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
51	Robley Major-General	Moko; or Maori Tattooing With 180 Illustrations From Drawings By The Author And From Photographs		1969	NZD 200.00 - 400.00	Unknown
52	Elsdon Best	2 Elsdon Best Dominion Museum Monographs No 3, The Astronomical Knowledge Of The Maori, 1922. No 5, Polynesian Voyagers, The Maori as a Deep-sea Navigator, Explorer and Colonizer, 1923		1922; 1923	NZD 50.00 - 100.00	Unknown
53	White John	Illustrations Prepared For White's Ancient History of The Maori	Wellington	1897	NZD 200.00 - 400.00	Unknown
54	Scott Dick	The Parihaka Story	Auckland	1954	NZD 50.00 - 100.00	Unknown
55	Stack James West; H. Fildes	A White Boy Among The Maoris In The "Forties", edited by A. H. Reed, published by Reed, 1934, together with, The Last of the Ngati Mamoe, The Wild People of the New Zealand Mountain and Bush by H. Fildes, Reed, 1936		1934; 1936	NZD 60.00 - 120.00	Unknown
56		Te Oranga Maori me ona tikanga rekareka. The Maori at home with his pleasures and pastimes. A collection of images of Maori people and their homes	Auckland	1920	NZD 200.00 - 400.00	Unknown
57		4 Tanner Bros Ltd Maoriland Photographic Series Postcards c1910-20 comprising, Hanaero, Tuwharetoa Chief, N.Z. 2186. Maihi Paraone, N.Z. 2171. A Rotorua Chief, N.Z. 2202. Oneha Ra! (Departed Days) 633		c1910-20	NZD 100.00 - 200.00	Unknown
58		4 Vintage Postcards Of Maori Chiefs 2 Tanner Bros Ltd Photographic Series examples, numbers 98 & 100, Te Ritimana, Te Rapouru and Maori Chief N.Z. 2 others being Chief Mita and another by F. J. Denton, Wanganui	Wanganui	N/A	NZD 100.00 - 200.00	Unknown
59		4 Tanner Bros Ltd Maoriland Photographic Series Postcards c1910-20 comprising, A Maori Warrior, N.Z. 97. Maori Chief, N.Z. 103. Maori Washing Rotorua, N.Z. R55. You Like Haka? Rotorua, N.Z. R53		c1910-20	NZD 100.00 - 200.00	Unknown
60		4 Vintage Maori Black & White Postcards comprising, Wairehu, Tuwharetoa Chief, N.Z. 2189 from Tanner Bros Ltd Maoriland Photographic Series. Te Hongi . An unnamed Maori beauty by F. J. Denton, Wanganui, and Maori Beauties, NZ	Wanganui	N/A	NZD 100.00 - 200.00	Unknown
61	E Le Grice; Frederick George Radcliffe	4 Vintage Maori Postcards comprising Maoris Cooking, Maori Kitchen, Maori Whare, General View Ohinemutu	Rotorua, N.Z.	N/A	NZD 100.00 - 200.00	Unknown
62		14 Vintage Maori/NZ Black & White Photographs		N/A	NZD 400.00 - 800.00	Unknown
63	Aileen Fox; Ernest & Pearl Beaglehole; J. M. Barrington & T. H. Beaglehole; T. Barrow; Patricia Burns; Margaret Orbell	6 Maori Related Volumes: Prehistoric Maori Fortifications; Some Modern Maoris; Maori Schools; Life and Work of the Maori Carver; Te Rauparaha; Natural World Of The Maori		1976; 1946; 1974; 1963; 1980; 1985	NZD 100.00 - 200.00	Unknown
64	A G Bagnall	Wairarapa An Historical Excursion	Masterton	1976	NZD 100.00 - 200.00	Unknown
65	Herries Beattie	Pioneer Recollections (Signed copy) Dealing chiefly with the Early Days of the Mataura Valley	Dunedin	1911	NZD 50.00 - 100.00	Unknown
66	Herries Beattie	The Maoris and Fiordland (Signed copy) Maori Myths, Fascinating Fables, Legendary Lore		1949	NZD 80.00 - 140.00	Unknown
67	Herries Beattie	Far Famed Fiordland (Signed copy) Histporic and Descriptive, European Explorers		1950	NZD 80.00 - 140.00	Unknown
68	Herries Beattie	Our Southernmost Maoris Their Habitat, Nature Notes, Problems and Perplexities		1954	NZD 100.00 - 200.00	Unknown
69	Herries Beattie	Tikao Talks (Signed & Inscripbed copy) Traditions And Tales Told By Teone Taare Tikao To Herries Beattie	Dunedin	1939	NZD 140.00 - 200.00	Unknown
70	Herries Beattie	Mackenzie Of The Mackenzie Country Pioneer, Explorer, Sheeplifter		1946	NZD 100.00 - 200.00	Unknown
71	Herries Beattie	3 Herries Beattie Volumes: Maori Place-names of Otago; Early Runholding In Otago; Moriori. The Morioris of the South Island		1944; 1947; 1993	NZD 100.00 - 200.00	Unknown
72	Herries Beattie	2 Herries Beattie Volumes On Otago: The Pioneers Explore Otago; Early Runholding In Otago		1947	NZD 100.00 - 200.00	Unknown
73	Herries Beattie	2 Herries Beattie Volumes: Moriori The Morioris of the South Island; Our Southernmost Maori		1941; 1954	NZD 100.00 - 200.00	Unknown
74	Herries Beattie	Otago Place Names As Bestowed by the Pakeha and Jotted down by Herries Beattie		1948	NZD 80.00 - 140.00	Unknown
75	Herries Beattie	Maori Lore of Lake Alp and Fiord, Folk Lore, Fairy Tales, Traditions and place-Names		1945	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.