Dunbar Sloane: Collectables and Estate Auction, 1930, Wellington

Auction Details

Auction Date: March 10, 2026 - March 10, 2026

Page Size: 122 items in 5 pages

Auction Lot Books
Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
230	Webbs	Webbs - Bank of New Zealand Art Collection	N/A	Not Available	NZD 36.00
231		Cylopedia of New Zealand - Volume One	N/A	Not Available	NZD 132.00
232		Buckingham Palace - The Interiors together with Windsor Castle	N/A	Not Available	NZD 180.00
233		Three Royalty Reference Books	N/A	Not Available	NZD 18.00
234		Three Royalty Architectural Volumes	N/A	Not Available	NZD 90.00
235		Four Assorted Royalty Reference Volumes/Biographies	N/A	Not Available	Not Sold
236		Whites Aviation - Classic New Zealand Aerial Photography	N/A	Not Available	NZD 102.00
237	Anna Reynolds	Style & Society - Dressing the Georgians by Anna Reynolds	N/A	Not Available	NZD 180.00
238	Hugh Roberts	The Queen's Diamonds by Hugh Roberts	N/A	Not Available	NZD 204.00
239		Two Assorted Queen Mother Reference Volumes	N/A	Not Available	Not Sold
240	Michael S. Smith	Designing History by Michael S. Smith	N/A	Not Available	NZD 54.00
241	Richard S. Hill & Stephen Loveridge	Secret History - Richard S. Hill & Stephen Loveridge together with Three Other NZ Reference	N/A	Not Available	NZD 30.00
242		Two Royal Visit Arrangement Itineraries together with Other	N/A	Not Available	NZD 132.00
243		Three Assorted Queen Elizabeth Reference Volumes	N/A	Not Available	Not Sold
244		The Frick Collection Portfolio of Paintings etc	N/A	Not Available	NZD 90.00
245		Quantity of Assorted Vintage Floral Arrangement Instructional Magazines	N/A	Not Available	NZD 54.00
247		Encyclopedia of New Zealand - Volume One to Three together with Others	N/A	Not Available	NZD 30.00
254		Various Volumes of The Armchair Detective	N/A	Not Available	NZD 24.00
259		Punch Library Volumes One to Twenty Five (1-25)	N/A	Not Available	NZD 18.00
261		The Dictionary of NZ Biography - Volumes One to Five (1-5) & Others	N/A	Not Available	NZD 66.00
273		Box Quantity of Assorted History Today Magazines etc	N/A	Not Available	NZD 12.00
284		Small Quantity of Elton John's 2006 Wellington Concert Ephemera	N/A	Not Available	NZD 66.00
667A		Felicity Ann Nettles - Untitled - Ltd Ed Print	N/A	Not Available	NZD 12.00
669	Laurence Leitch	Laurence Leitch - "The Day's First Light" - Ltd Ed Print	N/A	Not Available	NZD 30.00
670	Don Gee	Don Gee - "Full Moon Over Kapiti" - Ltd Ed Print	N/A	Not Available	NZD 66.00

Heritage, May 13: Isaac Asimov. I, Robot. The dedication copy, inscribed to John W. Campbell, Jr.

Heritage, May 13: Aldous Huxley. Brave New World. A fine copy, in a brilliant dust jacket.

Heritage, May 13: Ray Bradbury. Fahrenheit 451. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author.

Heritage, May 13: Robert A. Heinlein. Stranger in a Strange Land. A fine copy, signed by the author.

Heritage, May 13: Jules Verne. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas. Exceedingly rare true first American edition, first issue.
Bonhams, May 5 and Apr. 27 – May 6: 1481 ❧ THE FIRST VIEW OF VENICE. ROLEWINCK, WERNER. 1425-1502. $8,000 - $12,000.

Bonhams, May 5 and Apr. 27 – May 6: 1496 ❧ GREEK INCUNABLE. MANUTIUS, ALDUS. 1449-1515. $15,000 - $25,000

Bonhams, May 5 and Apr. 27 – May 6: 1544 ❧ THE SQUARING OF THE CIRCLE. FINÉ, ORONCE. 1494-1555. $4,000 - $6,000

Bonhams, May 5 and Apr. 27 – May 6: 1544 ❧ ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL SCIENTIFIC BOOKS OF THE RENAISSANCE. $12,000 - $18,000

Bonhams, May 5 and Apr. 27 – May 6: 1544 ❧ RENAISSANCE CYPHERS AND REBUSES. PALATINO, GIOVANNI BATTISTA. 1515-1575. $3,000 - $5,000

Bonhams, May 5 and Apr. 27 – May 6: 1588 ❧ "ONE OF THE MOST ELEGANTLY PRODUCED OF ALL TECHNOLOGICAL TREATISES." $15,000 - $25,000

Bonhams, May 5 and Apr. 27 – May 6: 1618 ❧ THREE DUTCH EMBLEM BOOKS BY DANIEL HEINSIUS BOUND IN ONE. $5,000 - $8,000

Bonhams, May 5 and Apr. 27 – May 6: 1710 ❧ A BEAUTIFULLY COLORED "PRINT BIBLE". BASNAGE, JAKOB. 1653-1723. $12,000 - $18,000

Bonhams, May 5 and Apr. 27 – May 6: 1818 ❧ EARLY COLOR LITHOGRAPHY. BARTH, JOHANN AUGUST. 1765-1818. $8,000 - $12,000

Bonhams, May 5 and Apr. 27 – May 6: 1896 ❧ KELMSCOTT CHAUCER: THE FINEST BOOK SINCE THE GUTENBERG BIBLE. $60,000 - $90,000

Bonhams, May 5 and Apr. 27 – May 6: 1903 ❧ DOVES PRESS MAGNUM OPUS: THE DOVES BIBLE. $10,000 - $15,000

Bonhams, May 5 and Apr. 27 – May 6: 1680 ❧ FREIBERG FÊTE BOOKS FROM THE GOURARY COLLECTION. $1,000 - $1,500
Gros & Delettrez, May 5: APRÈS de MANNEVILLETTE, Jean-Baptiste d’- Le Neptune Oriental.

Gros & Delettrez, May 5: DELISLE, Guillaume – Atlas françois,1725.

Gros & Delettrez, May 5: HONTER. SOPHOCLE - Recueil composite réunissant deux ouvrages.

Gros & Delettrez, May 5: PHÉROTÉE DE LA CROIX, A. - Algemeene weereld-beschryving.

Gros & Delettrez, May 5: LA PÉROUSE, Jean-François de Galaup de - Voyage autour du monde.

Gros & Delettrez, May 5: BLAEU, Guillaume & Jean -Septième volume de la Géographie Blaviane.

Gros & Delettrez, May 5: TATIKIAN, Boğos - Figures et costumes du Levant.

Gros & Delettrez, May 5: GIRAULT DE PRANGEY, Joseph-Philibert -Monument arabes et moresques de Cordoue, Séville et Grenade.

Gros & Delettrez, May 5: CHAMPOLLION le jeune. Monuments de l’Egypte et de la Nubie.

Gros & Delettrez, May 5: CASSAS, Louis-François. - Voyage pittoresque de la Syrie, de la Phénicie, de la Palestine et de la Basse Egypte.

Gros & Delettrez, May 5: SONNERAT, Pierre. Voyage aux Indes orientales et à la Chine.

Gros & Delettrez, May 5: GARNIER, Francis. Voyage d'exploration en Indo-Chine.

Gros & Delettrez, May 5: SUBERBIE, Alix (E. SMITH). Dessins et aquarelles de Madagascar.

Gros & Delettrez, May 5: BYRON -Viage del comandante Byron.