Dunbar Sloane: Rare Books, 1917, Wellington

Auction Details

Auction Date: April 09, 2026 - April 09, 2026

Page Size: 401 items in 17 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
276	Paul Nash; David Low; Robert Gibbings; Eric Kennington; Leon Underwood; Stanley Spencer; Edmund Sullivan; Roger Fry; Will Dyson; Percy Smith	Sermons by Artists		1934	NZD 50.00 - 100.00	Unknown
277	Mathers E Powys; Robert Gibbings	A Circle of the Seasons A Translation of the Ritu-Samhara of Kalidasa		1929	NZD 50.00 - 100.00	Unknown
278	Lord Dunsany; Robert Gibbings	Lord Adrian A Play In Three Acts Engravings By Robert Gibbings		1933	NZD 200.00 - 300.00	Unknown
279		Chanticleer A Bibliography Of The Golden Cockerel Press 1936 April 1921, 1936 August		1936	NZD 50.00 - 100.00	Unknown
280	Earle John; Gwendolen Murphy	Micro-cosmographie Or A Piece Of The World Discovered In Essayes And Characters		1928	NZD 50.00 - 100.00	Unknown
281	John Buckland Wright	Cockerel Cavalcade John Buckland Wright's Devices Engraved In Wood 1938-1945	London	1988	NZD 50.00 - 100.00	Unknown
282	V G Calderon; Richard Phibbs; Dorothea Braby	The Lottery Ticket done into English by Richard Phibbs with engravings by Dorothea Braby		1945	NZD 50.00 - 100.00	Unknown
283	A E Coppard	Count Stefan		1928	NZD 50.00 - 100.00	Unknown
284	A E Coppard	Pelagea		1926	NZD 50.00 - 100.00	Unknown
285	Jack Lindsay; Lionel Ellis	The Complete Poems Of Gaius Catullus with decorations engraved on wood by Lionel Ellis	London	ND (1929)	NZD 50.00 - 100.00	Unknown
286	Frances Hume; John Buckland-Wright	The Story Of The Circle Of Chalk with illustrations by John Buckland-Wright	London	ND (1954)	NZD 50.00 - 100.00	Unknown
287	Peter Quennell	Masques & Poems		1922	NZD 50.00 - 100.00	Unknown
288	A E Coppard	Hips & Haws (Poems)		1927	NZD 50.00 - 100.00	Unknown
289	Richard Phibbs; V. G. Calderon; Clifford Webb	The White Llama Being La Venganza Del Condor Of V. G. Calderon, Engravings By Clifford Webb		1938	NZD 50.00 - 100.00	Unknown
290	Martin Armstrong	2 Golden Cockerel Volumes The Puppet Show By Martin Armstrong, 1922, together with The White Llama, (softcover copy, 1938)		1922; 1938	NZD 50.00 - 100.00	Unknown
291	Jeremy Taylor; Martin Armstrong	A Selection From His Works Made By Martin Armstrong		1923	NZD 50.00 - 100.00	Unknown
292	Hugh Walpole; Lynton Lamb	The Apple Trees Four Reminiscences with wood-engravings by Lynton Lamb		1933	NZD 120.00 - 240.00	Unknown
293	Havelock Ellis	2 Golden Cockerel Press Volumes by Havelock Ellis Sonnets with Folk Songs from the Spanish by Havelock Ellis, 1925, and Kanga Creek An Australian Idyll, 1922		1925; 1922	NZD 50.00 - 100.00	Unknown
294	Lucius Apuleius; Lettice Sandford	Cupid & Psyches The Most Pleasant & Delectable Tale Of Their Marriage, Engravings By Lettice Sandford		1934	NZD 200.00 - 300.00	Unknown
295	Hester Sainsbury; Martin Armstrong	2 Golden Cockerel Press Volumes Lucina Sine Concubitu: A Letter Humbly Address'd To The Royal Society, With 3 Engravings On Copper By Hester Sainsbury, 1930, and The Puppet Show by Martin Armstrong, 1922		1930; 1922	NZD 70.00 - 140.00	Unknown
296	Richard Hughes; Pamela Bianco; Alexander Pushkin; Robert Gibbings	Gipsy-Night and Other Poems by Richard Hughes, With a lithograph by Pamela Bianco, 1922, and The Tale Of The Golden Cockerel by Alexander Pushkin, engravings by Robert Gibbings, 1936		1922; 1936	NZD 50.00 - 100.00	Unknown
297	Edward Sharpham; Lodowick Carlell	3 Golden Cockerel Volumes From The Berkshire Series Cupids Whirligig by Edward Sharpham, 1926, and, The Tragedy Of Osmond The Great Turk or the Noble Servant (1657) by Lodowick Carlell, 1926, and The Fool Would Be A Favourite: or The Discreet Lover (1657)		1926	NZD 50.00 - 100.00	Unknown
298	J. D. Beresford; Havelock Ellis	2 Golden Cockerel Volumes Signs & Wonders by J. D. Beresford. 1921. Kanga Creek An Australian Idyll By Havelock Ellis, 1922		1921; 1922	NZD 50.00 - 100.00	Unknown
299	A E Coppard	Clorinda Walks In Heaven		1922	NZD 50.00 - 100.00	Unknown
300	David Villiers; Osbert Lancaster	A Winter Firework with decorations by Osbert Lancaster		1937	NZD 200.00 - 300.00	Unknown

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.