Dunbar Sloane: The Tony Arthur Library, 1901, Wellington

Auction Details

Auction Date: November 26, 2025 - November 26, 2025

Page Size: 301 items in 13 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
226	Lytton Edward Bulwer	The Last Days Of Pompeii			NZD 50.00 - 100.00	NZD 47.60
227	Douglas Norman	In The Beginning		1927	NZD 60.00 - 120.00	Not Sold
228	Tolkien J R R	Farmer Giles Of Ham		1957	NZD 60.00 - 120.00	NZD 154.70
229	Rudyard Kipling	A H Wheeler's Indian Railway Library Books Series No 1 & 2		1891	NZD 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
230	Lawlor Pat	The Mystery Of Maata		1946	NZD 60.00 - 120.00	NZD 89.25
231		Ruskin, John, Arrows Of The Chace (2 Volumes)		1840-1880.	NZD 60.00 - 120.00	Not Sold
232	Masefield John	Sard Harker A Novel		1924	NZD 60.00 - 120.00	Not Sold
233	(-)	The Travels and Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen		ND (c1900)	NZD 50.00 - 100.00	NZD 130.90
234	Miller Henry	Tropic of Cancer		1963	NZD 50.00 - 100.00	NZD 65.45
235	Orwell George	Nineteen Eighty-Four		1949	NZD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	Not Sold
236	Boz (Charles Dickens)	The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club (20 Vols, 1931/32)		1931/32	NZD 200.00 - 350.00	NZD 178.50
237	Ruskin John Collingwood W G	The Poems of John Ruskin (2 Volumes)		1891	NZD 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
238	Homer	The Oddyssey		1974	NZD 80.00 - 160.00	NZD 261.80
239	Lawrence T E	Seven Pillars Of Wisdom & 3 Other Volumes		1935	NZD 80.00 - 160.00	NZD 249.90
240	Le Carre John	Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy		1974	NZD 60.00 - 120.00	NZD 101.15
241		A Small Group Of Books Including Several Literary Classics		1929	NZD 100.00 - 200.00	NZD 95.20
242		Small Box Of Assorted Literary Volumes		1927	NZD 100.00 - 200.00	NZD 202.30
243		Box Of Assorted Poetical Literary Volumes			NZD 100.00 - 200.00	NZD 101.15
244		Novels Of The Bronte Sisters (12 Volume Thornton Set)		1924	NZD 240.00 - 375.00	NZD 226.10
245	Various	Rare & Complete 13 Volume Set Of The Yellow Book		1894-1897	NZD 2,000.00 - 3,500.00	NZD 892.50
246	Pendennis Arthur	The Newcomes (2 Volumes)		1854	NZD 50.00 - 100.00	Not Sold
247	Tolkien J R R	Lord Of The Rings Trilogy		1968	NZD 280.00 - 375.00	Not Sold
248	Harrison Gessner	A Treatise on the Greek Prepositions		1858	NZD 180.00 - 280.00	Not Sold
249	Clarke Samuel (Editor)	Homer: Odyssea Graece et Latine		1846	NZD 260.00 - 375.00	Not Sold
250	Heyne C G (Editor)	Homeri Illias	2 Volumes	1821	NZD 260.00 - 375.00	Not Sold

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.

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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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