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
151		James K Baxter, In Times of Trouble among Nations (Baxter's last published poem)			NZD 7,500.00 - 10,000.00	Not Sold
152	James K Baxter	An Interesting Group Of 5 Hand Written Letters To Thelma Clairmont (Circa early 1970s)			NZD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00	Not Sold
153	Potter James John	Diary of a Voyage Gravesend to Auckland by clipper 1879	Robinsons Bay, Akaroa,	2003	NZD 100.00 - 200.00	NZD 53.55
154		2 Volumes On Canterbury & Otago	Christchurch,	ND	NZD 60.00 - 120.00	NZD 77.35
155		New Zealand Poetry Volume 8 1932-33		1933	NZD 300.00 - 450.00	NZD 357.00
156	Curnow Allen	Enemies poems 1934-36		1937	NZD 200.00 - 350.00	Not Sold
157	(-)	Ko Te Pukapuka O Nga Inoinga	(London)	1859	NZD 100.00 - 200.00	NZD 190.40
158	(-)	Book 1941-1946	Christchurch		NZD 400.00 - 600.00	Not Sold
159	Wall Arnold	Themes And Variations	London	1937	NZD 200.00 - 350.00	Not Sold
160	(-)	Aurora Australis	Auckland	1988	NZD 700.00 - 1,000.00	NZD 1,071.00
161	Featon Mr & Mrs E H	The Art Album of New Zealand Flora Volume I	Wellington	1889	NZD 200.00 - 350.00	NZD 595.00
162		Large Late 19th Century Part Album "Photographs of New Zealand"			NZD 500.00 - 1,000.00	NZD 773.50
163	Beaglehole J C	The New Zealand Scholar	Eastbourne	1982	NZD 200.00 - 350.00	NZD 476.00
164	Morris William	A Note By William Morris On His Aims In Founding The Kelmscott Press			NZD 60.00 - 120.00	NZD 261.80
165	Garnett Richard	The Twilight Of The Gods And Other Tales	London	1924	NZD 60.00 - 120.00	NZD 107.10
166	Hadfield John (Editor)	Restoration Love Songs		1950	NZD 140.00 - 280.00	NZD 71.40
167	Sandford Christopher	Immortality And Other Poems	London	1933	NZD 50.00 - 100.00	Not Sold
168	(-)	The Wentworth Indenture	Christchurch	1979	NZD 50.00 - 100.00	Not Sold
169	Hazlitt William	Character of John Bull		1978	NZD 50.00 - 100.00	NZD 47.60
170	Coppard A E	The Man From Kilsheelan		1930	NZD 50.00 - 100.00	Not Sold
171	Hearn Lafcadio	Japanese Fairy Tales	Mount Vernon	1926	NZD 60.00 - 120.00	NZD 53.55
172	Grant Douglas (Editor)	Phanseys of William Cavendish Marquis Of Newcastle		1956	NZD 70.00 - 140.00	NZD 89.25
173	Lindsay Jack (Trans)	The Complete Poems Of Gaius Catullus		ND (1929)	NZD 120.00 - 240.00	Not Sold
174	Dumas Alexandre	Captain Marion	Christchurch	1949	NZD 60.00 - 120.00	NZD 53.55
175	Ashbee C R	The Kings Of Min Zaman		1938	NZD 60.00 - 120.00	Not Sold

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.
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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.

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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.
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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.

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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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