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
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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