Art + Object: Rare Books, 208, AUCKLAND

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
September 09, 2025 - September 09, 2025
Page Size: 458 items in 19 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
407 SHAW, BERNARD G.

Signed photograph taken on his visit to New Zealand in 1934

NZD 200.00 - 250.00 Not Sold
408 SPENCER, CHARLES

[2 photographs] Wahanui [Te Wahanui Reihana Te Huatare]...

NZD 100.00 - 200.00 NZD 62.00
409 BAXTER, JAMES K.

Four Days

NZD 600.00 - 800.00 NZD 1,046.00
410 BAXTER, JAMES K.

[6 titles] Autumn Testament...

NZD 60.00 - 80.00 NZD 55.00
411 BAXTER, JAMES K.

Beyond the Palisade

Christchurch 1944 NZD 80.00 - 100.00 NZD 80.00
412 BAXTER, JAMES K.

Blow Wind of Fruitfulness

Christchurch 1948 NZD 80.00 - 100.00 NZD 74.00
413 CRUMP, BARRY

[22 signed and inscribed volumes]...

NZD 300.00 - 500.00 NZD 344.00
414 HULME, KERI

[4 titles, two association copies] Strands...

1992 NZD 100.00 - 200.00 NZD 74.00
415 MANHIRE, BII [text]; DRUMMOND, ANDREW [images]

Dawn/Water

Eastbourne 1979 NZD 50.00 - 100.00 NZD 37.00
416 MANSFIELD, KATHERINE

[Association copy] The Aloe

London 1930 NZD 200.00 - 400.00 NZD 135.00
417 MULGAN, JOHN [2 titles]

Man Alone...

NZD 150.00 - 250.00 NZD 209.00
418 O'LEARY, VICTOR

Manuscript - The Four Cages of the Honest Wife

NZD 50.00 - 100.00 NZD 37.00
419 SERJEANT, ELIZABETH

Honing Sharing Stones with you

NZD 100.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
420 TUWHARE HONE

[2 titles, both inscribed] Come Rain Hail...

NZD 100.00 - 150.00 NZD 148.00
421 TUWHARE HONE [signed & inscribed]

Irises [for Joan de Arc and Vincent]

NZD 200.00 - 400.00 NZD 271.00
422 TUWHARE, HONE

Humming [for Kereihi]

NZD 200.00 - 300.00 NZD 271.00
423 TUWHARE, HONE [inscribed & signed]

[2 items] Don't go past me with your nose in the air'...

NZD 300.00 - 400.00 NZD 185.00
424 COLLIER, J. PAYNE

Annals of the Stage...

London 1831 NZD 100.00 - 200.00 NZD 86.00
425 DICKENS, CHARLES

The Fireside Dickens

NY ND [1903 - 1907] NZD 300.00 - 500.00 NZD 234.00
426 FLEMING, IAN

On Her Majesty's Service

London 1963 NZD 200.00 - 400.00 NZD 135.00
427

INTERNATIONAL LITERATURE & OTHERS Vladimir Nabokov [4x]...

NZD 100.00 - 300.00 NZD 68.00
428 JOYCE JAMES

Exiles

London 1918 NZD 250.00 - 500.00 NZD 160.00
429 JOYCE, JAMES

Finnegans Wake

London 1939 NZD 300.00 - 500.00 NZD 369.00
430 JOYCE, JAMES

Ulysses

London 1936 NZD 300.00 - 500.00 NZD 400.00
431 MOORE, THOMAS

[3 titles] The Epicurean...

London 1839 NZD 100.00 - 200.00 NZD 62.00
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