William H | The Whaleman's Adventures in The Sandwich Islands and California The Ocean Life Series |
Boston | 1875 | NZD 60.00 - 120.00 | NZD 41.65 |
| 162 | Frank J. A. Broze; Robert Dampier | 2 Hawaiian Maritime Volumes A Merchant's Perspective: Captain Jacobus Boelen's Narrative Of His Visit To Hawai'i In 1828 |
Honolulu | 1988; 1971 | NZD 80.00 - 140.00 | NZD 29.75 |
| 163 | J. d'Arcy Northwood; Mary Dillingham Frear; Henry Inn | 3 Large Hawaiian Volumes Familiar Hawaiian Birds by J. d'Arcy Northwood |
Honolulu; Boston | 1940; 1897; 1944 | NZD 100.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold |
| 164 | Roth Henry Ling | The Natives Of Sarawak and British North Borneo (2 Vols) |
1980 | NZD 140.00 - 220.00 | NZD 154.70 | |
| 165 | Tillotson John | The Overland Route To India Historical, Descriptive And Legendary. |
N/A | NZD 750.00 - 1,200.00 | NZD 428.40 | |
| 166 | Beaglehole J C | The Endeavour Journals of Joseph Banks 1768-1771 (2 Volumes) |
1963 | NZD 100.00 - 200.00 | NZD 71.40 | |
| 167 | George Seaver; Will Lawson | 3 Various Pacific & Antarctic Volumes Edward Wilson Of The Antarctic Naturalist And Friend by George Seaver |
London | 1933; 1885; 1909 | NZD 80.00 - 160.00 | NZD 53.55 |
| 168 | J. H. Hutton | 2 Modern Reprints On The Nagas The Angami Nagas by J. H. Hutton |
2003; 2007 | NZD 50.00 - 100.00 | NZD 29.75 | |
| 169 | Smith William Carlson | The Ao Naga Tribe Of Assam A Study in Ethnology and Sociology. |
1925 | NZD 70.00 - 140.00 | NZD 41.65 | |
| 170 | Moss Frederick J | Through Atolls And Islands In The Great South Sea |
1889 | NZD 100.00 - 200.00 | NZD 142.80 | |
| 171 | Alfred P Maudsley; Tihoti (George Calderon); Sir Albert Ellis; Roderick Cameron | 4 Various Pacific Volumes Life In The Pacific Fifty Years Ago by Alfred P Maudsley |
1930; 1921; 1946; 1965 | NZD 60.00 - 120.00 | NZD 23.80 | |
| 172 | Brodie Walter | Pitcairn's Island and The Islanders in 1850 Together With Extracts From The Private Journal |
London | 1850 | NZD 100.00 - 200.00 | NZD 59.50 |
| 173 | Mary Alice McNarney; Norah D. Stearns; George T. Armitage | 3 Hawaiian Volumes Kalawao Village of the Lepers by Mary Alice McNarney |
New York; Honolulu | 1954; 1935; 1945 | NZD 80.00 - 140.00 | NZD 23.80 |
| 174 | T. A. Jaggar; R. H. Finch; Edna Williamson Stall; Ermine Cross; Elsa Cross | 6 Various Hawaiian Booklets & Pamphlets comprising, The Explosive Eruption of Kilauea in Hawaii, 1924 by T. A. Jaggar and R. H. Finch |
Honolulu | 1924; 1946; 1930; 1974; 1898; ND (1922) | NZD 100.00 - 200.00 | NZD 41.65 |
| 175 | Julius A Palmer; Padraic Colum; Kathleen Dickenson Mellen; Irvin S. Cobb | 4 Volumes Relating To Hawaii Memories Of Hawaii and Hawaiian Correspondence by Julius A Palmer |
Boston; New York; Honolulu | 1894; 1924; 1947; 1949 | NZD 80.00 - 160.00 | 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