Dunbar Sloane: Rare Book Auction - online 4/23, 1790, Wellington

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
May 09, 2024 - May 09, 2024
Page Size: 372 items in 15 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
26

(-) Colonial Museum Bulletin No 1

Wellington 1905 NZD 100.00 - 200.00 NZD 101.15
27 Colenso William

A Maori-English Lexicon

NZD 60.00 - 120.00 NZD 309.40
28

Group Of Miscellaneous Maori Booklets

NZD 100.00 - 200.00 NZD 261.80
29

2 Books On Maori Myths & Legends

NZD 30.00 - 80.00 NZD 35.70
30

7 Art & Other Maori Volumes

NZD 100.00 - 200.00 NZD 142.80
31 Shortland Edward

Maori Religion and Mythology

London, Auckland 1882 NZD 60.00 - 120.00 NZD 130.90
32 Grey, Sir George,

Ko nga Mahinga A Nga Tupuna Maori, 1854 (Inscribed copy)

NZD 160.00 - 280.00 NZD 333.20
33

(-) Ko Te Tahi Wahi Te Kawenata Tawhito

NZD 100.00 - 200.00 NZD 107.10
34 Shortland Edward

Traditions And Superstitions of the New Zealanders

London 1856 NZD 100.00 - 200.00 NZD 107.10
35 Tregear Edward

The Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary

Lambton Quay, Wellington 1891 NZD 100.00 - 200.00 NZD 95.20
36

(-) Maori Carvings (By Various People)

NZD 100.00 - 200.00 NZD 178.50
37

(-) The Literature Relating To New Zealand A Bibliography

Wellington 1889 NZD 50.00 - 100.00 NZD 59.50
38 Buick T Lindsay

The Treaty Of Waiyangi, or How New Zealand Became A British Colony.

Wellington 1914 NZD 50.00 - 120.00 NZD 178.50
39

(-) Skilled Handiwork Of The Maori Being The Oldman Collection Of Maori Artifacts

Wellington 1946 NZD 100.00 - 200.00 NZD 119.00
40

5 Early Dominion Museum Bulletins

NZD 60.00 - 120.00 NZD 142.80
41 White John

The Ancient History Of The Maori (6 Vols plus rare Illustrations vol)

Wellington 1887-1891. NZD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 NZD 2,023.00
42 Taylor REV Richard

Te Ika A Maui, or New Zealand And Its Inhabitants.

London 1855 NZD 60.00 - 120.00 NZD 119.00
43 Williams Herbert W

A Dictionary of the Maori Language

Wellington 1917 NZD 50.00 - 100.00 NZD 47.60
44 Andersen Johannes

Maori Place-Names, also, Personal Names and Names of Colours, Weapons, and Natural Objects.

Memoir No 20 1942 NZD 100.00 - 200.00 NZD 95.20
45 Andersen Johannes

Maori Place-Names, also, Personal Names and Names of Colours, Weapons, and Natural Objects.

Wellington 1942 NZD 100.00 - 200.00 NZD 89.25
46 Thomson Arthur S

(Surgeon-Major 58th Regiment)The Story of New Zealand (2 Volumes)

London 1859 NZD 80.00 - 140.00 NZD 53.55
47 Bracken Thomas

Musings in Maoriland

Dunedin 1890 NZD 60.00 - 120.00 Not Sold
48

(-) Ko Te Kawenata Hou (Maori Bible)

London 1852 NZD 120.00 - 200.00 NZD 130.90
49 Mackay James

Our Dealings With Maori Lands

Auckland 1887 NZD 50.00 - 100.00 NZD 53.55
50

Kelly Leslie G (Te Putu) Tainui The Story Of Huturoa And His Descendants

NZD 100.00 - 200.00 NZD 226.10
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