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
151	Six John Le Carre Hardback Volumes	Not Available	NZD 47.60
152	Six John Le Carre Paperback Volumes	Not Available	NZD 47.60
153	Six John Le Carre Hardback Volumes	Not Available	NZD 29.75
154	Six John Le Carre Hardback Volumes	Not Available	NZD 83.30
155	Six John Le Carre Paperback Volumes	Not Available	NZD 29.75
156	Six Non-Fiction Volumes Relating To John Le Carre	NZD 30.00 - 60.00	NZD 17.85
157	Box of 31 Assorted "Classic Thrillers" Paperback Editions	Not Available	NZD 35.70
158	Box of 16 Assorted British Library Paperback Editions	Not Available	NZD 59.50
159	Four British Mysteries Volumes Edited By Maxim Jakubowski	Not Available	NZD 23.80
160	Six Real Crime & Crime Related Volumes	Not Available	Not Sold
161	Seven Volumes Relating To Crime Writing & Pulp Fiction	Not Available	NZD 95.20
162	Twelve Hardback Crime Writing Anthologies	Not Available	NZD 11.90
163	Eleven Hardback Crime Writing Anthologies	Not Available	NZD 17.85
164	Fifteen Paperback Crime Writing Anthologies	Not Available	NZD 17.85
165	Box of Fifteen Assorted Crime Novels	Not Available	NZD 35.70
166	Box of Assorted Non-Fiction Crime Writing Books	Not Available	NZD 53.55
167	Box of Assorted Crime Fiction & Non-Fiction Crime Writing Books	Not Available	NZD 53.55
168	Box of Assorted Non-Fiction Crime Writing Books	Not Available	NZD 41.65
169	Box of Assorted Vintage Crime Fiction	NZD 20.00 - 60.00	NZD 59.50
170	Box of Assorted Crime Fiction & Non-Fiction Crime Writing Books	NZD 20.00 - 40.00	Not Sold
171	Box of Assorted Crime Fiction	NZD 20.00 - 60.00	NZD 17.85
172	Box of Assorted Gollancz Crime Fiction	NZD 20.00 - 60.00	NZD 23.80
173	Box of Assorted Gollancz Crime Fiction	NZD 20.00 - 60.00	NZD 41.65
174	Box of Assorted Gollancz Crime Fiction	NZD 20.00 - 60.00	NZD 11.90
175	Box of Assorted Gollancz Crime Fiction	NZD 20.00 - 60.00	NZD 11.90

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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