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
76 Braby Dorothea

The Ninety-First Psalm

1944 NZD 100.00 - 200.00 NZD 65.45
77 Coppard A E

Adam & Eve & Pinch Me

1921 NZD 200.00 - 350.00 NZD 130.90
78 Calderon V G

The Lottery Ticket

1945 NZD 60.00 - 120.00 Not Sold
79

2 Golden Cockerel Volumes

1939 NZD 80.00 - 160.00 NZD 71.40
80 Buckland Wright John

Cockerel Cavalcade

1988 NZD 80.00 - 140.00 Not Sold
81 Rutter Joan

Here's Flowers

1917 NZD 60.00 - 120.00 NZD 53.55
82 Apuleius Lucius

Cupid & Psyches

1934 NZD 400.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
83

2 Golden Cockerel Press Volumes by Havelock Ellis

1925 NZD 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
84 Walpole Hugh

The Apple Trees Four Reminiscences

1933 NZD 300.00 - 450.00 Not Sold
85 Stewart Cecil

Topiary An Historical Diversion

1959 NZD 80.00 - 160.00 NZD 714.00
86 Swinburne Algernon Charles

Pasipahe

1950 NZD 200.00 - 350.00 NZD 285.60
87 Grammont Sieur De

Heartsease And Honesty

1935 NZD 80.00 - 140.00 NZD 101.15
88 Miller Patrick

Ana The Runner

1937 NZD 60.00 - 120.00 NZD 71.40
89 Mathers E Powys

A Circle of the Seasons

1929 NZD 60.00 - 120.00 Not Sold
90 Lord Dunsany

Lord Adrian A Play In Three Acts

1933 NZD 400.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
91 Whitfield Christopher

Mr Chambers And Persephone

1937 NZD 140.00 - 280.00 NZD 95.20
92 Rutter Owen

We Happy Few An Anthology

1946 NZD 70.00 - 140.00 NZD 65.45
93 Lucas F L

Hero & Leander

1949 NZD 300.00 - 450.00 NZD 178.50
94 Johnson Samuel

The New London Letter Writer

1948 NZD 80.00 - 140.00 NZD 71.40
95

2 Golden Cockerel Press Volumes

1930 NZD 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
96

2 Small Golden Cockerel Volumes

1922 NZD 70.00 - 140.00 Not Sold
97 Spenser Edmund

The Wedding Songs of Edmund Spenser

1923 NZD 60.00 - 120.00 NZD 65.45
98 Jones Glyn

The Saga Of Llywarch The Old

1955 NZD 400.00 - 600.00 NZD 892.50
99 Sterne Laurence

A Sentimental Journey Through France And Italy

1928 NZD 100.00 - 200.00 NZD 89.25
100 Cave Roderick & Manson Sarah

A History of The Golden Cockerel Press 1920-1960

1988 NZD 100.00 - 200.00 NZD 107.10
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