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

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
December 04, 2025 - December 04, 2025
Page Size: 372 items in 15 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
325

Six Hardback Editions of Shakespeare's Plays

NZD 40.00 - 80.00 NZD 154.70
326

Five Non-Fiction Volumes Relating To Shakespeare

NZD 40.00 - 80.00 NZD 23.80
327

Five Non-Fiction Volumes Relating To Shakespeare

NZD 30.00 - 60.00 Not Sold
328

Nine Volumes Relating To Shakespeare

NZD 30.00 - 60.00 Not Sold
329

Six Volumes Relating To Shakespeare

NZD 30.00 - 60.00 Not Sold
330

Eleven Volumes of NZ Poetry & Related

NZD 30.00 - 60.00 NZD 65.45
331

Ten Volumes of Poetry & Related

NZD 30.00 - 60.00 Not Sold
332

Eleven Volumes of Poetry & Related

NZD 30.00 - 60.00 NZD 11.90
333

Ten Volumes of Poetry & Related

NZD 30.00 - 60.00 Not Sold
334

12 Volumes of Poetry Incl Pam Ayres

NZD 30.00 - 60.00 NZD 29.75
335

The Complete Works of Philip Larkin

NZD 30.00 - 60.00 NZD 83.30
336

Four Volumes of The Strand Magazine

NZD 40.00 - 80.00 NZD 23.80
337

Three Volumes of The Strand Magazine

NZD 40.00 - 80.00 Not Sold
338

Box Assorted Editons of The Book Collector 1952- 1966

NZD 60.00 - 120.00 NZD 35.70
339

Box Assorted Editons of The Book Collector 1967 - 1975

NZD 60.00 - 120.00 NZD 35.70
340

Slightly Foxed - The Real Reader's Quarterly No 1 - 20

NZD 30.00 - 60.00 NZD 29.75
341

Slightly Foxed - The Real Reader's Quarterly No 21 - 40

NZD 30.00 - 60.00 NZD 65.45
342

Slightly Foxed - The Real Reader's Quarterly No 41 - 60

NZD 30.00 - 60.00 NZD 41.65
343

Slightly Foxed - The Real Reader's Quarterly No 61 - 82

NZD 30.00 - 60.00 NZD 29.75
344

Two Copies of NZ Literature Authors' Week 1936 Incl Plates

NZD 40.00 - 80.00 NZD 11.90
345

Box lot NZ Literary Publications Incl Landfall & Islands

NZD 40.00 - 80.00 Not Sold
346

Two Boxes Ellery Queens Mystery Magazine & Others

NZD 20.00 - 60.00 NZD 11.90
347

George R R Martins A Game Of Thrones Graphic Novels 1- 4

NZD 20.00 - 60.00 NZD 71.40
348

Six Graphic Novels - The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen

NZD 20.00 - 60.00 NZD 77.35
349

Four Graphic Novels - The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen

NZD 20.00 - 60.00 NZD 101.15
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