Dunbar Sloane: Collectables & Estate Auction, 1894, Wellington

Auction Details

Auction Date: September 16, 2025 - September 16, 2025

Page Size: 115 items in 5 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Estimate	Actual Price
368		Box of Assorted Ornithological Reference Books	Not Available	NZD 11.90
369		Box of Assorted Books incl NZ Forestry Reference	Not Available	NZD 29.75
370		Box of Assorted Books	Not Available	NZD 249.90
371		Box of Assorted Books	Not Available	NZD 11.90
372		Box of Assorted Books	Not Available	Not Sold
373		Box of Assorted Books	Not Available	NZD 11.90
374		Box of Assorted Books	Not Available	NZD 11.90
375		Box of Assorted Books	Not Available	NZD 11.90
376		Box of Assorted Books	Not Available	NZD 11.90
377	Jane Austen	Folio Society Jane Austen Boxed Set	Not Available	NZD 95.20
378		The Book of a Thousand Nights & One Night Volumes 1 to 4 Boxed Set	Not Available	NZD 53.55
379	T.E. Lawrence	Seven Pillars of Wisdom by T.E. Lawrence & Three Assorted Expedition References	Not Available	NZD 59.50
380		Eagles Hawks & Falcons of the World Volumes 1 & 2	Not Available	NZD 59.50
381		Handbook of the Birds of the World Volumes 1 & 2	Not Available	NZD 59.50
397		Mediterranean Seaside Print	Not Available	Not Sold
399	Sadao Watanabe	Sadao Watanabe - Fier Path Limited Edition 1/50	Not Available	NZD 261.80
409		Signed Loma - "Kitten & Kitten" - Ltd Edition 18/75	Not Available	NZD 41.65
410	Raymond Boyce	Raymond Boyce - "The Spanish Dance from the Nutcracker" - Watercolour (Unframed)	Not Available	NZD 130.90
411		Indistinctly Signed - Ltd Edition Print	Not Available	NZD 41.65
418	K. Smith	K. Smith - "Tinakori Road" - Ltd Ed Print 1/100	Not Available	NZD 53.55
420		Four Assorted Train Theme Prints	Not Available	NZD 65.45
439	Malcom Warr	"Pukekos Waikanae Estuary" - Ltd Ed Print 20/99	Not Available	NZD 101.15
443		Three Framed Prints	Not Available	NZD 35.70
444	Ereol V. Burridge -	"The Old White Hart" - Signed Etching	Not Available	NZD 35.70
445	After Samuel Prout -	South Entrance to Cathedral of Rouen - Coloured Engraving	Not Available	NZD 59.50

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
Sotheby’s
Book Week
December 9-17, 2025

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Francesco Colonna. Hypnerotomachie, Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Nausea. De principiis dialectices Gorgias, and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Billon. Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur, Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000.

Sotheby’s
Book Week
December 9-17, 2025

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of Sense and Sensibility, the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.
Heritage Auctions
Rare Books Signature Auction
December 15, 2025

Heritage, Dec. 15: John Donne. Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death. London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.

Heritage, Dec. 15: F. Scott Fitzgerald. Tender is the Night. A Romance.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Bram Stoker. Dracula. Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Jerry Thomas. How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…
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