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
26	T. D. Taylor; J. Henderson	5 Vintage NZ Historical Pamphlets		1940; 1933; 1937; 1922; 1891	NZD 50.00 - 100.00	Unknown
27	Joseph Campbell; P. G. Morgan; James Mackintosh Bell; Arthur Jarman	6 Early Booklets On The NZ Goldfields & Mining		1896; 1902; c1906; c1903; c1910; 1911	NZD 100.00 - 200.00	Unknown
28	H. B. Morton	A Collection Of 10 Vintage NZ Historical Pamphlets		1887; 1842; 1842; 1873; 1893; 1834; 1890; 1920; 1913	NZD 200.00 - 350.00	Unknown
29	Leys Thomson W	A Weird Region New Zealand Lakes, Terraces, Geysers, and Volcanoes	Auckland	1905	NZD 100.00 - 200.00	Unknown
30	Ng James	Windows On A Chinese Past (4 Volumes)		1993; 1995; 1999; 1993	NZD 300.00 - 450.00	Unknown
31	Beaglehole J C	The New Zealand Scholar	Eastbourne	1982	NZD 300.00 - 450.00	Unknown
32	Edward Jerningham Wakefield; W. H. Oliver; W. P. Morrell; D. O. W. Hall; Edward Ward; J. B. Condliffe; Lipson; Joan Stevens; John Miller	8 Various NZ Historical Volumes		N/A	NZD 80.00 - 160.00	Unknown
33	J. F. H. Wohlers; Octavius Hadfield; John A Lee; F. L. W. Wood; R. M. Burdon; J. C. Beaglehole; A. G. Butchers; Harold Miller	10 Various NZ Historical & Biographical Volumes		N/A	NZD 80.00 - 160.00	Unknown
34		Carton Of NZ Historical & Literary Volumes		N/A	NZD 50.00 - 100.00	Unknown
35		Collection Of Department Of Lands And Surveys NZ Annual Reports		1900-1929	NZD 50.00 - 100.00	Unknown
36	George Dobson Valentine	3 x 19th Century George Dobson Valentine Albumen Prints Of Mt Tarawera & Rotorua		1880s	NZD 750.00 - 1,200.00	Unknown
37		Scenes from New Zealand		N/A	NZD 240.00 - 400.00	Unknown
38	W. B. (William Baulke); A. T. Ngata; Alexander McCrae; Frederick Revans Chapman; Johannes C Andersen	3 Maori Related Volumes	Wellington	1905; 1959; 1928	NZD 100.00 - 200.00	Unknown
39	Atkinson A S	Notes on The Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary of Mr E Tregear	Nelson	1893	NZD 100.00 - 200.00	Unknown
40	Stafford D M	Te Arawa A History of the Arawa People	Wellington	1967	NZD 100.00 - 200.00	Unknown
41	Grace John Te H	Tuwharetoa The History of the Maori People of the Taupo District	Wellington	1959	NZD 140.00 - 280.00	Unknown
42	Mitira Tiaki Hikawera ( J H Mitchell)	Mitira Tiaki Hikawera ( J H Mitchell) Takitimu	Wellington	1944	NZD 160.00 - 280.00	Unknown
43	Barbage S Barton	Hauhauism An Episode in the Maori Wars 1863-1866		1937	NZD 100.00 - 200.00	Unknown
44	Kirkham Francis W	Lessons for Beginners in the Maori Language also Exercises and Vocabulary	Auckland	1917	NZD 50.00 - 100.00	Unknown
45	Grey Sir George	Ko Nga Waiata Maori He Mea Kohikohi Mai	Cape Of Good Hope	1857	NZD 500.00 - 1,000.00	Unknown
46	Best Elsdon	The Maori Vol I	Wellington	1924	NZD 60.00 - 120.00	Unknown
47	W. D. Webster	Illustrated Catalogue of Ethnographical Specimens European and Eastern Arms and Armour Prehistoric and other Curiosities	Bicester	1899	NZD 500.00 - 1,000.00	Unknown
48	Simmons D R	Catalogue Of Maori Artefacts In The Museum Of Canada And The United States Of America Bulletin of the Auckland Institute And Museum Number 12	Auckland, New Zealand	1982	NZD 100.00 - 200.00	Unknown
49	Cowan James	Pictures of Old New Zealand The Partridge Collection of Maori Paintings by Gottfried Lindauer	Auckland	1930	NZD 140.00 - 260.00	Unknown
50	Robley Major-General	Moko or Maori Tattooing With 180 Illustrations From Drawings By The Author And From Photographs	London	1896	NZD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00	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.