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
26	Wells H G	The Country Of The Blind 1939		1939	NZD 600.00 - 800.00	NZD 452.20
27	Jowett Benjamin (Trans)	The Phaedo Of Plato		1930	NZD 100.00 - 200.00	NZD 83.30
28	De Chair Somerset	The Silver Crescent		1943	NZD 100.00 - 200.00	NZD 89.25
29	Lucas F L	Gilgamesh King Of Erech		1948	NZD 100.00 - 200.00	NZD 273.70
30	Sandford Christopher	Chanticleer A Bibliography Of The Golden Cockerel Press			NZD 240.00 - 375.00	NZD 107.10
31	Sandford Christopher & Rutter Owen	Pertelote A Sequel To Chanticleer		1943	NZD 50.00 - 100.00	NZD 47.60
32	Chambers David & Sandford Christopher	Cock-A-Hoop		1949-1961	NZD 50.00 - 100.00	NZD 47.60
33	Sandford Christopher	Cockalorum		1943-1948	NZD 60.00 - 120.00	NZD 53.55
34	Mathers E Powys	Red Wise		1926	NZD 120.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
35	Empson Patience (Editor)	The Wood Engravings Of Robert Gibbings	London	1959	NZD 100.00 - 200.00	NZD 71.40
36	Johnson Ben	A Croppe Of Kisses		1937	NZD 500.00 - 800.00	NZD 952.00
37	Swinburne Algernon Charles	Lucretia Borgia		1942	NZD 750.00 - 1,200.00	NZD 1,071.00
38	Swinburne Algernon Charles	Hymn To Prosperine		1944	NZD 240.00 - 375.00	NZD 357.00
39	Powys Theodore Francis	Goat Green or The Better Gift		1937	NZD 200.00 - 300.00	NZD 178.50
40	Williams Gwyn (Trans)	Against Women		1953	NZD 200.00 - 300.00	NZD 476.00
41	Cynwal William	In Defence Of Woman			NZD 100.00 - 200.00	NZD 238.00
42	Swift Rev Jonathan	Directions to Servants		1925	NZD 80.00 - 160.00	NZD 71.40
43	Coppard A E	Count Stefan		1928	NZD 60.00 - 120.00	Not Sold
44	Toussaint Franz (Trans)	The Garden Of Caresses		1934	NZD 140.00 - 280.00	NZD 89.25
45	Tellier Jules	Abd-Er-Rhaman In Paradise		1928	NZD 200.00 - 350.00	Not Sold
46	Suckling John	A Ballad Upon A Wedding		1927	NZD 200.00 - 350.00	NZD 142.80
47		2 Golden Cockerel Volumes		1921	NZD 60.00 - 120.00	Not Sold
48	Curle Richard (Ed)	W H Hudsons Letters To R B Cunninghame Graham		1941	NZD 60.00 - 120.00	NZD 95.20
49		Coppard, A. E, Clorinda Walks In Heaven		1922	NZD 50.00 - 100.00	Not Sold
50	Villiers David	A Winter Firework		1937	NZD 500.00 - 700.00	Not Sold

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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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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.

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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.

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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.