Dunbar Sloane: Vintage & Crime Book Collection - Part II, 1926, Wellington

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
February 18, 2026 - February 18, 2026
Page Size: 257 items in 11 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1

Modern Rugby Football New Zealand Methods

1907 NZD 80.00 - 160.00 NZD 65.45
2

Modern Rugby Football New Zealand Methods

1907 NZD 80.00 - 160.00 NZD 53.55
3

Players & Slayers

1910 NZD 60.00 - 120.00 NZD 77.35
4

New Zealand Rugby Annual 1930

1930 NZD 30.00 - 80.00 NZD 41.65
5

New Zealand Rugby Annual 1931

1931 NZD 30.00 - 80.00 NZD 83.30
6

Four Editions of The Rugby Almanac of New Zealand

1935, 1936, 1937, 1938 NZD 40.00 - 100.00 NZD 41.65
7

Four Editions of The Rugby Almanac of New Zealand

1935, 1936, 1937, 1938 NZD 40.00 - 100.00 NZD 59.50
8

Four Editions of The Rugby Almanac of New Zealand

1940, 1941, 1944-45, 1949 NZD 40.00 - 100.00 NZD 23.80
9

Four Editions of The Rugby Almanac of New Zealand

1941, 1944-45, 1947, 1950 NZD 40.00 - 100.00 NZD 35.70
10

Four Editions of The Rugby Almanac of New Zealand

1940, 1944-45, 1948, 1949 NZD 40.00 - 100.00 NZD 23.80
11

Three Editions of The Rugby Almanac of New Zealand

1950, 1958, 1961 Not Available NZD 11.90
12

History of NZ Rugby Football Vols I & II

1948 & 1958 Not Available NZD 29.75
13

With The British Rugby Team in New Zealand 1930

1930 NZD 40.00 - 100.00 NZD 47.60
14

The Triumphant Tour of the NZ Footballers 1906

1906 NZD 120.00 - 300.00 NZD 285.60
15

With The British Rugby Team in Maoriland

PlacePrinted 1908 NZD 40.00 - 100.00 NZD 71.40
16

Read Masters- With the All Blacks In Great Britain, France, Canada & Australia 1924-5

Christchurch 1928 NZD 20.00 - 60.00 NZD 11.90
17

The Tour of the Third All Blacks

Wellington 1936 NZD 20.00 - 60.00 NZD 23.80
18

With the All Blacks in Springbokland

Wellington 1928 NZD 20.00 - 60.00 NZD 41.65
19

South Africa's Greatest Springboks

Wellington 1938 NZD 40.00 - 100.00 NZD 29.75
20

The All Blacks on Trek Again

Wellington 1950 NZD 40.00 - 100.00 NZD 29.75
21

Round The World With The All Blacks 1953-54

Wellington 1954 NZD 30.00 - 80.00 NZD 29.75
22

Five Seasons of Services Rugby 1941-1946

N/A Not Available NZD 142.80
23

Four Volumes Relating to New Zealand Rugby

N/A NZD 30.00 - 80.00 NZD 178.50
24

Four Volumes Relating to New Zealand Rugby

N/A NZD 30.00 - 80.00 NZD 130.90
25

Four Volumes Relating To New Zealand Rugby

N/A NZD 60.00 - 120.00 NZD 53.55
  • ALDE, Apr. 8: GUEVARA (ANTONIO DE). Histoire de Marc-Aurèle, Empereur Romain, vray miroir et horloge des Princes. Paris, Pierre et Galliot du Pré, frères, 1565. €3,000 to €4,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: HEURES DE LA VIERGE. Horæ in laudem beatissimæ virginis Mariæ ad usum Romanum. Paris, Charles L'Angelier, 1556. €4,000 to €5,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: MONTAIGNE (MICHEL DE). Les Essais. Édition nouvelle, trouvée après le deceds de l'autheur… Paris, Abel L'Angelier, 1595. €6,000 to €8,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: [ROJAS (FERNANDO DE)]. Celestina, tragicomedia di Calisto et Melibea, tradotta de lingua castigliana in italiano idioma… Venise, 1531. €2,000 to €3,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: CAMÕES (LUÍS DE). Os Lusiadas. Lisbonne, Pedro Crasbeeck, 1613. €2,000 to €3,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Bruxelles, Roger Velpius & Huberto Antonio, 1611. €6,000 to €8,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: LA FONTAINE (JEAN DE). Fables choisies, mises en vers. Paris, Denys Thierry et Claude Barbin, 1678-1694. €6,000 to €8,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Madrid, Joaquin Ibarra, 1780. €3,000 to €4,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: DIDEROT (DENIS) ET JEAN LE ROND D'ALEMBERT. Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers. Paris, 1751-1765. €15,000 to €20,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. LAMARTINE (Alphonse de). Les Laboureurs. Poème tiré de Jocelyn… Lyon, J. A. Henry, 1883. €8,000 to €10,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. Livre de prières tissé d'après les enluminures des manuscrits du XIVe au XVIe siècle. Lyon, [A. Roux], 1886. €5,000 to €6,000.
  • Sotheby’s
    Books, Manuscripts & Objects from Three Important Collections
    Open for Bidding 2-17 April
    Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: [Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun]. Le Roman de la Rose, [Geneva or Lyons, c.1481], first printed edition of the most important medieval French vernacular poem. £200,000 to £300,000.
    Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Castiglione. Il libro del cortegiano. [Venice], April 1528, first edition, in a magnificent binding by Jean Picard for Jean Grolier. £100,000 to £150,000.
    Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Jacobus de Cessolis. Schachzabelbuch, Strasbourg, 1483, von der Lasa copy. £50,000 to £70,000.
    Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: World Championship, 1972. A collection of 84 press photographs of the famed match between Spassky and Fischer. £2,000 to £3,000.
    Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Ben Franklin. Autograph letter signed, to Lord Shelburne, British Prime Minister, during peace negotiations, November 1782. £15,000 to £20,000.