Dunbar Sloane: John Anscombe Library (Part 1), 1838, Wellington

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Auction Date
December 10, 2024 - December 10, 2024
Page Size: 300 items in 12 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1 Wakefield Edward

After Fifty Years.

London 1894 AUD 60.00 - 120.00 AUD 119.00
2 Stewart William Downie

The Right Honourable Sir Francis H D Bell His Life and Times.

(Aus) Ltd 1937 AUD 60.00 - 120.00 AUD 35.70
3 Buick T Lindsay

The French At Akaroa. An Adventure In Colonization.

Wellington 1928 AUD 60.00 - 120.00 AUD 83.30
4 Rees William Lee & Lily

The Life And Times Of Sir George Grey KCB.

Auckland 1892 AUD 50.00 - 100.00 AUD 47.60
5 Von Haast Julius

Geology of the Provinces Of Canterbury And Westland New Zealand. A Report Comprising The Results Of Official Explorations.

Christchurch 1879 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 AUD 119.00
6 Earle Augustus

A Narrative of a Nine Months Residence in New Zealand in 1827. Together With A Journal Of A Residence in Tristan D'Acunha An Island Situated Between South America And The Cape Of Good Hope.

London 1832 AUD 600.00 - 1,000.00 AUD 1,428.00
7 Skey William

The Pirate Chief and The Mummy's Complaint. With Various Zealandian Poems.

Wellington ND 1889 AUD 80.00 - 160.00 AUD 53.55
8 Buick T Lindsay

An Old New Zealander. or, Te Rauparaha, The Napoleon Of The South.

London 1911 AUD 50.00 - 100.00 AUD 119.00
9 Wakefield Edward Jerningham

Adventure In New Zealand From 1839 to 1844 (2 Volumes). With Some Account Of The Beginning Of The British Colonization Of The Islands.

London 1845 AUD 400.00 - 700.00 AUD 249.90
10 Thomson, A. S.,

The Story Of New Zealand (2 Volumes). Thomson A S - The Story Of New Zealand (2 Volumes). Past And Present - Savage And Civilized,

1974 AUD 70.00 - 140.00 AUD 142.80
11 Polack J S

Manners And Customs of the New Zealanders (2 Volumes). With Notes Corroborative Of Their Habits, Usages, Etc and Remarks To Intending Emigrants With Numerous Cuts Drawn On Wood.

London first edition AUD 600.00 - 1,000.00 AUD 499.80
12 Gudgeon Thomas Wayth

The Defenders of New Zealand.

Auckland first edition AUD 100.00 - 200.00 AUD 83.30
13 Wilson John Alexander

The Story Of Te Waharoa. A Chapter in Early New Zealand History, Together With Sketches Of Ancient Maori Life And History.

Christchurch ND (1907) AUD 60.00 - 120.00 AUD 77.35
14 Cowan James

The New Zealand Wars and the pioneering period (2 Volumes).

red cloth DJ. AUD 60.00 - 120.00 AUD 154.70
15

3 New Zealand Historical Volumes. Early Walks In New Zealand Up To 1850, by Russell Duncan, compiled from travellers journals, first edition,

1918 AUD 60.00 - 120.00 AUD 95.20
16 Buller & Vogel

2 Volumes By Buller & Vogel. Anno Domini 2000: or Woman's Destiny, Colonial Edition,

London 1889 AUD 60.00 - 120.00 AUD 77.35
17 Polack J S

Manners And Customs Of The New Zealanders (2 Volumes).

1976 AUD 60.00 - 120.00 AUD 113.05
18 Scholefield Guy H (Editor)

The Richmond-Atkinson Papers (2 Volumes).

Wellington 1960 AUD 60.00 - 120.00 AUD 77.35
19

Barker. Lady, Station Life In New Zealand,

London 1883 AUD 50.00 - 100.00 AUD 35.70
20

Barker Lady - Station Life In New Zealand.

London 1871 AUD 50.00 - 100.00 AUD 47.60
21

4 Books On Colenso.

AUD 50.00 - 100.00 AUD 59.50
22 Thompson G E

Official Record of the New Zealand and South Seas International Exhibition Dunedin 1925-26.

Dunedin AUD 50.00 - 100.00 AUD 35.70
23

2 Early NZ Volumes On Recollections & Reminiscences. Recollections: Australia, England, Ireland, Scotland, New Zealand by Alfred Cox,

1884 AUD 60.00 - 120.00 AUD 53.55
24

3 Hocken Library Facsimile Books. Remarks On New Zealand In February 1846 by Robert Fitz-roy,

1969 AUD 60.00 - 120.00 AUD 77.35
25

(-) The Right Hon R J Seddon's Visit to Tonga Fiji Savage Island and the Cook Islands May 1900.

Wellington 1900 AUD 60.00 - 120.00 AUD 41.65
  • Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: ALDROVANDI, Ulisse (1522-1605) - [Opera omnia]. Bologna: Bellagamba, Benacci, Bonomi, Tebaldini, Ferroni, 1599-1668. €22.000-€28.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: [CANALETTO] - VISENTINI, Antonio (1688-1782) da Giovanni Antonio CANAL (1697-1768, detto 'Il Canaletto') - Urbis Venetiarum prospectus celebriores. Venezia: Giovanni Battista Pasquale, 1742-51. €7.000-€10.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: LA FONTAINE, Jean de (1621-1695) - Fables Choisies. Parigi: Claude Barbin, 1668. €7.000-€10.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: MERCATOR, Rumold (1545-1599) - [I continenti] - Europa; Africa; America Sive India Nova; Asia. Amsterdam: S.d. [ca. 1633]. €2.000-€3.000
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