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
176	Bullen A H (Editor)	Anacreon	London	1893	NZD 50.00 - 100.00	NZD 107.10
177	Homer	Homer's Hymns To Aphrodite		1928	NZD 100.00 - 200.00	NZD 95.20
178	Reed Henry	Lessons Of The War	New York	1970	NZD 70.00 - 140.00	Not Sold
179	Sabin Arthur K	The Death Of Icarus		1915	NZD 80.00 - 160.00	NZD 71.40
180	Simpson Tony	A Cargo Of Flax	Wellington	1991	NZD 140.00 - 280.00	NZD 297.50
181	Male John	Poems From A War		1989	NZD 140.00 - 260.00	NZD 297.50
182	Armstrong Martin	Saint Hercules And Other Stories	London	1927	NZD 140.00 - 280.00	NZD 77.35
183	Shewring W H	Hermia And Some Other Poems	Ditchling	1930	NZD 200.00 - 300.00	NZD 178.50
184	Pepler Mark	The Hand Press	Sussex, England	1952	NZD 100.00 - 200.00	NZD 65.45
185	Bourdillon F W (Trans)	Aucassin & Nicolette		1947	NZD 60.00 - 120.00	Not Sold
186	Sitwell Edith	The Shadow Of Cain	London	1947	NZD 100.00 - 200.00	NZD 65.45
187	Butler Samuel	Erewhon	Montgomeryshire	1932	NZD 100.00 - 200.00	NZD 499.80
188	Hume Frances (trans)	The Story Of The Circle Of Chalk	London,	ND (1954)	NZD 50.00 - 100.00	Not Sold
189	Mansfield Edgar	On Creation	Eastbourne	1981	NZD 100.00 - 200.00	NZD 452.20
190	Wilde Oscar	Salome	London	1930	NZD 140.00 - 260.00	NZD 1,428.00
191	Poe Edgar Allan	Tales Of Mystery And Imagination	Christchurch	1972	NZD 140.00 - 280.00	NZD 154.70
192	Loney Alan	Swell	Wellington	1987	NZD 70.00 - 140.00	NZD 238.00
193	Pushkin Alexander	The Golden Cockerel	New York	1950	NZD 100.00 - 200.00	NZD 714.00
194		3 Volumes From The Wai-te-ata Press Wellington		1979	NZD 80.00 - 160.00	NZD 101.15
195	Whitfield Christopher	The Village And Other Poems	Chipping Camden	1928	NZD 50.00 - 100.00	Not Sold
196	Kershaw Alister	Adrian Lawlor A Memoir	Francestown	1981	NZD 50.00 - 100.00	Not Sold
197	Marlowe Christopher	The Life And Death Of Tamburlaine The Great	London	1930	NZD 140.00 - 280.00	NZD 89.25
198	Boccaccio Giovanni	The Decameron (2 Volumes)	London,	ND	NZD 60.00 - 120.00	NZD 107.10
199	Cave Roderick	The Private Press		1983	NZD 50.00 - 100.00	NZD 130.90
200	Various	24 Booklets From The Ariel Poems Series	Plaistow		NZD 100.00 - 200.00	NZD 452.20

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.

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Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000.

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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.

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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.

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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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