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
126

Five Assorted Captain W E Johns Biggles Volumes

NZD 40.00 - 80.00 NZD 47.60
127

Six Assorted Captain W E Johns Biggles Volumes

NZD 60.00 - 120.00 NZD 107.10
128

Four Captain W E Johns Biggles Volumes

NZD 40.00 - 80.00 NZD 29.75
129

Two Captain W E Johns Biggles Comics

NZD 60.00 - 120.00 NZD 35.70
130

Four Captain W E Johns Gimlet Volumes

NZD 60.00 - 120.00 NZD 202.30
131

Four Captain W E Johns Gimlet Volumes

NZD 60.00 - 120.00 NZD 142.80
132

Six Assorted Captain W E Johns Gimlet Volumes

NZD 60.00 - 120.00 NZD 41.65
133

Five Captain W E Johns Novels

NZD 80.00 - 160.00 NZD 261.80
134

Five Captain W E Johns Novels

NZD 80.00 - 160.00 NZD 53.55
135

Three Modern Captain W E Johns Anthologies

NZD 60.00 - 120.00 NZD 35.70
136

Ten Assorted Vintage & Modern Captain W E Johns Biggles Volumes

NZD 40.00 - 80.00 NZD 1,428.00
137

Five Vintage Champion Annuals For Boys

NZD 40.00 - 80.00 NZD 23.80
138

Four Vintage Champion Annuals For Boys & Collins Boys Annual

NZD 40.00 - 80.00 NZD 23.80
139

Four Vintage Lion Annuals & One Tiger Annual

NZD 40.00 - 80.00 NZD 23.80
140

Five Vintage Daily Mail Annuals & One BBC Childrens Annual

NZD 40.00 - 80.00 Not Sold
141

Six Assorted Vintage Children's Annuals

NZD 40.00 - 80.00 Not Sold
142

Six Assorted Vintage Children's Anthologies

NZD 40.00 - 80.00 NZD 23.80
143

P D James - Six Large Format Paperbacks

Not Available NZD 23.80
144

P D James - Six Hardback Editions

Not Available NZD 59.50
145

P D James - Seven Assorted Paperback Editions

Not Available NZD 23.80
146

P D James - Five Assorted Novels & Autobiography

Not Available NZD 23.80
147

David Roberts - Nine Assorted Novels

Not Available NZD 23.80
148

Le Carre John - The Spy Who Came In From The Cold

NZD 240.00 - 500.00 NZD 309.40
149

Le Carre John - The Looking - Glass War

NZD 60.00 - 120.00 NZD 41.65
150

Le Carre John - The Mission Song - Boxed

NZD 40.00 - 80.00 NZD 29.75
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    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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