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
76 Herries Beattie

3 Volumes By Herries Beattie: A History of Gore And Surrounding Districts; The Pioneers Explore Otago; Maori Lore of Lake, Alp and Fiord

1862-1962; 1947; 1945 NZD 100.00 - 200.00 Unknown
77 Herries Beattie

Maori Place-Names Of Canterbury Including One Thousand hitherto unpublished names

1945 NZD 50.00 - 100.00 Unknown
78 Herries Beattie

Pioneer Recollections Fourth Series, Mainly of the Gore District

1956 NZD 80.00 - 140.00 Unknown
79 Herries Beattie

3 Volumes By Herries Beattie: Mackenzie The Sheep Stealer; Mackenzie of the Mackenzie Country; The Attractions Of Te Anau

1959; 1946; 1955 NZD 80.00 - 160.00 Unknown
80 Herries Beattie

2 Herries Beattie Booklets: Doubtful Sound; The Andersons Of Early Wyndham

1955; 1960 NZD 100.00 - 200.00 Unknown
81 Herries Beattie; James Beattie

2 Booklets By Herries Beattie: European Place-Names In Southern New Zealand; Trade Hunting in the Backblocks

1912; 1913 NZD 50.00 - 100.00 Unknown
82 Herries Beattie

The Moa When Did It Become Extinct Maori Traditions And Pakeha Conjectures

ND NZD 80.00 - 140.00 Unknown
83 Herries Beattie; Taare te Maiharoa; Maud Goodenhough Hayter

3 Herries Beattie Booklets: Folklore And Fairy Tales Of The Canterbury Maoris; I Visit Manapouri; Majestic Manapouri

1957; 1949; 1955 NZD 80.00 - 140.00 Unknown
84 Herries Beattie

Records of the Gore and Surrounding Districts Early Settlers Association (4)

1927; 1933; 1940; 1953 NZD 140.00 - 200.00 Unknown
85 Herries Beattie

European Place-Names In Southern New Zealand

1912 NZD 50.00 - 100.00 Unknown
86 Herries Beattie

16 Extracts from the Journal of the Polynesian Society by Herries Beattie

N/A NZD 80.00 - 140.00 Unknown
87 H. A. H. Insull; A. D. McIntosh

2 Volumes On Marlborough: Marlborough Place Names by H. A. H. Insull; Marlborough A Provincial History

Wellington 1952; 1940 NZD 70.00 - 140.00 Unknown
88 David Macmillan; Paula Dickie

2 Large Historical Canterbury Volumes: By-Ways of History & Medicine; Land Of Many Hills

Christchurch 1946; 1982 NZD 80.00 - 140.00 Unknown
89 Ronal W Malloch; James Allan Thomson; Edmund Smith; W. Scott Gilkison

4 Early Otago Volumes: Early Waikouaiti; The Taieri Allans And Related Families; Early Adventures In Otago; Peaks, Packs And Mountain Tracks

ND (1940); 1929; 1940; ND (1940) NZD 80.00 - 140.00 Unknown
90 C. F. Overton; R. N. Adams; Margaret Campbell

4 Volumes Otago Etc: Fifty Years Sheep Farming In Canterbury, Otago And Southland; Dineen's Commercial Directory and Tourists Guide; The Counterfeit Seal; Music In Dunedin

1949; 1903-4; 1897; c1945 NZD 100.00 - 200.00 Unknown
91 G. A. Hamilton; Maurice Kelly; John H Angus; Geoffrey P Duff; John Hall-Jones; Joan Macintosh

6 S.I. Volumes Including Fiordland Southland Etc: History Of Northern Southland; Mill in the Valley; Donald Reid Otago Farmers Limited; One Hundred Years; Early Fiordland; The Wreck Of The Tararua

1971; 1977; 1978; 1979; 1968; 1970 NZD 80.00 - 160.00 Unknown
92 G. B. Stevenson; J. B. Hislop; R. T. Hunt; Isabel Ramsay; J. O. P. Watt; Roy Belmer

6 Otago Volumes: Maori & Pakeha in North Otago; Pure Gold And Rough Diamonds; From Cob Hut to Area School; Land Of Our Fathers Central Otago; The Trial Of Minnie Dean; Around The Southern Coast

c1947; c1943; 1979; 1970; 1973; 1973 NZD 100.00 - 200.00 Unknown
93 Robert Gilkison; Edmund Smith; Sheila Macdonald

5 Otago Related Volumes: Early Days In Central Otago; Early Adventures In Otago; The Member For Mount Ida; A Regional Survey Of The Borough Of Naseby; A Century Of Fires And Fire Brigades In Dunedin

1930; 1940; 1938; 1939; 1848-1948 NZD 100.00 - 200.00 Unknown
94 A. H. Reed

7 Volumes By A. H. & A. W. Reed: Farthest North & Farthest East; A foot In Maoriland Byways; Farthest East & Farthest West; Great Barrier Isle of Enchantment; The Friendly Road; From North Cape To Bluff

1946; 1950 & 53; 1946; 1964; 1961 NZD 80.00 - 160.00 Unknown
95 Irvine Roxburgh; Terri Macnicol; G. E. Dewar; Philip Houghton

5 Volumes: Jacksons Bay A Centennial History; Beyond The Skippers Road; Echoes from Slippers Canyon; Chaslands Pioneering Days In Southern New Zealand; Hidden Water

1976; 1965 & 67; r/p 1953; 1974 NZD 80.00 - 160.00 Unknown
96 A Bathgate; Rev. T Burns; D. G. Conly

4 Early Books On Dunedin: Dunedin And Its Neighbourhood; City Of Dunedin New Zealand Jubilee; Early Otago and Genesis Of Dunedin; "J.J's" Dunedin

Dunedin 1904; 1865-1915; 1848-1865; ND NZD 100.00 - 200.00 Unknown
97 J. T. Paul; Robert Gilkison; Rev. C Stuart Ross

3 Books On Otago & Dunedin: The Otago Daily Times Diamond Jubilee 1861-1921; Early Days in Dunedin; The Story Of The Otago Church And Settlement

Dunedin 1924; 1938; 1887 NZD 80.00 - 160.00 Unknown
98 Gladys Swain; Peter Mackenzie; R. G. Pullar

3 Books: Stewart Island Days A District Nurse Looks Back; Pioneers Of Martin's Bay; By Blueskin Bay

Queenstown 1970; 1947; 1957 NZD 80.00 - 160.00 Unknown
99 George M Moir; Gerard Hall-Jones; T. A. McGavin; John Bathgate; A. H. Reed

6 South Island Booklets: New Zealand and South Seas Exhibition Dunedin 1925-26 Official Souvenir Catalogue; Guide Book to the Tourist Routes; Moir's Guide Book Southern Section; …

1925-26; 1925; 1969; 1866-1916; 1952 NZD 80.00 - 160.00 Unknown
100 John Wilson; D. W. Carmalt Jones; John Collie; A. H. Reed

4 Books On Otago: Reminiscences of the Early Settlement of Dunedin and South Otago; Annals of the University Of Otago Medical School; The Story of the Otago Free Church Settlement; The Story Of Otago Age Of Adventure

1912; 1875-1939; 1848 to 1948; 1947 NZD 80.00 - 160.00 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.