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
326	George Orwell	Nineteen Eighty-Four A Novel	London	1949	NZD 400.00 - 650.00	Unknown
327	W H Helm	Vigee-Lebrun 1755-1842 Her Life, Works and friendships.	London	ND	NZD 60.00 - 120.00	Unknown
328	Jonathan Swift	Gulliver's Travels Into Several Remote Nations Of The World.	London	1864	NZD 70.00 - 140.00	Unknown
329	John Milton; Sir Egerton Brydges	The Poetical Works of John Milton edited by Sir Egerton Brydges	London	1862	NZD 70.00 - 140.00	Unknown
330	Mrs Fenwick; Sir Thomas Malory; John Ashton; Marcia R Pointon	4 Various Literary Volumes	London	1813; c1900; 1887; 1970	NZD 100.00 - 200.00	Unknown
331		3 Early Penrose Annuals		1902-3; 1904-5; 1912-13	NZD 80.00 - 160.00	Unknown
332	Charlotte Bronte; Emily Bronte; Anne Bronte; Patrick Bronte	The Works Of Charlotte Emily & Anne Bronte (12 Volumes)	London	1893	NZD 200.00 - 400.00	Unknown
333	Alan Mulgan; James K. Baxter; Katherine Mansfield; Allen Curnow; Janet Frame; David McKee Wright; Robert Solway	7 NZ Literary Volumes		1927; 1967; 1948; 1978; 1951; 1983; 1945	NZD 100.00 - 200.00	Unknown
334	James K Baxter	In Times of Trouble among Nations (Baxter's last published poem)		1972	NZD 5,000.00 - 7,500.00	Unknown
335	Gustave Dore	The Holy Bible Containing The Old And New Testaments, With Illustrations By Gustave Dore	London	ND	NZD 100.00 - 200.00	Unknown
336	Frank Herbert	analog Science Fact-Science Fiction (8 original copies of the magazine 1963-65)		1963-65	NZD 400.00 - 800.00	Unknown
337	A. L. Dyke; J. W. Barritt	Dyke's Automobile and Gasoline Engine Encyclopedia by A. L. Dyke, Twentieth Edition	Chicago	1943	NZD 50.00 - 100.00	Unknown
338	Denis Glover; Edward Lear; Bill Pearson; Russell Clark	4 NZ & Other Literary Volumes	London	1971; ND (1894); 1963; 1981	NZD 50.00 - 100.00	Unknown
339	Robert Gibbings; A. Mary Kirkus	6 Books By Robert Gibbings		1932; 1958; 1949; 1962; 1946; 1948	NZD 100.00 - 200.00	Unknown
340	Augustine Birrell	Boswell's Life Of Johnson (6 Volumes)	London	1906	NZD 60.00 - 120.00	Unknown
341	Clarke Samuel	Odyssea Graece et Latine Homer's Odyssey in Greek and Latin	Edinburgh	1846	NZD 180.00 - 300.00	Unknown
342	Harrison Gessner	A Treatise on the Greek Prepositions And On The Cases Of Nouns With Which These Are Used	Philadelphia	1858	NZD 120.00 - 200.00	Unknown
343	Heyne C G	Homeri Illias 2 Volumes Homer's Illiad	Oxford	1821	NZD 180.00 - 300.00	Unknown
344	Gregory Brian; Richard McWhannell; Tara McLeod	In Winter Vineyards Woodcuts by Richard McWhannell	Auckland	1999	NZD 140.00 - 280.00	Unknown
345	Wright Lewis	The Practical Poultry Keeper With Eight Coloured Plates And Other Illustrations	London	ND (1905)	NZD 100.00 - 200.00	Unknown
346	Cheeseman T. F.	Manual of the New Zealand Flora	Wellington	1906	NZD 80.00 - 140.00	Unknown
347	Kirk Thomas	The Students Flora Of New Zealand and The Outlying Islands	Wellington	ND (1899)	NZD 70.00 - 140.00	Unknown
348	Professor Sollas; Alexander McKay	The Rocks Of Cape Colville Peninsula Auckland New Zealand (2 Volumes)	Wellington	1905	NZD 100.00 - 200.00	Unknown
349	Bettany G T	The World's Inhabitants or, Mankind, Animals, And Plants	London	ND (c1888-1890)	NZD 100.00 - 200.00	Unknown
350	Sir G. Fenwick; James Speden; David Tannock; Laing and Blackwell	3 New Zealand Natural History Volumes	Dunedin; Auckland	ND; 1957	NZD 80.00 - 140.00	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.