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
301	Wade-Gery H T	Terpsichore & Other poems The Golden Cockerel Press		1921	NZD 50.00 - 100.00	Unknown
302	Macleod Fiona	Pharais T. N. Foulis, Edinburgh	Edinburgh	1907	NZD 80.00 - 140.00	Unknown
303	Mahy Margaret; Jill McDonald	A Lion in the meadow stories by Margaret Mahy, pictures by Jill McDonald		1965	NZD 60.00 - 120.00	Unknown
304	Smith Wilbur A	When the Lion Feeds Heinemann, London	London	1964	NZD 200.00 - 300.00	Unknown
305	Frame Janet	The Lagoon and other stories The Caxton Press, Christchurch	Christchurch	1951	NZD 750.00 - 1,000.00	Unknown
306	Gibbon Charles	The Casquet Of Literature (6 Volumes in 3) Blackie & Son, London	London	ND	NZD 60.00 - 120.00	Unknown
307	Dickens Charles	A Christmas Carol Being A Ghost Story of Christmas, Chapman & Hall, London	London	1843	NZD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00	Unknown
308	Fitzgerald F Scott	The Great Gatsby The Grey Walls Press		1949	NZD 600.00 - 900.00	Unknown
309	Austen Jane; Chris Hammond	Pride and Prejudice A Novel illustrated by Chris Hammond	London	ND (c1900-1910)	NZD 600.00 - 900.00	Unknown
310	Orwell George	Nineteen Eighty-Four Secker & Warburg, London	London	1949	NZD 700.00 - 1,000.00	Unknown
311	Sayers Dorothy L	The Unpleasantness of the Bellona Club Ernest Benn Limited, London	London	1928	NZD 500.00 - 1,000.00	Unknown
312	Potter Beatrix	The Tale Of Two Bad Mice Frederick Warne & Co, London And New York	London; New York	1907	NZD 50.00 - 100.00	Unknown
313	Potter Beatrix	The Tale Of Jemima Puddle-Duck Frederick Warne & Co, London And New York	London; New York	1908	NZD 100.00 - 200.00	Unknown
314	Potter Beatrix	The Tale Of Timmy Tiptoes Frederick Warne & Co, London And New York	London; New York	1911	NZD 200.00 - 350.00	Unknown
315	Potter Beatrix	The Tale Of Peter Rabbit Frederick Warne & Co, London And New York	London; New York	ND	NZD 50.00 - 100.00	Unknown
316	Potter Beatrix	The Tale Of Squirrel Nutkin Frederick Warne & Co, London And New York	London; New York	ND	NZD 50.00 - 100.00	Unknown
317	Prescott William Hickling	History of the Conquest of Peru (2 Volumes) Harper and Bros, New York	New York	1847	NZD 50.00 - 100.00	Unknown
318	Froude James Anthony	Thomas Carlyle (2 Volumes) A History Of The First Forty Years Of His Life 1795-1835	London	1882	NZD 60.00 - 120.00	Unknown
319	Tyndale William; N. Hardy Wallis	The New Testament A Reprint of the 1534 with the Translator's Prefaces & Notes	Cambridge	1939	NZD 300.00 - 500.00	Unknown
320	Wall Arnold; Valerie Gould	Themes And Variations Whitcombe and Tombs, London	London	1937	NZD 100.00 - 200.00	Unknown
321	Charles Dickens; S. L. Fildes	The Mystery of Edwin Drood With Twelve Illustrations By S. L. Fildes	London	1870	NZD 50.00 - 100.00	Unknown
322	Samuel Taylor Coleridge; Willy Pogany	The Rime of the Ancient Mariner In Seven Parts, Presented by Willy Pogany	London	ND (1910)	NZD 100.00 - 200.00	Unknown
323	Charles Hindley	The Old Book Collector's Miscellany (2 Vols in 1)	London	1871/72	NZD 100.00 - 200.00	Unknown
324	Lord Francis Hervey	Corolla Sancti Eadmundi The Garland Of Saint Edmund The Martyr	London	1907	NZD 50.00 - 100.00	Unknown
325	Dante Alighieri; Gustave Dore	The Vision of Purgatory and Paradise Illustrated With The Sixty Designs Of Gustave Dore	London	1893	NZD 60.00 - 120.00	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.