Dunbar Sloane: Māori & Pacific Art - Timed, 1875, Wellington

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
November 13, 2025 - November 13, 2025
Page Size: 50 items in 2 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
143

2 Volumes On Maori Myth & Folklore

NZD 60.00 - 120.00 NZD 47.60
144

4 Maori Volumes

NZD 70.00 - 140.00 NZD 53.55
145

Selection Of Books On Maori Carving Arts Etc

NZD 70.00 - 140.00 NZD 226.10
146

Selection Of Books & Booklets On Maori Carving Patu Pa Sites Etc

NZD 80.00 - 140.00 NZD 71.40
147

3 Topographical & Historical Volumes

NZD 60.00 - 120.00 NZD 190.40
148

4 Maori & Other Books

NZD 50.00 - 100.00 NZD 53.55
149

4 Modern Maori Books

NZD 80.00 - 160.00 NZD 95.20
150

3 NZ Topographical Volumes

NZD 70.00 - 140.00 NZD 35.70
151 Berentson Quinn -

Moa The Life And Death Of New Zealand's Legendary Bird

2012 NZD 100.00 - 200.00 NZD 142.80
152

3 NZ Topographical Volumes

NZD 70.00 - 140.00 NZD 65.45
153 Lindauer Gottfreid -

Pictures of Old New Zealand

Auckland 1930 NZD 70.00 - 140.00 NZD 226.10
154

6 Maori & Historical Volumes

NZD 60.00 - 120.00 NZD 130.90
155

6 Maori & Oceanic Volumes

NZD 80.00 - 160.00 NZD 119.00
156

3 Volumes On The New Zealand Police

NZD 50.00 - 100.00 NZD 11.90
157

2 Volumes By Anne Salmond

NZD 80.00 - 160.00 NZD 95.20
158 Whitmore Major-General Sir George S -

The Last Maori War In New Zealand

London 1902, NZD 70.00 - 140.00 NZD 273.70
159 Gorton Lieut-Col Edward -

Some Home Truths re The Maori War 1863 To 1869

London 1901 NZD 50.00 - 100.00 NZD 297.50
160 Gudgeon Thomas Wayth -

The Defenders of New Zealand

Auckland 1887 NZD 50.00 - 100.00 NZD 59.50
161

4 Books On The Maori Wars

NZD 80.00 - 160.00 NZD 107.10
162

4 Books On The Maori Wars

NZD 60.00 - 120.00 NZD 107.10
163

4 NZ & Maori History Books

NZD 70.00 - 140.00 NZD 130.90
164 Turner Dennis -

Tangi

1963 NZD 60.00 - 120.00 NZD 35.70
165

5 Volumes On Maori Art & Culture

NZD 70.00 - 140.00 NZD 119.00
166 Day Kelvin (Editor)

Contested Ground Te Whenua I Tohea

2010 NZD 60.00 - 120.00 NZD 89.25
167

Box of Mostly Early England Reference Volumes

Not Available Not Sold
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    Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
    Ending December 4th
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON: «The heart of the Antarctic» + SUPPLEMENT «The Antarctic Book», 1909.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.
    SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
    The Odfjell Collection
    Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
    Ending December 4th
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ELEAZAR ALBIN: «A natural History of Birds.» + «A Supplement», 1738-40. Wonderful coloured plates.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: PAUL GAIMARD: «Voyage de la Commision scientific du Nord, en Scandinavie, […]», c. 1842-46. ONLY HAND COLOURED COPY KNOWN WITH TWO ORIGINAL PAINTINGS BY BIARD.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: JAMES JOYCE: «Ulysses», 1922. FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS.
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    Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society, Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, 1997, first edition, hardback issue, inscribed by the author pre-publication. £100,000 to £150,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Autograph sketchleaf including a probable draft for the E flat Piano Quartet, K.493, 1786. £150,000 to £200,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Hooke, Robert. Micrographia: or some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies made by Magnifying Glasses. London: James Allestry for the Royal Society, 1667. $12,000 to $15,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Chappuzeau, Samuel. The history of jewels, first edition in English. London: T.N. for Hobart Kemp, 1671. $12,000 to $18,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Sowerby, James. Exotic Mineralogy, containing his most realistic mineral depictions, London: Benjamin Meredith, 1811, Arding and Merrett, 1817. $5,000 to $7,000.
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    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 156: Cornelis de Jode, Americae pars Borealis, double-page engraved map of North America, Antwerp, 1593.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 206: John and Alexander Walker, Map of the United States, London and Liverpool, 1827.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 223: Abraham Ortelius, Typus Orbis Terrarum, hand-colored double-page engraved world map, Antwerp, 1575.
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    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 233: Aaron Arrowsmith, Chart of the World, oversize engraved map on 8 sheets, London, 1790 (circa 1800).
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 239: Fielding Lucas, A General Atlas, 81 engraved maps and diagrams, Baltimore, 1823.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 240: Anthony Finley, A New American Atlas, 15 maps engraved by james hamilton young on 14 double-page sheets, Philadelphia, 1826.
    Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 263: John Bachmann, Panorama of the Seat of War, portfolio of 4 double-page chromolithographed panoramic maps, New York, 1861.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 265: Sebastian Münster, Cosmographei, Basel: Sebastian Henricpetri, 1558.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 271: Abraham Ortelius, Epitome Theatri Orteliani, Antwerp: Johann Baptist Vrients, 1601.
    Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 283: Joris van Spilbergen, Speculum Orientalis Occidentalisque Indiae, Leiden: Nicolaus van Geelkercken for Jodocus Hondius, 1619.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 285: Levinus Hulsius, Achtzehender Theil der Newen Welt, 14 engraved folding maps, Frankfurt: Johann Frederick Weiss, 1623.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 341: John James Audubon, Carolina Parrot, Plate 26, London, 1827.