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	Estimate	Actual Price
276	Five Various NZ Biographies	NZD 30.00 - 60.00	NZD 17.85
277	Four Various NZ Biographies	NZD 20.00 - 40.00	NZD 47.60
278	Four Various NZ Biographies	NZD 40.00 - 80.00	NZD 65.45
279	Four Various NZ Biographies	Not Available	NZD 53.55
280	Four Volumes Published by Slightly Foxed	NZD 40.00 - 80.00	NZD 11.90
281	Four Volumes Published by Slightly Foxed	NZD 40.00 - 80.00	NZD 53.55
282	Six Paperback Volumes Published by Slightly Foxed	NZD 60.00 - 120.00	NZD 101.15
283	Six Volumes Published by Slightly Foxed	NZD 60.00 - 120.00	NZD 65.45
284	Six Volumes Published by Slightly Foxed	NZD 60.00 - 120.00	NZD 35.70
285	Six Volumes Published by Slightly Foxed	NZD 60.00 - 120.00	NZD 35.70
286	Six Volumes Published by Slightly Foxed	NZD 60.00 - 120.00	NZD 71.40
287	Six Volumes Published by Slightly Foxed	NZD 60.00 - 120.00	NZD 59.50
288	Six Volumes Published by Slightly Foxed	NZD 60.00 - 120.00	NZD 71.40
289	Seven Volumes Published by Slightly Foxed	NZD 60.00 - 120.00	NZD 101.15
290	Seven Volumes Published by Slightly Foxed	NZD 60.00 - 120.00	NZD 154.70
291	Six Volumes Published by Slightly Foxed	NZD 60.00 - 120.00	NZD 142.80
291A	Seven Rosemary Sutcliff Volumes Published By Slightly Foxed	NZD 120.00 - 200.00	NZD 113.05
292	Six Editions of The Saturday Book Edited by Leonard Russell	NZD 60.00 - 120.00	Not Sold
293	Six Editions of The Saturday Book Edited by Leonard Russell	NZD 60.00 - 120.00	Not Sold
294	Four Boxed Editions of The Saturday Book Edited by Leonard Russell	NZD 60.00 - 120.00	Not Sold
295	Four Boxed Editions of The Saturday Book Edited by Leonard Russell	NZD 60.00 - 120.00	Not Sold
296	Two Boxed Editions of The Saturday Book Edited by Leonard Russell	NZD 40.00 - 80.00	NZD 23.80
297	Six Non-Fiction Volumes Relating To Greek & Roman Warfare	NZD 40.00 - 80.00	NZD 71.40
298	Six Non-Fiction Volumes Relating To Greek & Roman Civilisations	NZD 40.00 - 80.00	NZD 113.05
299	Six Non-Fiction Volumes Relating To Greek & Roman Civilisations	NZD 40.00 - 80.00	NZD 53.55

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.
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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