Dunbar Sloane: Vintage & Crime Book Collection, 1914, Wellington

Auction Details

Auction Date: December 04, 2025 - December 04, 2025

Page Size: 372 items in 15 pages

Lot Number	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
1	Folio Society Boxed Set of Four Agatha Christie Miss Marple Novels			NZD 300.00 - 500.00	NZD 654.50
2	Six Agatha Christie Facsimile Editions			Not Available	NZD 95.20
3	Six Agatha Christie Facsimile Editions			Not Available	NZD 95.20
4	Six Agatha Christie Facsimile Editions			Not Available	NZD 95.20
5	Six Agatha Christie Facsimile Editions			Not Available	NZD 107.10
6	Six Agatha Christie Facsimile Editions			Not Available	NZD 101.15
7	Six Agatha Christie Facsimile Editions			Not Available	NZD 89.25
8	Six Agatha Christie Facsimile Editions			Not Available	NZD 101.15
9	Six Agatha Christie Facsimile Editions			Not Available	NZD 113.05
10	Six Agatha Christie Facsimile Editions			Not Available	NZD 89.25
11	Six Agatha Christie Facsimile Editions			Not Available	NZD 95.20
12	Six Agatha Christie Facsimile Editions			Not Available	NZD 113.05
13	Six Agatha Christie Facsimile Editions			Not Available	NZD 95.20
14	Six Agatha Christie Facsimile Editions			Not Available	NZD 166.60
15	Seven Agatha Christie Facsimile Editions			Not Available	NZD 130.90
16	Christie Agatha Murder On The Orient Express First Edition	London		NZD 5,000.00 - 8,000.00	NZD 1,785.00
17	Christie Agatha The Clocks First Edition			NZD 200.00 - 400.00	NZD 119.00
18	Christie Agatha A Pocket Full Of Rye First Edition			NZD 400.00 - 800.00	NZD 238.00
19	Christie Agatha Hercule Poirot's Christmas First Edition	London		NZD 200.00 - 400.00	NZD 238.00
20	Christie Agatha Ordeal By Innocence First Edition			NZD 80.00 - 160.00	NZD 95.20
21	Christie Agatha Cat Among the Pigeons First Edition			NZD 200.00 - 400.00	NZD 119.00
22	Christie Agatha The Big Four First Edition			NZD 400.00 - 800.00	NZD 238.00
23	Christie Agatha They Came To Baghdad First Edition			NZD 120.00 - 300.00	NZD 77.35
24	Christie Agatha Sparkling Cyanide First Edition	London	1945	NZD 60.00 - 120.00	NZD 142.80
25	Christie Agatha The Crooked House First Edition			NZD 100.00 - 200.00	NZD 83.30

Heritage Auctions
Rare Books Signature Auction
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.

Heritage, Dec. 15: F. Scott Fitzgerald. Tender is the Night. A Romance.

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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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.
Sotheby’s
Book Week
December 9-17, 2025

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Francesco Colonna. Hypnerotomachie, Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000.

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.

Sotheby’s
Book Week
December 9-17, 2025

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.