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
351	Jardine Sir William	The Naturalist's Library (5 Volumes of 24)	Edinburgh	1834-1842	NZD 200.00 - 400.00	Unknown
352	Bolton James	Harmonia Ruralis (2 Volumes in 1) or, An Essay Towards A Natural History of British Song Birds	London	1845	NZD 1,500.00 - 3,000.00	Unknown
353	Featon Mr & Mrs E H	The Art Album of New Zealand Flora Volume I Authors Edition	Wellington; London	1889	NZD 500.00 - 800.00	Unknown
354	Featon Mr And Mrs E H	The Art Album of New Zealand Flora Being A Systematic And Popular Description Of The Native Flowering Plants Of New Zealand And The Adjacent Islands	Wellington	1889	NZD 400.00 - 700.00	Unknown
355	Greenwood James	Wild Sports of The World A Boys Book of Natural History And Adventure	London	1862	NZD 50.00 - 100.00	Unknown
356	Bury Viscount; Hillier G Lacy	Cycling The Badminton Library		1889	NZD 70.00 - 140.00	Unknown
357	Archibald Sinclair; William Henry; A. G. Steel; Hon. R. H. Lyttelton	2 Badminton Library Sporting Volumes Swimming	London	1893	NZD 60.00 - 120.00	Unknown
358	C. T. Dent; Hedley Peek	2 Badminton Library Volumes Mountaineering		1892; 1896	NZD 60.00 - 120.00	Unknown
359	P. F. Warner; C. J. Longman; Col. H Walrond	2 Badminton Library Sporting Volumes Cricket A New Edition	London	1920; 1894	NZD 50.00 - 100.00	Unknown
360	Shearman Montague	Athletics and Football The Badminton Library		1894	NZD 50.00 - 100.00	Unknown
361	Earl Of Suffolk And Berkshire; W. G. Craven; Arthur Coventry; Alfred E. T. Watson; Captain Robert Weir; J. Moray Brown	2 Badminton Library Equestrian Related Volumes Racing And Steeple-Chasing, Racing by the Earl Of Suffolk And Berkshire and Mr W. G. Craven, Steeple-Chasing by Arthur Coventry and Alfred E. T. Watson	London	1886; 1891	NZD 60.00 - 120.00	Unknown
362	A. Wallis Myers; A. P. F. Chapman; Sydney Spencer	3 Lonsdale Library Sporting Volumes Lawn Tennis Its Principles & Practice, A Player's guide to modern methods by A. Wallis Myers, The Lonsdale Library Volume V		1930; ND; ND	NZD 60.00 - 120.00	Unknown
363	Bocourt; Couverchel; Decamps; A Deroy; Durand-Brager; Godefroy-Durand; Gustave Dore; Gustave Janet; Lix; Marcelin; De Montaut; E Morin; Riou; Rouargue; Therond; Thorigny; Charles Yriarte	Album-Evenement 300 Dessins by Bocourt, Couverchel, Decamps, A Deroy, Durand-Brager, Godefroy-Durand, Gustave Dore, Gustave Janet, Lix, Marcelin, De Montaut, E Morin, Riou, Rouargue, Therond, Thorigny, Charles Yriarte	Paris	N/A	NZD 100.00 - 200.00	Unknown
364	Murray-Oliver Anthony	Captain Cook's Artists In The Pacific 1769-1779 Avon Fine Prints Ltd, Christchurch,1969, limited edition number 1716 of 2000	Christchurch	1969	NZD 100.00 - 200.00	Unknown
365	Ross Frederick; A. F. Lydon	The Ruined Abbey's of Britain Illustrated With Coloured Plates And Wood Engravings By A. F. Lydon. William Mackenzie, London	London	ND (C1870)	NZD 80.00 - 140.00	Unknown
366	Haghe Louis	Haghe's Sketches In Belgium Germany Etc Henry Graves, London, Second Series, 1845, elephant folio, lithographic plates by Day & Haghe	London	1845	NZD 100.00 - 200.00	Unknown
367	Harding J D	Elementary Art or The Use Of The Lead Pencil Advocated And Explained. A New Edition, Charles Tilt, London, 1838	London	1838	NZD 70.00 - 140.00	Unknown
368	Taylor E Mervyn	Engravings On Wood The Mermaid Press, Wellington, first edition, 1957	Wellington	1957	NZD 140.00 - 280.00	Unknown
369		Finely Bound Copies Of The Sphere & Illustrated London News 1911 Coronation Issues		1911	NZD 300.00 - 500.00	Unknown
370		Fine Leather Bound Copy of Her Majesty's Glorious Jubilee 1897 The Record Number of a Record Reign, Published by The Proprietors of The Illustrated London News		1897	NZD 100.00 - 200.00	Unknown
371		The Ceremonies To Be Observed At The Royal Coronation Of Her Most Sacred Majesty Queen Victoria In The Abbey Church of Westminster, On Thursday The Twenty-Eighth Day Of June MDCCCXXXIII, folio, printed by Samuel Bentley, London	London	1833	NZD 200.00 - 350.00	Unknown
372		2 Royal Related Copies Of The Illustrated London News the first, Her Majesty's Glorious Jubilee 1897, the other Geo V Coronation Number 1911		1897; 1911	NZD 60.00 - 120.00	Unknown
373	John Dower; E. Weller	John Dower, New Zealand Middle & South Islands, Circa 1863 hand coloured lithographic map by E. Weller, from Cassells Weekly Dispatch Atlas		c. 1863	NZD 100.00 - 200.00	Unknown
374		18th Century Chart of Cook's Strait hand coloured copper engraved map, published by Alexander Hogg, London, c1780	London	c. 1780	NZD 200.00 - 400.00	Unknown
375	Topham	Italy Divided into its Kingdoms States etc hand coloured copper engraved map, c1809		c. 1809	NZD 100.00 - 200.00	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.