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
201 Campbell Alistair Te Ariki

Death and the Tagua

Wellington 1995 NZD 100.00 - 200.00 NZD 285.60
202 Paterson Alistair & Dalgarno Roy

Incantations For Warriors

Auckland 1987 NZD 100.00 - 200.00 NZD 53.55
203 Curnow Allen

The Scrap-Book

Wellington 1996 NZD 100.00 - 140.00 NZD 154.70
204 Beebe Channing

Cannibals And Big Game

1917-1921 NZD 160.00 - 280.00 NZD 380.80
205 Price John Edward

On A Bastion Of London Wall

London 1880 NZD 60.00 - 120.00 NZD 53.55
206 A Naval Officer (Alfred Thornton)

The Adventures of A Post Captain

Cheapside, London, ND (1817) NZD 350.00 - 500.00 NZD 321.30
207 Chalmers Thomas

Sermons Preached On Public Occasions

Glasgow 1823 NZD 50.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
208 Thomson James

The Seasons

London 1778 NZD 50.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
209 Mudie Robert

The Feathered Tribes Of The British Islands (2 Volumes)

London 1834 NZD 100.00 - 200.00 NZD 190.40
210 Caldecott

R Caldecott's First Collection Of Pictures And Songs

London, ND NZD 50.00 - 100.00 NZD 47.60
211 Blunden Edmund

English Poems

Thavies Inn 1925 NZD 70.00 - 140.00 NZD 47.60
212 Maugham W Somerset

Liza Of Lambeth

London 1947 NZD 100.00 - 200.00 NZD 89.25
213 Sackville-West V

The Garden

London 1946 NZD 400.00 - 600.00 NZD 773.50
214 Lawrence D G

Love Poems And Others

New York 1915 NZD 300.00 - 450.00 Not Sold
215 Weber Max

Cubist Poems

London 1914 NZD 100.00 - 200.00 NZD 65.45
216 Masefield John

The Dream

ND (1922) NZD 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
217 Thomas Dylan

The Map Of Love

London 1939 NZD 50.00 - 100.00 NZD 119.00
218 Gibbings Robert

Coming Down The Seine

1953 NZD 160.00 - 280.00 NZD 142.80
219

4 Volumes By Robert Gibbings

1955 NZD 100.00 - 200.00 NZD 101.15
220 Tolkien J R R

The Lord Of The Rings Trilogy

London 1954 NZD 2,000.00 - 3,500.00 NZD 3,808.00
221 Sitwell Osbert

Left Hand Right Hand The Autobiography Of Osbert Sitwell (4 vols of 5)

1945 NZD 100.00 - 200.00 NZD 89.25
222 Peake Mervyn

Titus Alone

London 1959 NZD 100.00 - 200.00 NZD 178.50
223 Peake Mervyn

Gormenghast

London 1950 NZD 80.00 - 140.00 NZD 190.40
224 Ould Charles

Eve and Lilith

Geneva 1942 NZD 100.00 - 200.00 NZD 238.00
225 An Old Boy (Thomas Hughes)

Tom Brown's School Days

London 1890 NZD 60.00 - 120.00 Not Sold
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