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	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
51	Andreyev Leonid	Abyss	1929	NZD 70.00 - 140.00	NZD 83.30
52	Bonaparte Napoleon	Supper at Beaucaire	1945	NZD 260.00 - 375.00	NZD 238.00
53		3 Golden Cockerel Volumes From The Berkshire Series	1926	NZD 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
54	Marston John	The Metamorphosis Of Pigmalion	1926	NZD 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
55	Rawson Geoffrey	Matthew Flinders Narrative	1946	NZD 350.00 - 500.00	NZD 249.90
56	Sparrman Anders	A Voyage Round The World With James Cook In H.M.S. Resolution	1948	NZD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	NZD 1,428.00
57	Powys Llewelyn	The Book Of Days	1937	NZD 700.00 - 1,000.00	NZD 452.20
58	Besterman Dore (Editor & Translator)	The Travels & Sufferings Of Father Jean De Brebeuf	1938	NZD 350.00 - 600.00	NZD 380.80
59	Gautier Theophile	Mademoiselle De Maupin	ND (1938)	NZD 400.00 - 600.00	NZD 452.20
60	Flaubert Gustave	Salambo	1931	NZD 140.00 - 260.00	NZD 130.90
61	Gantillon Simon	Maya	1930	NZD 80.00 - 160.00	NZD 71.40
62	Browning Robert	Pictor Ignotus Fra Lippo Lippi Andrea Del Sarto	1925	NZD 60.00 - 120.00	NZD 53.55
63	Paul Nash et al	Sermons by Artists	1934	NZD 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
64	Taylor Jeremy	A Selection From His Works	1923	NZD 80.00 - 160.00	Not Sold
65	Cibber Colley	An Apology For the Life of Colley Cibber (2 Volumes)	1925	NZD 100.00 - 200.00	NZD 154.70
66	Walters Eurof	The Serpent's Presence	1954	NZD 100.00 - 200.00	NZD 65.45
67	Bowen Elizabeth and others	Consequences A Complete Story	1932	NZD 70.00 - 140.00	NZD 89.25
68	Sandford Christopher	Pertelote A Sequel To Chanticleer	1936-1943.	NZD 100.00 - 200.00	NZD 113.05
69	Coppard A E	The Hundredth Story Of A E Coppard	1931	NZD 100.00 - 200.00	NZD 65.45
70	Miller Patrick	Woman In Detail	1947	NZD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
71	Coppard A E	Pelagea	1926	NZD 60.00 - 120.00	Not Sold
72	Fielding Henry	A Journey From This World To The Next	1930	NZD 60.00 - 120.00	NZD 59.50
73	Gibbings Robert	Iorana A Tahitian Journal	1932	NZD 60.00 - 120.00	NZD 77.35
74		Smith	1929	NZD 120.00 - 200.00	NZD 130.90
75	Coppard A E	Count Stefan	1928	NZD 80.00 - 160.00	Not Sold

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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.

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