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
126	Wood George H	Twenty Woodcuts		1927	NZD 70.00 - 140.00	NZD 77.35
127		Baxter, George, The Pictorial Album or Cabinet Of Paintings For The Year 1837	London,		NZD 300.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
128	Taylor E Mervyn	Engravings On Wood	Wellington	1957	NZD 100.00 - 200.00	NZD 226.10
129	Taylor E Mervyn	A Book Of Wood Engravings		1946	NZD 300.00 - 500.00	NZD 452.20
130	Buckland Wright Christopher (Ed)	The Engravings Of John Buckland Wright		1990	NZD 120.00 - 200.00	NZD 249.90
131	Barnett P Neville	Hiroshige	Sydney	1938	NZD 600.00 - 1,000.00	NZD 833.00
132	Bensemann Leo	Fantastica Thirteen Drawings		1997	NZD 100.00 - 200.00	NZD 190.40
133	Prout Samuel	Prout's Microcosm	London	1884	NZD 200.00 - 350.00	Not Sold
134	Sutton W S	The Scott Memorial Windows Christchurch Cathedral	Christchurch	1983	NZD 100.00 - 200.00	NZD 89.25
135	Whistler Laurence	Oho Certain Two-Faced Individuals		1946	NZD 60.00 - 120.00	Not Sold
136	Buckland-Wright John	Baigneuses	Denby Dale	1995	NZD 700.00 - 1,000.00	NZD 452.20
137	Morison Stanley (Intro)	On Type Faces	London	1923	NZD 100.00 - 200.00	NZD 53.55
138	Binyon Laurence	The Poems Of Nizami	London	1928	NZD 50.00 - 100.00	Not Sold
139	Prout Samuel	Facsimiles of Sketches Made in Flanders and Germany		ND (c1833)	NZD 100.00 - 200.00	NZD 178.50
140		8 Art & Book Illustration Related Volumes	Pinner	1991	NZD 100.00 - 200.00	NZD 65.45
141	Leys Thomson W	Early History of New Zealand	Auckland	1890	NZD 100.00 - 200.00	NZD 178.50
142	Taylor Rev richard	Te Ika A Maui	London	1855	NZD 100.00 - 200.00	NZD 380.80
143	Kingsford Charles Lethbridge	The Story of the Royal Warwickshire Regiment		1921	NZD 60.00 - 120.00	NZD 53.55
144	Mackenzie Mrs Peter	Pioneers of Martins Bay		1947	NZD 60.00 - 120.00	NZD 65.45
145	Hall T D H	Captain Joseph Nias and The Treaty Of Waitangi A Vindication	Wellington	1938	NZD 80.00 - 140.00	NZD 130.90
146	Buller Walter L	Manual Of The Birds Of New Zealand	Wellington	1882	NZD 300.00 - 450.00	NZD 380.80
147	Scott Captain R F	Scott's Last Expedition (2 Volumes)	London	1914	NZD 200.00 - 350.00	NZD 238.00
148	Rutherford Ernest	Association Copy	Cambridge	1891 & 1892	NZD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00	NZD 2,380.00
149		3 NZ Historical Volumes		1924	NZD 100.00 - 200.00	NZD 89.25
150	Acland L G D	The Early Canterbury Runs	Auckland	1950	NZD 70.00 - 120.00	NZD 65.45

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