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
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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