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
101	Phibbs Richard (Trans)	The White Llama		1938	NZD 70.00 - 140.00	Not Sold
102		2 Golden Cockerel Volumes		1922	NZD 60.00 - 120.00	Not Sold
103	(-)	Chanticleer A Bibliography Of The Golden Cockerel Press			NZD 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
104	Wade-Gery H T	Terpsichore & Other poems		1921	NZD 60.00 - 120.00	Not Sold
105		Collection Of Golden Cockerel Press Related Ephemera		for 1934, 1937, 1944	NZD 100.00 - 200.00	NZD 89.25
106	De Bourdeille Pierre	The Lives Of Gallant Ladies (2 Vols)		1924	NZD 100.00 - 200.00	NZD 89.25
107	Peake Mervyn	Letters From A Lost Uncle		1948	NZD 50.00 - 100.00	NZD 59.50
108	Housman Laurence	Stories from The Arabian Nights		1911	NZD 60.00 - 120.00	NZD 77.35
109	Peele Cecily	The Encyclopedia Of British Bogies		ND (1939)	NZD 50.00 - 100.00	NZD 166.60
110		3 Classic Poetical/Illustrated Volumes		ND (c1909).	NZD 80.00 - 140.00	NZD 166.60
111	Walton Izaak	The Compleat Angler		1931	NZD 70.00 - 140.00	NZD 166.60
112	Watkins-Pitchford D (BB)	BB's Fairy Book Meeting Hill		1948	NZD 100.00 - 200.00	NZD 89.25
113	Barrie J M	Quality Street a Comedy in four acts		1901	NZD 100.00 - 200.00	NZD 53.55
114	Dulac Edmund	Edmund Dulac's Picture-Book For The French Red Cross	London,	ND	NZD 50.00 - 100.00	NZD 65.45
115	Wiseman Hilda	Minna Mantis Gives A Party			NZD 160.00 - 300.00	NZD 273.70
116	Fouque De La Motte & Courtney W L	Undine	London	1911	NZD 140.00 - 280.00	NZD 190.40
117	Wilde Oscar	A House Of Pomegranates	London	1915	NZD 100.00 - 200.00	NZD 285.60
118	Goldsmith Oliver	The Vicar Of Wakefield	London	1929	NZD 240.00 - 375.00	NZD 142.80
119	Rabelais	The Heroic Deeds Of Gargantua And Pantagruel (2 Volumes)	Sydney	1952	NZD 500.00 - 1,000.00	NZD 321.30
120	Potter Beatrix	The Tale Of Two Bad Mice	London And New York	dated 1907	NZD 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
121	Potter Beatrix	The Tale Of Mr Tod	London And New York	dated 1912	NZD 50.00 - 100.00	NZD 65.45
122	Potter Beatrix	The Tale Of Jemima Puddle-Duck	London And New York	dated 1908	NZD 200.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
123	Potter Beatrix	The Tale Of Timmy Tiptoes	London And New York	1911	NZD 400.00 - 600.00	Not Sold
124	Potter Beatrix	The Tale Of Peter Rabbit	London And New York	ND	NZD 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
125	Potter Beatrix	The Tale Of Squirrel Nutkin	London And New York	ND	NZD 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold

Heritage Auctions
Rare Books Signature Auction
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.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000.

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.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
Sotheby’s
Book Week
December 9-17, 2025

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.

Sotheby’s
Book Week
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.