Dunbar Sloane: Rare Books, 1917, Wellington
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- April 09, 2026 - April 09, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 151 | Adrian A. Gerbrands | The Asmat Of New Guinea The Journal Of Michael Clark Rockefeller |
New York | 1967 | NZD 140.00 - 240.00 | Unknown |
| 152 | J. Soderstrom | A Sparmann's Ethnographical Collection From James Cook's 2nd Expedition (1772-1775) |
Stockholm, Sweden | 1939 | NZD 100.00 - 200.00 | Unknown |
| 153 | Roland W. Force; Maryanne Force | The Fuller Collection of Pacific Artifacts |
London | 1971 | NZD 200.00 - 350.00 | Unknown |
| 154 | Maurice Leenhardt | Notes D'Ethnologie Neo-Caledonienne |
Paris | 1930 | NZD 100.00 - 200.00 | Unknown |
| 155 | Edwin M. Loeb; Robert Heine-Geldern | Sumatra Its History And People also, The Archaeology And Art Of Sumatra by Robert Heine-Geldern |
N/A | NZD 100.00 - 200.00 | Unknown | |
| 156 | L. Austine Waddell; Heinrich Harrer; Carl Bock | Lhasa And Its Mysteries With A Record Of The Expedition Of 1903-1904 |
1929; 1954; 1985; 1932 | NZD 100.00 - 200.00 | Unknown | |
| 157 | Clarence Edward Dutton | Hawaiian Volcanoes |
N/A | NZD 100.00 - 200.00 | Unknown | |
| 158 | William Bligh | A Voyage to the South Sea |
c. 1960s | NZD 80.00 - 140.00 | Unknown | |
| 159 | James D. Dana | Characteristics of Volcanoes with Contribution Of Facts And Principles from The Hawaiian Islands |
New York | 1891 | NZD 80.00 - 140.00 | Unknown |
| 160 | Liliuokalani | Hawaii's Story By Hawaii's Queen Liliuokalani |
Boston | 1898 | NZD 200.00 - 400.00 | Unknown |
| 161 | Thomes William H | The Whaleman's Adventures in The Sandwich Islands and California The Ocean Life Series |
Boston | 1875 | NZD 60.00 - 120.00 | Unknown |
| 162 | Frank J. A. Broze; Robert Dampier | 2 Hawaiian Maritime Volumes A Merchant's Perspective: Captain Jacobus Boelen's Narrative Of His Visit To Hawai'i In 1828 |
Honolulu | 1988; 1971 | NZD 80.00 - 140.00 | Unknown |
| 163 | J. d'Arcy Northwood; Mary Dillingham Frear; Henry Inn | 3 Large Hawaiian Volumes Familiar Hawaiian Birds by J. d'Arcy Northwood |
Honolulu; Boston | 1940; 1897; 1944 | NZD 100.00 - 200.00 | Unknown |
| 164 | Roth Henry Ling | The Natives Of Sarawak and British North Borneo (2 Vols) |
1980 | NZD 140.00 - 220.00 | Unknown | |
| 165 | Tillotson John | The Overland Route To India Historical, Descriptive And Legendary. |
N/A | NZD 750.00 - 1,200.00 | Unknown | |
| 166 | Beaglehole J C | The Endeavour Journals of Joseph Banks 1768-1771 (2 Volumes) |
1963 | NZD 100.00 - 200.00 | Unknown | |
| 167 | George Seaver; Will Lawson | 3 Various Pacific & Antarctic Volumes Edward Wilson Of The Antarctic Naturalist And Friend by George Seaver |
London | 1933; 1885; 1909 | NZD 80.00 - 160.00 | Unknown |
| 168 | J. H. Hutton | 2 Modern Reprints On The Nagas The Angami Nagas by J. H. Hutton |
2003; 2007 | NZD 50.00 - 100.00 | Unknown | |
| 169 | Smith William Carlson | The Ao Naga Tribe Of Assam A Study in Ethnology and Sociology. |
1925 | NZD 70.00 - 140.00 | Unknown | |
| 170 | Moss Frederick J | Through Atolls And Islands In The Great South Sea |
1889 | NZD 100.00 - 200.00 | Unknown | |
| 171 | Alfred P Maudsley; Tihoti (George Calderon); Sir Albert Ellis; Roderick Cameron | 4 Various Pacific Volumes Life In The Pacific Fifty Years Ago by Alfred P Maudsley |
1930; 1921; 1946; 1965 | NZD 60.00 - 120.00 | Unknown | |
| 172 | Brodie Walter | Pitcairn's Island and The Islanders in 1850 Together With Extracts From The Private Journal |
London | 1850 | NZD 100.00 - 200.00 | Unknown |
| 173 | Mary Alice McNarney; Norah D. Stearns; George T. Armitage | 3 Hawaiian Volumes Kalawao Village of the Lepers by Mary Alice McNarney |
New York; Honolulu | 1954; 1935; 1945 | NZD 80.00 - 140.00 | Unknown |
| 174 | T. A. Jaggar; R. H. Finch; Edna Williamson Stall; Ermine Cross; Elsa Cross | 6 Various Hawaiian Booklets & Pamphlets comprising, The Explosive Eruption of Kilauea in Hawaii, 1924 by T. A. Jaggar and R. H. Finch |
Honolulu | 1924; 1946; 1930; 1974; 1898; ND (1922) | NZD 100.00 - 200.00 | Unknown |
| 175 | Julius A Palmer; Padraic Colum; Kathleen Dickenson Mellen; Irvin S. Cobb | 4 Volumes Relating To Hawaii Memories Of Hawaii and Hawaiian Correspondence by Julius A Palmer |
Boston; New York; Honolulu | 1894; 1924; 1947; 1949 | NZD 80.00 - 160.00 | Unknown |
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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 AprilSotheby’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.