Dunbar Sloane: The Tony Arthur Library, 1901, Wellington

Auction Details

Auction Report
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
251 Dickens Charles

The Life And Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby

1870 NZD 160.00 - 280.00 NZD 178.50
252 Dickens Charles

The Mystery of Edwin Drood

1870 NZD 100.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
253 Ashton-Warner Sylvia

Incense To Idols

1960 NZD 200.00 - 350.00 Not Sold
254 Huxley Aldous

Eyeless In Gaza

1936 NZD 100.00 - 150.00 NZD 166.60
255 Prescott William Hickling

History of the Conquest of Peru (2 Volumes)

1847 NZD 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
256 Niebuhr B G

The History & Lectures On The History Of Rome (Composed 6 Volume Set)

1842 NZD 200.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
257 John Rapkin (after)

Mid 19th Century Hand Coloured Map Of New Zealand

NZD 200.00 - 500.00 NZD 380.80
258

C17th Robert Morden Map of Leicester Shire

NZD 100.00 - 200.00 NZD 71.40
259 Charles Heaphy (after)

A View Of Part Of The Town Of Wellington

c1841 NZD 300.00 - 500.00 NZD 714.00
260 After William Hodges

Famille Dans La Baye Dusky (Obscure)

De La Nouvelle Zealande c1770s NZD 100.00 - 200.00 NZD 89.25
261 After William Hodges

Trombes De Mer Aupres De La Nouvelle Zelande

c1778 NZD 100.00 - 200.00 NZD 154.70
262 After William Hodges

Le Poe De La Nouvelle Zelande

1780 NZD 100.00 - 200.00 NZD 154.70
263 After William Hodges

Woman Of Sta Christina

1777 NZD 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
264

After William Hodges

1777 NZD 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
265

3 18th Century Portrait Engravings After William Hidges

NZD 120.00 - 240.00 Not Sold
266

2 Small 18th Century Maps

NZD 100.00 - 200.00 NZD 89.25
267

Two 1753 Maps By Bellin

NZD 140.00 - 280.00 NZD 952.00
268 Buffon

Carte des deux Regions Polaires 1853

NZD 200.00 - 300.00 NZD 178.50
269 Chamouin

Oceanique 1812

NZD 100.00 - 200.00 NZD 119.00
270 P F B Poirson

Iles Brittanique 1809

NZD 50.00 - 100.00 NZD 47.60
271 Pierre Tardieu

Carte De L'Oceanie contenant L'Australie La Polnesie et Les Asiatiques 1842

NZD 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
272 Jules Sebastien Cesar Dumont D'Urville

Carte de la Nouvelle Zelande 1846

1835, 1846 NZD 140.00 - 280.00 NZD 773.50
273 John Thomson

New Holland and Asiatic Isles 1814

NZD 600.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
274

6 Large French Maps By F A Garnier 1860

NZD 500.00 - 1,000.00 Not Sold
275 3 Various Maps

2 Oceanie & La France

NZD 160.00 - 280.00 NZD 107.10
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